Burial methods

"Seasons don't fear the reaper Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain We can be like they are"

- Blue Oyster Cult

Care and Feeding of the Domestic Corpse
While burial in the ground—with some kind of memorial marker—is the most common method of disposal of a corpse, other methods are employed:

Burial must be above the water level for sanitation and to prevent the body from rising. Burials are generally not performed near bedrock or when the water level is less than ten feet from the surface.

Composting is the best method of disposal for catastrophic losses, such as from a devastating plague or the loss of an entire herd of animals. The resulting heat kills many pathogens and insect larvae. A properly done compost heap will also have a minimised odour.


 * Dwarves: Mummification, as detailed earlier
 * Elves: Air 'burial'; bodies are cut up and fed to birds, with even the bones ground up and mixed with feed; no marker is left; other Fae often utilise interment or cremation
 * Firps: Sacred space in the swamp—no marker is left; mutants are not allowed interment there
 * Ghouls: None; all parts are eaten or used
 * Hobgoblins: Cremation in a pyre; the Juran tribe in the Hobgoblin Enclave bury their dead
 * Human: Primarily interment in the ground, but other methods are occasionally employed
 * Killian: Burial at sea; a body is sent out on a special basket designed to carry it out to sea that sinks before the tide caries it back onto shore
 * Ogres: Burial in the ground; usually unmarked
 * Orck: Bodies are dumped into the nearest river, generally without ceremony, or burning upon a pyre for important decedents
 * Trolls: Varies; mostly burial or cremation, and usually follows local customs