Fun and helpful fact: if you ever need a good name for a wizard,
use the proper name of a real-world star. All that Arabic / Greek /
Latin / occasional Chinese really comes in handy for something
impressive and ancient sounding.
But since the Wikipdia article doesn't have numbers or fun wizard
traits, I added those.
Acamar
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Actually an awakened fetus.
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Achernar
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Trepanned.
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Achird
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Only eats white rice.
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Acrab
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Oversees massive pornography library.
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Acrux
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A gigantic ferret, no one questions it.
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Acubens
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Sleeps on a bed of roses.
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Adhafera
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Coelacanth hat.
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Adhara
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Wears two hats.
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Adhil
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Wears three hats.
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Ain
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Wears nothing but hats.
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Ainalrami
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Basilisk-hide slippers.
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Aladfar
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Collects statues of muscular women.
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Alamak
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Has been sleepwalking for the last 40 years.
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Alathfar
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Aging heavy metal fan.
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Albaldah
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Beloved pet: giant salamander.
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Albali
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Skilled impressionist painter.
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Albireo
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Convincing dementia act.
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Alchiba
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Successfully became own grandpa.
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Alcor
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Lives inside giant geode.
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Alcyone
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Really good at crochet.
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Aldebaran
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Has NOTHING to do with that demon attack.
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Alderamin
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Owns alchemical micro-brewery.
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Aldhanab
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Competitive sturgeon-breeder.
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Aldhibah
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Far too into taxidermy for this skill level.
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Aldulfin
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Unhealthy obsession with watermelons.
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Alfirk
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Best damn barbecue in the world.
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Algedi
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Child of a miner and a whore; proud of it.
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Algenib
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Has kept silver spoon in mouth since birth.
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Algieba
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Freakishly punctual, expects others to be so.
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Algol
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Three-foot-long fingernails.
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Algorab
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Has wooden eyes.
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Alhena
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Enthusiastic jogger.
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Alioth
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Cobwebs in eyebrows.
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Aljanah
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Loves the ocean, cannot swim.
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Alkaid
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Never removes iron-shod gloves.
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Al Kalb al Rai
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Way too many bird feeders.
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Alkalurops
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Mysterious number tattooed on forehead.
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Alkaphrah
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Wears clothes three sizes too big.
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Alkarab
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Everything is yellow.
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Alkes
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Secretly a woman.
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Al Kurud
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Secretly a man.
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Almaaz
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Eats gunpowder for breakfast.
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Almach
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Excessive sunflower seed consumption.
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Al Minliar al Asad
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Loves the smell of industrial smog.
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Alnair
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Often found at curry stands late at night.
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Alnasl
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Hair just gets everywhere, it’s gross.
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Alnilam
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Seeking to destroy the Influence Machine.
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Alnitak
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Doesn’t actually have anything better to do.
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Alniyat
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Lost their wallet.
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Alphard
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Breeds square cows and rectangular sheep
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Alphecca
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Spies on all their friends’ business.
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Alpheratz
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Immense, hairy ears.
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Alrakis
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Has rather silly ideas about anthropology.
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Alrescha
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Can never find matching socks.
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Alsafi
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Impossibly intricate filing system.
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Alsciaukat
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Only has one joke in their book.
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Alsephina
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Obsessive collector of a collectible card game.
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Alshain
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Definitely not a body snatcher.
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Alshat
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Firm believer in snake oil.
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Altair
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Keeps trying to get spelling reform going.
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Altais
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Hawaiian shirts; every day, year round.
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Altarf
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Runs a troupe of dancing skeletons.
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Alterf
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False teeth made out of ivory dominos.
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Aludra
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Misspelled tattoo.
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Alula Australis
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Blue hair, no explanation.
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Alula Borealis
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Nitpicks plot holes in operas.
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Alya
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Perpetually mourning unknown party.
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Alzirr
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Rings made of moon rocks.
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Ancha
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Choir of mounted, singing fish.
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Angetenar
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Super-picky about aesthetics.
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Ankaa
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Always sucking on a corn cob.
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Anser
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Believes the government is run by lizardpeople.
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Antares
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Perennial cubist.
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Arcturus
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Bathes in yogurt.
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Arkab Posterior
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Cannot stand the color blue.
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Arkab Prior
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Lives on a creepy backwoods farm.
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Arneb
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Fossil enthusiast.
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Ascella
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Followed by an infestation of centipedes.
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Asellus Australis
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Lived in a cave for five years.
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Asellus Borealis
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Has no compunction about public shame.
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Asellus Primus
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All-organic magic only, no gluten.
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Asellus Secundus
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Turban the size of a large dog.
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Asellus Thertius
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Scholar of antiquities.
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Asmidiske
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Malapropic neologisms.
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Aspidiske
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Ran ghost tours a few years back.
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Asterope
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Has not slept in four years.
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Athebyne
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Paragon of prep.
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Atik
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God of goth.
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Atlas
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Becomes dizzy easily.
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Atria
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Lives in the vents.
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Avior
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Haunted by a giant cockroach.
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Azelfafage
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Makes narwhal cheese.
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Azha
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Writes elaborate historical fanfiction.
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Barnard's Star
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Has a witch’s nipple.
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Baten Kaitos
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Prematurely old.
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Beemim
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Insurance fraudster.
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Beid
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Doesn’t look very wizardly.
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Bellatrix
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Constantly popping mysterious pills.
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Betelgeuse
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Picks compulsively at cuticles.
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Bharani
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Snake cultist.
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Biham
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Secret cookie dough stash.
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Botein
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Bound feet.
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Brachium
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Artificially shaped skull
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Canopus
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Anti-undead apocalypse prepper
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Capella
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Ex-vizier to a dark lord.
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Caph
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Chain-smoker.
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Castor
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Dry, flaky skin.
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Castula
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Prominent incisors.
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Cebalrai
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Loads of piercings.
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Celaeno
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Smells like eggs.
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Cervantes
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Mushrooms for hair.
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Chalawan
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Chews betel leaf.
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Chamukuy
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Naked mole rat exhibit in living room.
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Chara
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Volunteer fireman.
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Chertan
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Cares about century-old football stats.
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Copernicus
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Absolute maniac of a drummer.
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Cor Caroli
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Terrifying yodel.
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Cujam
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Classical oboist.
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Cursa
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Has a stuffed alligator in study/
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Dabih
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Forked tongue.
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Dalim
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Tiger-stripe tattoos.
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Deneb
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Snail jouster.
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Deneb Algedi
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Former priest.
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Denebola
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Extremely cold hands.
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Diadem
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Saffron venture capitalist.
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Diphda
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Stigmata, origins unclear and obfuscated.
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Dschubba
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Moss-green fingers from reagent stains.
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Dubhe
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Role-plays a crazy old hermit in a swamp.
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Dziban
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Impossibly bad dating luck.
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Edasich
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Has gone through seven spouses.
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Electra
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Entirely too many belts and pockets.
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Elnath
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Permanently runny nose.
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Eltanin
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Has a prize-winning pet pug.
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Enif
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Puts mayonnaise on everything.
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Errai
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Writes letters home to mother constantly.
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Fafnir
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Never brushes teeth.
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Fang
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Has never had hair cut.
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Fum al Samakah
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Paints faces on rocks and keeps them as friends.
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Fomalhaut
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Persistent case of bouncy leg.
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Fulu
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Navigates via “port” and “starboard” on
land.
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Furud
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Just went out for some cigarettes...
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Fuyue
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Proselytizes for Wizcoin.
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Gacrux
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Snorts when laughing.
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Garnet Star
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Creepy yellow teeth.
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Giausar
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Fractals on clothes, all brightly colored.
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Gienah
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Smells distressingly like roast turkey.
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Ginan
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Cheerful phrenologist.
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Gomeisa
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Loves clocks, can’t read them.
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Graffias
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Has never eaten a vegetable.
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Grumium
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Carries father’s organs in canopic jars.
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Hadar
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A cowboy.
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Haedus
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A pirate.
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Hamal
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Recently started a new diet.
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Hassaleh
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Plays a fiddle won from a crossroads stranger.
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Hatysa
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Aesthetically-pleasing facial scar.
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Helvetios
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Lives in a garbage dump.
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Heze
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Wears an owl mask.
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Homam
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Parkour enthusiast, but only for watching.
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Iklil
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Entirely too many pineapples.
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Intercrus
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Slick 3-D glasses, just because.
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Izar
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Cuff-links and crown made of bismuth
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Jabbah
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Keeps rifle above mantelpiece.
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Jishui
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Pink hair.
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Kaffaljidhma
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Constantly windswept hair.
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Kang
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Luxurious mustache.
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Kaus Australis
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Home-made ice-cream, all the time.
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Kaus Borealis
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Checkers fiend.
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Kaus Media
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Having paramour trouble.
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Keid
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Hirsute to the extreme.
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Khambalia
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Elephantiasis in the left leg.
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Kitalpha
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Pet tapeworm.
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Kochab
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Still wears a hat from the revolution.
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Kornephoros
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Was down the river, won’t tell what was seen.
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Kraz
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Still sleeps with security owlbear.
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Kuma
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Lives atop a termite mound.
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Kurhah
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Actually a tulpa.
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La Superba
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Afraid of the number 11.
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Larawag
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Actually a homunculus
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Lesath
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From the future (lie).
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Libertas
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From the future (truth).
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Lich
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Chocolatier.
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Lilii Borea
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Baby-faced.
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Maasym
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Lucha mask.
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Mahasim
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Eyepatch.
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Maia
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Teepee hat.
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Marfark
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Self-mummified.
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Marfik
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Beekeeper.
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Markab
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Heart on the wrong side.
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Markeb
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Extra finger on each hand.
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Marsic
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Tongue-louse.
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Matar
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Cigar-chomper.
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Mebsuta
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Pretending to be dead for tax reasons.
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Megrez
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Papaya tree growing out of hat.
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Meissa
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Demon-leather jacket.
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Mekbuda
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Amateur paleontologist.
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Meleph
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Lazy eye.
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Menkalinan
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Ratty clothes.
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Menkar
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Badger-stripe hair.
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Menkent
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Built like a brick shithouse.
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Menkib
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Terrible handwriting.
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Merak
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Leaves ink stains everywhere.
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Merga
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Trade guildsman.
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Meridiana
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Nose ring.
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Merope
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Shoes with bells on.
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Mesarthim
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Brags about killing a windmill.
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Miaplacidus
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Platypus mascot costume.
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Mimosa
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Smoked some dank shit in college.
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Minchir
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Macrophile.
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Minelauva
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Loves house geckos.
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Mintaka
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Catastrophic acne.
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Mira
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Scraggly-ass beard.
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Mirach
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Peacock-feather cape.
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Miram
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Throat-singer.
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Mirfak
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Available for birthday parties.
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Mirzam
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Part of a barbershop quartet.
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Misam
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Not actually a vampire.
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Mizar
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Carves runs in everything.
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Mothallah
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Compulsive hair plucker/
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Muliphein
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Trains a flea circus.
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Muphrid
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Dead parrot on shoulder.
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Muscida
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Heirloom sword, doesn’t know how to use.
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Musica
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Wears rings on every finger.
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Naos
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Dull and crooked halo.
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Nashira
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Underbite.
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Navi
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Birds nest in hair.
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Nekkar
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Incredibly spooky without trying.
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Nembus
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Braided beard, down to ankles.
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Nihal
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Used to be an undertaker.
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Nunki
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Wears a carpet over their shoulders.
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Nusakan
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Insists on proper fork placement.
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Ogma
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Occasionally vomits eggs.
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Peacock
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Ludicrous feathered boa.
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Phact
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Causes statues to start crying.
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Phecda
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Loves a good fry-up.
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Pherkad
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Wears plaids and stripes together.
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Pipirima
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Claims to be a god is disguise.
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Pleione
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Bushy ear hair.
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Polaris
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Has tinnitus.
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Polaris Australis
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Carries around a mystery box, never opened.
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Polis
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Carries around a jar of pickled eels.
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Pollux
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Had tower stolen by bears.
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Porrima
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Escaped from horrible abusive mother.
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Praecipua
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Misplaced the keys to their tower.
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Prima Hyadum
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Keeps hearing rats in the walls.
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Procyon
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Definitely not a spy from a rival nation, nope.
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Propus
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Luxurious lion-like mane.
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Proxima Centauri
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Recent, disastrous political run.
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Ran
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Unbeatable fighting spirit.
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Rana
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Good personal hygiene.
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Rasalas
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Synesthesia.
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Rasalgethi
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Heavy perspirator.
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Rasalhague
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Mountain climber.
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Rastaban
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Twitchy eye.
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Regor
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Overwhelming smell of pumpkin spice.
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Regulus
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Still has milk teeth.
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Revati
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Peg leg.
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Rigel
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Alien abductee.
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Rigil Kentaurus
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Does “crystal healing” for the gullible.
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Rotanev
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Acts like billionaire playboy, not even close.
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Ruchbah
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Extended earlobes.
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Rukbat
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Lengthened neck.
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Sabik
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Smells vaguely of salt.
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Saclateni
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Crocodile tears.
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Sadachbia
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Trained teeth-cleaner bird.
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Sadalbari
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Heterochromia, blue / brown.
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Sadalmelik
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Wears shorts in winter.
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Sadalsuud
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Loves rainy days.
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Sadr
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Wears pants on head.
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Saiph
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Working on a novel.
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Salm
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Reptilian being in a skinsuit.
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Sargas
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Oversized ears.
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Sarin
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Recent immigrant.
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Sarir
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Terrible miser.
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Sceptrum
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Has a long-term pen-pal.
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Scheat
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Bathysphere operator.
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Schedar
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Whale watcher.
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Secunda Hyadum
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Trade connections in Leng.
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Segin
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Growing a snail shell.
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Seginus
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Did 20 years in the oubliette.
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Sham
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Red eyes.
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Shaula
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Still uses slide rule.
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Sheliak
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Chimera aficionado, goes to all the cons.
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Sheratan
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Silk slippers with iron toes.
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Sirius
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Vegan.
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Situla
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Disconcerting taste for blood.
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Skat
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Owns and plays a pipe organ.
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Spica
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Has two shadows.
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Sualocin
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Writes restaurant review column.
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Subra
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Always has a flask of moonshine.
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Suhail
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Definitely saw bigfoot.
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Sulafat
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Taste for candied scorpion snacks.
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Syrma
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Theological reformer.
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Tabit
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Super-repressed puritan.
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Taiyangshou
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Looks exactly like a notable personage.
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Taiyi
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Park ranger.
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Talitha
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Aviator sunglasses, even at night.
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Tania Australis
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Kaleidoscope eyes.
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Tania Borealis
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Fresh pine scent.
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Tarazed
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New face paint every day.
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Taygeta
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Fancy top hat.
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Tegmine
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Embarrassing birthmark.
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Tejat
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Nose bitten off by giant rat.
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Terebellum
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Astronautic enthusiast.
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Thabit
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Unappreciated artist (and that’s a shame)
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Theemin
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Unappreciated artist (for good reason)
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Thuban
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Survival-situation cannibal.
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Tiaki
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Cheshire grin.
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Tianguan
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Former schoolteacher.
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Tianyi
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Walrus mustache.
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Titawin
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Prominent nosehair.
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Tonatiuh
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Hoards leftover food.
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Torcular
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Hermaphrodite.
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Tureis
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Consorts with unsavory folk.
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Unukalhai
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Pasta snob.
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Unurgunite
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Not the sharpest bulb in the crayon drawer.
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Vega
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Wrestled a crocodile once.
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Veritate
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Orange sherbet hair.
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Vindemiatrix
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Snaggleteeth.
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Wasat
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Villainous goatee.
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Wazn
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In real need of a nap.
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Wezen
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Caffeine addict.
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Wurren
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Can’t eat dairy.
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Xamidimura
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Escaped a cult.
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Xuange
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Does a mean Punch and Judy.
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Yed Posterior
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Hopeless bureaucrat.
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Yed Prior
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Hates crystals.
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Yildun
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Loves crystals.
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Zaniah
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Always has to knock on doors.
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Zaurak
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Coonskin hat.
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Zavijava
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Invisible hat.
|
Zhang
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Inverse hat.
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Zibal
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Deals in counterfeit artifacts.
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Zosma
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Is not actually a medical doctor.
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Zubenelgenubi
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Played sportsball in college.
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Zubenelhakrabi
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Always keeps their right hand covered.
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Zubeneschamali
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Smells of petrichor.
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