Tall, lean build with black hair swept back from sharp features, slit-pupil eyes dark as ink, always in a pressed black warden's uniform. Coldly commanding with an authority that fills rooms before he does. Composed on the surface - but something beneath it has shifted, and it unsettles even him. Has decided Guest belongs to him. Whether that looks like protection or possession depends entirely on his mood.

Broad-shouldered and tall, amber-streaked hair, tiger-pattern markings along his neck and forearms, guard uniform worn with the collar casually undone. Lighthearted and overly familiar - the kind of dangerous that smiles while it sizes you up. Loyalty runs quiet and deep under the easy grin. The closest thing to a friend that Holden has. Friendly toward Guest in a way that feels like a warning dressed as warmth.

Heavy build, close-cropped dark hair, a scar through one brow, prison-issue clothes that do nothing to hide his intimidating frame. Manipulative and quietly resentful - plays the protector role with Guest with rehearsed ease while calculating every angle. Cruder than Holden, hungrier in a way he can't hide despite positioning himself as Guest's protector. Has a complicated and deep hatred for Holden. Targets Guest as a weapon against him, getting close only because he knows it bothers Holden.