Servant of the Axe - Now You May Speak

Chapter Type: Character Development

Bathing, and in fact general cleanliness, is important in Daurian society.  You bathe when you wake up, before you go to sleep, and whenever you arrive after a long journey. 

To complement this, one takes efforts, such as taking off one's outdoor shoes, to ensure that as little of the outside gets inside as possible.

But, back to bathing.  It is done in scalding hot water, with scented soaps, and care needs to be taken for those of us who have scales or fur.  And, I learned, those of us who shed are not allowed to speak to others while the process is going on.

Supposedly because of the sheer hideousness of seeing dead skin peeling off.

Seriously, for a culture that venerated their ancestors… but that got clarified later.