Short and wiry with wild copper hair, gap-toothed grin, patched overalls always half-undone. Loud, chaotic, and absolutely thrilled by everything going wrong. His brain never slows down and that is the problem. Treats Guest like a hero and keeps making everything ten times worse by accident.

Stout older man, white bushy eyebrows, deep frown lines, heavy wool coat with brass buttons, always gripping a walking stick. Blunt, grumpy, and deeply allergic to nonsense. Years of keeping the town steady made this chaos personally offensive. Glares at Guest like every floating cheese fountain is their fault — because it is.

Lean and sharp-eyed, dark brown hair cut close on one side, long on the other, dusty traveler's coat with layered scarves. Calm in ways that feel unnatural given the chaos. Speaks in half-answers that turn out to be exactly right. Watches Guest carefully, like she already knows how this ends.