Curator
Ritual Consecrators are responsible for leading the daily consecrations of the temple and items to Myrkul, including the creation of religious artifacts.
Death is an inevitability of life, an aspect that mortals should not attempt to flee. As such, the influence of the dead should be held in extreme high regard. It is very important to the Lord of the Dead that Faerûnians always keep him in the back of their mind. He never misses an opportunity to remind the world that he is waiting for them all.
The Dusking is a ritual involving bones, the ashes of cremated humans, and grave dust, and is a remembrance of how mortal all living beings are and how close death walks behind each creature.
A daily sunset rite centered upon a floating, glowing (magic) skull that hovers above a black, bone-decorated block or table altar. Pinches of cremated remains and grave dirt are sprinkled onto the skull. Offerings are accepted at this time from folk who are not devout but who wish to appease the Lord of Bones. They typically kneel at the altar when presenting their offerings.
Tolling bells, (deep and echoing, never tinkling or high and metallic) mark the opening and ending of this ritual and are struck once whenever an offering was made.
The Anointing is a ceremony held for every initiate as part of the process of becoming a Daring One (acolyte). This solemn ritual is held deep in the catacombs of the nearest temple of Myrkul, where the potential acolyte is led blindfolded, past the undead guardians, to the tombs of past Undead Masters or Deathbringers.
Once at the chosen tomb, the prospective acolyte is made to speak with the dead (via the spell – which they must normally cast themselves unless the acolyte is unable to in which case a priest casts it for them). The deceased high priest of the temple judges the worthiness of the acolyte, in rare circumstances the undead guardians of the tomb slay the acolyte and he is judged unworthy, in even rarer circumstances it is said that Myrkul himself speaks through the vessel of the high priest and his judgement echoes loudly through the catacombs.
The Anointing is usually performed at midnight, and only the priests of Myrkul are welcome.