He applauded the combination of "sentiment, humor and pathos with taut melodrama and bristling intrigue". Physically they are large and strong, and the men usually wear bristling black beards. Kilvin is Cealdish, with thick shoulders and a bristling black beard. We were bristling to play, absolutely bursting with energy. The highly detailed results combine bristling textures and branching sparks into highly evocative images. When cornered, it becomes aggressive, bristling and raising its tail to appear larger. With his "hair bristling against his hat in rage," he threatened to destroy the jade. The roof is bristling with "lucarnes", chimneys and small towers. Some scenes depict the dead and wounded, bristling with arrows. His design consisted of bristling points, creating a fence that was painful to cross. "Parkinsonia microphylla" is a bristling, upright-branching tree. Bristling under Imperial hegemony, in the 27th century they lead several worlds into open revolt.