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No one is permitted to speak during the climb. The silence is intended to allow the stone to listen and the individual to reflect without interruption. | No one is permitted to speak during the climb. The silence is intended to allow the stone to listen and the individual to reflect without interruption. | ||
|Cultural Role=To ascend Tharakul is to be witnessed by the stone itself. Failure to complete the climb is not dishonorable, but returning to try again is expected of those who seek official roles. It is also common for elders to make a final ascent near the end of life, marking their passage into ancestral memory. | |Cultural Role=To ascend Tharakul is to be witnessed by the stone itself. Failure to complete the climb is not dishonorable, but returning to try again is expected of those who seek official roles. It is also common for elders to make a final ascent near the end of life, marking their passage into ancestral memory. | ||
|Bibliography=* | |Bibliography=* {{BibliographyEntry|Category=history|Title=Stone as Witness: The Ritual Architecture of Kar-Thal}} by Lorewarden Evasul | ||
* ''Endurance in Stone: A Civic History of Kar-Thal'' (Ashlar Vaults, Record Layer I) | * ''Endurance in Stone: A Civic History of Kar-Thal'' (Ashlar Vaults, Record Layer I) | ||
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