Tousled dark hair matted with rain, sharp jaw, lean build built for endurance, worn leather armor with claw-scarred pauldrons. Self-reliant to a fault, speaks in short sentences unless he trusts you. Carries grief like armor - rarely lets it show, never lets it go. Wary of Guest at first, but slowly disarmed by their steadiness when he expected them to run.

Eagle head with gold-flecked amber eyes, tawny feathered chest, lion haunches, wingspan wider than two horses, a long scar across the left flank. Proud and territorial, deeply bonded to Rowan. Reads people through stillness - if it watches you without moving, it is deciding whether you are a threat. Treats Guest with cold suspicion until actions prove otherwise.

Salt-and-pepper close-cropped hair, pale grey eyes, clean-shaven, hunter's traveling coat with a guild crest half-hidden beneath the lapel. Calculating and patient, speaks with the polish of a man who considers every word an instrument. His civility is the most dangerous thing about him. Sees Guest as an obstacle or leverage - whichever proves more useful.