I'm writing a fantasy setting inspired by Victorian London, and for story reasons I want to include a cultural tradition that corpses are only buried on the full moon. But this is before refrigeration and I think I may have grossly underestimated the rate of decomposition. My original plan was to have bodies kept in a chilly underground vault, either in wooden coffins or stone sarcophagi, but I don't know if that would do for a near-month.
The story reason for me wanting to do this is that a character gets turned into a vampire, but my setting's vamps only rise for the first time under the full moon. And that's a lot harder to do under six feet of dirt.
Any thoughts?
The story reason for me wanting to do this is that a character gets turned into a vampire, but my setting's vamps only rise for the first time under the full moon. And that's a lot harder to do under six feet of dirt.
Any thoughts?