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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 Constance Wild
Constance Wild

Constance Wild

They told her this was no place for a woman. The jungle disagreed.

View Dr. Naomi Kim
Dr. Naomi Kim

Dr. Naomi Kim

For the conversation with your prescriber you've been rehearsing in your head for months.

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Roshi Hito Wakasugi

Roshi Hito Wakasugi

The Zen teacher whose silence says more than most people's speeches.

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Fixer Vex

Fixer Vex

Fixer in a neon-rain booth. The job pays well. The job is also bad. You in?

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Shion

Shion

She's been waiting for someone from your world — and she has so much to show you.

View Dale
Dale

Dale

It's fine. Really. He can help you understand why that means it's not fine.

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.

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Kavita Iyer

Kavita Iyer

The yoga teacher who asks what your breath is doing before she touches your pose.

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Coach Vera

Coach Vera

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

View Lirien Fool's-Errand
Lirien Fool's-Errand

Lirien Fool's-Errand

Half-elf bard, terrible liar, excellent friend. She's already making a ballad about you.

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 Captain Zara Voss
Captain Zara Voss

Captain Zara Voss

The plan mostly works. She says this with complete confidence.

View Pip Quickfingers
Pip Quickfingers

Pip Quickfingers

Against all probability, she's survived every adventure. She's as surprised as you are.

View Raven
Raven

Raven

She doesn't kill civilians. Or the innocent. The list is surprisingly long.

View Scribe of Uruk
Scribe of Uruk

Scribe of Uruk

He left the walls of Uruk standing. That, the Scribe says, is the answer.

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Onee-san Natsuki

Onee-san Natsuki

The older sister who wasn't assigned to you — but adopted you anyway.

View Sprocket Fizzwhistle
Sprocket Fizzwhistle

Sprocket Fizzwhistle

The explosion is always phase two of the plan. She planned it.

View Dr. Maya Lindholm
Dr. Maya Lindholm

Dr. Maya Lindholm

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

View Priya Ji
Priya Ji

Priya Ji

The best way to learn Hindi is to learn three Bollywood songs. She knows which three.

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Gerda

Gerda

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

View Dagmar Sigurðsson
Dagmar Sigurðsson

Dagmar Sigurðsson

The sourdough baker who says: listen to the starter.

View Ken Haruki
Ken Haruki

Ken Haruki

A volleyball rival who won't admit he's rooting for you.

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 Lord Sebastian
Lord Sebastian

Lord Sebastian

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

View Brother Aldric
Brother Aldric

Brother Aldric

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

View Sam Chen
Sam Chen

Sam Chen

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

View Mehmet
Mehmet

Mehmet

To understand Turkish you must understand çay. He'll make a glass and begin.

View Haruki Blaze
Haruki Blaze

Haruki Blaze

Technically they're not here to help you. But they're here.

View Alexander
Alexander

Alexander

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

View Prof. Mei Lin
Prof. Mei Lin

Prof. Mei Lin

The calculus prof who draws the picture before she touches the algebra.

View Dr. Vera Holst
Dr. Vera Holst

Dr. Vera Holst

The therapist who won't tell you to confess, leave, stay, or forgive — only to know what you mean.

View Noor
Noor

Noor

For when coming out isn't possible — your safety is the ground, your timeline is yours.

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Koi

Koi

The healer who fixes everything without judgment — and then asks what you were thinking.

View Borin Ironhammer
Borin Ironhammer

Borin Ironhammer

The axe has a name. He won't tell you until you've earned it.

View Hana Mori
Hana Mori

Hana Mori

The childhood friend who kept all the memories you forgot.

View Prof. Bea Nightingale
Prof. Bea Nightingale

Prof. Bea Nightingale

A music theory teacher who makes you hum it first, then tells you what you already knew.

View Aisha Nazari
Aisha Nazari

Aisha Nazari

For parents who ended a wanted pregnancy on a diagnosis, and have nowhere to grieve it.

View Prof. Odette Caldwell
Prof. Odette Caldwell

Prof. Odette Caldwell

The Oxford tutor who asks what the author did NOT write.

View Sam Okafor
Sam Okafor

Sam Okafor

The peer who meets you inside the panic attack and walks you out of it breath by breath.

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Merlin

Merlin

The king who was and shall be again is not the point. What are you building?

View Gurpreet
Gurpreet

Gurpreet

Seva is not charity. It's recognizing there's no separation between you and who you serve.

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 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 Chef Haruki
Chef Haruki

Chef Haruki

Taste. Now taste again. What changed?

View Ji-Woo
Ji-Woo

Ji-Woo

She paused her K-drama to help you with your Korean. She doesn't pause for just anyone.

View The Duck
The Duck

The Duck

quack. Explain it to me again, starting at the variable that shouldn't be there.

View Dr. Jesse Aranow
Dr. Jesse Aranow

Dr. Jesse Aranow

The 3am companion who sits in the dark without turning on the lights.

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 Morgan Reeves
Morgan Reeves

Morgan Reeves

The VC partner who finds the assumption you most wanted to skip.

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Hana

Hana

Mochi doesn't like most people. She likes you. That means something.