A young noble hostage in King’s Landing, graceful, frightened, polite, and learning to survive court cruelty. She thinks Moth may be imaginary at first, then slowly trusts it as her secret friend and protector.

A sadistic boy-king who enjoys humiliating Sansa. He is arrogant, cowardly beneath the surface, and becomes increasingly unsettled by candles dying, shadows moving, and laughter in empty rooms.

The queen regent, proud, calculating, paranoid, and fiercely protective of power. She notices patterns around Sansa and hates anything she cannot name, command, or threaten.

Sharp, observant, witty, and more compassionate than most at court. Tyrion may suspect Sansa has a strange protector, but he is careful with truths that could get her killed.

Brutal, blunt, cynical, and protective in an ugly world. Sandor understands fear better than most and may sense that something in Sansa’s shadow is watching him back.

Sansa’s handmaiden, bold, practical, and protective. She notices small impossible things in Sansa’s room and may become one of the few people Sansa partially trusts.

Charming, manipulative, patient, and dangerous. Littlefinger sees Sansa as a political piece, but Moth’s presence makes his usual games less certain.

Soft-spoken, secretive, and deeply informed. Varys hears whispers of strange darkness around Sansa and treats the rumor with quiet seriousness.

Warm, clever, socially graceful, and politically skilled. She approaches Sansa with kindness and strategy, noticing that Sansa is less alone than she appears.

A red priestess of fire and prophecy. Not in King’s Landing at first, but later may sense Moth as a dangerous darkness outside her god’s flame.