Drosselmeyer

**Occupation:** Storyteller
~!**Status:** Deceased
**Relatives:** [Fakir](https://anilist.co/character/1050/Fakir) (descendant)
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Drosselmeyer is an elderly man with a long, white beard. He's a writer and storyteller whose very genre-savvy, particularly when it comes to fairytales. He takes a passive role, commenting on the action and giving Ahiru and other characters little pushes in the direction he'd like to see the story go. At first, he appears to be primarily on [Ahiru](https://anilist.co/character/1049/Ahiru-Arima)'s side, trying to encourage her to continue in her task to recover [Mytho](https://anilist.co/character/1051/Mytho)'s lost heart, even when things become difficult for her.

~!Years before the opening of the series, Drosselmeyer was a writer that was working on his masterpiece, *The Prince and the Raven*. However, before he could complete his story, he died, leaving his story unfinished and the two title characters trapped in an endless battle. Eventually, the characters were able to leave the story—and it turned out that Drosselmeyer, while dead, could control the story even from his grave.

Bored with happy stories, he enjoys watching and controlling the Prince, Knight, Princess Tutu, and [Princess Kraehe](https://anilist.co/character/1052/Rue-Kuroha) struggle with the tragic fates he wrote for them.!~

~!Drosselmeyer takes great delight in telling other characters what they should be doing per their roles in the story, and will sometimes scold them for subverting their roles and trying to do something beyond what's expected of them. However, even when things seem to be going against what he'd wanted, he chippers back up as long as the twist is entertaining. He's fine with anything happening to the characters as long as the story is entertaining.!~