Dwarven Funeral for King?

[S.Woodlander]

Anyone know what a funeral or tombing might be like for a Dwarven King who has passed? (Murdered).

 

[S.Woodlander]

No one? Anyone

 

[jdrakeh]

A lot of that depends on how dwarven society is treated in a given setting.

For instance, in one of my homebrew D&D settings, dwarves are returned to the earth when they die, buried in elaborate stone cairns/tombs, specifically with their head pointed away from the entrance (to confuse them, preventing or at least slowing their escape from the cairn should their restless spirit raise them as an undead creature).

In another of my homebrew settings, all cultures (including those of the Dwarves) either burn their dead or perform sky burials, because dead bodies are often/always possessed and animated by free roaming demons who then use them as a means of conveyance in the prime material planes (a practice rereferred to as "riding" among scholars).

 

[GothmogIV]

Everyone would get really stoned.
See what I did there?

 

[Hriston]

From The Hobbit, Chapter 18, The Return Journey:

They buried Thorin deep beneath the Mountain, and Bard laid the Arkenstone upon his breast.​

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"There let it lie till the Mountain falls!" he said. "May it bring good fortune to all his folk that dwell here after!"​

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Upon his tomb the Elvenking then laid Orcrist, the elvish sword that had been taken from Thorin in captivity. It is said in songs that it gleamed ever in the dark if foes approached, and the fortress of the dwarves could not be taken by surprise.​

 

[Gilladian]

In my world dwarves are genderless, breathed to life by priestly magic after being carved by their parent(s). When they die, their body reverts to stone. This stone is used to build funerary walls in dwarven cities, which commemorate the dead.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

From The Hobbit, Chapter 18, The Return Journey:

They buried Thorin deep beneath the Mountain, and Bard laid the Arkenstone upon his breast.​

​

"There let it lie till the Mountain falls!" he said. "May it bring good fortune to all his folk that dwell here after!"​

​

Upon his tomb the Elvenking then laid Orcrist, the elvish sword that had been taken from Thorin in captivity. It is said in songs that it gleamed ever in the dark if foes approached, and the fortress of the dwarves could not be taken by surprise.​

That is badass…

 

[jdrakeh]

In my world dwarves are genderless, breathed to life by priestly magic after being carved by their parent(s). When they die, their body reverts to stone. This stone is used to build funerary walls in dwarven cities, which commemorate the dead.

That's super cool!

 

[Kaiyanwang]

You could create a moment during the funeral in which Dwarves all together mourn using something related to the deceased.
Say a great warrior and king would be saluted with axes bashing on shields, while a great artificer and crafter would be saluted with the clang of hammers on his way into the earth.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I forget where I saw it, but I recently came across a dwarven king's body being consumed in a forge, which is a pretty fitting motif.

As @jdrakeh says, you need to know some basic things about your dwarves, like what they consider important and what they believe about their bodies and souls, and extrapolate from there.