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|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=* [[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. | ||
* [[ | * [[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. | * [[Oath-Steppes]]: 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. |