The Ambrosia Family

Five vampires, tangled into one strained but loving household:

• Orlock — the patriarch. Haughty, obstinate and grieving, he's let a love of "the finer things" (mostly wine) deepen the rift with his kids. Underneath the theatrics is a sensitive soul who writes poetry and composes music.
• Mina — Orlock's daughter, and the family's heart. She runs Coffee & Coffins and refused to let her dad close it after her mum vanished. Endlessly cheerful, she bakes to put smiles on people's faces.
• Evan — Orlock's child and Mina's sibling (they/them), the "Coffins" half of the café. Aloof and star-gazing, they're quietly resisting Orlock's pressure to take over the family name.
• Samael — Orlock's nephew, who's manned The Broken Lamp bar for centuries. A brooding romantic who tends roses and stares across the bay, "waiting… for someone."
• Elvira — Samael's sister and Orlock's niece. A whirlwind of ideas and pet projects (to Orlock's annoyance); only Samael knows her softer, artistic side.

So the tree splits two ways: Orlock's own children (Mina and Evan) and his brother's children, his niece and nephew (Samael and Elvira). Mina and Evan are cousins to Samael and Elvira.

The Ambrosia arc is about a family trying to hold onto the version of Orlock they remember. After his wife left, he wanted to shutter Coffee & Coffins entirely — Mina talked him out of it — and he's been drowning the loss in vintages ever since. Both Mina and Evan are "struggling to hold on to the father they remember."

You get pulled in almost immediately: Orlock's Wine Scheme is one of the very first quests in the game. He palms off a job on you — handing over blood-grape seeds and asking you to deliver him Red Wine — which quietly teaches the whole core loop (grow, ferment in a keg, deliver) and points you toward other residents. Helping the Ambrosias, in other words, doubles as your on-ramp to the game itself.

The Ambrosias anchor two of the town's buildings, so they're easy to work into a nightly route:

• Coffee & Coffins — the café, run by Mina and Evan.
• The Broken Lamp — the bar, tended by Samael.
• Orlock and Elvira live in the town proper.

Handily, the Ambrosias share a family-wide soft spot: a Purple Azalea is liked across most of the house, so it's a safe default when you're courting more than one of them. Their player-confirmed favourites, though, are worth learning individually:

• Orlock — loves White Wine (of course).
• Mina — loves a Pink Azalea; also likes Honey and Yellow Azalea.
• Evan — loves Black Tulips; dislikes the Maxima Clam.
• Samael — likes a Purple Azalea, but dislikes a Pink Azalea, so match the shade carefully.
• Elvira — likes a White Rose, Purple Lavender or Yellow Tulips.

The one trap: Mina loves the same Pink Azalea that Samael can't stand — a neat illustration of why the town's colour-matching rule matters. See the full gifts & friendship guide for every resident.