Doorstep Buckets
If you set out a bucket of water from Rotten Wood anywhere in Caphitolia, the souls of those who died within that water will come to you. There are considered to be at least a dozen souls of creatures who died in each bucket of water.
Historical Basis
In the middle of the Third Era, some necromancers decided they wanted to take over the town. They used the water from Rotten Wood streams as a way of communicating to each other: a bucket of water meant they had a fresh corpse ready to spells.
Eventually, the necromancers were caught. Even though Jour was 4000 years ago, the consequences and fear surrounding the school influenced the decisions of the town bergmeister. They ruled it illegal, punishable by freedoms stripped away, to have a bucket of water outside a house.
Naturally, over time the story underwent changes. So instead of nercormancers bringing bodies and souls, it was thought the water itself brought the souls.
Spread
This is spread throughout Tallibab, Caphitolia, and the few tribes in the Wasteland. The Catholonika region derides its rival Caphitolia over this, claiming them ignorant believers of superstition.
Variations & Mutation
The Tuigan have a variation that is not Rotten Wood water, but abandoned well water.
Cultural Reception
Now, the superstition mocked in major cities and areas of learning. Most people don't believe it, but there are several backwater villages and towns that adhere to the laws of old for no other purpose than archaic propriety.
In Literature
Some poetry from this region and Caphitolia mention "the bucket of rank water" as a metaphor for some old tradition or false belief held staunchly.
In Art
One beautiful oil painting of an everyday village life set in West Caphitolia shows a husband and wife conversing outside the building of a neighbor. In the background, there's a bucket of water sitting on the threshold of some dark house.
Songs have incorporated the metaphor of "doorstep buckets" in a similar way the poetry of Caphitolia has.
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