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| {{District Infobox | | {{Districts of Kar-Thal Infobox |
| |Name=Tarsu-un | | |Name=Tarsu-un |
| |Image=[[File:Terasil - Kar-Thal Tarsu-un 01.jpg|center|frameless]] | | |Image=[[File:Terasil_-_Kar-Thal_Tarsu-un_01.jpg|center|frameless]] |
| |City=Kar-Thal | | |City=Kar-Thal |
| |Realm=[[Terasil]] | | |Realm=[[Terasil]] |
| |Function=Quarry Access and Miner Clans | | |Function=Quarry Access and Miner Clans |
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| {{District Sections | | {{Districts of Kar-Thal Sections |
| |Introduction=Tarsu-un is the outermost district of [[Kar-Thal]], situated closest to the city’s vast quarry networks and mineral [[veins]]. It is the dwelling place of the stonecutters, tunnel shapers, and strata-cleavers whose labor forms the physical and civic foundation of the city. The district is known for its pragmatic tone, unadorned architecture, and the lineage-bound miner clans who operate in multigenerational guilds. | | |Introduction=Tarsu-un is the outermost district of [[Kar-Thal]], situated closest to the city’s vast quarry networks. |
| |Function=Tarsu-un serves as the logistical spine for raw material extraction and tunnel expansion. Its corridors lead outward into the functional arms of the [[Citadel Mountains]], providing direct access to basalt flows, mineral deposits, and untouched fault layers. The district houses tool-makers, chisel forgers, quarry scribes, and dust-weighers, all of whom are vital to the rhythm of [[Orasian]] civic growth. | | |Function=Tarsu-un serves as the logistical spine for raw material extraction and tunnel expansion. Its corridors lead outward into the functional arms of the [[Citadel Mountains]], providing direct access to basalt flows, mineral deposits, and untouched fault layers. T |
| | | |History=Tarsu-un was established during the early expansion of Kar-Thal, when internal space became limited and controlled quarrying became necessary to support the city’s growth. Initially little more than a cluster of open shafts and rough dwellings, the district evolved into a bustling hub. |
| Beyond its industrial role, Tarsu-un maintains sacred relationships with living stone—rituals of permission and fracture conducted before each excavation.
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| |History=Tarsu-un was established during the early expansion of Kar-Thal, when internal space became limited and controlled quarrying became necessary to support the city’s growth. Initially little more than a cluster of open shafts and rough dwellings, the district evolved into a structured guild network over time, with each family bound to a specific stone-type or resonance zone. | |
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| Its practices were codified after a series of deep-quake incidents during the mid Era of Shifting Strata, leading to the formation of the Tunnel Mark Exchange, where all excavation paths are mapped, harmonized, and ritually approved.
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| |Notable Locations=* '''Stone-Fall Commons''' – An open plaza used for load transfer and clan announcements. Dust-clouded but lively.
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| * '''Clanforge of Olm-Varek''' – One of the oldest working forges, maintained by a basalt-working lineage.
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| * '''Tunnel Mark Exchange''' – A carved hall where quarry paths are approved and tracked through etched strata maps.
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| * '''Hall of Dust-Weighers''' – The site of mineral evaluation, resonance content analysis, and civic quota marking.
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| |Cultural Practices=Unlike the more ceremonial districts, Tarsu-un speaks in the dialect of purpose. Speech is clipped, rhythms sync with hammer strikes, and few words are wasted. Clan-stones are placed above entrances and coated with fracture-dust to mark lineage and quarry deeds.
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| Initiates from Tarsu-un often undertake the First Fracture Rite, in which they must extract a vein segment using ancestral tools, then present it unbroken to the Hall of Dust-Weighers.
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| Meal songs in the district are tonal but rhythmic—designed to echo through tunnel walls during long quarry shifts. Tarsu-un also maintains a rare tradition: the Stone Silence, a full day of muteness observed after a tunnel collapse, out of respect for the fallen and the unsettled stone.
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