Orpheus

Orpheus was one of the Suits in Ulysses Dies at Dawn. He was played by The Toy Soldier.

Description
Orpheus is described as a 'pale, thin, young man'. Quoting the fiction, he's 'handsome, in an edgy, contemporary way: his pallid, lotus-ravaged countenance had attained the hollowed out, chiselled aspect of a bona fide rock star, and his ethereal form added to the delicate “tortured genius” kind of look' and has a 'weak ankles and a foppish haircut'. He is 5'4", with auburn hair and blue eyes. After Eurydice's death, his appearance devolves, becoming haggard and bedraggled.

Pre-Album
Orpheus was the son of a successful singer, and despite the album repeatedly pushing that he is poor, actually began life very middle-class. He was a rebellious teenager, and ended up becoming a prostitute for drug money and getting arrested at age 18. Dionysus bailed him out, on the condition that Orpheus would become a nymph in his employ. Orpheus met Narcissus working as a nymph two years after he entered Dionysus' employ, so it's likely that two years or more passed. Upon Dionysus hearing Orpheus' singing voice, he promoted him to his chief publicity man (though still asked to do sex work on the side). This is when Orpheus met Eurydice. . After Eurydice is murdered, five years later, Orpheus attempts to commit suicide, jumping into a canal. It fails, and he descends into spending his time moping about Narcissus' mansion. He manages to get out of his job for several weeks, but in the end Dionysus gets fed up and fires him, leaving him with no source of income. After Narcissus is (likely forcibly) taken away to Medea Asylum, Orpheus is left alone, and ends up living in a garret.

Ulysses Dies At Dawn
Orpheus goes to Hades, asking for Eurydice to be freed, and they task him with joining the rest of the Suits to interrogate Ulysses. There is a bit of confusion here, where in the fiction it says that 'the Ulysses job' was the first job Hades had given him, it's implied in Trial by Song that working for Hades was the most criminal activity he had done, and yet the album itself mentions Heracles and Orpheus working together in the past.

The events of the album ensue. Orpheus assists in interrogating Ulysses and sings a song he composed in order to open the vault door. He almost sacrifices himself in the Trial of Love, but hesitates and turns back. He is murdered by all the other Suits when they are driven to fight each other.

Trivia

 * Orpheus is attracted to both men and women.
 * He considers olives and guacamole 'silly nonsense'.
 * He may have legitimate prophetic dreams.