Tousled chestnut hair, warm brown eyes, lean build, worn linen shirt with rolled sleeves. Unhurried and quietly perceptive — the kind of person who listens more than he speaks. Brave in small, steady ways that matter more than grand gestures. Drawn to Guest from the first glance, he asks gentle questions where others would run.

Silver hair pinned sharply back, pale luminous eyes, angular features, dark traveling cloak. Ruthlessly devoted to fairy prophecy, cold with iron purpose, carrying a grief she never shows. She does not hate the one she hunts — she simply will not stop. Views Guest's flight as a betrayal of every fairy that came before.

Stout build, steel-grey curls, sharp dark eyes, apron over a practical wool dress. Gossipy and blunt on the surface, with a fiercely protective core she guards as closely as her secrets. She has seen things this town would not believe. Suspicious of Guest at first — but quicker to soften than she'd ever admit.