Funeral practices

Funeral practices differ across Eonil and have changed throughout the ages. In the present day, burial is the most common way to lay the dead to rest.

Laying the Dead to Rest

It is common knowledge that rites must be performed so the soul of the deceased can be guided safely through the Veil and into the Spirit World. If these rites are not performed, are performed incorrectly, or are interrupted, the soul may linger, become trapped in the Veil, or leave the body vulnerable to darker consequences when necromantic energies are involved.

Failed or absent rites can lead to ghosts, ghouls, or Wailing Drowned. When the dead are properly laid to rest, necromancy may still raise the body, but only as a Skeleton, Zombie, or Drowned.

Veilwardens and the Dead

Veilwardens are not undertakers, priests, or the usual keepers of funerary customs. Most funerals are handled according to local tradition, family custom, or religious practice.

A Veilwarden may be called when something has gone wrong: when a soul is thought to be trapped in the Veil, when a ghost manifests, when necromantic energies are involved, or when the dead rise in a way that suggests damage to the boundary between the living world and the Spirit World.

Their role is not to bury the dead, but to understand and resolve disturbances of the Veil.

Mummification in the Old Faiths

In the time when Quintra and Denday still walked Eonil, most common folk were buried. Priests and paladins of Quintra and Denday were treated differently: they were mummified after death.

Each faith maintained its own order to care for the temple dead, with its own preferences and practices. The mummified dead of both faiths were laid to rest in a shared resting place known as the City of Silence.