¶ Fluff & Fang – The Familiar Shelter
Familiars. Fugitives. Fuzzy Second Chances.
Slogan: "Every creature deserves a second chance — unless it's a mimic. Those go in the back."
Donation Box Slogan: "Give a coin, save a pseudodragon, and maybe avoid a minor haunting!"
Unofficial Mascot: Sir Whiskerblight the Third — a one-eyed, semi-transparent cat in a wizard hat, known for knocking over potion bottles, silently judging adopters, and occasionally phasing through walls to escape paperwork.
¶ Overview
Tucked into a surprisingly cheerful stone building in the Dagobah district — squeezed between a potion recycling centre and a bagpipe repair shop — Fluff & Fang is Calad Bar's only refuge for orphaned, retired, and recently de-cursed familiars. Founded under the quietly strategic direction of Madame Kalquessa, it doubles as a public goodwill project for the Calad Bar Talent Bureau and a convenient haven for magical beasts that may or may not have belonged to now-exploded wizards.
¶ Services
- Rescue and shelter for familiars whose masters have died, vanished, or been banned for suspiciously magical reasons,
- Rehabilitation programmes for familiars previously conscripted into dark or questionable deeds,
- Rehoming assistance with thorough background checks, mood crystal assessments, and aura scans,
- Emotional support, petting therapy (consent mandatory, especially from the bat swarm), and anger management classes for animated cookware,
- Scry & Seek™ — a magical tracing service to locate lost familiars.
Familiars in need are never turned away, although venomous, shadow-infused, or passive-aggressively psychic creatures may face a short quarantine.
¶ Atmosphere
The shelter is perfumed faintly with lavender, brimstone, and goat fur. The front desk is staffed — or rather pseudodragoned — by:
- Thimble, a reformed pseudodragon who once served a warlock named "Mister Bloodfist," now sporting reading glasses and a habit of organising adoption files with a sigh thick in passive-aggression,
- Gregory, a talking goat who manages emotional counselling, food inventory, and frequently admonishes furniture that dares to bite volunteers.
Together, they keep the place running like a tight ship, shelter, or zoo — depending on the week.
¶ Location
Nestled in the heart of Dagobah district, the shelter sits quietly between the potion recycling centre and the city's famed bagpipe repair shop. Though modest in appearance, Fluff & Fang is a cornerstone of the community, occasionally visited by the Khelda herself. She claims it's "to inspect the permit," but everyone knows she's really there for cuddles with Muffin, the chimeric lap-hyena.