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Veins

City	Kar-Thal
Realm	Terasil
Function	Residential and Market District
Notable Locations	Nereth-Kazuun • Ulvek-Har • Kareth-Shoan • Veshun-Taril

The Veins is the residential and commercial heart of Kar-Thal, located in the central tiers of the mountain-city. Structured as a network of interwoven tunnels, open plazas, and family niches carved from living stone, it is the most densely populated district in the city. The name derives from the branching, capillary-like layout of its chambers, which pulse with daily life and the memory-bound rhythms of Duranthi society.

Function

The Veins serves as Kar-Thal’s primary space for habitation, trade, and communal ritual. While its civic functions are limited compared to governance or ceremonial districts, it plays a critical role in sustaining the continuity of everyday Duranthi life—housing families, artisan recorders, and markets that maintain the city's structured memory and material stability.

History

Originally carved as a cluster of tunnel-dwellings during the city's expansion, the Veins grew organically outward from central stone wells and mineral springs.

Notable Locations

Nereth-Kazuun – A central communal plaza where traders and memory-keepers gather. It serves as the heart of the district and the site of oath recitations and name-stone presentations.
Ulvek-Har – A shallow, mineral-lined basin where residents perform daily rites.
The Kareth-Shoan – Ancestral dwelling rings carved around uncut mineral pillars, each bearing inscribed lineage stones.
Veshun-Taril – The primary market corridor.

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+{{Districts of Kar-Thal Infobox
 |Name=Veins
+|Image=[[File:Terasil - Kar Thal - Veins 01.jpg|center|frameless]]
 |City=[[Kar-Thal]]
 |Realm=[[Terasil]]
 |Function=Residential and Market District
+|Notable Locations=Nereth-Kazuun, Ulvek-Har, Kareth-Shoan, Veshun-Taril
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-{{District Sections
+{{Districts of Kar-Thal Sections
-|Introduction=The Veins is the residential and commercial heart of [[Kar-Thal]], located in the central tiers of the mountain-city. Structured as a network of interwoven tunnels, open plazas, and family niches carved from living stone, it is both the most densely populated and acoustically vibrant district in the city. The name derives from the branching, capillary-like layout of its chambers, which pulse with daily life and ritual resonance.
+|Introduction=The Veins is the residential and commercial heart of [[Kar-Thal]], located in the central tiers of the mountain-city. Structured as a network of interwoven tunnels, open plazas, and family niches carved from living stone, it is the most densely populated district in the city. The name derives from the branching, capillary-like layout of its chambers, which pulse with daily life and the memory-bound rhythms of Duranthi society.
-|Function=The Veins serves as Kar-Thal’s primary space for habitation, trade, and informal communal gatherings. While its civic functions are limited compared to governance or ceremonial districts, it plays a critical role in sustaining the rhythm of everyday [[Orasian]] life—housing stone-tender families, artisan guilds, and market keepers who maintain the city's essential material and spiritual flow.
+|Function=The Veins serves as Kar-Thal’s primary space for habitation, trade, and communal ritual. While its civic functions are limited compared to governance or ceremonial districts, it plays a critical role in sustaining the continuity of everyday [[Duranthi]] life—housing families, artisan recorders, and markets that maintain the city's structured memory and material stability.
-|History=Originally carved as a cluster of tunnel-dwellings during the city's expansion in the [[Era of Isolation]], the Veins grew organically outward from central stone wells and mineral springs. Its layout was never imposed from above, but shaped by resonance-guided carving and community-led extension. During the [[Great Erosion]], the Veins sheltered incoming families displaced from outer ranges, solidifying its role as a communal anchor within the city.
+|History=Originally carved as a cluster of tunnel-dwellings during the city's expansion, the Veins grew organically outward from central stone wells and mineral springs.
-|Notable Locations=|Notable Locations=
+|Notable Locations=* Nereth-Kazuun – A central communal plaza where traders and memory-keepers gather. It serves as the heart of the district and the site of oath recitations and name-stone presentations.
-* Nereth-Kazuun – A central communal plaza illuminated by glowstone harmonics, where traders, tone-keepers, and echo-choreographers gather. It serves as the acoustic heart of the district.
+* Ulvek-Har – A shallow, mineral-lined basin where residents perform daily rites.
-* Ulvek-Har – A shallow, mineral-lined basin where residents perform daily tone-cleansing rituals and resonance alignment. Its circular walls amplify the lowest frequencies of communal chant.
+* The Kareth-Shoan – Ancestral dwelling rings carved around uncut mineral pillars, each bearing inscribed lineage stones.
-* The Kareth-Shoan – Ancestral dwelling rings carved around uncut mineral pillars. These spaces are passed through stone-oaths and contain lineage-bound echo-altars.
+* Veshun-Taril – The primary market corridor.
-* Veshun-Taril – The primary market corridor, divided into pitch-aligned chambers. Vendors project their voices in rhythmic tones that follow district-specific cadence laws.
-|Cultural Practices=Residents of the Veins maintain a strong tradition of echo-rhythmic speech, using chantlike cadences for market exchanges, announcements, and inter-household communication. Many families maintain their own tonal signatures, identifiable by trained resonance-keepers.
-The Veins also hosts informal ceremonies such as stone-feeding, where offerings of finely crushed minerals are placed in wall hollows to honor the daily labor of the city. During [[Cycle Days]], many residents gather at the Resonance Well to share meditative tones, believed to keep the district in harmonic alignment with the city’s deeper layers.
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