Death; the only true certainty in life; the long sleep, the great unknown, the void, the gateway to Eternal Life or the fires and brimstone of Hell. Whether met as a welcome relief from interminable suffering, as a rejoicing at the knowledge that we shall finally enter the Kingdom of God, for which we have prayed so long, or an unbearable terror of the expected payment for our mortal sins, we have no control over it. These characters, so close to that door that is about to open, have their own views on what they will find beyond.