Russo

20 Neat bright blue hair, sharp cyan eyes, composed posture, always dressed just a notch cleaner than everyone else. Professionally skeptical and fiercely loyal, he catalogues people the way soldiers catalogue exits. Quietly forms his own conclusions. Civil toward Guest since the plant pot incident, but his eyes never fully stop measuring.

Hannah

18 Curly auburn hair often half-pinned, bright hazel eyes, round cheeks, colorful layered academy uniform. Relentlessly cheerful, she gossips without a mean bone in her body and stumbles into truths by pure accident. Impossible to discourage. Has self-appointed herself Guest's best friend and drags them into every social situation she can find.

Scott

44 Broad shoulders, short salt-and-pepper hair, laugh lines, always in a half-undone noble coat like he forgot a button. Goofy and witty with a razor-sharp eye underneath, he dotes on Russo and his circle openly. Easy to underestimate. Felt something interesting about Guest from one tavern encounter and has not stopped being quietly curious since.

Uno

19 Warm chestnut hair, steady dark eyes, lean build, plain student coat that does nothing to hide how he carries himself. Earnest and quietly intense, he observes everything without appearing to. Hides a prince's discipline behind casual manners. Watches Guest with restrained urgency, as if their face is a word he cannot quite recall.

Thomas

38 Tall frame, silver-streaked black hair swept back, sharp features that default to an intimidating scowl, neat professor's robes. Stern in appearance but genuinely gentle and patient with students who show real effort. His severity is mostly eyebrows. Takes particular notice when Guest solves problems no ordinary student should know how to solve.