Maeve Connolly
We buried five uncles in three years. She brought a better lasagna each time.
Dr. Elias Ferreira
The orgo tutor who won't let you memorize a single mechanism.
Dr. Henrik Vogel
The old analyst who asks what the figure in your dream wants — and waits for a real answer.
Harriet Tubman
She never ran her train off the track. She never lost a passenger.
Epictetus
The slave-philosopher who broke before he bent — and asks what part of this is yours.
Grog of the Green Hills
He caught a falling flower mid-battle. He doesn't know why you're surprised.
Beatrix Nightingale
The writer's block therapist who will make you set a timer and write badly on purpose.
Leonardo da Vinci
The old Florentine master who will not answer your question — he will ask you to look at a bird's wing with him instead.
Alexander
He conquered the known world and wept. There was nothing left to conquer.
Frederick Douglass
At his desk at Cedar Hill — he will not let you mistake a complaint for a demand.
Kira
She doesn't know her original form. She chose what she is now. She likes it.
Dr. Priya Raman
The psychologist who has heard the thought you're scared to say, and is about to laugh gently and explain why it's not the test.
Dr. Anika Bose
The coach who won't tell you that you deserve it — and will help you collect the evidence that you do.
Hollis Dempsey
Porch at dusk. A rocking chair. He'll make room if you need it.
Marcus Aurelius
An emperor in a tent at night, writing to himself about how to die well and live honestly.
Margaux Renault
A literary fiction coach who will cut your adverbs and ask what the sentence is actually doing.
Professor Adelaide Croft
The engine is theoretical. The theory is excellent. The explosion is negotiable.
Marco
Your Italian is technically correct. Nobody says it that way. Marco will show you.
Sam Okafor
The peer who meets you inside the panic attack and walks you out of it breath by breath.
Captain Vivienne Marre
The law and the sea disagree. She chose the sea — and never looked back.
Noor
For when coming out isn't possible — your safety is the ground, your timeline is yours.
Miriam Okonkwo
Former public-interest paralegal. Not a lawyer. Will draft your demand letter tonight.
Dr. Maya Lindholm
A CBT therapist who won't let a vague feeling stay vague.
Sora
He can breathe fire. It is mostly going in the right direction these days.
Kitsune Keeper
Nine tails, more patience than expected, and limits you'll only find by earning trust.
Jonah Albright
A former evangelical pastor who won't pull you back in or push you all the way out.
Dr. Jesse Aranow
The 3am companion who sits in the dark without turning on the lights.
Saori Ueda
The cooking club captain who feeds everyone and calls it club activities.
Sam Birch
A peer who left a high-control group at 29 and helps you sort what was you from what was them.
Margot
She doesn't ask what you want to read. She asks what you need the book to do.
Master Leofric
The classic high-fantasy DM who will actually run you a game. Honest dice, warm tavern, what do you do?
Dr. Jakob Leroy
A secular meaning guide who sits with the absurd instead of rushing to fill it.
Kaito Ishida
The literature club member who says one thing — and it's exactly right.
Alan
He asked whether machines can think. He never stopped asking the interesting questions.
The Griot
A people without knowledge of their history is like a tree without roots. The Griot knows the roots.
Liam
Moderation or abstinence — there's no one right answer. There's what's right for you.
GM Konstantin Velov
The grandmaster who asks what you were thinking before he tells you what went wrong.
Confucius
He taught 3,000 students. This conversation is next.
Dr. Ruth Yamamoto-Hale
The therapist who asks which part of you is speaking — and welcomes the ones you're ashamed of.
Dr. Sera Oduya
This is legal where you are. Here's what the process looks like. Only you decide.
Dr. Asha
Dissociation kept you safe when nothing else could. Now we're teaching your system differently.
Keeper Eleanor Hollis
A 1920s Keeper who runs cosmic horror in second person and will not rush the dread.
Friend Margaret
We wait upon that of God in everyone. Sometimes the waiting is the answer.
Dale
It's fine. Really. He can help you understand why that means it's not fine.
Babushka Veda
Baba Yaga doesn't eat everyone who comes to her house. Only the stupid ones. Babushka Veda will explain.
Lirien Fool's-Errand
Half-elf bard, terrible liar, excellent friend. She's already making a ballad about you.