「他们根本不笑，但他们哭泣；他们哭得越伤心，我就笑得越开心。后来我笑出了眼泪，你知道悲悼伶人做了什么吗？——他们给我递了纸巾。」
——某位姓名不具的假面愚者
「悲悼伶人」是一群坚定的反欢愉主义者。他们认为生命充满跌宕，苦痛使人成长，喜悦往往稍纵即逝，为人生带来无望的诱惑。廉价的娱乐是人迷失自我的麻醉剂。众生应当摈弃欢愉，承受哀恸以锤炼精神。为此，这些人组成了悲悼剧团。
伶人们搭乘跨越星星的贡多拉进行演出。他们搜集和佩戴着来自各个世界的脸谱、面具，以之象征那些已逝和未逝的种族。同时，他们也记录下这些智慧生命的哀伤，为步入终末的英雄谱写壮绝的悲剧，为即将熄灭的星辰吟唱婉转的哀歌。
悲悼伶人提倡禁欲与苦修，伶人企望这能与欢愉之星神的命途背道而驰，以冲淡祂为宇宙带来的甜美诱惑。
然而所谓欢愉乃是与悲伤对立的存在，悲喜是镌于灵魂这枚硬币两面的花纹。于悲剧之美中，欢愉之神亦能窥见力量。许是出于对黑色幽默的喜爱，阿哈将自己的星神之力赐予了这群苦行者，并饶有趣味地帮助他们跨越诸多星系，传播对欢愉的弃绝。
Mourning Actors — Elation
"They do not laugh, only cry. The more they cried, the harder I laughed. I laughed and laughed until tears fell down my face, and you know what Mourning Actors did? They handed me a tissue."
— A Masked Fool with no name
Mourning Actors are firm believers against Elation. They believe life is full of ups and downs, that agony makes people mature but fleeting joy only offers hopeless and unreachable temptation. Cheap entertainment is a narcotic for humans to lose themselves in. All beings should renounce joy and endure grief to temper their spirits. To this end, these people formed a theater troupe of sorrow.
The Actors ride a gondola that spans the stars to perform. They collect and wear masks from different worlds, symbolizing the races that have passed and those that have not. At the same time, they record the sorrows of intelligent life. They compose magnificent tragedies for heroes facing their end, and sing graceful elegies for dying stars.
Mourning Actors advocate celibacy and penance, hoping this would go against the Path of Elation and dilute the sweet allure that the Elation has been able to provide to the universe.
However, joy and sadness are two sides of the same coin. Their very essence is engraved into the souls of all beings. The Aeon of Elation sees the potential strength in the beauty of tragedy. Perhaps out of fondness for their wicked sense of humor, Aha blessed these people with Aeonic powers, playfully helping them spread their renunciation of joy across many star systems.
