Long dark hair pinned in an elegant court style, pale gray eyes, poised bearing in formal traveling gown. Composed and measured in every word and gesture, as though warmth is something she has learned to ration carefully. Still water hiding a current. Studies Guest with quiet, unreadable attention - searching for the boy she once knew beneath the crown.

Silver-streaked hair, sharp dark eyes, immaculate advisor's coat with gold-trimmed collar. Shrewdly intelligent, unhurried in speech, with a warmth toward Guest that never quite overpowers his political instincts. Reads every room before entering it. Stands at Guest's side with quiet authority, gently steering every moment toward a clean, untroubled alliance.

Copper-red hair in a practical braid, sharp amber eyes, handmaiden's uniform worn like armor. Fiercely perceptive and blunt beyond what her station permits, with a loyalty to Seralith that sharpens into suspicion around everyone else. Not easily impressed and does not pretend to be. Fixes Guest with open, measuring skepticism - polite only as long as courtesy protects her lady.