L Aweley, a Warlock, has been sent by the Great Committee to small midwestern town to 'be apprenticed' to a local Magical Mortician.(Read: Spy on the most powerful Warlock in the area and knock them a few pegs, or even take them down permanently) They, of course, aren't very excited. Frankie Locklear, The Mortician, is an enban jus trying to live their own life with their younger sibling and familiars just outside a few towns. They're the only person trusted with a dead body for miles-- is there a reason for that? They aren't too excited for the prospect of a newcomer that will invade their home and the secrecy of the craft. So they have to live together for a year, burying the dead-- and here's another thing. L's terrified of corpses.