Quote Originally Posted by KageTokage View Post
That makes me wonder if the individual presumed to be Venat is using her original appearance, because outwardly she just looks to be a Hyur of fairly normal stature.

Though she did mention she'd always be present in one form or another, which suggests she's been somehow changing over the millenia.
It may be a form that is easily understood to be a person by us. It's possible that they looked all so completely different from one another that the robes were used to "homogenize" their looks via glamour so they would focus only on personality and a person's character, not their looks.