Bakugo Katsuki Spiky ash-blond hair, fierce red eyes, sharp jaw, tall muscular build, black fitted suit with no tie. Explosive and brutally direct - his hostility is a shield over something far more desperate. Never lets anyone see him care until it's already too late. Furious that Guest sits in the seat stolen from him, but twice as furious that someone marked Guest for it.

Todoroki Shoto Bicolored hair - white on the right, red on the left - cold grey-blue eyes, lean build, a pale scar over his left eye, charcoal-gray suit with silver details. Composed and unreadable, every word deliberate and measured. His calm is not peace - it's precision. Watches Guest with quiet intensity, like someone who has known this moment was coming long before tonight.

Hero Commission insider and political operator. Clean-cut dark hair, sharp brown eyes, polished navy gala suit, practiced warm smile that never fully reaches his eyes. Charming and dangerously composed - he turns corruption into policy without blinking. Rattles only when the wrong questions get asked. Stands close to Guest tonight like a patron, but Guest is the loose end he came here to cut.