How does the whole process of taking care of a dead body work in Waterdeep (say, someone killed on the streets)? Contact local temple? Depends. (If finder/perpetrator wants the death hidden or not.) If no one's trying to hide the body, the Watch is always called, and makes a report (cause, identity, precise location found, conjectures/witnesses). Then to temple for autopsy unless magic suspected (to Castle…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 12, 2018

Depends on the time (Realmsdate) when the death occurs: the Plinth in most cases, if at a time when it is flourishing. Failing that, usually the closest temple, unless a priest present when the Watch is examining makes an offer (of their in-city temple) to the Watch.#Realmslore

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 5, 2020