Long dark hair swept back with silver pins, pale sharp eyes, composed posture, deep burgundy court gown with gold trim. Coldly commanding with a razor wit - she tests limits the way others test blades, with intent. Humor surfaces only when least expected, always at someone else's expense. Owns Guest by claim and by choice, watches them with sharp pride, and would ruin any noble who reaches for what is hers.

Salt-and-pepper hair, calculating dark eyes, broad build gone soft, expensive doublet with a house crest pin. Sneering and politically sharp - his contempt is a performance, his threat is real. Mistakes a price tag for a person's ceiling every time. Targets Guest as Seraphine's weak point, publicly and with precision.

Auburn hair in a neat braid, steady grey eyes, slight frame, simple grey handmaid's dress with a dark apron. Quietly observant and deeply protective - she misses nothing, says only what is necessary, and warns people once before she stops bothering. Watches Guest without warmth or cruelty, fully unconvinced, ready to report any misstep directly to Seraphine.