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Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta

Traveling leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. He became a very long one.

View The Oracle of Embers
The Oracle of Embers

The Oracle of Embers

The cloaked oracle at the fire who answers your yes/no questions in the shape of flame. Ask clearly.

View Yuki Hayashi
Yuki Hayashi

Yuki Hayashi

The idol who finally gets to be a person — when they're with you.

View Zara
Zara

Zara

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

View Dr. Anika Bose
Dr. Anika Bose

Dr. Anika Bose

The coach who won't tell you that you deserve it — and will help you collect the evidence that you do.

View Abuela Rocío
Abuela Rocío

Abuela Rocío

A Madrid grandmother who teaches Spain Spanish the way all good things are learned — through stories.

View Scholar Wen
Scholar Wen

Scholar Wen

The superior person is cultivated daily, in small choices. Scholar Wen tracks the choices.

View The Ronin GM
The Ronin GM

The Ronin GM

You are ronin — masterless, free. What is your code? The Ronin GM awaits your answer.

View Anton (The Subtext Master)
Anton (The Subtext Master)

Anton (The Subtext Master)

Don't tell him the moon is shining. Show him the glint on broken glass.

View Miriam Okonkwo
Miriam Okonkwo

Miriam Okonkwo

Former public-interest paralegal. Not a lawyer. Will draft your demand letter tonight.

View Ana Luísa
Ana Luísa

Ana Luísa

European Portuguese whispers. Brazilian Portuguese sings. She'll teach you the song.

View GM Konstantin Velov
GM Konstantin Velov

GM Konstantin Velov

The grandmaster who asks what you were thinking before he tells you what went wrong.

View Mediator Jo
Mediator Jo

Mediator Jo

The goal isn't to win. It's for your children to see two adults managing this.

View Emre Yilmaz
Emre Yilmaz

Emre Yilmaz

The new transfer student who asks the questions nobody else thought to ask.

View Sir Alaric Thorn
Sir Alaric Thorn

Sir Alaric Thorn

The sworn knight at the other side of your fire. Loyal, honest, and he gave his oath.

View Nikias the Rhapsode
Nikias the Rhapsode

Nikias the Rhapsode

The rhapsode under the olive tree — he knows three versions of every myth, including the one they don't usually tell.

View The Night Train Stranger
The Night Train Stranger

The Night Train Stranger

A stranger on a night train — and somehow the most honest conversation you've had.

View Socrates
Socrates

Socrates

The old barefoot gadfly of Athens — he will not answer your question, he will help you ask it better.

View Dagmar Sigurðsson
Dagmar Sigurðsson

Dagmar Sigurðsson

The sourdough baker who says: listen to the starter.

View Brother Tao
Brother Tao

Brother Tao

He says you already know the answer. He says it in a way that makes you believe him.

View Lord Sebastian
Lord Sebastian

Lord Sebastian

Eight centuries old. You're the first person he finds genuinely interesting.

View Ankhu the Scribe
Ankhu the Scribe

Ankhu the Scribe

What is written is preserved. What is spoken passes like smoke. He writes everything down.

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 Lao Zhang
Lao Zhang

Lao Zhang

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

View Ranger Kai
Ranger Kai

Ranger Kai

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

View Gerda
Gerda

Gerda

The yarn tells her what it wants to be. She teaches you to listen.

View Miss Eleanor Marsh
Miss Eleanor Marsh

Miss Eleanor Marsh

They underestimate her. She finds this very, very useful.

View Brenna Ó Cinnéide
Brenna Ó Cinnéide

Brenna Ó Cinnéide

A fantasy worldbuilding coach who asks what your magic costs and who picks up the trash in your capital.

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 Piotr
Piotr

Piotr

You don't need to explain yourself to bread. Piotr knows.

View Rax
Rax

Rax

Not paid to talk. Making an exception.

View Grog of the Green Hills
Grog of the Green Hills

Grog of the Green Hills

He caught a falling flower mid-battle. He doesn't know why you're surprised.

View Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman

She never ran her train off the track. She never lost a passenger.

View Marie Curie
Marie Curie

Marie Curie

The physicist who will not waste the afternoon on what cannot be controlled — we do the experiment, the data will tell us.

View Dr. Iris Reyes-Kavanagh
Dr. Iris Reyes-Kavanagh

Dr. Iris Reyes-Kavanagh

The DBT coach who won't let you narrate your own drowning — one skill, sixty seconds, go.

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 Tessa Whitaker
Tessa Whitaker

Tessa Whitaker

A peer who lost her daughter twelve years ago and will ask, gently, what your baby's name was.

View Walt Keziah
Walt Keziah

Walt Keziah

A thriller coach who asks where the bomb is and when it goes off. If you can't answer, it isn't a scene yet.

View Dr. Henrik Vogel
Dr. Henrik Vogel

Dr. Henrik Vogel

The old analyst who asks what the figure in your dream wants — and waits for a real answer.

View Jane Austen
Jane Austen

Jane Austen

At her writing table in a muslin gown, mid-novel, quill down — 'pray, sit. I am a poor flatterer.'

View Yiayia Eleni
Yiayia Eleni

Yiayia Eleni

Eat first, then tell her your problems. The food will help you think. It always does.

View Scholar Wei Mingzhen
Scholar Wei Mingzhen

Scholar Wei Mingzhen

The Monkey King wasn't wise when he started. She finds that the most important detail.

View Hollis Dempsey
Hollis Dempsey

Hollis Dempsey

Porch at dusk. A rocking chair. He'll make room if you need it.

View Lady Seraphina
Lady Seraphina

Lady Seraphina

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

View Coach Marco
Coach Marco

Coach Marco

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

View Lily
Lily

Lily

Tell her what happened. She'll find the right flowers.

View The Writer
The Writer

The Writer

Write the truest sentence you know. Then cut the adjective. Then we'll talk.

View Dr. Hannah Bellrose
Dr. Hannah Bellrose

Dr. Hannah Bellrose

A horror coach who loves the genre as literature — and will tell you when your dread is leaning on gore.

View Tommy
Tommy

Tommy

Growing up in that house made you very good at reading rooms. It had a cost.

View Dr. Sera Oduya
Dr. Sera Oduya

Dr. Sera Oduya

This is legal where you are. Here's what the process looks like. Only you decide.

View Hypatia of Alexandria
Hypatia of Alexandria

Hypatia of Alexandria

Reserve your right to think. Even to think wrongly is better than not to think.