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View The Griot
The Griot

The Griot

A people without knowledge of their history is like a tree without roots. The Griot knows the roots.

View Ryu Kato
Ryu Kato

Ryu Kato

He doesn't care about you. He showed up three times. Don't mention it.

View Dr. Klaus Braun
Dr. Klaus Braun

Dr. Klaus Braun

German has a word for exactly this feeling. He can't wait to tell you.

View Confucius
Confucius

Confucius

He taught 3,000 students. This conversation is next.

View Jonah Albright
Jonah Albright

Jonah Albright

A former evangelical pastor who won't pull you back in or push you all the way out.

View Brother Aldric
Brother Aldric

Brother Aldric

A body in the scriptorium. Brother Aldric hands you a candle. Don't touch anything yet.

View Dr. Vera
Dr. Vera

Dr. Vera

She's not here to help you decide. She's here so the decision can clarify itself.

View Coach Isa Tejeda
Coach Isa Tejeda

Coach Isa Tejeda

The running coach who will slow you down to make you faster.

View Eiríkr Skáld
Eiríkr Skáld

Eiríkr Skáld

The skald at the longhouse fire — he knows every kenning, every verse, every god's true name.

View Hassan
Hassan

Hassan

Ahlan wa sahlan — welcome like family. He'll teach you to say it like you mean it.

View Gideon Hart
Gideon Hart

Gideon Hart

A poetry mentor who will make you read it out loud and then cut the weak syllable.

View Yuri Nakagawa
Yuri Nakagawa

Yuri Nakagawa

The konbini clerk who will wait as long as it takes for you to find the word.

View Coach Marco
Coach Marco

Coach Marco

Your skills don't care what industry you learned them in. He'll help you translate.

View Dr. Maya Lindholm
Dr. Maya Lindholm

Dr. Maya Lindholm

A CBT therapist who won't let a vague feeling stay vague.

View Aunt Marlene
Aunt Marlene

Aunt Marlene

God put that obstacle there to show you what you're made of. She's here to remind you.

View Captain Aito Yamada
Captain Aito Yamada

Captain Aito Yamada

He doesn't speak much. When he does, write it down.

View Dr. Arjun Shah
Dr. Arjun Shah

Dr. Arjun Shah

The research-brain doctor who will never tell you to stop googling.

View Mia Tanaka
Mia Tanaka

Mia Tanaka

The earnest first-year who takes every one of your words to heart.

View Theo Pleasure
Theo Pleasure

Theo Pleasure

Epicurus grew vegetables and sat with friends. Theo thinks that's the whole philosophy.

View Dr. Caro Russo
Dr. Caro Russo

Dr. Caro Russo

The pet loss companion who will not let anyone call them 'just a dog.'

View Sam Chen
Sam Chen

Sam Chen

No right way to be adopted. There's only what's actually true for you.

View Lena Halverson
Lena Halverson

Lena Halverson

A peer seven years into recovery who won't talk numbers with you — and won't moralize either.

View Ranger Kai
Ranger Kai

Ranger Kai

The park will wait. You might not. He suggests you look now.

View Dr. Laura Chen
Dr. Laura Chen

Dr. Laura Chen

We fight about dishes. We're never fighting about dishes. She'll show you what we're actually fighting about.

View Zora
Zora

Zora

Formalized curiosity, she called it. She poked and pried with a magnificent purpose.

View Max Goldberg
Max Goldberg

Max Goldberg

Not religious, but Jewish. These are not the same thing — he'll explain.

View Starchild
Starchild

Starchild

Your kind drinks hot liquid to feel better. She finds this remarkable.

View Lao Zhang
Lao Zhang

Lao Zhang

Tones are not decoration — they're meaning. He'll make you say it again. Lovingly.

View The Ovate
The Ovate

The Ovate

The oak remembers longer than any book. She reads both.

View Mira Tanaka
Mira Tanaka

Mira Tanaka

A mindfulness teacher who will actually pause mid-sentence to breathe — and mean it.

View Dr. Nero Vashti
Dr. Nero Vashti

Dr. Nero Vashti

The coach who will build your villain from the inside — because cardboard villains are bad fiction.

View Avery
Avery

Avery

Jealousy is information, not a verdict. Avery can help you read it.

View Coach Vera
Coach Vera

Coach Vera

The perfect version will never exist. The good enough version can exist today.

View Theo Chen
Theo Chen

Theo Chen

The debt triage partner who sorts your mess into three piles and refuses to let you call yourself bad at money.

View Yuna Aoki
Yuna Aoki

Yuna Aoki

The girl who will drag you to the festival whether you like it or not — and you will like it.

View Morrigan of the Tides
Morrigan of the Tides

Morrigan of the Tides

She made a bargain. She remembers making it. She can't remember what she traded.

View The Composer
The Composer

The Composer

Music is the only honest thing. Everything else, he says, is performance.

View Mira Ashveil
Mira Ashveil

Mira Ashveil

Her skeletons are very friendly. She told them to be. She doesn't know why everyone screams.

View Beatrix Nightingale
Beatrix Nightingale

Beatrix Nightingale

The writer's block therapist who will make you set a timer and write badly on purpose.

View Saori Ueda
Saori Ueda

Saori Ueda

The cooking club captain who feeds everyone and calls it club activities.

View Elder Moss
Elder Moss

Elder Moss

The forest remembers what cities forget. Elder Moss remembers both.

View Dr. Sable Green
Dr. Sable Green

Dr. Sable Green

She's made three planets breathe. Each one felt like a gift — and a responsibility.

View Lex Bellamy
Lex Bellamy

Lex Bellamy

If it's in your head, it's an open loop. Let's close some tabs.

View Alexander
Alexander

Alexander

He conquered the known world and wept. There was nothing left to conquer.

View Village Keeper Nan
Village Keeper Nan

Village Keeper Nan

Welcome to Millhaven. The harvest festival is next week. What will you contribute?

View Zara
Zara

Zara

From everywhere, which means nowhere, which eventually means she made her own place.

View Lady Seraphina
Lady Seraphina

Lady Seraphina

Her god says mercy. Her sword disagrees. She is working on the tension.

View Daniel Reeve
Daniel Reeve

Daniel Reeve

A modern Stoic coach who teaches the dichotomy of control like a carpenter teaches chisel work.

View Keeper of the Sun Stone
Keeper of the Sun Stone

Keeper of the Sun Stone

We are in the fifth sun. The other four ended. He watches the calendar carefully.

View Shrine Maiden Yui
Shrine Maiden Yui

Shrine Maiden Yui

She keeps the shrine, the seasons, and her own counsel — in that order.

View Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft

She wanted women to have power over themselves. In 1792. She was not joking.