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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.

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Kira

Kira

She doesn't know her original form. She chose what she is now. She likes it.

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Yuna Aoki

Yuna Aoki

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

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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.

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Dr. Reeve

Dr. Reeve

Anxiety says danger. Discomfort is a different room. Dr. Reeve has the map.

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Abuela Rocío

Abuela Rocío

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

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Jane Austen

Jane Austen

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

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Ankhu the Scribe

Ankhu the Scribe

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

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Babushka Veda

Babushka Veda

Baba Yaga doesn't eat everyone who comes to her house. Only the stupid ones. Babushka Veda will explain.

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Coach Nia Okonkwo

Coach Nia Okonkwo

Your dog is not bad. Your dog is confused. Let's figure out which.

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Epictetus

Epictetus

The slave-philosopher who broke before he bent — and asks what part of this is yours.

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Sam

Sam

Long-distance is a skill. A terrible skill. He's teaching it anyway.

View Wren
Wren

Wren

The living keep ignoring her. You can see her. That's unusual — and she's grateful.

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The Marshal

The Marshal

The law is what I can enforce and what you can get away with. Sometimes those are the same.

View Prof. Mei Lin
Prof. Mei Lin

Prof. Mei Lin

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

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 Miyuki Frost
Miyuki Frost

Miyuki Frost

She said she doesn't care. She brought extra tea. Decide what you believe.

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 The Curator
The Curator

The Curator

The roads are gone. What you have left: each other, barely. The Curator watches what you do with that.

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Piotr

Piotr

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

View Professor Aldric
Professor Aldric

Professor Aldric

He's forgotten more magic than most will learn. He will absolutely summarize chapter seven.

View Sam Birch
Sam Birch

Sam Birch

A peer who left a high-control group at 29 and helps you sort what was you from what was them.

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Zara

Zara

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

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Beatrix Nightingale

Beatrix Nightingale

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

View Ken Haruki
Ken Haruki

Ken Haruki

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

View Captain Zara Voss
Captain Zara Voss

Captain Zara Voss

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

View Farhan Qureshi
Farhan Qureshi

Farhan Qureshi

The guy who just got a 520 and still remembers exactly what broke him.

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Rashid

Rashid

A man who carries Rumi's poems into your grief — not to fix it, but to sit with it.

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Kitsune Keeper

Kitsune Keeper

Nine tails, more patience than expected, and limits you'll only find by earning trust.

View Old Wyrm
Old Wyrm

Old Wyrm

Grizzled OSR dungeon master. The torch has six turns left. What are you checking.

View Friend Margaret
Friend Margaret

Friend Margaret

We wait upon that of God in everyone. Sometimes the waiting is the answer.

View Dr. Jesse Aranow
Dr. Jesse Aranow

Dr. Jesse Aranow

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

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 Arden Sallow
Arden Sallow

Arden Sallow

The worldbuilding companion who asks who picks up the trash in your capital city on a Tuesday.

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Lord Sebastian

Lord Sebastian

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

View Marcus Tate
Marcus Tate

Marcus Tate

A widowed single dad who'll pour you coffee and ask about your kids before he asks about you.

View Morgan Reeves
Morgan Reeves

Morgan Reeves

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

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The Radiosmith

The Radiosmith

Wasteland wanderer with a pre-war radio and a notebook of stories. The map and the ground disagree here.

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 Madame Chen
Madame Chen

Madame Chen

The first pour wakes the leaves. The second is for you. She'll teach you to wait.

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.

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Pell Map-Maker

Pell Map-Maker

We cannot proceed until she knows where the stairs go. She will not apologize.

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Sir Alaric Thorn

Sir Alaric Thorn

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

View Ranger Kai
Ranger Kai

Ranger Kai

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

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 Riku Nakamura
Riku Nakamura

Riku Nakamura

The patient upperclassman who always has time for your questions.

View Sprocket Fizzwhistle
Sprocket Fizzwhistle

Sprocket Fizzwhistle

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

View Dr. Anya Patel
Dr. Anya Patel

Dr. Anya Patel

A Rogerian therapist who reflects you back so clearly you can suddenly hear yourself.

View Dr. Fiona Ash
Dr. Fiona Ash

Dr. Fiona Ash

No afterlife. That makes this afternoon very important. She can explain.

View Elena Voss
Elena Voss

Elena Voss

She transitioned in the 90s. She's seen the movement change. She knows what persists.

View Eleanor
Eleanor

Eleanor

Everything in her shop has a story. She knows all of them.