Stone as Witness: The Ritual Architecture of Kar-Thal
March 22, 2025Introduction #
“To shape stone is not to impose will, but to reveal the pattern buried beneath time. In Kar-Thal, every wall, stair, and hall remembers. It listens. And it speaks.”
—Excerpt from the Oath of the Echo-Scribes
The city of Kar-Thal does not rise above the earth—it descends into it. Where other realms build outward, seeking sky and horizon, Kar-Thal coils inward, grounding its existence into the marrow of the Citadel Mountains. This is not an architectural choice. It is a declaration of identity.
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