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|Name=Ashlar Vaults | |Name=Ashlar Vaults | ||
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|Cultural Origin=[[Orasian]] | |Cultural Origin=[[Orasian]] | ||
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|Introduction=The Ashlar Vaults are the sacred civic archives of [[Kar-Thal]], located at the center of the [[Kel-Siruun]] district. These subterranean chambers preserve the legal, genealogical, and geological memory of the Orasian people. Known for their tonal silence and mineral-rich acoustics, the Vaults serve as a ceremonial site of oath-keeping, record transcription, and ancestral consultation. Access to the innermost chambers is tightly restricted and granted only to sanctioned Lorewardens under the guidance of memory-oaths. | |Introduction=The Ashlar Vaults are the sacred civic archives of [[Kar-Thal]], located at the center of the [[Kel-Siruun]] district. These subterranean chambers preserve the legal, genealogical, and geological memory of the Orasian people. Known for their tonal silence and mineral-rich acoustics, the Vaults serve as a ceremonial site of oath-keeping, record transcription, and ancestral consultation. Access to the innermost chambers is tightly restricted and granted only to sanctioned Lorewardens under the guidance of memory-oaths. | ||
|History=Constructed during the earliest expansion of Kar-Thal in the [[Era of Isolation]], the Ashlar Vaults were established in response to the need for permanent civic continuity following the first memory-schism of the [[Orasians]]. They were expanded significantly during the [[Great Erosion]], when external archives were lost or rendered inaccessible. Over centuries, they became the symbolic and functional anchor of Orasian law and lineage. Several generations of Lorewardens have carved and updated the vaults using ritual tools passed through unbroken stone-oaths. | |History=Constructed during the earliest expansion of Kar-Thal in the [[Era of Isolation]], the Ashlar Vaults were established in response to the need for permanent civic continuity following the first memory-schism of the [[Orasians]]. They were expanded significantly during the [[Great Erosion]], when external archives were lost or rendered inaccessible. Over centuries, they became the symbolic and functional anchor of Orasian law and lineage. Several generations of Lorewardens have carved and updated the vaults using ritual tools passed through unbroken stone-oaths. | ||
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Ceremonial readings from the Vaults take place during foundational civic festivals and judicial review sessions. The act of inscribing a new decree into the stone is considered a generational event, typically preceded by a week of tonal stillness across Kel-Siruun. | Ceremonial readings from the Vaults take place during foundational civic festivals and judicial review sessions. The act of inscribing a new decree into the stone is considered a generational event, typically preceded by a week of tonal stillness across Kel-Siruun. | ||
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