Northwood Burial Society

The Northwood Burial Society is a religious order based out of the Sunless Citadel ruins near Northwood. Its high priestess is the cleric of Barbelith, Caramella Wynand, and its first (and thus far, only) official acolyte is Janeck the kobold.

The official mission of the Society, initially established through a small grant of funds from Thibault de Luxe during his brief and troubled employment of the Harlowe Traveling Adventure Brokerage, is to provide funds and temple services at reduced cost for the burial of indigent or impoverished laborers throughout the region. The Society is supported largely by donations received in exchange for magical curing, blessing, and other services. Rumors in Northwood assert that the Society has also been responsible for several magical curses within the region, but these have so far been unproven.

Although the first subjects of its ministry have been the kobolds of the Sunless Citadel and other dwellers from the subterranean realms of the Ostberg Valley Chain, some humanoid customers from Northwood have begun to make the short pilgrimage from the town to the church in search of services. The Society advertises its presence largely through word of mouth and through leafleting efforts, the leaflets in question often described as being "hand-made" and "amateurish" and distributed at night by strange, short messengers wearing oversized cloaks who are said to rattle when they walk. Despite these mysteries, the Society is considered to be a growing social force in the region, and rumors have asserted that the high priestess is considering opening an expansion branch of the religion in Northwood proper.

The Northwood Burial Society is a known supporter of and contributor to the political campaign of Philippe Marienburg.