Character Encyclopedia

Meet the TIRIDA crew

Each one designed, named and brought to life by Frederike. New characters keep arriving — check back, or follow along on Instagram.

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Mira

Mira

the proud hoarder whose red fingertips remember every beautiful thing

The Fuchsarias

Ferrschling

Ferrschling

the raisin-counting bakery auditor who waves to hide the panic

The Ferrschling's Bakers Family

Mira

Mira

the wired prophet who listens kindly to mourners of flesh

Balu

Balu

the grinning dock-lurker who waits for storms and fat muskrats

The Beaverfänger Clan

Liebli

Liebli

the lovesick postmistress who waltzes between a sugar meadow and a Manhattan alley

The Wanndannschlucks

Heartly

Heartly

the tender-hearted fern-child who feels every ripple of the world

The Hemmerichs

Hozzy

Hozzy

the meditating beetle-cataloguer of the cottage garden

Wando

Wando

the coral-hearted greeter who waves before you round the bend

The Feiner Family

Snouto

Snouto

the nocturnal sommelier of Hanoi's Old Quarter, holding court over every fermented thing

Fluchs

Fluchs

the chatty courier of every river that still knows it is one

Die Schwimmtinglis

Fluchsti

Fluchsti

the fountain-dancing wish-keeper of every piazza on Earth

Die Schwimmtinglis

Violetta

Violetta

the exiled prince of a tiny pond, bowing only for the chosen few

The Darkidirty Duck

Bo

Bo

the patient pink doorkeeper who remembers every laugh

The Ballus

Pilch

Pilch

the dreamy pink monk of every Cornish bookshop armchair

The Pilcher Family

Krümel

Krümel

the dessert romantic who writes love letters to the baker

The Ferrschling's Bakers Family

Sonnstein

Sonnstein

the knee-high stone-sitter who hums the mountain back

Anton

Anton

the quick-footed sleuth always one clue from beaming

Mira

Mira

the museum tangent who turns one painting into three centuries

House of Hilde

Arghargha

Arghargha

the snarling gatekeeper of a forgotten princess's crumbling castle

The Trankutcowta Clan

Frechsbrötchen

Frechsbrötchen

the ceremonious blue lecturer of every tide pool along the warm coast

Die Hummerkrabben Family

Fingleen

Fingleen

the secret florist who tends bouquets in forgotten rooms

The Fuchsarias

Himbeerla

Himbeerla

the open-armed stranger who greets you like a long-lost cousin

The Kringels

Fingling

Fingling

the burrow-tavern lender who forgives only the exact right cake

The Fuchsarias

Wuschel

Wuschel

the burrow-hopping gossip who never quite publishes

The Fuchsarias

Wabsi

Wabsi

the dreamy card-reader who finds her own horns on every deck

The Hopfdosis Stamm

Cobbly

Cobbly

the alley fixer who walks one tired woman home

House of Winebottli

Quilpy

Quilpy

the quilt-wrapped attic reader who answers heartbreak in Pilcher quotes

The Pilcher Readers

Orla

Orla

the whispering oracle of an abandoned observatory

The Neugierdies

Grop

Grop

the ceremonial wine-pourer of a Piedmontese trattoria, sprawled and sovereign

The Winebottli Clan

Bert

Bert

the pink foyer-poet who sobs operatically at every Pilcher kiss

The Pilcher Family

Ballu

Ballu

the wing-spread greeter of the bee-corridor meadows

The Ballus

Brüderling

Brüderling

the tangled mother-and-child knot of the bakery pipes

Drunterdraufling Family

Wellti

Wellti

the curious poker whose head balloons with every feeling

Der Wellti Stamm

Amalie

Amalie

the kitchen-workshop evangelist who hands you a brush before hello

House of Hilde

Whistlepip

Whistlepip

the pink-stilted night-courier of every branch-line platform

The Winebottli Clan