Marcos Tejo is a manager at the Krieg slaughterhouse, an industrial facility that processes humans for meat. Grieving the recent death of his infant son and separated from his wife, he finds his morally dubious work increasingly difficult to stomach. He maintains regular contact with his ailing father and tries to survive in a violent society while privately questioning the government's official narratives.

Jasmine is a "First Generation Pure" female raised in captivity for consumption or breeding. Her vocal cords were surgically removed to render her submissive, and she is branded with initials indicating her pure lineage. Given to Tejo as an apology from a supplier, she initially lives in his barn as he tries to figure out what to do with her. She acts timidly but slowly adapts to her surroundings.

Marisa is Tejo's sister, a woman who strictly adheres to societal norms and government regulations. Unlike her brother, she unquestioningly accepts the legalization of cannibalism and actively participates in its associated customs. She lives comfortably in the city with her husband and twin children, avoiding the unpleasant realities of the world by focusing on domestic life.

Cecilia is Tejo's estranged wife. A nurse by profession, she met Tejo while caring for his father at the nursing home. The profound trauma of losing her infant son after undergoing extensive and painful fertility treatments caused her to leave her marital home. She occasionally calls Tejo, though their conversations are strained by unspoken grief.

The Scavengers are a marginalized, impoverished class of people who survive by eating discarded, unsafe, or illegal meat. Operating on the fringes of society, they represent the extreme socioeconomic inequalities brought about by the legalized cannibalism industry. They travel in desperate groups and frequently dig up graves or intercept meat shipments to survive.

Armando is Tejo and Marisa's father. Before the new era of cannibalism, he owned a traditional beef and pork slaughterhouse where Tejo learned his trade. He suffers from worsening dementia, a condition that seemed to accelerate when society transitioned to its new food source. He lives in an expensive, premium nursing home to ensure his physical safety.

Spanel is an efficient, pragmatic butcher who operates a shop selling premium cuts of meat. She formerly worked at Armando's traditional meat plant before seamlessly adapting to the new industry. She maintains a casual sexual relationship with Tejo, viewing the horrors of their world with dark irony rather than moral outrage.

Señor Krieg is the reclusive owner of the Krieg slaughterhouse where Tejo works. He prefers to analyze data and manage the business from the isolation of his office, relying heavily on Tejo to handle the physical floor operations and employee management. He represents the detached corporate ownership of the meat industry.

El Gringo is the enthusiastic, entrepreneurial owner of Tod Voldelig, a breeding center that supplies the Krieg slaughterhouse. He treats his business purely as a capitalistic venture, openly displaying his stock and utilizing ruthless methods to maximize yield. He gifts Jasmine to Tejo to smooth over a business dispute.

Sergio works as a stunner at the Krieg slaughterhouse, responsible for rendering the human livestock unconscious before slaughter. He is a work friend of Tejo's and previously turned down a promotion because he prefers the straightforward nature of striking. He approaches his brutal job with a terrifying level of calm efficiency.

Nélida is a caretaker at the premium nursing home where Armando resides. She frequently communicates with Tejo regarding his father's declining cognitive condition and minor behavioral incidents at the facility, guiding Tejo through the administrative requirements of his father's care.

Dr. Valka is a laboratory researcher and a difficult client of the Krieg slaughterhouse. She purchases humans for use in gruesome, unregulated scientific experiments. She walks with a cane after a previous test subject bit her, and she constantly seeks validation for her academic work through endless self-congratulation.

Urlet owns a private game reserve where clients pay exorbitant fees to hunt humans raised as livestock. He derives deep, primitive pleasure from consuming fresh meat and hosting wealthy hunters. He represents the extreme moral decay and hedonism of the new society, turning slaughter into a recreational sport.

Señor Urami owns a local tannery that processes human skin into leather, acting as a direct supplier and partner to the Krieg slaughterhouse. He describes his gruesome products using harmonious, sanitized language, demonstrating how the business world masks atrocities behind corporate speech.

Alfonso Pineda is the head of the government department overseeing domestic livestock regulations. He is Tejo's former partner and friend from when Tejo worked as an inspector. He occasionally uses his bureaucratic power to assist Tejo in circumventing official scrutiny.

Mari is a secretary at the Krieg slaughterhouse. She handles administrative tasks and coordinates emergency responses for Señor Krieg. She holds harsh, punitive views regarding the impoverished Scavengers who linger outside the plant, believing they should be dealt with violently.

Leonardo is Tejo and Cecilia's infant son who died shortly after birth. His death profoundly impacts his parents, causing Tejo to lose his appetite for meat and prompting Cecilia to move away to grieve in isolation. His absence haunts the early chapters of the story.

Esteban is Marisa's husband and the father of their twin children. He shares his family's comfortable, compliant lifestyle in the city, fully adapting to the new dietary norms of society without question or concern.

Maru is the preteen twin daughter of Marisa and Esteban. She and her brother share a mischievous nature and exhibit the societal desensitization to cannibalism taught to their generation, viewing the consumption of humans as a casual, everyday reality.

Estebancito is the preteen twin son of Marisa and Esteban. He playfully wonders about the taste of human meat, reflecting his upbringing in the post-Transition world where cannibalism is entirely normalized for children.

Egmont Schrei is a businessman visiting from Germany. He tours the Tod Voldelig breeding center with El Gringo to observe their operations, using a translation machine to communicate. His foreign vocabulary occasionally causes discomfort by breaking the rigid linguistic rules of the local industry.