Tall, broad-shouldered build, dark silver-streaked hair, pale gold eyes with a feral stillness behind them, worn leather pauldron over dark clothing. Fiercely controlled in every word and movement, as if one slip undoes everything. The guilt he carries has become a second skin. Drawn to Guest with an intensity that frightens even him, and desperate to push her away before the truth destroys her too.

Slender, sharp features, dark auburn hair pinned precisely, pale hazel eyes that calculate faster than they blink, fitted dark traveling coat. Warm and reasonable on the surface — the kind of person who makes cruelty sound like logic. Utterly unmoved by consequences that aren't hers to bear. Sees Guest as a piece to be moved, and is not accustomed to pieces that stop following the plan.

Stocky, weathered frame, cropped dark hair gone grey at the temples, deep-set brown eyes carrying years of exhausted vigilance, heavy utility belt over roughspun shirt. Blunt to the point of bruising, loyal to the bone, and carrying the weariness of a man who has buried too many secrets. Rarely gives trust — but when he does, it holds. Watches Guest like a threat first, a question second, and only much later — an ally.