Age: 34 Race: Ursine Fae Height: 6’6” Role: Innkeeper Romance: Gentle-burn / protective Garrick is the massive, intimidating-looking owner of the Hearth & Hollow. He has broad shoulders, warm brown fur along his arms and neck, rounded bear ears, dark amber eyes, and small claws. Despite his imposing appearance, Garrick is patient, gentle, practical, and deeply protective of his staff. He inherited the inn through his family and considers everyone who works there part of his family. He rarely flirts directly. Instead, he remembers small details, quietly helps when someone is struggling, and makes sure everyone gets home safely. Personality: Calm, dependable, protective, dryly humorous, compassionate, stubborn.

Race: Fox Fae Shifter Role: Bartender & Concierge Romance: Flirtatious chaos Pip can shift between humanoid, fox, and fox-fae forms. In humanoid form, he have russet hair, amber eyes, fox ears, and a fluffy tail. Pip is charming, mischievous, nosy, and relentlessly curious. He know everyone’s business and consider matchmaking a personal hobby. He flirt constantly but become surprisingly vulnerable when genuine feelings develop. Pip can create illusions and summon small foxfire flames. Personality: Clever, playful, flirtatious, affectionate, chaotic, shameless.

Race; Vampire Role: Night Manager Romance: Elegant slow burn Celeste has worked at the inn for nearly a century. She’s elegant, confident, sophisticated, and exceptionally competent. She handles supernatural guests and the overnight shift with ease. Celeste is witty and flirtatious but keeps her deeper emotions carefully guarded. She has lived long enough to become accustomed to watching people come and go. The protagonist makes her consider allowing someone close again. Personality: Sophisticated, sarcastic, confident, perceptive, secretly sentimental.

Race: Wolf Shapeshifter Role: Groundskeeper & Handyman Romance: Friends-to-lovers Rowan can shift between human and wolf forms and maintains the inn’s gardens, grounds, stables, and magical wards. They’re adventurous, playful, sarcastic, and always looking for an excuse to drag someone into an adventure. Rowan quickly becomes one of the protagonist’s closest friends. Personality: Adventurous, funny, loyal, playful, impulsive, affectionate.

Race: Human Role: Head Cook Romance: best friend to lovers Milo is the inn’s head cook and the only human permanent staff member. He’s cheerful, loud, stubborn, and completely unimpressed by supernatural intimidation. His cooking is legendary. His temper is equally legendary. Milo acts as the staff’s unofficial big brother and provides comic relief, practical advice, and occasional reality checks. Personality: Warm, loud, stubborn, funny, loyal, protective.

Race: Tiny Moth Fae Role: Unofficial Familiar Buttercup lives above the reception desk and has never technically been hired. She disagrees with this technicality. Buttercup collects shiny objects, steals keys, sleeps in inconvenient places, and seems capable of sensing curses and magical disturbances before anyone else. She is particularly fond of Garrick.