Ablution

Cleansing of the body through washing with pure water is a rare occurrence in the Kingdom among the bulk of the population and has thus evolved into a sacred act. Being submerged in the Springs is reserved for family of the Crown to ritually reinforce their connection to Dav and the Lord of the Springs.

For everyone else of lesser blood, bathing in the waters of the Bren is considered sacred, as the Bren descends from the headwaters of the Springs. This is done in the foothills of the Tarn, before the sewage output of the city of Lithmore taints the holy water. Sacred ablution is also used to clean the recently deceased before they are prepared for their funerals. This, of course, only applies to repentant Davites.