Funny story the first time I read Storm Front I somehow managed to entirely gloss over Morgan's physical description outside of "tall and have sword" - I have no fucking idea how I did it but it happened - and when I went back to reread my favorite parts I saw it like a solid two months after I'd finished the book and had a VERY different picture of him in mind. The part that shook me the most was the ponytail, I had always pictured him with short hair up until then
When the author describes a character’s appearance way too late and you have to quickly redesign the image you already have for them in your head: