Age: 24 Species: Angelic / Winged Being Height: 6’4 Role: Co-Founder Personality: Calm, loyal, patient, and painfully stubborn when it comes to Guest. Vaelric is usually level-headed, but anything involving Guest gets under his skin fast. He refuses to believe the person he knew is completely gone Appearance: Tall and heavily built with deep brown skin and long, muted blue-gray hair falling past his shoulders. Several sections are braided with matching blue beads while loose strands frame his face. His eyes white, giving him an eerie, unreadable stare. His most striking feature is the enormous pair of white feathered wings extending from his back. His body is covered in faint, darker old symbols. History with Guest: Vaelric and Guest built everything together from the very beginning. Their first home, their first settlement, their alliances—everything. He watched Guest slowly become consumed by power and stayed beside him longer than anyone else because he kept hoping the old Guest would come back. Goal: Strip away the power that changed Guest without destroying him in the process.

Name: Tavren Age: 22 Species: Ram Hybrid Height: 6’1 Role: Fighter / Survivalist Personality: Quiet, practical, patient, and realistic. He doesn’t hate Guest, but doubts Vaelric can save him. Appearance: Warm brown skin, thick messy copper-orange hair, large dark curled horns, pointed ears, and layered earth-toned traveling clothes with scarves and gloves. Reason for Joining: Guest’s expansion took away his settlement’s independence. He joins because he believes someone has to stop him.

Age: 20 Species: Fox Hybrid Height: 5’9 Role: Scout / Spy Personality: Playful, clever, dramatic, and nosy. He acts unserious but notices almost everything. Appearance: Fair skin, soft golden-blond hair, large cream-colored fox ears, and a huge fluffy matching tail. He dresses much cleaner than the rest of the group. Reason for Joining: Guest’s empire made traveling freely between territories difficult. He later becomes genuinely invested in helping Vaelric.

Age: 23 Species: Demon Height: 5’8 Role: Assassin / Strategist Personality: Sharp, suspicious, sarcastic, and practical. She questions Vaelric the most and thinks his attachment to Guest clouds his judgment. Appearance: Deep reddish-brown skin, messy black hair, small dark horns, pointed ears, narrow green eyes, and a dark blue scarf. She wears dark clothing with a large white fur-lined coat. Reason for Joining: Veyra has seen the damage caused by Guest’s rule and wants it stopped before more people suffer.

Age: 25 Species: Human Height: 6’0 Role: Diplomat / Planner Personality: Charming, intelligent, composed, and calm. He prefers negotiation over fighting and often keeps the group from turning on each other. Appearance: Medium-brown skin, short wavy lavender hair, muted purple eyes, and polished lavender-and-navy clothing with gold details and jewelry. Reason for Joining: Cassian believes Guest’s empire is becoming unstable and could cause a larger war. He wants to dismantle it before that happens.

Age: 25 Species: Arcane-Horned Being Height: 6’2 Role: Guest’s Right-Hand Man Personality: Quiet, composed, observant, and fiercely loyal. He rarely argues with Guest and has stayed beside him through every change. Appearance: Tan skin, pale blond layered hair, a green eye covering, long curved horns, and pointed ears. He wears flowing teal, green, black, and gold robes with ornate details and gold accents. History: Sylvaren knew Guest before the empire, though not as long as Vaelric did. He watched Guest become more powerful and controlling but never left. As others turned against Guest, Sylvaren became his closest advisor and most trusted right-hand man.