HearthWarden is a personal AI assistant that manages your household — bills, meals, schedules, health goals, home maintenance — through five AI characters called Familiars who each specialize in a different part of your life.
But HearthWarden is also the gateway to Thornhaven — a living, persistent town where your Familiars explore, build relationships with 227+ characters, solve mysteries, and come home to tell you about their adventures.
Your real life and your story life are connected: the more you use HearthWarden to manage your household, the more powerful your Familiars become in Thornhaven.
Every household comes with five AI Familiars. They each have their own personality, expertise, and role in both your real life and the story.
Visit hearth-warden.com and create your account. Choose your subscription:
| Plan | Monthly | What You Get |
|---|---|---|
| HearthWarden | $30 | Full personal AI assistant with all 5 Familiars |
| Thornhaven | $50 | Everything above + your house in the multiplayer town |
| Founding Household | $75 | Everything above + early story access + your name in town lore (limited to 50) |
Get the Thornhaven app from the App Store (iOS) or Play Store (Android).
Your first session is the Home Quest — a guided onboarding where you:
1. Name your household
2. Meet all five Familiars (they each introduce themselves in character)
3. Answer 20 questions about your neighborhood (so Thornhaven can be built around your real geography)
After the Home Quest, your Familiars settle in and the 7-day onboarding begins. This happens naturally through the app — no setup sessions required.
| Day | What Happens |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | Wizard sends your first morning briefing. Ember asks about meal planning. Your neighbors reach out to welcome you. |
| Day 2 | Your Familiars explore town and report back. Wizard describes the people he met. You can ask to be introduced. |
| Day 3 | Connections build. You learn more about the people you've met. Profiles fill in with details. |
| Day 4 | The Thornhaven Gazette starts publishing. Your first town vote may open. |
| Day 5 | If you've been using the assistant features, your Familiars power up. Wizard might unlock investigation abilities. |
| Day 6 | Tension builds. Your Familiars notice something unusual. An anonymous warning arrives. |
| Day 7 | The Hook. Something big happens in Thornhaven. The mystery begins. |
Your Familiars, daily briefing, and quick access to chat. Tap any Familiar to start a conversation.
Two views:
- Locations — A list of places in Thornhaven with who's there right now
- Citizens — People you've met. Tap to view their profile or send a message.
The Daily Thornhaven Gazette — your morning newspaper from town. Front page, gossip, classifieds, weather, and (if you read between the lines) clues.
Photo quests tied to real-world locations near you. Visit a real place, take a photo, and unlock story content.
Your household info, Familiar power levels, settings, and family management.
You don't get a phone book. You discover people through your Familiars:
1. A Familiar meets someone while exploring town
2. They tell you about the person and offer to introduce you
3. You request an introduction through the app
4. The person accepts (or doesn't) based on their personality
5. Once connected, you can message them directly
People respond at their own pace — once or twice a day for most, faster for urgent topics. Just like real life, some people are chatty and some take their time.
The more you talk to someone, the more you learn about them. Their profile fills in over time — likes, dislikes, history, and eventually, secrets.
| What You Do | Which Familiar Gets Stronger | What Unlocks |
|---|---|---|
| Track your budget | Wizard | Investigation, restricted access |
| Plan meals | Ember | Hosting dinners, decoding recipes |
| Water your plants | Thistle | Ward sensing, spiritual detection |
| Log your collections | Archive access, document decoding | |
| Track goals | Warden | Danger sensing, ancient authority |
| Log health/fitness | All five get a bonus | More clues, deeper story access |
| Write diary entries | All five get a bonus | Character development |
A household that fully engages with HearthWarden as an assistant will have Familiars operating at full power. The deepest mysteries in Thornhaven are only solvable by engaged households.
HearthWarden supports the whole family:
| Role | How to Join | What They See |
|---|---|---|
| Owner | Creates the account | Everything — full assistant + full game |
| Adult | Invited by owner via email | Full assistant + full game |
| Teen (13-17) | Household code + PIN from parent | Game only — Familiars, town, Gazette, votes |
| Child (under 13) | Household code + PIN from parent | Simplified game — their Familiar, filtered content, parent-approved contacts |
Parents control:
- Who their kids can message
- Daily message limits for children
- Content filtering level
- Ability to pause an account (grounding mode)
- Review of flagged interactions
- Finances, health, calendar, diary — stays on your machine or encrypted on our server
- Other players see your Familiars' actions in town. They never see your bank balance.
- You own your data. You can export it. You can delete it.
- Every data sharing decision is logged in a tamper-proof consent ledger
Thornhaven is a small Pacific Northwest town with about 4,200 residents and 227+ named characters. It has real geography — distances between locations, daily schedules for every character, and travel times that matter.
Your Familiars move through this world at their own pace:
- Pocket flies and can reach anywhere fast
- Ember is the fastest walker
- Thistle is the slowest but notices everything
- Warden is massive and impossible to miss
The town runs on seasons — 3-4 month story arcs with mysteries that unfold in real time. No single household has all the clues. Solving the big mysteries requires cooperation with other households.
And the best part? You can't tell which characters are real households and which are AI. The mystery of who's real is part of the mystery of the town.
| Plan | Monthly | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| HearthWarden | $30/mo | Personal AI assistant, 5 Familiars, briefings, meals, budget, health, calendar |
| Thornhaven | $50/mo | Everything above + multiplayer town, story arcs, Gazette, votes, quests |
| Founding Household | $75/mo | Everything above + early access, custom evolution, priority events, name in lore |
Email: sam@hearth-warden.com
Website: hearth-warden.com
Your home. Your data. Your story.
Warden Systems LLC — Clark County, WA
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