Common Crypt
The Common Crypt marks the mouth of the catacomb network that is the public graveyard of Greyhawk. The ground level of the crypt is a vast mausoleum, where the ashes of those who have been cremated can be stored. A wide stairway leads down into the shadowy network of the catacombs. where the vast majority of the city’s citizens are eventually buried.
The Common Crypt is operated by the Guild of Embalmers and Gravediggers, which no longer digs graves in this area but instead digs tunnels to expand the already huge network of catacombs below the Old City. The guild does not recommend cremation as a rule, but some religions and mourners are beginning to insist on it to prevent the deceased from being revived as undead.
Old City once had a cemetery within it, but this was dug up long ago to make room for the homes and businesses of the living. Only the Lords’ Tomb in High Quarter now has actual grave sites in addition to its own catacomb network. The ashes of cremated persons are stored in small urns in the above-ground mausoleum on this site, each jar with a name and a few words inscribed on it. Statues and carved frescoes surround the mausoleum, showing many of the gods of the Flanaess welcoming their deceased followers into their otherworldly folds. Evil gods are specifically excluded, though some people have carved forbidden names on the outside walls anyway.
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