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Executor

The guy who cuts your head off if you betray the king?

In finance, the executor is your "personal representative" after you lose your head. This person pays all your remaining bills, files the papers with the courts, figures out taxes, and distributes the remaining money to the beneficiaries, typically requiring them to spend a dark and stormy night in a haunted mansion.

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