Elona game stuff time: corpses in the map that get hit with fire has a chance to become cooked items (usually low level type dishes). Pets who don't get the whip (or whatever it's called) will eat anything and corpses in the field if they're hungry. Kinda problematic if corpses are undead, since they lower stats. They won't eat cursed food though, even when unidentified, so that could come in handy in seeing if your player could eat that food without problem.

Also, guy on the right with the helmet could be Gilbert, and girl on the left might be Gwen.