Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170916232500

Burials are important within Rin culture and tend to be as lavish as physically possible and to flaunt of the wealth and power of the given individual or at least make their name known to a few others and have some sort of marker saying they did indeed exist no matter how small. The Rin are a vain people after all always seeking to leave their mark just in case the tales of the afterlife are false.

In the ancient days burials took place outside the holy confines of the cities and living areas to keep them devoid of 'dark spirits' and what not while the Empire expanded and urban populations grew and grew the only solution was to bend the rules in some cases which would be mausoleums and other large tombs or the rising trend to dedicate entire worlds dedicated to the burials of massive numbers of individuals and tend to be rather barren and forsaken places anyways. Even larger worlds that don't have the time use a moon or two instead.

In the Rin culture everyone should be able to be at least given a basic tomb those the poor found and are part of 'guilds' that help pay for the expenses in return for some sort of service during their life time. Generally these tombs take the form of a cut out in a rock wall or a small 'slot' in a wall of sorts within the massive halls of the tomb worlds.

The body of the deceased is taken to the world by ship or what ever travel is necessary and a procession then leads to the tomb with professional mourners, priests, and family. For the larger funerals these tend to be massive processions taking hours to pass and with all sorts of exotic exhibits and masses of mourners and priests. When the body reaches it's final location a sacrifice (generally a animal of sorts or for some religions the burning of a statue) is committed in front of the body to appease the gods.

When one is laid to rest (actually cremated) they are expected to wear the honors they wore in life: Medals, laurel wreaths, and other distinctions as well as the enhancements they once used (unless they wish them to be gifted to others or are owned by the state or a company of sorts). Other practices are the placing of coins in the mouths of the deceased, placing of religious trinkets and symbols, and the act of cremation.

Now you may ask: "How can they wear stuff if they are cremated?" every dead body is plastered into a mold and then carved into a sarcophagus type thing with the ashed held inside. The statue is made to be able to fit all the medals, fittings, and items necessary and are made by generally skilled craftsmen.

For the rich and wealthy a small slot in a wall is not enough or worthy of their existence thus they build massive complexes, mausoleums, statues, and murals that show off their greatness and their feats as well as making their mark upon the world of their choosing for all to gaze upon with awe.

Both the tombs of the rich and the tomb worlds themselves require upkeep and up keepers for this sacred duty the priests of the gods and goddesses of death tend to take upon this task as well as servitors and hereditary slaves of natives if they exist.

Now some are not buried at all and are instead given a even greater honor: eternal service or a special place in the Empire. Their skulls can become 'Servo-Skulls' or their corpses themselves (with the flesh burned off) are placed within some sort of Imperial temple or shrine. The greatest honor is for one's corpse to sit within the two massive halls to the side of the Imperial Throne and thus sitting at the Emperor's side for eternity. This is only granted to the greatest servants of the Empire and it's Emperor and is a honor to say the least. 