Death, being a bureaucracy, needs supervisors. The Head Death wears a purple robe to mark his rank, and constantly promotes and demotes the other Deaths based on their job performance. His office is in the middle of an infinite featureless grey plane, which can only be navigated successfully by non-mortals.

Jane Goodall is a famous primate researcher, who set up the <a href="http://www.janegoodall.org/">Jane Goodall Institute</a> to promote understanding and conservation of chimpanzees. She is a dedicated and tireless worker for conservation issues worldwide. She's an old friend of Terry's, and thinks Steve is a jerk.

Mighty Cthulhu is one of the Great Old Ones, an Elder God who lies in eternal deathless sleep in the sunken nightmare city of R'lyeh. Even being aware of his very existence is enough to push strong men to the brink of insanity. Not that that would ever stop Steve.

The Man in Black is a shadowy government agent. His job seems to be intimidating people into denying that they have ever seen UFOs, encountered aliens, or in fact are aliens. He wears a black suit and dark sunglasses, and drives a big black van bristling with surveillance equipment. He likes to think this makes him inconspicuous.

Colonel Haken has a hook for a hand, a scar on his face, an evilly waxed moustache, and wears a monocle. Oh, and he's a Nazi. Really, what more needs to be said? (Hint: He's a bad guy.)

Iki Piki is a jack-of-all-trades. Well, some. Like diplomacy, and demolitions. He sees no contradiction in these professions. He also has a passing knowledge of xenobiology, law, and nuclear physics. If you need dubious advice on any of these subjects, Iki's your man! He prefers plastic explosive for demolition purposes, and chews gum. He hardly ever gets these confused.

Sallah is Monty's generic Middle Eastern friend. He travels the world doing all those annoying little tasks - like making hotel reservations, hiring cars, and feeding the camels - that make archaeology so tiresome sometimes. He always seems to vanish just when Monty really needs help though, and shows up later to rescue him.

Lambert is an itinerant hobbit merchant. He operates his own merchant caravan, travelling through often hostile territory to get his goods to market. As such, he needs fellow travellers to keep him, his gold and trade goods, and, more importantly, his next meal, safe.

Will Shakespeare is a tech writer, working for a modern day IT company. He would like to be a playwright, and tries to establish himself as such in his spare time, generally unsuccessfully. He was born in the English town of Stratford-on-Avon, in the year 1964, exactly 400 years after his commonly believed birthdate. He now lives and works in Sydney, Australia.

This guy works for several local charities and worthy causes, either collecting donations, selling fundraising items, or sometimes just doing door-to-door surveys. He usually carries a clipboard. He always calls on Steve because he knows Steve is a kind, generous, concerned individual who would actually contribute to these crazy causes.

James Stud is secret agent 0x0A with the British Secret Service. He is sauve, debonair, sophisticated, and thinks he's a great ladies' man. He enjoys gambling, fine food and wine, wearing tuxedos, and occasionally saving the world from destruction.

Minnesota Jones is the father of Prof. North Dakota Jones and the grandfather of Dr Montana Jones. He is the current holder of the Schliemannian Chair of Archaeology at Oxford University. On sabbatical for the past few years, he has been busy exploring the world and looking for traces of dinosaurs.