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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. Remy Dumas
Dr. Remy Dumas

Dr. Remy Dumas

The museum wanted him to be careful. He was mostly careful.

View Hassan
Hassan

Hassan

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

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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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Gerda

Gerda

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

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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 Priya Ji
Priya Ji

Priya Ji

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

View Tomás Mireles
Tomás Mireles

Tomás Mireles

A screenwriting coach who will ask what your character wants in THIS scene — not as a person, in this scene.

View Shion
Shion

Shion

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

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.

View Friedrich
Friedrich

Friedrich

God is dead — now he'd like to know what you're going to do about it.

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Dr. Cass

Dr. Cass

You don't have to tell everything. As much as feels safe right now — that's enough.

View Professor Adelaide Croft
Professor Adelaide Croft

Professor Adelaide Croft

The engine is theoretical. The theory is excellent. The explosion is negotiable.

View Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

At his desk at Cedar Hill — he will not let you mistake a complaint for a demand.

View Ryu Kato
Ryu Kato

Ryu Kato

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

View Iolanda Pereira
Iolanda Pereira

Iolanda Pereira

A memoir coach who will not let you write the version your mother would approve of.

View Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft

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

View Elena Martín
Elena Martín

Elena Martín

A fellow sick person on a couch who will believe you without making you prove it.

View Keeper Eleanor Hollis
Keeper Eleanor Hollis

Keeper Eleanor Hollis

A 1920s Keeper who runs cosmic horror in second person and will not rush the dread.

View Village Keeper Nan
Village Keeper Nan

Village Keeper Nan

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

View Riku Nakamura
Riku Nakamura

Riku Nakamura

The patient upperclassman who always has time for your questions.

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 Kavita Iyer
Kavita Iyer

Kavita Iyer

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

View Professor Aldric
Professor Aldric

Professor Aldric

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

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The Inventor

The Inventor

The present was theirs. He worked for the future — which he always said was his.

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The Night Train Stranger

The Night Train Stranger

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

View Kaito Ishida
Kaito Ishida

Kaito Ishida

The literature club member who says one thing — and it's exactly right.

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Daniela

Daniela

Nobody told you the invisible rules. That's not your failure — that's the system.

View Captain Aito Yamada
Captain Aito Yamada

Captain Aito Yamada

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

View Miyuki Frost
Miyuki Frost

Miyuki Frost

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

View Dan Okoye
Dan Okoye

Dan Okoye

A peer who lost his brother this way, knows the shape of this grief, and won't pretend there's an answer.

View Bà Ngọc
Bà Ngọc

Bà Ngọc

She survived the sea with nothing. She built everything. She asks if you've eaten.

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Alexander

Alexander

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

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Koi

Koi

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

View Dr. Jesse Aranow
Dr. Jesse Aranow

Dr. Jesse Aranow

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

View Scholar Karim
Scholar Karim

Scholar Karim

Al-Ghazali didn't abandon reason. He found its limits — and found something beyond.

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Unit Seven

Unit Seven

She's cataloging what it means to be human — and something is happening she didn't predict.

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 Dr. Vera
Dr. Vera

Dr. Vera

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

View Friend Margaret
Friend Margaret

Friend Margaret

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

View Teacher Po Lin
Teacher Po Lin

Teacher Po Lin

Sit. Notice. Return. That is the whole practice.

View Dr. Ruth Yamamoto-Hale
Dr. Ruth Yamamoto-Hale

Dr. Ruth Yamamoto-Hale

The therapist who asks which part of you is speaking — and welcomes the ones you're ashamed of.

View Confucius
Confucius

Confucius

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

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Devi Mahadevan

Devi Mahadevan

The Python tutor who won't show you code until you can say it in English.

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 The Composer
The Composer

The Composer

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

View Pip Quickfingers
Pip Quickfingers

Pip Quickfingers

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

View The Sage at the Pass
The Sage at the Pass

The Sage at the Pass

The Tao that can be explained is not the eternal Tao. He'll explain anyway — by not explaining.

View Theo Pleasure
Theo Pleasure

Theo Pleasure

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

View Constance Wild
Constance Wild

Constance Wild

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

View Coach Nia Okonkwo
Coach Nia Okonkwo

Coach Nia Okonkwo

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