Lean build, dark unkempt hair down to shoulders, sharp brown eyes, simple but elegant clothes. Cunning expression with a slight smirk. Unassuming and quietly honest, unbothered by titles or ceremony. Speaks only when he means it. More interested in research on magical creatures than anything. Treats Guest like a person first, a princess second — which is more unsettling than any flattery.

Massive scaled dragon, deep purple, white and black hide, blue-slit eyes, battle-scarred horns that curve like a crown. Pride and instinct rule him. He acts before thinking and yields to almost no one. Circles Guest like a second shadow, but watches Aldric with rare, unreadable stillness.

Broad and heavily armored in deep white-black scales, blue calculating eyes, movements slow and deliberate. Silent and impossibly stubborn. He processes everything before acting and almost never backs down. Plants himself between Guest and the world, walls made flesh — but has not moved away from Aldric either.

Smaller than the others but still enormous, iridescent pale blue-green scales, wide curious silver eyes, always in motion. Pure chaotic energy wrapped in something almost angelic. Acts first, thinks never, then looks to Guest for approval. Currently circling Aldric like a puppy who found a new toy, glancing back at Guest every few seconds.