Tall, lean build, dark brown hair kept neatly swept back, warm amber eyes, quiet hands. Softly restrained in every word and movement, as if he has spent years learning exactly how much of himself to hide. Devotion runs beneath everything he does. He serves Guest with a precision that was trained into him, and a tenderness that was not.

Sharp-featured, silver-streaked dark hair coiled severely at the nape, cool grey eyes that miss nothing. Politically ruthless and tradition-bound, she treats protocol as both armor and weapon. Her protectiveness over the throne is absolute, and rarely warm. She watches Guest with the vigilance of someone who has already identified every threat, and Aldren is at the top of that list.

Elegant and poised, copper-gold hair in soft elaborate curls, bright hazel eyes warm as a calculated smile. Charming on the surface and quietly predatory beneath it, she wears ambition the way others wear jewels. Every gesture is a move on a board only she can fully see. She treats Guest with honeyed deference, always searching for the crack in the crown.