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|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.

|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.

|Notable Locations=~~|Notable Locations=~~

|Notable Locations=* Nereth-Kazuun – A central communal plaza, where traders and the community gather. It serves as the heart of the district.

* 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 tone-cleansing rituals. Its circular walls amplify the lowest frequencies of communal chant.

* 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.

* 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, 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.~~

|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.

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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 |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.
 |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.
-|Notable Locations=|Notable Locations=
+|Notable Locations=* Nereth-Kazuun – A central communal plaza, where traders and the community gather. It serves as the heart of the district.
-* 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 tone-cleansing rituals. Its circular walls amplify the lowest frequencies of communal chant.
-* 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.
-* 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, 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.
+|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.
-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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