Dross Bowl

Wooden bowl with a crude carving of a flame on its side. Use to absorb sin from the anxious dead.

The Sin Eaters of the delta cathedrals use these plain bowls to consume the sin out of deceased pilgrims, who have no more need of it. If the practice originated in respectful altruism, those aspects of the ceremony are long lost, and the Eaters now carry out their hungry task with single-minded avarice, unconcerned with the cleanliness of their benefactor's soul.