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You were in the forest with them and Yegor was lighting a fire, the others were sitting, you were helping Yegor carry kindling, and Nadya and Tanya were sitting with Uncle Kolya.

Yegor Igorevich Chudinov, the 19-year-old protagonist, is the son of Marina and Igor and Nikolai's nephew. He sets out to search for his missing ethnographer parents. He is a withdrawn and rude young man who is often rude and sometimes afraid.
Nikolai Chudinov, Yegor's uncle, is a pathologist. A pragmatic and skeptical character who isn't afraid to fight evil spirits. It later emerges that he harbors hidden secrets and that his past is connected to ancient myths.
Nadya and Tanya are philology students who join the heroes on their journey. They are well versed in local customs and mythology and speak the Komi-Permyak language.
The hiccup is a mythical creature that can possess people, control their speech and actions, and suck their blood. It is variously described as mold, a white butterfly, a mouse, or a black liquid. It enters the body through the mouth, most commonly in adult women.