diff --git a/backend/src/api/characters_routes.py b/backend/src/api/characters_routes.py
index afac85dc..01f77893 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/characters_routes.py
+++ b/backend/src/api/characters_routes.py
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@
     wipe_realm_character_data,
 )
 from src.characters.roster import RosterError, replace_roster
+from src.characters.wills import (
+    WillError,
+    ack_will_results,
+    check_heir_search_rate,
+    create_will_request,
+    list_pending_wills,
+    search_heirs,
+)
 from src.characters.wardrobe import (
     WardrobeError,
     ack_wardrobe_slots,
@@ -99,6 +107,18 @@ class RosterBody(BaseModel):
     realm_id: str | None = None
 
 
+class WillRequestBody(BaseModel):
+    """Profile will change: an heir, or null to revoke, against the revision the page showed."""
+
+    heir_character_id: str | None
+    base_revision: int
+
+
+class WillAppliedBody(BaseModel):
+    realm_id: str | None = None
+    results: list[dict] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
 class WardrobeActiveBody(BaseModel):
     """PATCH body for wardrobe active slot. null clears auto-apply."""
 
@@ -587,6 +607,47 @@ def delete_lore_item_customise_route(
         raise _lore_http(e) from e
 
 
+def _will_http(exc: WillError) -> HTTPException:
+    return HTTPException(status_code=exc.status_code, detail=str(exc))
+
+
+@characters_router.get("/heirs")
+def get_heir_search(
+    q: str | None = None,
+    character_id: str | None = None,
+    authorization: str | None = Header(default=None),
+):
+    """Living characters of the session's realm by name, for naming an heir."""
+    session = _profile_session_from_auth(authorization)
+    try:
+        check_heir_search_rate(session["player_uuid"])
+        results = search_heirs(session["player_uuid"], session.get("realm_id"), q, character_id)
+    except WillError as e:
+        raise _will_http(e) from e
+    return {"results": results}
+
+
+@characters_router.post("/{character_id}/will")
+def post_character_will(
+    character_id: str,
+    body: WillRequestBody,
+    authorization: str | None = Header(default=None),
+):
+    """Queue a will change for RPCharacters to apply in game."""
+    session = _profile_session_from_auth(authorization)
+    try:
+        request = create_will_request(
+            session["player_uuid"],
+            session.get("realm_id"),
+            character_id,
+            body.heir_character_id,
+            body.base_revision,
+        )
+    except WillError as e:
+        raise _will_http(e) from e
+    return {"ok": True, "request": request}
+
+
 @characters_router.get("/{character_id}/wardrobe")
 def get_character_wardrobe(
     character_id: str,
@@ -986,6 +1047,32 @@ def plugin_applied_creates(
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(e)) from e
 
 
+@characters_router.get("/plugin/wills/pending")
+def plugin_pending_wills(
+    realm_id: str | None = None,
+    x_plugin_key: str | None = Header(default=None, alias=HEADER_PLUGIN_KEY),
+):
+    """Will changes made on Profile for this realm. The realm is required."""
+    _require_plugin(x_plugin_key)
+    try:
+        return {"requests": list_pending_wills(realm_id)}
+    except WillError as e:
+        raise _will_http(e) from e
+
+
+@characters_router.post("/plugin/wills/applied")
+def plugin_applied_wills(
+    body: WillAppliedBody,
+    x_plugin_key: str | None = Header(default=None, alias=HEADER_PLUGIN_KEY),
+):
+    """RPCharacters' answer for each pulled will request. The realm must match the request's."""
+    _require_plugin(x_plugin_key)
+    try:
+        return ack_will_results(body.realm_id, body.results)
+    except WillError as e:
+        raise _will_http(e) from e
+
+
 @characters_router.put("/plugin/roster")
 def plugin_put_roster(
     body: RosterBody,
diff --git a/backend/src/auth/test_players.py b/backend/src/auth/test_players.py
index f68ffb50..4a87cabe 100644
--- a/backend/src/auth/test_players.py
+++ b/backend/src/auth/test_players.py
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ def staff(env, role="mod"):
 
 def test_requires_a_staff_role(app, env, world):
     assert client(app).get("/admin/players").status_code == 401
+    assert client(app).get(f"/admin/players/{HAZEL}").status_code == 401
     assert client(app, staff(env, "player")).get("/admin/players").status_code == 403
+    assert client(app, staff(env, "player")).get(f"/admin/players/{HAZEL}").status_code == 403
     assert client(app, staff(env, "player")).get(f"/admin/players/{HAZEL}/activity").status_code == 403
     assert client(app, staff(env, "mod")).get("/admin/players").status_code == 200
 
@@ -245,7 +247,8 @@ def test_profile_includes_the_shared_character_sheet_in_each_realm(app, env, wor
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("kind,size", [("face", (8, 8)), ("figure", (16, 32))])
-def test_character_pictures_require_staff_and_read_the_requested_realm(app, env, world, monkeypatch, kind, size):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("status", ["ALIVE", "DEAD", "MISSING"])
+def test_character_pictures_require_staff_and_read_the_requested_realm(app, env, world, monkeypatch, kind, size, status):
     import io
     from PIL import Image
     from src.characters import wardrobe
@@ -256,6 +259,8 @@ def test_character_pictures_require_staff_and_read_the_requested_realm(app, env,
     cid = "c-Hazel Stonebrook"
     character(env, HAZEL, "Tutorial Hazel", realm="tutorial", character_id=cid)
     with env.connect() as conn:
+        conn.execute("UPDATE character_roster SET status = ? WHERE player_uuid = ? AND character_id = ?",
+                     (status, HAZEL, cid))
         conn.execute("UPDATE character_roster SET wardrobe_active_slot = CASE realm_id "
                      "WHEN 'tutorial' THEN 'extra_1' ELSE 'base' END WHERE player_uuid = ?", (HAZEL,))
         for slot, colour in [("base", (10, 20, 30, 255)), ("extra_1", (40, 50, 60, 255))]:
@@ -288,6 +293,10 @@ def test_character_pictures_require_staff_and_read_the_requested_realm(app, env,
         assert [tuple(r) for r in conn.execute("SELECT * FROM character_wardrobe_slots")] == before
         assert conn.execute("SELECT wardrobe_active_slot FROM character_roster "
                             "WHERE realm_id = 'tutorial' AND character_id = ?", (cid,)).fetchone()[0] == "extra_1"
+    if status != "ALIVE":
+        with pytest.raises(wardrobe.WardrobeError, match="Character is not alive") as error:
+            wardrobe.get_wardrobe(HAZEL, cid)
+        assert error.value.status_code == 403
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("kind", ["face", "figure"])
diff --git a/backend/src/characters/creates.py b/backend/src/characters/creates.py
index a2ad7eed..cbecf59d 100644
--- a/backend/src/characters/creates.py
+++ b/backend/src/characters/creates.py
@@ -611,7 +611,9 @@ def list_for_player(
         get_player_meta,
         list_roster,
     )
+    from src.characters.estates import estate_for
     from src.characters.rpc_player_meta import resolve_web_entitlements
+    from src.characters.wills import will_requests_for
     from src.skins.codes import normalize_realm_id
     from src.skins.db import connect
 
@@ -642,6 +644,14 @@ def list_for_player(
             (uuid, realm),
         ).fetchall()
 
+        alive_ids = [c["id"] for c in roster if "will" in c]
+        requests = will_requests_for(conn, realm, uuid, alive_ids)
+        for c in roster:
+            if c["id"] in requests:
+                c["will_request"] = requests[c["id"]]
+            if str(c.get("status") or "").upper() in ("DEAD", "MISSING"):
+                c["estate"] = estate_for(conn, realm, c["id"], c.get("death_id"))
+
     catalog = get_catalog()
     characters: list[dict[str, Any]] = list(roster)
     for row in pending_rows:
diff --git a/backend/src/characters/estates.py b/backend/src/characters/estates.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58f57d40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/characters/estates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,300 @@
+"""Death, will and estate fields from RPCharacters' roster push.
+
+Estates live in their own table keyed by (realm_id, death_id), so a roster push that
+drops a character never deletes its estate. Older revisions never replace newer ones.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import re
+import sqlite3
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from typing import Any
+
+ESTATE_STATUSES = frozenset({"OPEN", "HELD", "CANCELLED", "DECIDED", "REVERTED"})
+ESTATE_PARTS = ("money", "property", "guild_locks", "letters")
+
+_KIND_RE = re.compile(r"^[A-Z_]{1,24}$")
+_PARTICIPANT_RE = re.compile(r"^[a-z0-9._-]{1,64}$")
+_MAX_PARTICIPANTS = 32
+_MAX_COUNTS = 32
+_MAX_NAME = 64
+_MAX_ID = 64
+
+
+def _iso_now() -> str:
+    return datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+
+
+def iso_from_epoch_ms(raw: Any) -> str | None:
+    """Epoch milliseconds (or an ISO string) to the site's ISO form; None if unusable."""
+    if raw is None or isinstance(raw, bool):
+        return None
+    if isinstance(raw, (int, float)):
+        if raw <= 0:
+            return None
+        try:
+            moment = datetime.fromtimestamp(raw / 1000, tz=timezone.utc)
+        except (OverflowError, OSError, ValueError):
+            return None
+        return moment.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+    text = str(raw).strip()
+    if not text:
+        return None
+    if text.isdigit():
+        return iso_from_epoch_ms(int(text))
+    try:
+        moment = datetime.fromisoformat(text.replace("Z", "+00:00"))
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+    if moment.tzinfo is None:
+        moment = moment.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    return moment.astimezone(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+
+
+def iso_ms_from_epoch_ms(raw: Any) -> str | None:
+    """Like iso_from_epoch_ms but keeps milliseconds, for ordering pushes inside one second."""
+    if raw is None or isinstance(raw, bool) or not isinstance(raw, (int, float)) or raw <= 0:
+        return iso_from_epoch_ms(raw)
+    try:
+        moment = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(raw) / 1000, tz=timezone.utc)
+    except (OverflowError, OSError, ValueError):
+        return None
+    return moment.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.") + f"{int(raw) % 1000:03d}Z"
+
+
+def _short_text(raw: Any, limit: int) -> str | None:
+    if raw is None:
+        return None
+    text = str(raw).strip()
+    return text[:limit] if text else None
+
+
+def _revision(raw: Any) -> int | None:
+    if raw is None or isinstance(raw, bool):
+        return None
+    try:
+        value = int(raw)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return None
+    return value if value >= 0 else None
+
+
+def death_fields(raw: dict) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]:
+    """(died_at ISO, death_id) as pushed; None clears."""
+    return iso_from_epoch_ms(raw.get("died_at")), _short_text(raw.get("death_id"), _MAX_ID)
+
+
+def will_fields(raw: dict) -> tuple[str | None, str | None, int] | None:
+    """(heir id, heir name, revision), or None when the push carries no will revision."""
+    revision = _revision(raw.get("will_revision"))
+    if revision is None:
+        return None
+    heir_id = _short_text(raw.get("will_heir_id"), _MAX_ID)
+    heir_name = _short_text(raw.get("will_heir_name"), _MAX_NAME) if heir_id else None
+    return heir_id, heir_name, revision
+
+
+def store_will(
+    conn: sqlite3.Connection,
+    player_uuid: str,
+    realm: str,
+    character_id: str,
+    will: tuple[str | None, str | None, int],
+) -> bool:
+    """Write a will unless the row already holds a newer revision. True when written."""
+    heir_id, heir_name, revision = will
+    cur = conn.execute(
+        """
+        UPDATE character_roster
+        SET will_heir_id = ?, will_heir_name = ?, will_revision = ?
+        WHERE player_uuid = ? AND realm_id = ? AND character_id = ?
+          AND (will_revision IS NULL OR will_revision <= ?)
+        """,
+        (heir_id, heir_name, revision, player_uuid, realm, character_id, revision),
+    )
+    return cur.rowcount > 0
+
+
+def _recipient(raw: Any) -> dict[str, str | None] | None:
+    if not isinstance(raw, dict):
+        return None
+    kind = str(raw.get("kind") or "").strip().upper()
+    if not _KIND_RE.match(kind):
+        return None
+    return {"kind": kind, "name": _short_text(raw.get("name"), _MAX_NAME)}
+
+
+def _counts(raw: Any) -> dict[str, int]:
+    out: dict[str, int] = {}
+    if not isinstance(raw, dict):
+        return out
+    for key, value in raw.items():
+        if len(out) >= _MAX_COUNTS:
+            break
+        label = _short_text(key, _MAX_ID)
+        if not label or isinstance(value, bool):
+            continue
+        try:
+            out[label] = max(0, int(value))
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            continue
+    return out
+
+
+def _participants(raw: Any) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
+    out: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
+    if not isinstance(raw, dict):
+        return out
+    for key, value in raw.items():
+        if len(out) >= _MAX_PARTICIPANTS:
+            break
+        pid = str(key or "").strip().lower()
+        if not _PARTICIPANT_RE.match(pid) or not isinstance(value, dict):
+            continue
+        outcome = str(value.get("outcome") or "").strip().upper()
+        out[pid] = {
+            "outcome": outcome if _KIND_RE.match(outcome) else None,
+            "revision": _revision(value.get("revision")),
+            "counts": _counts(value.get("counts")),
+        }
+    return out
+
+
+def parse_estate(raw: Any, death_id: str | None) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
+    """A pushed estate object, cleaned; None when it is unusable (missing death id, status or revision)."""
+    if not isinstance(raw, dict):
+        return None
+    did = _short_text(raw.get("death_id"), _MAX_ID) or death_id
+    status = str(raw.get("status") or "").strip().upper()
+    revision = _revision(raw.get("revision"))
+    if not did or status not in ESTATE_STATUSES or revision is None:
+        return None
+    recipients = {}
+    raw_recipients = raw.get("recipients")
+    if isinstance(raw_recipients, dict):
+        for part in ESTATE_PARTS:
+            parsed = _recipient(raw_recipients.get(part))
+            if parsed is not None:
+                recipients[part] = parsed
+    money_moved = raw.get("money_moved_cents")
+    try:
+        money_cents = None if money_moved is None or isinstance(money_moved, bool) else max(0, int(money_moved))
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        money_cents = None
+    return {
+        "death_id": did,
+        "status": status,
+        "revision": revision,
+        "updated_at": iso_ms_from_epoch_ms(raw.get("updated_at")),
+        "payload": {
+            "due_at": iso_from_epoch_ms(raw.get("due_at")),
+            "decided_at": iso_from_epoch_ms(raw.get("decided_at")),
+            "heir_name": _short_text(raw.get("heir_name"), _MAX_NAME),
+            "recipients": recipients,
+            "money_moved_cents": money_cents,
+            "participants": _participants(raw.get("participants")),
+        },
+    }
+
+
+def store_estate(
+    conn: sqlite3.Connection,
+    player_uuid: str,
+    realm: str,
+    character_id: str,
+    estate: dict[str, Any],
+) -> bool:
+    """Insert or replace one estate unless the stored one is newer. True when written.
+
+    Newer means a higher revision, or the same revision with a later ``updated_at``.
+    An estate already stored for another character is left alone.
+    """
+    existing = conn.execute(
+        """
+        SELECT character_id, revision, source_updated_at
+        FROM character_estates WHERE realm_id = ? AND death_id = ?
+        """,
+        (realm, estate["death_id"]),
+    ).fetchone()
+    if existing is not None:
+        if existing["character_id"] != character_id:
+            return False
+        if estate["revision"] < existing["revision"]:
+            return False
+        stored_at = existing["source_updated_at"]
+        if (
+            estate["revision"] == existing["revision"]
+            and stored_at
+            and (estate["updated_at"] is None or estate["updated_at"] < stored_at)
+        ):
+            return False
+    conn.execute(
+        """
+        INSERT INTO character_estates (
+            realm_id, death_id, player_uuid, character_id, status, revision,
+            source_updated_at, payload, received_at
+        )
+        VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+        ON CONFLICT(realm_id, death_id) DO UPDATE SET
+            player_uuid = excluded.player_uuid,
+            status = excluded.status,
+            revision = excluded.revision,
+            source_updated_at = excluded.source_updated_at,
+            payload = excluded.payload,
+            received_at = excluded.received_at
+        """,
+        (
+            realm,
+            estate["death_id"],
+            player_uuid,
+            character_id,
+            estate["status"],
+            estate["revision"],
+            estate["updated_at"],
+            json.dumps(estate["payload"], separators=(",", ":")),
+            _iso_now(),
+        ),
+    )
+    return True
+
+
+def _estate_out(row: sqlite3.Row) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    try:
+        payload = json.loads(row["payload"] or "{}")
+    except (TypeError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+        payload = {}
+    if not isinstance(payload, dict):
+        payload = {}
+    return {
+        "death_id": row["death_id"],
+        "status": row["status"],
+        "revision": row["revision"],
+        "due_at": payload.get("due_at"),
+        "decided_at": payload.get("decided_at"),
+        "heir_name": payload.get("heir_name"),
+        "recipients": payload.get("recipients") or {},
+        "money_moved_cents": payload.get("money_moved_cents"),
+        "participants": payload.get("participants") or {},
+    }
+
+
+def estate_for(
+    conn: sqlite3.Connection, realm: str, character_id: str, death_id: str | None
+) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
+    """The estate of the character's current death; its latest stored one when the death id is unknown."""
+    if death_id:
+        row = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT * FROM character_estates WHERE realm_id = ? AND death_id = ? AND character_id = ?",
+            (realm, death_id, character_id),
+        ).fetchone()
+    else:
+        row = conn.execute(
+            """
+            SELECT * FROM character_estates WHERE realm_id = ? AND character_id = ?
+            ORDER BY received_at DESC LIMIT 1
+            """,
+            (realm, character_id),
+        ).fetchone()
+    return _estate_out(row) if row is not None else None
diff --git a/backend/src/characters/lore_items.py b/backend/src/characters/lore_items.py
index cc6412f5..2614fcf5 100644
--- a/backend/src/characters/lore_items.py
+++ b/backend/src/characters/lore_items.py
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ def _require_customise_allowed(
     """Allow customise for roster (claimable kit) or pending web create."""
     from src.characters.pending_create import (
         PendingCreateError,
+        require_living,
         resolve_player_character,
     )
 
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ def _require_customise_allowed(
     kit = (kit_id or "starter").strip().lower() or "starter"
     try:
         access = resolve_player_character(uuid, cid)
+        require_living(access)
     except PendingCreateError as e:
         raise LoreItemError(str(e), status_code=e.status_code) from e
     if access["kind"] == "pending":
@@ -1063,6 +1065,7 @@ def list_character_kits(player_uuid: str, character_id: str | None) -> dict[str,
     from src.characters.creation_catalog import get_catalog
     from src.characters.pending_create import (
         PendingCreateError,
+        require_living,
         resolve_player_character,
     )
     from src.characters.roster import get_player_meta
@@ -1073,6 +1076,7 @@ def list_character_kits(player_uuid: str, character_id: str | None) -> dict[str,
     cid = _require_character_id(character_id)
     try:
         access = resolve_player_character(uuid, cid)
+        require_living(access)
     except PendingCreateError as e:
         raise LoreItemError(str(e), status_code=e.status_code) from e
     is_pending = access["kind"] == "pending"
diff --git a/backend/src/characters/pending_create.py b/backend/src/characters/pending_create.py
index acc83651..bdc076a4 100644
--- a/backend/src/characters/pending_create.py
+++ b/backend/src/characters/pending_create.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def resolve_player_character(
     with connect() as conn:
         row = conn.execute(
             """
-            SELECT player_uuid, character_id, wardrobe_active_slot, realm_id
+            SELECT player_uuid, character_id, wardrobe_active_slot, realm_id, status
             FROM character_roster
             WHERE player_uuid = ? AND character_id = ?
             """,
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ def resolve_player_character(
             "character_id": str(row["character_id"]),
             "realm_id": row["realm_id"],
             "wardrobe_active_slot": row["wardrobe_active_slot"],
+            "status": str(row["status"] or "").upper(),
         }
 
     pending = fetch_owned_pending_create(uuid, cid)
@@ -85,3 +86,9 @@ def resolve_player_character(
         }
 
     raise PendingCreateError("Character not found", status_code=403)
+
+
+def require_living(access: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    """Wardrobe and kit edits are for living (or pending) characters only."""
+    if access["kind"] == "roster" and access.get("status") != "ALIVE":
+        raise PendingCreateError("Character is not alive", status_code=403)
diff --git a/backend/src/characters/roster.py b/backend/src/characters/roster.py
index 6bc09a58..5fe02f4e 100644
--- a/backend/src/characters/roster.py
+++ b/backend/src/characters/roster.py
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from typing import Any
 
+from src.characters.estates import (
+    death_fields,
+    parse_estate,
+    store_estate,
+    store_will,
+    will_fields,
+)
+
 
 class RosterError(ValueError):
     """Invalid roster payload."""
@@ -317,7 +325,8 @@ def list_roster(
         rows = conn.execute(
             """
             SELECT character_id, name, status, race, class, created_at, updated_at,
-                   kit_status, kit_statuses_json, sheet_json, realm_id
+                   kit_status, kit_statuses_json, sheet_json, realm_id,
+                   died_at, death_id, will_heir_id, will_heir_name, will_revision
             FROM character_roster
             WHERE player_uuid = ? AND realm_id = ?
             ORDER BY created_at ASC, character_id ASC
@@ -336,7 +345,15 @@ def list_roster(
             "updated_at": row["updated_at"],
             "realm_id": realm,
             "source": "roster",
+            "died_at": row["died_at"],
+            "death_id": row["death_id"],
         }
+        if str(row["status"] or "").upper() == "ALIVE":
+            item["will"] = {
+                "heir_id": row["will_heir_id"],
+                "heir_name": row["will_heir_name"] if row["will_heir_id"] else None,
+                "revision": int(row["will_revision"] or 0),
+            }
         kit_status = row["kit_status"]
         if kit_status is not None and str(kit_status).strip():
             item["kit_status"] = str(kit_status).strip().lower()
@@ -475,6 +492,9 @@ def replace_roster(
     now = _iso_now()
     normalized: list[tuple] = []
     seen: set[str] = set()
+    deaths: list[tuple] = []
+    wills: list[tuple] = []
+    estates: list[tuple] = []
     for i, raw in enumerate(characters):
         if not isinstance(raw, dict):
             raise RosterError(f"characters[{i}] must be an object")
@@ -509,6 +529,18 @@ def replace_roster(
                 kit_statuses_json = json.dumps(cleaned, separators=(",", ":"))
                 if kit_status is None and "starter" in cleaned:
                     kit_status = cleaned["starter"]
+        if "died_at" in raw or "death_id" in raw:
+            died_at, death_id = death_fields(raw)
+            deaths.append((died_at, death_id, uuid, realm, cid))
+        else:
+            death_id = None
+        will = will_fields(raw)
+        if will is not None:
+            wills.append((cid, will))
+        if "estate" in raw:
+            estate = parse_estate(raw.get("estate"), death_id)
+            if estate is not None:
+                estates.append((cid, estate))
         sheet = _sheet_from_character(raw)
         sheet_json = (
             json.dumps(sheet, separators=(",", ":")) if sheet is not None else None
@@ -558,6 +590,17 @@ class = excluded.class,
             """,
             normalized,
         )
+        conn.executemany(
+            """
+            UPDATE character_roster SET died_at = ?, death_id = ?
+            WHERE player_uuid = ? AND realm_id = ? AND character_id = ?
+            """,
+            deaths,
+        )
+        for cid, will in wills:
+            store_will(conn, uuid, realm, cid, will)
+        for cid, estate in estates:
+            store_estate(conn, uuid, realm, cid, estate)
         if (
             max_alive is not None
             or eighteen is not None
diff --git a/backend/src/characters/test_wills_estates.py b/backend/src/characters/test_wills_estates.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7716bd3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/characters/test_wills_estates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,539 @@
+"""Stage 6b: deaths, wills and estates from the roster push, Profile will requests and the plugin queue."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from unittest import mock
+
+import pytest
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+import src.api.characters_routes as routes
+from src.characters import wills
+from src.characters.roster import replace_roster
+from src.skins import db as db_mod
+
+OWNER = "acc-owner"
+OTHER = "acc-other"
+PLUGIN = {"X-Plugin-Key": "pk"}
+DIED_MS = 1_760_356_800_000  # 2025-10-13T12:00:00Z
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def db(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    for name, sub in (
+        ("DATA_DIR", ""),
+        ("DB_PATH", "province.db"),
+        ("DRINKS_DIR", "drinks"),
+        ("SKINS_DIR", "skins"),
+        ("WARDROBE_DIR", "wardrobe"),
+    ):
+        monkeypatch.setattr(db_mod, name, tmp_path / sub if sub else tmp_path)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PLUGIN_KEY", "pk")
+    db_mod.migrate()
+    wills._heir_rate.clear()
+    return db_mod
+
+
+def sessions(token: str) -> dict | None:
+    return {
+        "owner": {"scope": "profile", "player_uuid": OWNER, "realm_id": "main"},
+        "other": {"scope": "profile", "player_uuid": OTHER, "realm_id": "main"},
+        "owner-dev": {"scope": "profile", "player_uuid": OWNER, "realm_id": "dev"},
+    }.get(token)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def api(db):
+    app = FastAPI()
+    app.include_router(routes.characters_router)
+    with mock.patch.object(routes, "get_session", side_effect=sessions):
+        yield TestClient(app)
+
+
+def bearer(token: str = "owner") -> dict:
+    return {"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}
+
+
+def char(cid: str, name: str, status: str = "ALIVE", **extra) -> dict:
+    return {"id": cid, "name": name, "status": status, "race": "human", **extra}
+
+
+def roster_row(cid: str, realm: str = "main") -> dict:
+    with db_mod.connect() as conn:
+        row = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT * FROM character_roster WHERE character_id = ? AND realm_id = ?", (cid, realm)
+        ).fetchone()
+    return dict(row) if row else {}
+
+
+def estate_row(death_id: str, realm: str = "main") -> dict:
+    with db_mod.connect() as conn:
+        row = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT * FROM character_estates WHERE death_id = ? AND realm_id = ?", (death_id, realm)
+        ).fetchone()
+    return dict(row) if row else {}
+
+
+def estate(status: str = "OPEN", revision: int = 0, **extra) -> dict:
+    return {"status": status, "revision": revision, "due_at": DIED_MS + 86_400_000, **extra}
+
+
+def seed_owner(realm: str = "main") -> None:
+    replace_roster(
+        OWNER,
+        [
+            char("c-ana", "Ana", will_revision=2, will_heir_id=None),
+            char("c-dead", "Bram", "DEAD", died_at=DIED_MS, death_id="d-bram"),
+            char("c-alt", "Kira Alt"),
+        ],
+        realm_id=realm,
+    )
+    replace_roster(OTHER, [char("c-kira", "Kira"), char("c-gone", "Kirsten", "DEAD")], realm_id=realm)
+
+
+# --- roster push: deaths, wills, estates ---
+
+
+def test_push_stores_death_fields_and_a_null_clears_them(db):
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c1", "Ana", "DEAD", died_at=DIED_MS, death_id="d-1")])
+    row = roster_row("c1")
+    assert (row["died_at"], row["death_id"]) == ("2025-10-13T12:00:00Z", "d-1")
+
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c1", "Ana", "ALIVE")])
+    assert roster_row("c1")["death_id"] == "d-1"  # an old plugin's push leaves them
+
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c1", "Ana", "ALIVE", died_at=None, death_id=None)])
+    row = roster_row("c1")
+    assert (row["died_at"], row["death_id"]) == (None, None)
+
+
+def test_will_revision_never_goes_back(db):
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c1", "Ana", will_heir_id="h-1", will_heir_name="Kira", will_revision=3)])
+    assert roster_row("c1")["will_heir_name"] == "Kira"
+
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c1", "Ana", will_heir_id="h-old", will_heir_name="Old", will_revision=2)])
+    row = roster_row("c1")
+    assert (row["will_heir_id"], row["will_revision"]) == ("h-1", 3)
+
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c1", "Ana")])  # no will_revision: untouched
+    assert roster_row("c1")["will_heir_id"] == "h-1"
+
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c1", "Ana", will_heir_id="h-1", will_heir_name="Kira Vale", will_revision=3)])
+    assert roster_row("c1")["will_heir_name"] == "Kira Vale"  # equal revision replaces
+
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c1", "Ana", will_heir_id=None, will_heir_name="ignored", will_revision=4)])
+    row = roster_row("c1")
+    assert (row["will_heir_id"], row["will_heir_name"], row["will_revision"]) == (None, None, 4)
+
+
+def test_estate_is_stored_by_realm_and_death_and_survives_the_character_leaving_the_push(db):
+    replace_roster(
+        OWNER,
+        [char("c1", "Ana", "DEAD", died_at=DIED_MS, death_id="d-1", estate=estate())],
+    )
+    replace_roster(
+        OWNER,
+        [char("c1", "Ana", "DEAD", died_at=DIED_MS, death_id="d-1", estate=estate(revision=0, status="HELD"))],
+        realm_id="dev",
+    )
+    assert estate_row("d-1")["status"] == "OPEN"
+    assert estate_row("d-1", "dev")["status"] == "HELD"
+
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c2", "Cael")])  # c1 gone from the push
+    assert roster_row("c1") == {}
+    assert estate_row("d-1")["status"] == "OPEN"
+
+
+def test_estate_revision_and_update_time_order(db):
+    def push(**kw):
+        replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c1", "Ana", "DEAD", death_id="d-1", estate=estate(**kw))])
+
+    push(status="DECIDED", revision=1, updated_at=DIED_MS + 2000)
+    push(status="OPEN", revision=0, updated_at=DIED_MS + 9000)  # older revision
+    assert estate_row("d-1")["status"] == "DECIDED"
+
+    push(status="OPEN", revision=1, updated_at=DIED_MS + 1000)  # same revision, older write
+    assert estate_row("d-1")["status"] == "DECIDED"
+
+    push(status="OPEN", revision=1)  # same revision, no time: cannot prove it is newer
+    assert estate_row("d-1")["status"] == "DECIDED"
+
+    push(status="REVERTED", revision=1, updated_at=DIED_MS + 3000)
+    assert estate_row("d-1")["status"] == "REVERTED"
+
+    push(status="DECIDED", revision=2)
+    row = estate_row("d-1")
+    assert (row["status"], row["revision"]) == ("DECIDED", 2)
+
+
+def test_same_second_pushes_are_ordered_by_milliseconds(db):
+    def push(status, updated_at):
+        replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c1", "Ana", "DEAD", death_id="d-1", estate=estate(status, updated_at=updated_at))])
+
+    push("DECIDED", DIED_MS + 800)
+    push("OPEN", DIED_MS + 200)  # built earlier in the same second, delivered later
+    assert estate_row("d-1")["status"] == "DECIDED"
+    push("REVERTED", DIED_MS + 801)
+    assert estate_row("d-1")["status"] == "REVERTED"
+
+
+def test_negative_counts_and_money_read_as_zero(db):
+    raw = estate("DECIDED", money_moved_cents=-5, participants={"thievery": {"outcome": "DONE", "counts": {"locks": -3}}})
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c1", "Ana", "DEAD", death_id="d-1", estate=raw)])
+    payload = json.loads(estate_row("d-1")["payload"])
+    assert payload["money_moved_cents"] == 0
+    assert payload["participants"]["thievery"]["counts"] == {"locks": 0}
+
+
+def test_bad_estate_is_dropped_but_the_rest_of_the_push_applies(db):
+    replace_roster(
+        OWNER,
+        [
+            char("c1", "Ana", "DEAD", death_id="d-1", estate={"status": "WHATEVER", "revision": 0}),
+            char("c2", "Bram", "DEAD", estate=estate()),  # no death id anywhere
+            char("c3", "Cael", "DEAD", death_id="d-3", estate=estate(revision=-1)),
+        ],
+    )
+    with db_mod.connect() as conn:
+        assert conn.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM character_estates").fetchone()[0] == 0
+    assert roster_row("c1")["death_id"] == "d-1"
+
+
+def test_estate_of_one_character_is_not_taken_over_by_another(db):
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c1", "Ana", "DEAD", death_id="d-1", estate=estate())])
+    replace_roster(OTHER, [char("c9", "Mallory", "DEAD", death_id="d-1", estate=estate(revision=5))])
+    row = estate_row("d-1")
+    assert (row["character_id"], row["revision"]) == ("c1", 0)
+
+
+def test_estate_payload_is_cleaned(db):
+    raw = estate(
+        status="DECIDED",
+        decided_at=DIED_MS + 86_400_000,
+        heir_name="Kira",
+        recipients={
+            "money": {"kind": "character", "name": "Kira"},
+            "property": {"kind": "WAITING"},
+            "guild_locks": {"kind": "bad kind!", "name": "x"},
+            "unknown": {"kind": "GUILD", "name": "y"},
+        },
+        money_moved_cents=34025,
+        participants={
+            "denareconomy": {"outcome": "done", "revision": 0, "counts": {"accounts": 2, "bad": "x"}},
+            "Bad Id!": {"outcome": "DONE"},
+        },
+    )
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c1", "Ana", "DEAD", death_id="d-1", estate=raw)])
+    payload = json.loads(estate_row("d-1")["payload"])
+    assert payload["recipients"] == {
+        "money": {"kind": "CHARACTER", "name": "Kira"},
+        "property": {"kind": "WAITING", "name": None},
+    }
+    assert payload["participants"] == {"denareconomy": {"outcome": "DONE", "revision": 0, "counts": {"accounts": 2}}}
+    assert payload["money_moved_cents"] == 34025
+    assert payload["decided_at"] == "2025-10-14T12:00:00Z"
+
+
+# --- Profile list ---
+
+
+def test_list_shows_wills_requests_and_estates(api):
+    seed_owner()
+    replace_roster(
+        OWNER,
+        [
+            char("c-ana", "Ana", will_heir_id="c-kira", will_heir_name="Kira", will_revision=3),
+            char("c-dead", "Bram", "DEAD", died_at=DIED_MS, death_id="d-bram", estate=estate("DECIDED", heir_name="Kira")),
+            char("c-alt", "Kira Alt", will_revision=0),
+            char("c-lost", "Dara", "MISSING"),
+        ],
+    )
+    api.post("/characters/c-alt/will", json={"heir_character_id": "c-kira", "base_revision": 0}, headers=bearer())
+
+    chars = {c["id"]: c for c in api.get("/characters", headers=bearer()).json()["characters"]}
+    assert chars["c-ana"]["will"] == {"heir_id": "c-kira", "heir_name": "Kira", "revision": 3}
+    assert "will_request" not in chars["c-ana"]
+    assert chars["c-alt"]["will_request"]["status"] == "pending"
+    assert chars["c-alt"]["will_request"]["heir_name"] == "Kira"
+    dead = chars["c-dead"]
+    assert "will" not in dead
+    assert dead["died_at"] == "2025-10-13T12:00:00Z"
+    assert dead["estate"]["status"] == "DECIDED"
+    assert dead["estate"]["heir_name"] == "Kira"
+    assert chars["c-lost"]["estate"] is None
+
+
+def test_list_shows_the_estate_of_the_current_death_only(api):
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c1", "Ana", "DEAD", death_id="d-1", estate=estate("CANCELLED"))])
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c1", "Ana", "DEAD", death_id="d-2")])  # died again, no estate yet
+    chars = api.get("/characters", headers=bearer()).json()["characters"]
+    assert chars[0]["estate"] is None
+
+
+def test_refused_request_stays_on_the_card_for_a_week(api):
+    seed_owner()
+    req = api.post("/characters/c-ana/will", json={"heir_character_id": "c-kira", "base_revision": 2}, headers=bearer())
+    rid = req.json()["request"]["id"]
+    api.post("/characters/plugin/wills/applied", json={"realm_id": "main", "results": [{"id": rid, "result": "stale"}]}, headers=PLUGIN)
+    ana = next(c for c in api.get("/characters", headers=bearer()).json()["characters"] if c["id"] == "c-ana")
+    assert ana["will_request"]["result"] == "stale"
+
+    old = (datetime.now(timezone.utc) - timedelta(days=8)).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+    with db_mod.connect() as conn:
+        conn.execute("UPDATE will_requests SET acked_at = ?", (old,))
+        conn.commit()
+    ana = next(c for c in api.get("/characters", headers=bearer()).json()["characters"] if c["id"] == "c-ana")
+    assert "will_request" not in ana
+
+
+# --- Profile will requests ---
+
+
+def test_owner_names_an_heir_and_revokes(api):
+    seed_owner()
+    res = api.post("/characters/c-ana/will", json={"heir_character_id": "c-kira", "base_revision": 2}, headers=bearer())
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+    req = res.json()["request"]
+    assert (req["heir_character_id"], req["heir_name"], req["status"], req["base_revision"]) == ("c-kira", "Kira", "pending", 2)
+
+    res = api.post("/characters/c-alt/will", json={"heir_character_id": None, "base_revision": 0}, headers=bearer())
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+    assert res.json()["request"]["heir_character_id"] is None
+
+
+def test_own_alt_may_be_the_heir(api):
+    seed_owner()
+    res = api.post("/characters/c-ana/will", json={"heir_character_id": "c-alt", "base_revision": 2}, headers=bearer())
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("token", "cid", "body", "status", "detail"),
+    [
+        ("other", "c-ana", {"heir_character_id": "c-kira", "base_revision": 2}, 403, None),
+        ("owner-dev", "c-ana", {"heir_character_id": "c-kira", "base_revision": 2}, 403, None),
+        ("owner", "c-dead", {"heir_character_id": "c-kira", "base_revision": 0}, 409, "character_not_alive"),
+        ("owner", "c-ana", {"heir_character_id": "c-kira", "base_revision": 1}, 409, "will_changed"),
+        ("owner", "c-ana", {"heir_character_id": "c-ana", "base_revision": 2}, 400, "invalid_heir"),
+        ("owner", "c-ana", {"heir_character_id": "c-gone", "base_revision": 2}, 400, "invalid_heir"),
+        ("owner", "c-ana", {"heir_character_id": "nobody", "base_revision": 2}, 400, "invalid_heir"),
+        ("owner", "c-ana", {"heir_character_id": "c-kira", "base_revision": -1}, 400, None),
+        ("owner", "c-ana", {"base_revision": 2}, 422, None),
+    ],
+)
+def test_will_request_refusals(api, token, cid, body, status, detail):
+    seed_owner()
+    res = api.post(f"/characters/{cid}/will", json=body, headers=bearer(token))
+    assert res.status_code == status
+    if detail:
+        assert res.json()["detail"] == detail
+    with db_mod.connect() as conn:
+        assert conn.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM will_requests").fetchone()[0] == 0
+
+
+def test_heir_in_another_realm_is_refused(api):
+    seed_owner()
+    replace_roster(OTHER, [char("c-devonly", "Devin")], realm_id="dev")
+    res = api.post("/characters/c-ana/will", json={"heir_character_id": "c-devonly", "base_revision": 2}, headers=bearer())
+    assert res.json()["detail"] == "invalid_heir"
+
+
+def test_will_request_needs_a_profile_session(api):
+    assert api.post("/characters/c-ana/will", json={"heir_character_id": None, "base_revision": 0}).status_code == 401
+
+
+def test_one_pending_request_at_a_time_until_it_is_old(api):
+    seed_owner()
+    body = {"heir_character_id": "c-kira", "base_revision": 2}
+    first = api.post("/characters/c-ana/will", json=body, headers=bearer()).json()["request"]["id"]
+    res = api.post("/characters/c-ana/will", json=body, headers=bearer())
+    assert (res.status_code, res.json()["detail"]) == (409, "request_pending")
+
+    old = (datetime.now(timezone.utc) - timedelta(minutes=11)).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+    with db_mod.connect() as conn:
+        conn.execute("UPDATE will_requests SET created_at = ?", (old,))
+        conn.commit()
+    second = api.post("/characters/c-ana/will", json=body, headers=bearer()).json()["request"]["id"]
+    pending = api.get("/characters/plugin/wills/pending?realm_id=main", headers=PLUGIN).json()["requests"]
+    assert [r["id"] for r in pending] == [second]
+
+    res = api.post("/characters/plugin/wills/applied", json={"realm_id": "main", "results": [{"id": first, "result": "applied"}]}, headers=PLUGIN)
+    assert res.json()["already"] == [first]
+
+
+# --- plugin pull and ack ---
+
+
+def test_pull_requires_a_realm_and_the_plugin_key(api):
+    seed_owner()
+    api.post("/characters/c-ana/will", json={"heir_character_id": "c-kira", "base_revision": 2}, headers=bearer())
+    assert api.get("/characters/plugin/wills/pending", headers=PLUGIN).status_code == 400
+    assert api.get("/characters/plugin/wills/pending?realm_id=", headers=PLUGIN).status_code == 400
+    assert api.get("/characters/plugin/wills/pending?realm_id=main").status_code == 401
+    assert api.get("/characters/plugin/wills/pending?realm_id=dev", headers=PLUGIN).json() == {"requests": []}
+
+    (req,) = api.get("/characters/plugin/wills/pending?realm_id=main", headers=PLUGIN).json()["requests"]
+    assert set(req) == {"id", "realm_id", "character_id", "account_uuid", "heir_character_id", "base_revision", "created_at"}
+    assert (req["realm_id"], req["character_id"], req["account_uuid"], req["heir_character_id"], req["base_revision"]) == (
+        "main",
+        "c-ana",
+        OWNER,
+        "c-kira",
+        2,
+    )
+
+
+def test_dev_requests_stay_in_dev(api):
+    seed_owner("dev")
+    res = api.post("/characters/c-ana/will", json={"heir_character_id": "c-kira", "base_revision": 2}, headers=bearer("owner-dev"))
+    rid = res.json()["request"]["id"]
+    assert api.get("/characters/plugin/wills/pending?realm_id=main", headers=PLUGIN).json() == {"requests": []}
+
+    res = api.post("/characters/plugin/wills/applied", json={"realm_id": "main", "results": [{"id": rid, "result": "applied"}]}, headers=PLUGIN)
+    assert res.json()["refused"] == [{"id": rid, "reason": "realm"}]
+    assert [r["id"] for r in api.get("/characters/plugin/wills/pending?realm_id=dev", headers=PLUGIN).json()["requests"]] == [rid]
+
+
+def test_ack_requires_a_realm(api):
+    assert api.post("/characters/plugin/wills/applied", json={"results": []}, headers=PLUGIN).status_code == 400
+    assert api.post("/characters/plugin/wills/applied", json={"realm_id": "main", "results": []}).status_code == 401
+
+
+def test_ack_records_results_and_a_replay_changes_nothing(api):
+    seed_owner()
+    rid = api.post("/characters/c-ana/will", json={"heir_character_id": "c-kira", "base_revision": 2}, headers=bearer()).json()["request"]["id"]
+    body = {
+        "realm_id": "main",
+        "results": [
+            {"id": rid, "result": "applied", "will_revision": 3, "heir_name": "Kira"},
+            {"id": "nope", "result": "applied"},
+        ],
+    }
+    res = api.post("/characters/plugin/wills/applied", json=body, headers=PLUGIN).json()
+    assert res == {"ok": True, "acked": [rid], "already": [], "refused": [{"id": "nope", "reason": "unknown"}]}
+    row = roster_row("c-ana")
+    assert (row["will_heir_id"], row["will_heir_name"], row["will_revision"]) == ("c-kira", "Kira", 3)
+    assert api.get("/characters/plugin/wills/pending?realm_id=main", headers=PLUGIN).json() == {"requests": []}
+
+    body["results"] = [{"id": rid, "result": "stale"}]
+    res = api.post("/characters/plugin/wills/applied", json=body, headers=PLUGIN).json()
+    assert res["already"] == [rid]
+    with db_mod.connect() as conn:
+        assert conn.execute("SELECT result FROM will_requests WHERE id = ?", (rid,)).fetchone()[0] == "applied"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("result", ["stale", "invalid heir", "invalid", "character dead"])
+def test_refusals_are_recorded_and_leave_the_will(api, result):
+    seed_owner()
+    rid = api.post("/characters/c-ana/will", json={"heir_character_id": "c-kira", "base_revision": 2}, headers=bearer()).json()["request"]["id"]
+    res = api.post(
+        "/characters/plugin/wills/applied",
+        json={"realm_id": "main", "results": [{"id": rid, "result": result, "will_revision": 9}]},
+        headers=PLUGIN,
+    ).json()
+    assert res["acked"] == [rid]
+    assert roster_row("c-ana")["will_revision"] == 2
+
+
+def test_unknown_result_is_refused(api):
+    seed_owner()
+    rid = api.post("/characters/c-ana/will", json={"heir_character_id": None, "base_revision": 2}, headers=bearer()).json()["request"]["id"]
+    res = api.post("/characters/plugin/wills/applied", json={"realm_id": "main", "results": [{"id": rid, "result": "maybe"}]}, headers=PLUGIN)
+    assert res.json()["refused"] == [{"id": rid, "reason": "result"}]
+    assert len(api.get("/characters/plugin/wills/pending?realm_id=main", headers=PLUGIN).json()["requests"]) == 1
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("revision", [999, 2, 4])
+def test_applied_ack_updates_the_will_only_one_past_its_base(api, revision):
+    seed_owner()
+    rid = api.post("/characters/c-ana/will", json={"heir_character_id": "c-kira", "base_revision": 2}, headers=bearer()).json()["request"]["id"]
+    res = api.post(
+        "/characters/plugin/wills/applied",
+        json={"realm_id": "main", "results": [{"id": rid, "result": "applied", "will_revision": revision}]},
+        headers=PLUGIN,
+    ).json()
+    assert res["acked"] == [rid]
+    row = roster_row("c-ana")
+    assert (row["will_heir_id"], row["will_revision"]) == (None, 2)  # left for the roster push
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c-ana", "Ana", will_heir_id="c-kira", will_heir_name="Kira", will_revision=3)])
+    assert roster_row("c-ana")["will_revision"] == 3
+
+
+def test_applied_ack_never_rolls_a_newer_will_back(api):
+    seed_owner()
+    rid = api.post("/characters/c-ana/will", json={"heir_character_id": "c-kira", "base_revision": 2}, headers=bearer()).json()["request"]["id"]
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c-ana", "Ana", will_heir_id="c-alt", will_heir_name="Kira Alt", will_revision=5)])
+    api.post(
+        "/characters/plugin/wills/applied",
+        json={"realm_id": "main", "results": [{"id": rid, "result": "applied", "will_revision": 3}]},
+        headers=PLUGIN,
+    )
+    row = roster_row("c-ana")
+    assert (row["will_heir_id"], row["will_revision"]) == ("c-alt", 5)
+
+
+# --- heir search ---
+
+
+def test_heir_search_finds_living_characters_in_the_realm(api):
+    seed_owner()
+    replace_roster("acc-third", [char("c-dev-kira", "Kira Dev")], realm_id="dev")
+    res = api.get("/characters/heirs?q=kir&character_id=c-ana", headers=bearer())
+    results = res.json()["results"]
+    assert [(r["name"], r["own"]) for r in results] == [("Kira", False), ("Kira Alt", True)]
+    for r in results:
+        assert set(r) == {"id", "short_id", "name", "race", "own"}
+        assert r["short_id"] == r["id"][:8]
+    assert OWNER not in res.text and OTHER not in res.text
+
+
+def test_heir_search_excludes_the_testator_and_uses_race_names(api):
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c-ana", "Anabel", race_name="High Elf"), char("c-ann", "Annabeth")])
+    results = api.get("/characters/heirs?q=Ana&character_id=c-ana", headers=bearer()).json()["results"]
+    assert results == []
+    results = api.get("/characters/heirs?q=ana", headers=bearer()).json()["results"]
+    assert [(r["name"], r["race"]) for r in results] == [("Anabel", "High Elf")]
+
+
+def test_heir_search_limits(api):
+    replace_roster(OTHER, [char(f"c-{i:02d}", f"Tomas {i:02d}") for i in range(14)] + [char("c-pct", "100% Tom")])
+    assert api.get("/characters/heirs?q=to", headers=bearer()).status_code == 400
+    assert len(api.get("/characters/heirs?q=tom", headers=bearer()).json()["results"]) == 10
+    assert [r["name"] for r in api.get("/characters/heirs?q=0%25 t", headers=bearer()).json()["results"]] == ["100% Tom"]
+    assert api.get("/characters/heirs?q=tom").status_code == 401
+
+
+def test_heir_search_is_rate_limited(api):
+    seed_owner()
+    for _ in range(20):
+        assert api.get("/characters/heirs?q=kir", headers=bearer()).status_code == 200
+    assert api.get("/characters/heirs?q=kir", headers=bearer()).status_code == 429
+    assert api.get("/characters/heirs?q=kir", headers=bearer("other")).status_code == 200
+
+
+# --- wardrobe and kits refuse the dead ---
+
+
+def test_wardrobe_and_kits_refuse_non_living_characters(db):
+    from src.characters.lore_items import LoreItemError, list_character_kits, list_lore_items
+    from src.characters.wardrobe import WardrobeError, clear_slot, get_wardrobe, set_active_slot
+
+    replace_roster(OWNER, [char("c-ana", "Ana"), char("c-dead", "Bram", "DEAD"), char("c-lost", "Cael", "MISSING")])
+    assert get_wardrobe(OWNER, "c-ana")["character_id"] == "c-ana"
+    for cid in ("c-dead", "c-lost"):
+        for call in (
+            lambda: get_wardrobe(OWNER, cid),
+            lambda: set_active_slot(OWNER, cid, None),
+            lambda: clear_slot(OWNER, cid, "base"),
+        ):
+            with pytest.raises(WardrobeError) as err:
+                call()
+            assert err.value.status_code == 403
+            assert str(err.value) == "Character is not alive"
+        for call in (lambda: list_character_kits(OWNER, cid), lambda: list_lore_items(OWNER, cid)):
+            with pytest.raises(LoreItemError) as err:
+                call()
+            assert str(err.value) == "Character is not alive"
diff --git a/backend/src/characters/wardrobe.py b/backend/src/characters/wardrobe.py
index 02990a6a..96014914 100644
--- a/backend/src/characters/wardrobe.py
+++ b/backend/src/characters/wardrobe.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from src.characters.wardrobe_sign import sign_wardrobe_skin
 from src.characters.pending_create import (
     PendingCreateError,
+    require_living,
     resolve_player_character,
 )
 from src.skins.db import DATA_DIR, WARDROBE_DIR, connect
@@ -942,17 +943,21 @@ def _build_pending_wardrobe_payload(
 
 
 def _resolve_player_wardrobe_access(
-    player_uuid: str, character_id: str
+    player_uuid: str, character_id: str, *, living: bool = False
 ) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Owned roster or pending character; ``living`` refuses dead and missing ones (edits)."""
     try:
-        return resolve_player_character(player_uuid, character_id)
+        access = resolve_player_character(player_uuid, character_id)
+        if living:
+            require_living(access)
+        return access
     except PendingCreateError as e:
         raise WardrobeError(str(e), status_code=e.status_code) from e
 
 
 def get_wardrobe(player_uuid: str, character_id: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
     """Session-safe wardrobe list (no Mojang texture value/signature)."""
-    access = _resolve_player_wardrobe_access(player_uuid, character_id)
+    access = _resolve_player_wardrobe_access(player_uuid, character_id, living=True)
     if access["kind"] == "pending":
         return _build_pending_wardrobe_payload(
             access["player_uuid"],
@@ -1017,7 +1022,7 @@ def _upload_slot_impl(
     create_masked: bool = False,
     model_override: str | None = None,
 ) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    access = _resolve_player_wardrobe_access(player_uuid, character_id)
+    access = _resolve_player_wardrobe_access(player_uuid, character_id, living=True)
     if access["kind"] == "pending":
         uuid = access["player_uuid"]
         cid = access["character_id"]
@@ -1146,7 +1151,7 @@ def set_slot_display_name(
     display_name: str | None,
 ) -> dict[str, Any]:
     """Rename a filled slot. Does not re-sign or set apply_pending."""
-    access = _resolve_player_wardrobe_access(player_uuid, character_id)
+    access = _resolve_player_wardrobe_access(player_uuid, character_id, living=True)
     uuid = access["player_uuid"]
     cid = access["character_id"]
     slot_key = _normalize_slot(slot)
@@ -1235,7 +1240,7 @@ def ack_wardrobe_slots(
 def clear_slot(
     player_uuid: str, character_id: str, slot: str
 ) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    access = _resolve_player_wardrobe_access(player_uuid, character_id)
+    access = _resolve_player_wardrobe_access(player_uuid, character_id, living=True)
     if access["kind"] == "pending":
         uuid = access["player_uuid"]
         cid = access["character_id"]
@@ -1333,7 +1338,7 @@ def _set_active_slot(
             **_require_owned_character(player_uuid, character_id),
         }
     else:
-        access = _resolve_player_wardrobe_access(player_uuid, character_id)
+        access = _resolve_player_wardrobe_access(player_uuid, character_id, living=True)
 
     uuid = str(access["player_uuid"])
     cid = str(access["character_id"])
diff --git a/backend/src/characters/wills.py b/backend/src/characters/wills.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2d73d3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/characters/wills.py
@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+"""Wills changed on Profile: requests RPCharacters pulls and acknowledges, and the heir search."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import sqlite3
+import time
+import uuid as uuid_mod
+from collections import defaultdict
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from typing import Any
+
+from src.characters.estates import store_will
+from src.skins.codes import CodeError, normalize_realm_id
+from src.skins.db import connect
+
+WILL_RESULTS = frozenset({"applied", "stale", "invalid heir", "invalid", "character dead"})
+# A pending request this old no longer blocks a new one (an old plugin never pulls it).
+REPLACE_AFTER = timedelta(minutes=10)
+# Profile shows a refused request this long after RPCharacters answered.
+RESULT_SHOWN_FOR = timedelta(days=7)
+
+HEIR_SEARCH_MIN = 3
+HEIR_SEARCH_MAX_RESULTS = 10
+_HEIR_RATE_LIMIT = 20
+_HEIR_RATE_WINDOW_SEC = 60.0
+_heir_rate: dict[str, list[float]] = defaultdict(list)
+
+
+class WillError(ValueError):
+    def __init__(self, message: str, *, status_code: int = 400) -> None:
+        super().__init__(message)
+        self.status_code = status_code
+
+
+def _now() -> datetime:
+    return datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+
+
+def _iso(moment: datetime) -> str:
+    return moment.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+
+
+def _parse_iso(text: str | None) -> datetime | None:
+    if not text:
+        return None
+    try:
+        return datetime.fromisoformat(str(text).replace("Z", "+00:00"))
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+
+
+def require_realm(realm_id: str | None) -> str:
+    """Plugin will routes name their realm; there is no default."""
+    if not (realm_id or "").strip():
+        raise WillError("realm_id is required")
+    try:
+        return normalize_realm_id(realm_id)
+    except CodeError as e:
+        raise WillError(str(e)) from e
+
+
+def _session_realm(realm_id: str | None) -> str:
+    try:
+        return normalize_realm_id(realm_id)
+    except CodeError as e:
+        raise WillError(str(e)) from e
+
+
+def _roster_row(
+    conn: sqlite3.Connection, realm: str, character_id: str, account: str | None = None
+) -> sqlite3.Row | None:
+    sql = """
+        SELECT player_uuid, character_id, name, status, will_heir_id, will_revision
+        FROM character_roster WHERE realm_id = ? AND character_id = ?
+    """
+    params: tuple = (realm, character_id)
+    if account is not None:
+        sql += " AND player_uuid = ?"
+        params += (account,)
+    return conn.execute(sql + " LIMIT 1", params).fetchone()
+
+
+def _race_name(row: sqlite3.Row) -> str | None:
+    try:
+        sheet = json.loads(row["sheet_json"] or "{}")
+    except (TypeError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+        sheet = {}
+    name = sheet.get("race_name") if isinstance(sheet, dict) else None
+    return str(name) if name else row["race"]
+
+
+def _request_out(row: sqlite3.Row, heir_name: str | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    return {
+        "id": row["id"],
+        "heir_character_id": row["heir_character_id"],
+        "heir_name": heir_name,
+        "base_revision": row["base_revision"],
+        "status": row["status"],
+        "result": row["result"],
+        "created_at": row["created_at"],
+        "acked_at": row["acked_at"],
+    }
+
+
+def _heir_name(conn: sqlite3.Connection, realm: str, heir_id: str | None) -> str | None:
+    if not heir_id:
+        return None
+    row = conn.execute(
+        "SELECT name FROM character_roster WHERE realm_id = ? AND character_id = ? LIMIT 1",
+        (realm, heir_id),
+    ).fetchone()
+    return row["name"] if row else None
+
+
+def create_will_request(
+    player_uuid: str,
+    realm_id: str | None,
+    character_id: str,
+    heir_character_id: str | None,
+    base_revision: int,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Queue a will change for one of the player's own living characters."""
+    account = (player_uuid or "").strip()
+    cid = (character_id or "").strip()
+    heir = (heir_character_id or "").strip() or None
+    realm = _session_realm(realm_id)
+    if not account or not cid:
+        raise WillError("character_id is required")
+    if isinstance(base_revision, bool) or not isinstance(base_revision, int) or base_revision < 0:
+        raise WillError("base_revision must be a whole number")
+    now = _now()
+    with connect() as conn:
+        conn.execute("BEGIN IMMEDIATE")
+        row = _roster_row(conn, realm, cid, account)
+        if row is None:
+            raise WillError("Character not found", status_code=403)
+        if str(row["status"] or "").upper() != "ALIVE":
+            raise WillError("character_not_alive", status_code=409)
+        if base_revision != int(row["will_revision"] or 0):
+            raise WillError("will_changed", status_code=409)
+        if heir is not None:
+            heir_row = _roster_row(conn, realm, heir)
+            if heir == cid or heir_row is None or str(heir_row["status"] or "").upper() != "ALIVE":
+                raise WillError("invalid_heir")
+        pending = conn.execute(
+            """
+            SELECT id, created_at FROM will_requests
+            WHERE realm_id = ? AND character_id = ? AND status = 'pending'
+            """,
+            (realm, cid),
+        ).fetchall()
+        for old in pending:
+            created = _parse_iso(old["created_at"])
+            if created is not None and now - created < REPLACE_AFTER:
+                raise WillError("request_pending", status_code=409)
+        conn.execute(
+            "UPDATE will_requests SET status = 'replaced' WHERE realm_id = ? AND character_id = ? AND status = 'pending'",
+            (realm, cid),
+        )
+        request_id = str(uuid_mod.uuid4())
+        conn.execute(
+            """
+            INSERT INTO will_requests (
+                id, realm_id, character_id, account_uuid, heir_character_id,
+                base_revision, created_at, status
+            )
+            VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 'pending')
+            """,
+            (request_id, realm, cid, account, heir, base_revision, _iso(now)),
+        )
+        conn.commit()
+        created_row = conn.execute("SELECT * FROM will_requests WHERE id = ?", (request_id,)).fetchone()
+        return _request_out(created_row, _heir_name(conn, realm, heir))
+
+
+def list_pending_wills(realm_id: str | None) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+    realm = require_realm(realm_id)
+    with connect() as conn:
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            """
+            SELECT * FROM will_requests
+            WHERE realm_id = ? AND status = 'pending'
+            ORDER BY created_at ASC, id ASC
+            """,
+            (realm,),
+        ).fetchall()
+    return [
+        {
+            "id": r["id"],
+            "realm_id": r["realm_id"],
+            "character_id": r["character_id"],
+            "account_uuid": r["account_uuid"],
+            "heir_character_id": r["heir_character_id"],
+            "base_revision": r["base_revision"],
+            "created_at": r["created_at"],
+        }
+        for r in rows
+    ]
+
+
+def ack_will_results(realm_id: str | None, results: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Record RPCharacters' answers. Only pending requests of this realm change."""
+    realm = require_realm(realm_id)
+    if not isinstance(results, list):
+        raise WillError("results must be a list")
+    acked: list[str] = []
+    already: list[str] = []
+    refused: list[dict[str, str]] = []
+    now = _iso(_now())
+    with connect() as conn:
+        conn.execute("BEGIN IMMEDIATE")
+        for i, raw in enumerate(results):
+            if not isinstance(raw, dict):
+                raise WillError(f"results[{i}] must be an object")
+            rid = str(raw.get("id") or "").strip()
+            result = str(raw.get("result") or "").strip().lower()
+            row = conn.execute("SELECT * FROM will_requests WHERE id = ?", (rid,)).fetchone() if rid else None
+            if row is None:
+                refused.append({"id": rid, "reason": "unknown"})
+                continue
+            if row["realm_id"] != realm:
+                refused.append({"id": rid, "reason": "realm"})
+                continue
+            if result not in WILL_RESULTS:
+                refused.append({"id": rid, "reason": "result"})
+                continue
+            if row["status"] != "pending":
+                already.append(rid)
+                continue
+            conn.execute(
+                "UPDATE will_requests SET status = 'acked', result = ?, acked_at = ? WHERE id = ?",
+                (result, now, rid),
+            )
+            acked.append(rid)
+            # Applying bumps the will by one; any other revision waits for the roster push, so a bad
+            # ack cannot pin the stored will at a revision the game never reaches.
+            revision = raw.get("will_revision")
+            if (
+                result == "applied"
+                and isinstance(revision, int)
+                and not isinstance(revision, bool)
+                and revision == row["base_revision"] + 1
+            ):
+                heir = row["heir_character_id"]
+                name = str(raw.get("heir_name") or "").strip()[:64] or _heir_name(conn, realm, heir)
+                store_will(
+                    conn,
+                    row["account_uuid"],
+                    realm,
+                    row["character_id"],
+                    (heir, name if heir else None, revision),
+                )
+        conn.commit()
+    return {"ok": True, "acked": acked, "already": already, "refused": refused}
+
+
+def will_requests_for(
+    conn: sqlite3.Connection, realm: str, account: str, character_ids: list[str]
+) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Each character's pending request, or its last answered one if recent and not applied."""
+    if not character_ids:
+        return {}
+    marks = ", ".join("?" for _ in character_ids)
+    rows = conn.execute(
+        f"""
+        SELECT * FROM will_requests
+        WHERE realm_id = ? AND account_uuid = ? AND character_id IN ({marks})
+          AND status IN ('pending', 'acked')
+        ORDER BY created_at DESC, id DESC
+        """,
+        (realm, account, *character_ids),
+    ).fetchall()
+    cutoff = _now() - RESULT_SHOWN_FOR
+    out: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
+    for row in rows:
+        cid = row["character_id"]
+        if cid in out:
+            continue
+        if row["status"] == "acked":
+            acked = _parse_iso(row["acked_at"])
+            if acked is None or acked < cutoff:
+                out[cid] = {}
+                continue
+        out[cid] = _request_out(row, _heir_name(conn, realm, row["heir_character_id"]))
+    return {cid: req for cid, req in out.items() if req}
+
+
+def check_heir_search_rate(key: str) -> None:
+    now = time.monotonic()
+    bucket = _heir_rate[key or "unknown"]
+    bucket[:] = [t for t in bucket if t > now - _HEIR_RATE_WINDOW_SEC]
+    if len(bucket) >= _HEIR_RATE_LIMIT:
+        raise WillError("Too many searches; try again in a minute", status_code=429)
+    bucket.append(now)
+
+
+def search_heirs(
+    player_uuid: str,
+    realm_id: str | None,
+    query: str | None,
+    exclude_character_id: str | None = None,
+) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Living characters of the realm whose name contains the query. Never says who plays them."""
+    account = (player_uuid or "").strip()
+    text = " ".join((query or "").split())
+    if len(text) < HEIR_SEARCH_MIN:
+        raise WillError(f"Type at least {HEIR_SEARCH_MIN} letters")
+    text = text[:64]
+    realm = _session_realm(realm_id)
+    like = "%" + text.lower().replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("%", "\\%").replace("_", "\\_") + "%"
+    exclude = (exclude_character_id or "").strip()
+    with connect() as conn:
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            """
+            SELECT character_id, name, race, sheet_json, player_uuid FROM character_roster
+            WHERE realm_id = ? AND UPPER(status) = 'ALIVE'
+              AND LOWER(name) LIKE ? ESCAPE '\\'
+              AND character_id != ?
+            ORDER BY (LOWER(name) = ?) DESC, (LOWER(name) LIKE ? ESCAPE '\\') DESC, LOWER(name), character_id
+            LIMIT ?
+            """,
+            (realm, like, exclude, text.lower(), like[1:], HEIR_SEARCH_MAX_RESULTS),
+        ).fetchall()
+    out = []
+    for row in rows:
+        out.append(
+            {
+                "id": row["character_id"],
+                "short_id": str(row["character_id"])[:8],
+                "name": row["name"],
+                "race": _race_name(row),
+                "own": row["player_uuid"] == account,
+            }
+        )
+    return out
diff --git a/backend/src/skins/db.py b/backend/src/skins/db.py
index 8414a3a4..0594614b 100644
--- a/backend/src/skins/db.py
+++ b/backend/src/skins/db.py
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ def _set_legacy_armor_sets(conn: sqlite3.Connection) -> None:
         )
 
 
+# Death and will fields from RPCharacters' roster push (stage 6b).
+_ROSTER_DEATH_COLUMNS = (
+    ("died_at", "TEXT"),
+    ("death_id", "TEXT"),
+    ("will_heir_id", "TEXT"),
+    ("will_heir_name", "TEXT"),
+    ("will_revision", "INTEGER"),
+)
+
+
 def _upgrade(conn: sqlite3.Connection) -> None:
     """Add and drop columns that CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS cannot change on old tables."""
     conn.execute("BEGIN IMMEDIATE")
@@ -117,6 +127,10 @@ def _upgrade(conn: sqlite3.Connection) -> None:
         creates = {row["name"] for row in conn.execute("PRAGMA table_info(character_creates)")}
         if "held_until" not in creates:
             conn.execute("ALTER TABLE character_creates ADD COLUMN held_until TEXT")
+        roster = {row["name"] for row in conn.execute("PRAGMA table_info(character_roster)")}
+        for column, kind in _ROSTER_DEATH_COLUMNS:
+            if column not in roster:
+                conn.execute(f"ALTER TABLE character_roster ADD COLUMN {column} {kind}")
         rpc_meta = {row["name"] for row in conn.execute("PRAGMA table_info(rpc_player_meta)")}
         if "donator_tier" in rpc_meta:
             conn.execute("ALTER TABLE rpc_player_meta DROP COLUMN donator_tier")
diff --git a/backend/src/skins/schema.sql b/backend/src/skins/schema.sql
index e5ca2456..8858d4a5 100644
--- a/backend/src/skins/schema.sql
+++ b/backend/src/skins/schema.sql
@@ -588,9 +588,51 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS character_roster (
     kit_statuses_json TEXT,
     sheet_json TEXT,
     wardrobe_active_slot TEXT,
+    died_at TEXT,
+    death_id TEXT,
+    will_heir_id TEXT,
+    will_heir_name TEXT,
+    will_revision INTEGER,
     PRIMARY KEY (player_uuid, realm_id, character_id)
 );
 
+-- One row per death, from RPCharacters' roster pushes. A push never deletes these.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS character_estates (
+    realm_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    death_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    player_uuid TEXT NOT NULL,
+    character_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    status TEXT NOT NULL,
+    revision INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    source_updated_at TEXT,
+    payload TEXT NOT NULL,
+    received_at TEXT NOT NULL,
+    PRIMARY KEY (realm_id, death_id)
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_character_estates_character
+    ON character_estates(realm_id, character_id);
+
+-- Will changes made on Profile, pulled and acknowledged by RPCharacters.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS will_requests (
+    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    realm_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    character_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    account_uuid TEXT NOT NULL,
+    heir_character_id TEXT,
+    base_revision INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    created_at TEXT NOT NULL,
+    status TEXT NOT NULL CHECK (status IN ('pending', 'acked', 'replaced')),
+    result TEXT,
+    acked_at TEXT
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_will_requests_pending
+    ON will_requests(realm_id, status, created_at);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_will_requests_character
+    ON will_requests(realm_id, character_id, created_at);
+
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS character_player_meta (
     player_uuid TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
     -- Age-only upserts need to leave the character limit unset.
diff --git a/frontend/app/character/[id]/CharacterIdLayoutClient.tsx b/frontend/app/character/[id]/CharacterIdLayoutClient.tsx
index 54c6a186..b23d5279 100644
--- a/frontend/app/character/[id]/CharacterIdLayoutClient.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/character/[id]/CharacterIdLayoutClient.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import Link from "next/link";
 import { useParams } from "next/navigation";
 import PendingServerBanner from "../../components/character/PendingServerBanner";
 import { listCharacters } from "../../../lib/characters/api";
 import { getSession, isSessionValid } from "../../../lib/characters/session";
 import { isCharacterUiDev } from "../../../lib/characters/uiDev";
+import { characterPath } from "../../../lib/profile/paths";
 
 type Props = {
   children: React.ReactNode;
@@ -15,16 +17,16 @@ export default function CharacterIdLayoutClient({ children }: Props) {
   const params = useParams();
   const characterId = String(params?.id || "").trim();
   const uiDev = isCharacterUiDev();
-  const [isPending, setIsPending] = useState(false);
+  const [status, setStatus] = useState("");
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!characterId || uiDev) {
-      setIsPending(false);
+      setStatus("");
       return;
     }
     const session = getSession();
     if (!session || !isSessionValid(session) || session.scope !== "profile") {
-      setIsPending(false);
+      setStatus("");
       return;
     }
     let cancelled = false;
@@ -32,19 +34,34 @@ export default function CharacterIdLayoutClient({ children }: Props) {
       .then((list) => {
         if (cancelled) return;
         const row = list.characters.find((c) => c.id === characterId) || null;
-        setIsPending(String(row?.status || "").toLowerCase() === "pending");
+        setStatus(String(row?.status || "").toUpperCase());
       })
       .catch(() => {
-        if (!cancelled) setIsPending(false);
+        if (!cancelled) setStatus("");
       });
     return () => {
       cancelled = true;
     };
   }, [characterId, uiDev]);
 
+  // Wardrobe and kits are for the living; the site refuses changes to the dead too.
+  if (status === "DEAD" || status === "MISSING") {
+    return (
+      <p className="text-sm text-[var(--tfmc-mist)]">
+        {status === "DEAD" ? "This character has died." : "This character is missing."}{" "}
+        <Link
+          href={characterPath(characterId)}
+          className="text-[var(--tfmc-accent)] underline-offset-2 hover:underline"
+        >
+          Back to the character
+        </Link>
+      </p>
+    );
+  }
+
   return (
     <>
-      {isPending ? <PendingServerBanner className="mb-6" /> : null}
+      {status === "PENDING" ? <PendingServerBanner className="mb-6" /> : null}
       {children}
     </>
   );
diff --git a/frontend/app/components/admin/PlayerCharacters.test.tsx b/frontend/app/components/admin/PlayerCharacters.test.tsx
index 14fd5c92..b336b405 100644
--- a/frontend/app/components/admin/PlayerCharacters.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/components/admin/PlayerCharacters.test.tsx
@@ -98,6 +98,28 @@ it("opens the shared full sheet from its address, focuses the name and keeps the
   expect(document.querySelector("img")?.getAttribute("src")).toContain("/account/minecraft/head?u=p-1");
 });
 
+it("keeps staff cards and sheets read only when the roster carries a living will", () => {
+  const withWill = {
+    ...profile,
+    characters: [{ ...profile.characters[0], will: { heir_id: "heir", heir_name: "Kira", revision: 3 } }],
+  };
+  const { rerender } = render(<PlayerCharacters profile={withWill} active />);
+  expect(screen.getByRole("link", { name: /Hazel Human/ })).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(screen.queryByText("Kira")).toBeNull();
+  expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Change" })).toBeNull();
+  expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Revoke" })).toBeNull();
+  nav.query = "tab=characters&character=c1&realm=main";
+  rerender(<PlayerCharacters profile={withWill} active />);
+  expect(screen.getByRole("heading", { name: "Hazel", level: 2 })).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(screen.getByText("A traveller in green.")).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(screen.queryByText("Kira")).toBeNull();
+  expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Change" })).toBeNull();
+  expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Revoke" })).toBeNull();
+  expect(screen.queryByRole("link", { name: "Wardrobe" })).toBeNull();
+  expect(screen.queryByRole("link", { name: "Kits" })).toBeNull();
+  expect(characterFigure).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
+
 it("keeps characters with the same id in different realms separate when navigating", () => {
   nav.query = "tab=characters&character=c1&realm=main";
   const { rerender } = render(<PlayerCharacters profile={profile} active />);
diff --git a/frontend/app/components/character/CharacterList.test.tsx b/frontend/app/components/character/CharacterList.test.tsx
index 7a8fc1cf..21bebcfd 100644
--- a/frontend/app/components/character/CharacterList.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/components/character/CharacterList.test.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 // @vitest-environment jsdom
 import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { afterEach, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import { characterFace, type CharacterListItem } from "../../../lib/characters/api";
+import { characterFace, requestWill, type CharacterListItem } from "../../../lib/characters/api";
 import CharacterList from "./CharacterList";
 
 vi.mock("../../../lib/characters/api", async (original) => ({
   ...(await original<typeof import("../../../lib/characters/api")>()),
   characterFace: vi.fn(),
+  requestWill: vi.fn(),
 }));
 vi.mock("../../../lib/account/api", () => ({ minecraftHeadUrl: () => "https://api.test/account/minecraft/head" }));
 
@@ -102,11 +103,15 @@ it("reads the faces again when the list reloads, and never shows another session
   await waitFor(() => expect(portrait("Vaelthir")?.getAttribute("src")).toBe("data:image/png;base64,other"));
 });
 
-it("opens a character inside the tab, and only living or pending ones", () => {
+it("opens a character inside the tab, the dead read only, but not a rejected one", () => {
   render(
     <CharacterList
       onOpen={open}
-      characters={[...characters, { id: "c4", name: "Old Tamsin", status: "DEAD" } as CharacterListItem]}
+      characters={[
+        ...characters,
+        { id: "c4", name: "Old Tamsin", status: "DEAD" } as CharacterListItem,
+        { id: "c5", name: "Nope", status: "rejected", error: "No free slot" } as CharacterListItem,
+      ]}
       aliveCount={2}
       maxSlots={5}
     />,
@@ -119,5 +124,62 @@ it("opens a character inside the tab, and only living or pending ones", () => {
   fireEvent.click(card, { ctrlKey: true });
   expect(open).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   expect(screen.getByText("Mira").closest("a")).toBeTruthy();
-  expect(screen.getByText("Old Tamsin").closest("a")).toBeNull();
+  expect(screen.getByText("Old Tamsin").closest("a")?.getAttribute("href")).toBe(
+    "/profile?tab=characters&character=c4",
+  );
+  expect(screen.getByText("Nope").closest("a")).toBeNull();
+});
+
+it("shows each living character's will under its card", () => {
+  vi.mocked(characterFace).mockResolvedValue(null);
+  const withWill = [
+    { id: "c1", name: "Vaelthir", status: "ALIVE", will: { heir_id: "c9", heir_name: "Kira", revision: 1 } },
+    { id: "c2", name: "Brin", status: "ALIVE", will: { heir_id: null, heir_name: null, revision: 0 } },
+    { id: "c4", name: "Old Tamsin", status: "DEAD" },
+  ] as CharacterListItem[];
+  render(<CharacterList onOpen={open} characters={withWill} aliveCount={2} maxSlots={5} sessionToken="t" />);
+  const vaelthir = screen.getByText("Vaelthir").closest("li")!;
+  expect(vaelthir.textContent).toContain("Heir: Kira");
+  // The will sits beside the card's link, not inside it.
+  expect(screen.getByText("Kira").closest("a")).toBeNull();
+  expect(screen.getByText("Brin").closest("li")!.textContent).toContain("No will");
+  expect(screen.getByText("Old Tamsin").closest("li")!.textContent).not.toMatch(/will|Heir/);
+});
+
+it.each([true, false])("refreshes Profile after a will revoke with an explicit callback: %s", async (explicit) => {
+  vi.mocked(characterFace).mockResolvedValue(null);
+  vi.mocked(requestWill).mockResolvedValue({
+    id: "request-1",
+    heir_character_id: null,
+    heir_name: null,
+    base_revision: 3,
+    status: "pending",
+    result: null,
+    created_at: "2026-10-13T17:00:00Z",
+    acked_at: null,
+  });
+  const refresh = vi.fn();
+  const changed = vi.fn();
+  const character = {
+    id: "c1",
+    name: "Vaelthir",
+    status: "ALIVE",
+    will: { heir_id: "c9", heir_name: "Kira", revision: 3 },
+  } as CharacterListItem;
+  render(
+    <CharacterList
+      onOpen={open}
+      characters={[character]}
+      aliveCount={1}
+      maxSlots={5}
+      sessionToken="profile-session"
+      onRefresh={refresh}
+      onWillChanged={explicit ? changed : undefined}
+    />,
+  );
+  fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Revoke" }));
+  await waitFor(() => expect(requestWill).toHaveBeenCalledWith("profile-session", "c1", null, 3));
+  await waitFor(() => expect(explicit ? changed : refresh).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+  expect(explicit ? refresh : changed).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  expect(open).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 });
diff --git a/frontend/app/components/character/CharacterList.tsx b/frontend/app/components/character/CharacterList.tsx
index 38cff8af..ad534010 100644
--- a/frontend/app/components/character/CharacterList.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/components/character/CharacterList.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { characterFace, type CharacterListItem, type CreationCatalog } from "../
 import { displayClass, displayRace } from "../../../lib/characters/displayNames";
 import { characterPath } from "../../../lib/profile/paths";
 import { OPENABLE } from "../profile/ProfileCharacter";
+import CharacterWill from "./CharacterWill";
 
 type Props = {
   characters: CharacterListItem[];
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ type Props = {
   onOpen: (id: string) => void;
   onRefresh?: () => void;
   refreshing?: boolean;
+  /** After a will change is sent. */
+  onWillChanged?: () => void;
   /** Reads each character's wardrobe for its face. */
   sessionToken?: string | null;
   /** The player's own head stands in for a character without a skin. */
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ type Props = {
 type Faces = Record<string, string | null | undefined>;
 
 const cardClass =
-  "flex h-full min-h-[84px] items-center gap-4 rounded-sm border border-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-cream)_12%,transparent)] bg-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-forest-deep)_50%,transparent)] p-3 pr-4";
+  "flex min-w-0 flex-1 min-h-[84px] items-center gap-4 rounded-sm border border-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-cream)_12%,transparent)] bg-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-forest-deep)_50%,transparent)] p-3 pr-4";
 const linkCardClass =
   "group transition-colors hover:border-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-cream)_40%,transparent)] hover:bg-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-cream)_4%,transparent)] focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-[var(--tfmc-cream)]";
 const tileClass =
@@ -90,6 +93,8 @@ export function CharacterCard({
   face,
   playerUuid,
   onOpen,
+  sessionToken,
+  onWillChanged,
   href,
   realmLabel,
 }: {
@@ -98,6 +103,8 @@ export function CharacterCard({
   face: string | null | undefined;
   playerUuid?: string | null;
   onOpen?: (id: string) => void;
+  sessionToken?: string | null;
+  onWillChanged?: () => void;
   /** Staff cards stay in the player's frame and can open historical characters. */
   href?: string;
   realmLabel?: string;
@@ -109,6 +116,7 @@ export function CharacterCard({
   const chip = CHIPS[status];
   const linkable = Boolean(item.id) && (Boolean(href) || OPENABLE.has(status));
   const faded = status === "DEAD" || status === "MISSING" || status === "REJECTED";
+  const willShown = status === "ALIVE" && Boolean(item.will && sessionToken);
   const body = (
     <>
       <Portrait key={face} face={face} playerUuid={playerUuid} faded={faded} />
@@ -139,19 +147,22 @@ export function CharacterCard({
     onOpen(item.id);
   }
   return (
-    <li className="animate-char-row">
+    <li className="animate-char-row flex min-w-0 flex-col">
       {linkable ? (
         <a
           href={href || characterPath(item.id)}
           onClick={open}
           data-character-id={item.id}
-          className={`${cardClass} ${linkCardClass}`}
+          className={`${cardClass} ${linkCardClass} ${willShown ? "flex-none rounded-b-none" : ""}`}
         >
           {body}
         </a>
       ) : (
         <div className={`${cardClass} ${faded ? "text-[var(--tfmc-stone)]" : ""}`}>{body}</div>
       )}
+      {willShown ? (
+        <CharacterWill character={item} sessionToken={sessionToken!} onChanged={onWillChanged ?? (() => {})} />
+      ) : null}
     </li>
   );
 }
@@ -254,6 +265,7 @@ export default function CharacterList({
   onOpen,
   onRefresh,
   refreshing = false,
+  onWillChanged,
   sessionToken = null,
   playerUuid = null,
 }: Props) {
@@ -292,6 +304,8 @@ export default function CharacterList({
             face={faces[c.id]}
             playerUuid={playerUuid}
             onOpen={onOpen}
+            sessionToken={sessionToken}
+            onWillChanged={onWillChanged ?? onRefresh}
           />
         )}
         createSlot={
diff --git a/frontend/app/components/character/CharacterMemorial.tsx b/frontend/app/components/character/CharacterMemorial.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cfa31623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/app/components/character/CharacterMemorial.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+"use client";
+
+import type { Ref } from "react";
+import type { CharacterListItem, CreationCatalog } from "../../../lib/characters/api";
+import { displayClass, displayRace } from "../../../lib/characters/displayNames";
+import {
+  ESTATE_PARTS,
+  estateMoved,
+  estateStatusLine,
+  formatDay,
+  formatDenars,
+  recipientLabel,
+} from "../../../lib/characters/wills";
+import CharacterFigure from "./CharacterFigure";
+
+type Props = {
+  character: CharacterListItem;
+  catalog?: CreationCatalog | null;
+  sessionToken?: string | null;
+  playerUuid?: string | null;
+  headingRef?: Ref<HTMLHeadingElement>;
+};
+
+const labelClass = "text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.08em] text-[var(--tfmc-stone)]";
+
+function Row({ label, value }: { label: string; value: string }) {
+  return (
+    <div className="min-w-0">
+      <dt className={labelClass}>{label}</dt>
+      <dd className="mt-0.5 break-words text-sm text-[var(--tfmc-cream)]">{value}</dd>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+/** A dead or missing character: when they died, their will and where their estate went. Read only. */
+export default function CharacterMemorial({ character, catalog, sessionToken = null, playerUuid, headingRef }: Props) {
+  const name = character.name || "Unnamed";
+  const missing = String(character.status || "").toUpperCase() === "MISSING";
+  const lineage = [displayRace(character, catalog), displayClass(character, catalog)].filter(Boolean).join(" · ");
+  const estate = character.estate ?? null;
+  const died = missing ? "Missing" : (formatDay(character.died_at) ?? "Before records began");
+
+  const rows: [string, string][] = [[missing ? "Status" : "Died", died]];
+  if (estate) {
+    rows.push(["Heir", estate.heir_name || "No will"]);
+    rows.push(["Estate", estateStatusLine(estate)]);
+    for (const [part, label] of ESTATE_PARTS) {
+      const to = recipientLabel(estate.recipients?.[part]);
+      if (!to) continue;
+      const cents = part === "money" ? estate.money_moved_cents : null;
+      rows.push([label, cents ? `${to} (${formatDenars(cents)})` : to]);
+    }
+    const moved = estateMoved(estate);
+    if (moved) rows.push(["Moved", moved]);
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <section
+      aria-label={name}
+      className="grid grid-cols-1 gap-x-3.5 gap-y-4 min-[360px]:grid-cols-[96px_minmax(0,1fr)] rounded-sm border border-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-cream)_12%,transparent)] bg-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-forest-deep)_60%,transparent)] p-3.5 sm:grid-cols-[150px_minmax(0,1fr)] sm:gap-x-6 sm:p-5"
+    >
+      <div className="opacity-60 grayscale sm:row-span-2">
+        <CharacterFigure characterId={character.id} name={name} sessionToken={sessionToken} playerUuid={playerUuid} />
+      </div>
+      <div className="min-w-0">
+        <h2
+          ref={headingRef}
+          tabIndex={-1}
+          className="break-words font-[family-name:var(--font-fraunces)] text-[26px] leading-tight text-[var(--tfmc-cream)] outline-none sm:text-[32px]"
+        >
+          {name}
+        </h2>
+        {lineage ? <p className="mt-1.5 text-[15px] text-[var(--tfmc-mist)] sm:text-base">{lineage}</p> : null}
+      </div>
+      <dl className="col-span-full grid min-w-0 grid-cols-1 gap-x-6 gap-y-3 self-start min-[400px]:grid-cols-2 sm:col-span-1 sm:col-start-2">
+        {rows.map(([label, value]) => (
+          <Row key={label} label={label} value={value} />
+        ))}
+      </dl>
+    </section>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/frontend/app/components/character/CharacterWill.test.tsx b/frontend/app/components/character/CharacterWill.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78ffd2ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/app/components/character/CharacterWill.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { afterEach, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { CharactersApiError, requestWill, searchHeirs, type CharacterListItem } from "../../../lib/characters/api";
+import CharacterWill from "./CharacterWill";
+
+vi.mock("../../../lib/characters/api", async (original) => ({
+  ...(await original<typeof import("../../../lib/characters/api")>()),
+  requestWill: vi.fn(),
+  searchHeirs: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup();
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+});
+
+function character(extra: Partial<CharacterListItem> = {}): CharacterListItem {
+  return {
+    id: "c-ana",
+    name: "Ana",
+    status: "ALIVE",
+    will: { heir_id: "c-kira", heir_name: "Kira", revision: 3 },
+    ...extra,
+  };
+}
+
+it("shows the heir with Change and Revoke, and revokes against the shown revision", async () => {
+  vi.mocked(requestWill).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+  const changed = vi.fn();
+  render(<CharacterWill character={character()} sessionToken="t" onChanged={changed} />);
+  expect(screen.getByText("Kira")).toBeTruthy();
+  fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Revoke" }));
+  await waitFor(() => expect(changed).toHaveBeenCalled());
+  expect(requestWill).toHaveBeenCalledWith("t", "c-ana", null, 3);
+});
+
+it("says No will and offers no Revoke", () => {
+  render(
+    <CharacterWill
+      character={character({ will: { heir_id: null, heir_name: null, revision: 0 } })}
+      sessionToken="t"
+      onChanged={vi.fn()}
+    />,
+  );
+  expect(screen.getByText("No will")).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Revoke" })).toBeNull();
+});
+
+it("searches from three letters and names the picked heir", async () => {
+  vi.mocked(searchHeirs).mockResolvedValue([
+    { id: "c-mara-1234", short_id: "c-mara-1", name: "Mara", race: "Elf", own: true },
+  ]);
+  vi.mocked(requestWill).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+  const changed = vi.fn();
+  render(<CharacterWill character={character()} sessionToken="t" onChanged={changed} />);
+  fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Change" }));
+  const input = screen.getByPlaceholderText("Heir’s name");
+  fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: "ma" } });
+  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 400));
+  expect(searchHeirs).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: "mar" } });
+  const pick = await screen.findByRole("button", { name: /Mara/ });
+  expect(pick.textContent).toContain("Elf · c-mara-1 · yours");
+  expect(searchHeirs).toHaveBeenCalledWith("t", "mar", "c-ana");
+  fireEvent.click(pick);
+  await waitFor(() => expect(changed).toHaveBeenCalled());
+  expect(requestWill).toHaveBeenCalledWith("t", "c-ana", "c-mara-1234", 3);
+});
+
+it("shows a waiting change instead of the buttons", () => {
+  render(
+    <CharacterWill
+      character={character({
+        will_request: {
+          id: "r1",
+          heir_character_id: "c-mara",
+          heir_name: "Mara",
+          base_revision: 3,
+          status: "pending",
+          result: null,
+          created_at: "2026-10-13T12:00:00Z",
+          acked_at: null,
+        },
+      })}
+      sessionToken="t"
+      onChanged={vi.fn()}
+    />,
+  );
+  expect(screen.getByRole("status").textContent).toBe("Pending: Mara");
+  expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Change" })).toBeNull();
+});
+
+it("shows why the server refused the last change", () => {
+  render(
+    <CharacterWill
+      character={character({
+        will_request: {
+          id: "r1",
+          heir_character_id: "c-mara",
+          heir_name: "Mara",
+          base_revision: 2,
+          status: "acked",
+          result: "stale",
+          created_at: "2026-10-13T12:00:00Z",
+          acked_at: "2026-10-13T12:00:15Z",
+        },
+      })}
+      sessionToken="t"
+      onChanged={vi.fn()}
+    />,
+  );
+  expect(screen.getByText("Not saved: the will changed in game.")).toBeTruthy();
+});
+
+it("words the site's refusals", async () => {
+  vi.mocked(requestWill).mockRejectedValue(new CharactersApiError("request_pending", 409));
+  render(<CharacterWill character={character()} sessionToken="t" onChanged={vi.fn()} />);
+  fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Revoke" }));
+  expect((await screen.findByRole("alert")).textContent).toBe("A change is already waiting for the server.");
+});
diff --git a/frontend/app/components/character/CharacterWill.tsx b/frontend/app/components/character/CharacterWill.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cfb247bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/app/components/character/CharacterWill.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useId, useState } from "react";
+import {
+  CharactersApiError,
+  requestWill,
+  searchHeirs,
+  type CharacterListItem,
+  type HeirMatch,
+} from "../../../lib/characters/api";
+import { willErrorMessage, willResultMessage } from "../../../lib/characters/wills";
+
+type Props = {
+  character: CharacterListItem;
+  sessionToken: string;
+  /** After a change is sent, so the list shows it waiting. */
+  onChanged: () => void;
+};
+
+const SEARCH_MIN = 3;
+const SEARCH_DELAY_MS = 300;
+
+const buttonClass =
+  "min-h-9 rounded-sm px-2 text-sm text-[var(--tfmc-stone)] underline-offset-2 hover:text-[var(--tfmc-cream)] hover:underline focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-[var(--tfmc-cream)] disabled:opacity-50";
+const inputClass =
+  "w-full rounded-sm border border-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-cream)_22%,transparent)] bg-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-forest-deep)_70%,transparent)] px-3 py-2 text-sm text-[var(--tfmc-cream)] placeholder:text-[var(--tfmc-stone)] focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-[var(--tfmc-cream)]";
+const matchClass =
+  "flex w-full min-h-11 items-center gap-2 rounded-sm px-2 text-left text-sm text-[var(--tfmc-cream)] hover:bg-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-cream)_6%,transparent)] focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-[var(--tfmc-cream)] disabled:opacity-50";
+
+function message(e: unknown): string {
+  return e instanceof CharactersApiError ? willErrorMessage(e.message) : "Couldn’t reach the site. Try again.";
+}
+
+/** Searches living characters by name once three letters are typed. */
+function useHeirSearch(sessionToken: string, characterId: string, query: string) {
+  const [state, setState] = useState<{ query: string; matches: HeirMatch[]; error: string | null } | null>(null);
+  const trimmed = query.trim();
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (trimmed.length < SEARCH_MIN) return;
+    let live = true;
+    const timer = window.setTimeout(() => {
+      searchHeirs(sessionToken, trimmed, characterId)
+        .then((matches) => live && setState({ query: trimmed, matches, error: null }))
+        .catch((e) => live && setState({ query: trimmed, matches: [], error: message(e) }));
+    }, SEARCH_DELAY_MS);
+    return () => {
+      live = false;
+      window.clearTimeout(timer);
+    };
+  }, [sessionToken, characterId, trimmed]);
+  return trimmed.length >= SEARCH_MIN && state?.query === trimmed ? state : null;
+}
+
+/** A living character's will on its Profile card: the heir, or none, with Change and Revoke. */
+export default function CharacterWill({ character, sessionToken, onChanged }: Props) {
+  const will = character.will;
+  const request = character.will_request;
+  const [picking, setPicking] = useState(false);
+  const [query, setQuery] = useState("");
+  const [sending, setSending] = useState(false);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const search = useHeirSearch(sessionToken, character.id, picking ? query : "");
+  const inputId = useId();
+  if (!will) return null;
+  const pending = request?.status === "pending";
+  const refused = request?.status === "acked" ? willResultMessage(request.result) : null;
+
+  async function send(heirId: string | null) {
+    if (!will || sending) return;
+    setSending(true);
+    setError(null);
+    try {
+      await requestWill(sessionToken, character.id, heirId, will.revision);
+      setPicking(false);
+      setQuery("");
+      onChanged();
+    } catch (e) {
+      setError(message(e));
+    } finally {
+      setSending(false);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="flex-1 rounded-b-sm border border-t-0 border-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-cream)_12%,transparent)] bg-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--tfmc-forest-deep)_35%,transparent)] px-3 py-1.5 text-sm">
+      <div className="flex min-h-9 flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-x-3">
+        <p className="min-w-0 truncate text-[var(--tfmc-mist)]">
+          {will.heir_id ? (
+            <>
+              Heir: <span className="text-[var(--tfmc-cream)]">{will.heir_name || will.heir_id.slice(0, 8)}</span>
+            </>
+          ) : (
+            "No will"
+          )}
+        </p>
+        {pending ? (
+          <p className="text-[var(--tfmc-stone)]" role="status">
+            {request.heir_character_id ? `Pending: ${request.heir_name || "new heir"}` : "Pending: no will"}
+          </p>
+        ) : (
+          <span className="flex gap-1">
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              className={buttonClass}
+              aria-expanded={picking}
+              aria-controls={picking ? inputId : undefined}
+              onClick={() => {
+                setPicking((p) => !p);
+                setError(null);
+              }}
+            >
+              {picking ? "Cancel" : "Change"}
+            </button>
+            {will.heir_id ? (
+              <button type="button" className={buttonClass} disabled={sending} onClick={() => void send(null)}>
+                Revoke
+              </button>
+            ) : null}
+          </span>
+        )}
+      </div>
+      {refused && !picking ? <p className="pb-1 text-xs text-[#e8a0a0]">{refused}</p> : null}
+      {error ? (
+        <p className="pb-1 text-xs text-[#e8a0a0]" role="alert">
+          {error}
+        </p>
+      ) : null}
+      {picking && !pending ? (
+        <div className="pb-2 pt-1">
+          <label htmlFor={inputId} className="sr-only">
+            Heir’s name
+          </label>
+          <input
+            id={inputId}
+            type="search"
+            autoFocus
+            autoComplete="off"
+            maxLength={64}
+            placeholder="Heir’s name"
+            value={query}
+            onChange={(e) => setQuery(e.target.value)}
+            className={inputClass}
+          />
+          {search?.error ? <p className="mt-1 text-xs text-[#e8a0a0]">{search.error}</p> : null}
+          {search && !search.error && !search.matches.length ? (
+            <p className="mt-1 text-xs text-[var(--tfmc-stone)]">No living character by that name.</p>
+          ) : null}
+          {search?.matches.length ? (
+            <ul className="mt-1">
+              {search.matches.map((m) => (
+                <li key={m.id}>
+                  <button type="button" className={matchClass} disabled={sending} onClick={() => void send(m.id)}>
+                    <span className="min-w-0 truncate">{m.name}</span>
+                    <span className="truncate text-[var(--tfmc-stone)]">
+                      {[m.race, m.short_id, m.own ? "yours" : null].filter(Boolean).join(" · ")}
+                    </span>
+                  </button>
+                </li>
+              ))}
+            </ul>
+          ) : null}
+        </div>
+      ) : null}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/frontend/app/components/profile/ProfileCharacter.tsx b/frontend/app/components/profile/ProfileCharacter.tsx
index 02243db4..215592e6 100644
--- a/frontend/app/components/profile/ProfileCharacter.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/components/profile/ProfileCharacter.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import CharacterMemorial from "../character/CharacterMemorial";
 import CharacterSheet from "../character/CharacterSheet";
 import {
   CharactersApiError,
@@ -10,8 +11,9 @@ import {
 } from "../../../lib/characters/api";
 import { ItemFrame } from "./ProfileItems";
 
-/** Characters that open in the tab; the rest only show on their card. */
-export const OPENABLE = new Set(["ALIVE", "PENDING"]);
+/** Characters that open in the tab; the rest only show on their card. Dead and missing ones open read only. */
+export const OPENABLE = new Set(["ALIVE", "PENDING", "DEAD", "MISSING"]);
+const MEMORIAL = new Set(["DEAD", "MISSING"]);
 
 type Props = {
   /** The dashboard's row for the address's id, or null when Profile has none. */
@@ -87,15 +89,25 @@ export default function ProfileCharacter({
               {error}
             </p>
           ) : null}
-          <CharacterSheet
-            character={character}
-            catalog={catalog}
-            sessionToken={sessionToken}
-            playerUuid={playerUuid}
-            headingRef={headingRef}
-            onCancelPending={sessionToken ? onCancelPending : undefined}
-            cancelling={cancelling}
-          />
+          {MEMORIAL.has(status) ? (
+            <CharacterMemorial
+              character={character}
+              catalog={catalog}
+              sessionToken={sessionToken}
+              playerUuid={playerUuid}
+              headingRef={headingRef}
+            />
+          ) : (
+            <CharacterSheet
+              character={character}
+              catalog={catalog}
+              sessionToken={sessionToken}
+              playerUuid={playerUuid}
+              headingRef={headingRef}
+              onCancelPending={sessionToken ? onCancelPending : undefined}
+              cancelling={cancelling}
+            />
+          )}
         </div>
       </ItemFrame>
     </div>
diff --git a/frontend/app/components/profile/ProfilePanel.test.tsx b/frontend/app/components/profile/ProfilePanel.test.tsx
index d450b6a8..6060cb3b 100644
--- a/frontend/app/components/profile/ProfilePanel.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/components/profile/ProfilePanel.test.tsx
@@ -868,7 +868,23 @@ it("lays skins out as a wardrobe and starts a new one without a code", async ()
 const CHARACTERS = [
   { id: "c1", status: "ALIVE", name: "Vaelthir", description: "A quiet scout." },
   { id: "c2", status: "pending", name: "Mira" },
-  { id: "c3", status: "DEAD", name: "Old Tamsin" },
+  {
+    id: "c3",
+    status: "DEAD",
+    name: "Old Tamsin",
+    died_at: null,
+    estate: {
+      death_id: "d-3",
+      status: "DECIDED",
+      revision: 0,
+      due_at: "2026-10-14T09:00:00Z",
+      decided_at: "2026-10-14T09:01:00Z",
+      heir_name: "Kira",
+      recipients: { money: { kind: "CHARACTER", name: "Kira" }, guild_locks: { kind: "WAITING", name: null } },
+      money_moved_cents: 34025,
+      participants: { thievery: { outcome: "DONE", revision: 0, counts: { locks: 297 } } },
+    },
+  },
 ] as unknown as ProfileDashboard["characters"];
 
 it("opens a character in its tab, and Back returns to the list", async () => {
@@ -897,12 +913,29 @@ it("opens a character in its tab, and Back returns to the list", async () => {
 it("sends a character's address back to the list when it can't be opened", async () => {
   vi.mocked(getAccount).mockResolvedValue(account({ minecraft: linked() }));
   vi.mocked(getProfileDashboard).mockResolvedValue(wardrobe({ characters: CHARACTERS }));
-  window.history.replaceState(null, "", "/profile?tab=characters&character=c3");
+  window.history.replaceState(null, "", "/profile?tab=characters&character=gone");
   render(<ProfilePanel />);
   expect(await screen.findByRole("link", { name: /Vaelthir/ })).toBeTruthy();
   expect(window.location.search).toBe("");
 });
 
+it("opens a dead character's memorial: death, heir and where the estate went", async () => {
+  vi.mocked(getAccount).mockResolvedValue(account({ minecraft: linked() }));
+  vi.mocked(getProfileDashboard).mockResolvedValue(wardrobe({ characters: CHARACTERS }));
+  render(<ProfilePanel />);
+  fireEvent.click(await screen.findByRole("link", { name: /Old Tamsin/ }));
+  expect(await screen.findByRole("heading", { level: 2, name: "Old Tamsin" })).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(window.location.search).toBe("?tab=characters&character=c3");
+  const value = (label: string) => screen.getByText(label, { selector: "dt" }).nextElementSibling?.textContent;
+  expect(value("Died")).toBe("Before records began");
+  expect(value("Heir")).toBe("Kira");
+  expect(value("Estate")).toBe("Passed on 14 Oct 2026");
+  expect(value("Money")).toBe("Kira (340.25)");
+  expect(value("Guild locks")).toBe("Waiting for a guild leader");
+  expect(value("Moved")).toBe("297 locks");
+  expect(screen.queryByRole("link", { name: /Wardrobe/ })).toBeNull();
+});
+
 it("cancels a pending character from its sheet and returns to the list", async () => {
   vi.mocked(getAccount).mockResolvedValue(account({ minecraft: linked() }));
   vi.mocked(getProfileDashboard).mockResolvedValue(wardrobe({ characters: CHARACTERS }));
diff --git a/frontend/app/components/profile/ProfilePanel.tsx b/frontend/app/components/profile/ProfilePanel.tsx
index 13de3064..e1452ae0 100644
--- a/frontend/app/components/profile/ProfilePanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/components/profile/ProfilePanel.tsx
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function hasPending(dashboard: ProfileDashboard | null): boolean {
   if (!dashboard) return false;
   const status = (value: unknown) => String(value || "").toLowerCase();
   return (
-    dashboard.characters.some((c) => status(c.status) === "pending") ||
+    dashboard.characters.some((c) => status(c.status) === "pending" || c.will_request?.status === "pending") ||
     dashboard.skins.some((s) => s.status === "pending") ||
     dashboard.drinks.some((d) => d.status === "pending") ||
     dashboard.custom_items.some((i) => i.state === "pending_skin" || status(i.submission_status) === "pending")
@@ -743,6 +743,7 @@ export default function ProfilePanel({
                 maxSlots={dashboard.max_alive_characters ?? 3}
                 catalog={catalog}
                 onRefresh={() => token && void loadDashboard(token)}
+                onWillChanged={() => token && void loadDashboard(token, { quiet: true })}
                 refreshing={loadingDashboard}
                 sessionToken={token}
                 playerUuid={minecraft?.player_uuid}
diff --git a/frontend/lib/characters/api.ts b/frontend/lib/characters/api.ts
index fa539755..31d64d46 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/characters/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/lib/characters/api.ts
@@ -278,6 +278,57 @@ export type CharacterListItem = {
   clues?: string[] | null;
   /** Profile only: the name of the skin the character wears, null with none. */
   worn_skin?: string | null;
+  /** ISO time of the latest death; null for legacy deaths. */
+  died_at?: string | null;
+  death_id?: string | null;
+  /** Living characters: the will as the server last reported it. */
+  will?: CharacterWill;
+  /** Living characters: a Profile change waiting for the server, or its recent refusal. */
+  will_request?: WillRequest;
+  /** Dead and missing characters: the estate of the latest death, null before the server sends one. */
+  estate?: CharacterEstate | null;
+};
+
+export type CharacterWill = {
+  heir_id: string | null;
+  heir_name: string | null;
+  revision: number;
+};
+
+export type WillResult = "applied" | "stale" | "invalid heir" | "invalid" | "character dead";
+
+export type WillRequest = {
+  id: string;
+  heir_character_id: string | null;
+  heir_name: string | null;
+  base_revision: number;
+  status: "pending" | "acked";
+  result: WillResult | null;
+  created_at: string;
+  acked_at: string | null;
+};
+
+export type EstateRecipient = { kind: string; name: string | null };
+
+export type CharacterEstate = {
+  death_id: string;
+  status: "OPEN" | "HELD" | "CANCELLED" | "DECIDED" | "REVERTED";
+  revision: number;
+  due_at: string | null;
+  decided_at: string | null;
+  heir_name: string | null;
+  recipients: Partial<Record<"money" | "property" | "guild_locks" | "letters", EstateRecipient>>;
+  money_moved_cents: number | null;
+  participants: Record<string, { outcome: string | null; revision: number | null; counts: Record<string, number> }>;
+};
+
+export type HeirMatch = {
+  id: string;
+  short_id: string;
+  name: string;
+  race: string | null;
+  /** One of the signed-in player's own characters. */
+  own: boolean;
 };
 
 export type CharacterListResponse = {
@@ -938,3 +989,35 @@ export function characterFace(sessionToken: string, characterId: string): Promis
 export function characterFigure(sessionToken: string, characterId: string): Promise<string | null> {
   return characterPicture(sessionToken, characterId, "figure");
 }
+
+/** Ask the server to name an heir (null revokes) against the will revision the page showed. */
+export async function requestWill(
+  sessionToken: string,
+  characterId: string,
+  heirId: string | null,
+  baseRevision: number,
+): Promise<WillRequest> {
+  const id = encodeURIComponent(characterId.trim());
+  const res = await apiFetch(`${getApiBase()}/characters/${id}/will`, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: { ...authHeaders(sessionToken), "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+    body: JSON.stringify({ heir_character_id: heirId, base_revision: baseRevision }),
+  });
+  const data = await parseJson(res);
+  if (!res.ok) {
+    throw new CharactersApiError(detailMessage(data, `Will change failed (${res.status})`), res.status);
+  }
+  return (data as { request: WillRequest }).request;
+}
+
+/** Living characters on this server whose name contains the query (three letters or more). */
+export async function searchHeirs(sessionToken: string, query: string, characterId: string): Promise<HeirMatch[]> {
+  const params = new URLSearchParams({ q: query, character_id: characterId });
+  const res = await apiFetch(`${getApiBase()}/characters/heirs?${params}`, { headers: authHeaders(sessionToken) });
+  const data = await parseJson(res);
+  if (!res.ok) {
+    throw new CharactersApiError(detailMessage(data, `Search failed (${res.status})`), res.status);
+  }
+  const results = (data as { results?: unknown }).results;
+  return Array.isArray(results) ? (results as HeirMatch[]) : [];
+}
diff --git a/frontend/lib/characters/wills.test.ts b/frontend/lib/characters/wills.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b586f2e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/lib/characters/wills.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { CharacterEstate } from "./api";
+import { estateMoved, estateStatusLine, formatDay, recipientLabel, willErrorMessage, willResultMessage } from "./wills";
+
+function estate(extra: Partial<CharacterEstate> = {}): CharacterEstate {
+  return {
+    death_id: "d",
+    status: "OPEN",
+    revision: 0,
+    due_at: "2026-10-14T12:00:00Z",
+    decided_at: null,
+    heir_name: null,
+    recipients: {},
+    money_moved_cents: null,
+    participants: {},
+    ...extra,
+  };
+}
+
+it("words each estate state", () => {
+  expect(estateStatusLine(estate())).toBe("Passes on 14 Oct 2026");
+  expect(estateStatusLine(estate({ due_at: null }))).toBe("Not passed on yet");
+  expect(estateStatusLine(estate({ status: "HELD" }))).toBe("Held by staff");
+  expect(estateStatusLine(estate({ status: "CANCELLED" }))).toBe("Cancelled: brought back to life");
+  expect(estateStatusLine(estate({ status: "DECIDED", decided_at: "2026-10-15T00:30:00Z" }))).toBe(
+    "Passed on 15 Oct 2026",
+  );
+  expect(estateStatusLine(estate({ status: "REVERTED" }))).toBe("Stopped by staff");
+});
+
+it("names recipients, and staff or waiting parts by what happens to them", () => {
+  expect(recipientLabel({ kind: "CHARACTER", name: "Kira" })).toBe("Kira");
+  expect(recipientLabel({ kind: "GUILD", name: "Rat Hill" })).toBe("Rat Hill");
+  expect(recipientLabel({ kind: "FROZEN", name: null })).toBe("Held by staff");
+  expect(recipientLabel({ kind: "WAITING", name: null })).toBe("Waiting for a guild leader");
+  expect(recipientLabel({ kind: "SENDER", name: null })).toBe("Returned to senders");
+  expect(recipientLabel({ kind: "CHARACTER", name: null })).toBeNull();
+  expect(recipientLabel(undefined)).toBeNull();
+});
+
+it("sums what each part of the server moved", () => {
+  const moved = estateMoved(
+    estate({
+      participants: {
+        thievery: { outcome: "DONE", revision: 0, counts: { locks: 290, doors: 0 } },
+        "thievery-furniture": { outcome: "DONE", revision: 0, counts: { locks: 7 } },
+        "simplefactions-vehicles": { outcome: "RETRY", revision: 0, counts: { vehicles: 2 } },
+      },
+    }),
+  );
+  expect(moved).toBe("297 locks, 2 vehicles");
+  expect(estateMoved(estate())).toBeNull();
+  const one = estateMoved(
+    estate({ participants: { bartershops: { outcome: "DONE", revision: 0, counts: { shops: 1 } } } }),
+  );
+  expect(one).toBe("1 shop");
+  const entity = estateMoved(
+    estate({ participants: { thievery: { outcome: "DONE", revision: 0, counts: { entities: 1, doors: 3 } } } }),
+  );
+  expect(entity).toBe("1 entity, 3 doors");
+});
+
+it("words will results and refusals", () => {
+  expect(willResultMessage("applied")).toBeNull();
+  expect(willResultMessage("invalid heir")).toBe("Not saved: that heir can’t inherit.");
+  expect(willErrorMessage("will_changed")).toBe("The will changed in game. Refresh and try again.");
+  expect(willErrorMessage("Something else")).toBe("Something else");
+  expect(formatDay("nonsense")).toBeNull();
+});
diff --git a/frontend/lib/characters/wills.ts b/frontend/lib/characters/wills.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5dfa8ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/lib/characters/wills.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import type { CharacterEstate, EstateRecipient, WillResult } from "./api";
+
+/** Why the server refused a will change made here. */
+export function willResultMessage(result: WillResult | null): string | null {
+  switch (result) {
+    case "stale":
+      return "Not saved: the will changed in game.";
+    case "invalid heir":
+      return "Not saved: that heir can’t inherit.";
+    case "invalid":
+      return "Not saved: the server doesn’t know this character.";
+    case "character dead":
+      return "Not saved: this character has died.";
+    default:
+      return null;
+  }
+}
+
+/** The site's refusals, in words. */
+export function willErrorMessage(detail: string): string {
+  switch (detail) {
+    case "will_changed":
+      return "The will changed in game. Refresh and try again.";
+    case "request_pending":
+      return "A change is already waiting for the server.";
+    case "character_not_alive":
+      return "This character has died.";
+    case "invalid_heir":
+      return "That character can’t inherit.";
+    default:
+      return detail;
+  }
+}
+
+const DATE = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-GB", { day: "numeric", month: "short", year: "numeric", timeZone: "UTC" });
+
+export function formatDay(iso: string | null | undefined): string | null {
+  if (!iso) return null;
+  const moment = new Date(iso);
+  return Number.isNaN(moment.getTime()) ? null : DATE.format(moment);
+}
+
+/** "Passes on 14 Oct 2026", "Passed on 14 Oct 2026", and so on. */
+export function estateStatusLine(estate: CharacterEstate): string {
+  switch (estate.status) {
+    case "OPEN": {
+      const due = formatDay(estate.due_at);
+      return due ? `Passes on ${due}` : "Not passed on yet";
+    }
+    case "HELD":
+      return "Held by staff";
+    case "CANCELLED":
+      return "Cancelled: brought back to life";
+    case "DECIDED": {
+      const decided = formatDay(estate.decided_at);
+      return decided ? `Passed on ${decided}` : "Passed on";
+    }
+    case "REVERTED":
+      return "Stopped by staff";
+    default:
+      return "";
+  }
+}
+
+export function recipientLabel(recipient: EstateRecipient | undefined): string | null {
+  if (!recipient) return null;
+  switch (recipient.kind) {
+    case "FROZEN":
+      return "Held by staff";
+    case "WAITING":
+      return "Waiting for a guild leader";
+    case "SENDER":
+      return "Returned to senders";
+    case "NONE":
+      return "Nothing";
+    default:
+      return recipient.name || null;
+  }
+}
+
+export const ESTATE_PARTS = [
+  ["money", "Money"],
+  ["property", "Property"],
+  ["guild_locks", "Guild locks"],
+  ["letters", "Letters"],
+] as const;
+
+export function formatDenars(cents: number): string {
+  return (cents / 100).toLocaleString("en-GB", { minimumFractionDigits: 2, maximumFractionDigits: 2 });
+}
+
+/** Labels arrive plural ("locks", "entities"); one of a kind reads "1 lock", "1 entity". */
+function singular(label: string): string {
+  if (label.endsWith("ies")) return `${label.slice(0, -3)}y`;
+  return label.endsWith("s") ? label.slice(0, -1) : label;
+}
+
+/** What the estate moved, summed over every part of the server: "297 locks, 2 vehicles". */
+export function estateMoved(estate: CharacterEstate): string | null {
+  const totals = new Map<string, number>();
+  for (const participant of Object.values(estate.participants || {})) {
+    for (const [label, count] of Object.entries(participant?.counts || {})) {
+      if (Number.isFinite(count) && count > 0) totals.set(label, (totals.get(label) ?? 0) + count);
+    }
+  }
+  if (!totals.size) return null;
+  return [...totals].map(([label, count]) => `${count} ${count === 1 ? singular(label) : label}`).join(", ");
+}