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|City=[[Kar-Thal]]
|City=[[Kar-Thal]]
|Function=Governance and Ritual
|Function=Governance and Ritual
|Notable Locations=Hall of Binding Echoes, Oath-Steppes
|Notable Locations=Grand Hall of Oras, Kel-Vorun, Tharakul
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|Function=The district functions as the locus of civic decision-making, ritual pronouncement, and intergenerational stewardship. Within its halls, the [[Council of Stone]] deliberates beneath ancestral effigies and memory-stones. Major legal and ritual decrees are inscribed upon oath-steles, which are ritually harmonized to preserve civic memory through resonance.
|Function=The district functions as the locus of civic decision-making, ritual pronouncement, and intergenerational stewardship. Within its halls, the [[Council of Stone]] deliberates beneath ancestral effigies and memory-stones. Major legal and ritual decrees are inscribed upon oath-steles, which are ritually harmonized to preserve civic memory through resonance.
|History=Founded at the inception of Kar-Thal during the [[Era of Isolation]], Darak-Kel has remained unchanged in form and function for centuries.Darak-Kel resists alteration as a deliberate act of continuity. It has borne witness to every major oath, law, and proclamation since the city's founding.
|History=Founded at the inception of Kar-Thal during the [[Era of Isolation]], Darak-Kel has remained unchanged in form and function for centuries.Darak-Kel resists alteration as a deliberate act of continuity. It has borne witness to every major oath, law, and proclamation since the city's founding.
|Notable Locations=* [[Great Hall of Oras]]: The central chamber where the Council of Stone convenes. Its basalt columns are tuned to amplify spoken words, allowing declarations to reverberate across the chamber.
|Notable Locations=* [[Grand Hall of Oras]]: The central chamber where the Council of Stone convenes. Its basalt columns are tuned to amplify spoken words, allowing declarations to reverberate across the chamber.
* [[Kel-Vorun]]: A secluded chamber used for the sealing of ancestral pacts and high oaths. Designed to capture and repeat vows whispered into its walls.
* [[Kel-Vorun]]: A secluded chamber used for the sealing of ancestral pacts and high oaths. Designed to capture and repeat vows whispered into its walls.
* [[Oath-Steppes]]: A series of terraced platforms carved into the bedrock, used for public pronouncements and ritual ascents during times of civic renewal.
* [[Tharakul]]: A series of terraced platforms carved into the bedrock, used for public pronouncements and ritual ascents during times of civic renewal.
|Cultural Practices=Access to Darak-Kel is tightly controlled. While the inner sanctum is restricted to officials and oath-bearers, citizens may gather in outer halls to listen to resonance-broadcasts of council proceedings. Speaking within Darak-Kel follows strict cadence traditions, with silent intervals observed between statements as a form of civic respect.
|Cultural Practices=Access to Darak-Kel is tightly controlled. While the inner sanctum is restricted to officials and oath-bearers, citizens may gather in outer halls to listen to resonance-broadcasts of council proceedings. Speaking within Darak-Kel follows strict cadence traditions, with silent intervals observed between statements as a form of civic respect.


Ceremonial roles here are hereditary, passed down through stone-oaths. Echo-scribes maintain the oath-steles and ensure that no declaration is made without acoustic transcription.
Ceremonial roles here are hereditary, passed down through stone-oaths. Echo-scribes maintain the oath-steles and ensure that no declaration is made without acoustic transcription.
|Bibliography={{BibliographyEntry|Category=history|Title=Chronicle of the Echo Seat}} (Ashlar Vaults, Record Layer II)
|Bibliography=* {{BibliographyEntry|Category=history|Title=Stone as Witness: The Ritual Architecture of Kar-Thal}} by Lorewarden Evasul
 
* {{BibliographyEntry|Category=history|Title=Chronicle of the Echo Seat}} (Ashlar Vaults, Record Layer II)
{{BibliographyEntry|Category=history|Title=Resonance and Rule: The Rituals of Darak-Kel}} by Lorewarden Vem Taarak
* {{BibliographyEntry|Category=history|Title=Resonance and Rule: The Rituals of Darak-Kel}} by Lorewarden Vem Taarak
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