What is a mini pet?!

hi i haven't played faction for awhile and just started again and i been seeing all this talk about mini pets. WTF is a mini pet?!

a mini pet is something you get when an existing character turns 1 year old,

the character not the account.

anything from a mini bone dragon to a char shamon to a mini rurik.about a dozen and it is random.

do they do anything? and how can i check how old my character is?

Do they do anything ?
- Yes. They look cute. They follow you and sometimes they make funny noises.
But they don't attack, don't deal any damage and they can't be attacked or can die.

How can i check how old my character is?
- Type /age in your chat window

they hang around and follow you but nothing more.

some have been sold for above 600k as you can buy sell trade them as well.

type

/age

this will give the number of hours you have played thay character over the number of months you have had it

For more questions about the minipet, check out this website:
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Minipet