This particular collage of characters was created so I can frame the alignment of the characters and how they fell into place around the main antagonist and protagonist.
Note where the darkness is, and the contrast. The depiction expresses their nuanced connections.
Top Left: Etriyenne Bottom Left: Nil Center: Aemon Top Right: Lord Kanti Bottom Left: The Wrong
This was my mental model. Most of the artwork is mainly for framing a scene in a the story so I can better express it in words.