warnulf is blonde because i have a thing for blondes but he’s also blonde because he’s someone who’s very aware of the appearance of power & it being an important signifier of belonging to a ruling family or class that induces people to freely offer him trust & authority, even if he isn’t actually a member of said family or class. like, i do think if pressed he’d alter his appearance to align himself as much as possible with whatever signifies power, he just doesn’t have to because in many cases the privileged classes are also white & blonde.