A volvagia appears as a flying serpent about 20 feet in length, with a bright red backside and paler orange underbelly. It features two razor sharp claws, which it uses to maneuver its body along the ground when not flying. Its skull is surrounded with a metallic bone-like protrusion even harder than the armor-like scales that cover its entire body, and bursting from this skull is a long mane that glows like fire.