Who's who in this mess?  What characters are playing?  Here's the cast:

Call of Cthulhu:
Bernard Tremblay - Translator and first victim
Nick Johnson - Private Investigator and developer of the EDS
Earl "Early" Hutz - Editor and harbinger of death
William Hollis - Writer and bite sized snake snack
Eric Macaulay - Writer who didn't touch the head
James Galer - University professor who did
Roland Windemeer - Professor of Egyptology who has some interesting ideas