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'''Noral''' /nɔːr'ɑl/ ([[bukk|bukkean]]: Nōrol) was a keep, notable for its architecture, strong fortification and status as an international political prison, used mostly for the imprisonment of the nobility.

'''Noral''' /nɔːr'ɑl/ ([[bukk|bukkean]]: Nōrol) was a keep, notable for its architecture, strong fortification and status as an international political prison, used mostly for the imprisonment of the nobility. It was later revealed to be a [[Umbek|major international bank]], used by kings all over the [[Continent]] for several centuries.

== History ==

== History ==

"Noral" means "edge" in one of the older dialects of [[Nalarli]] and was a term that was typically used to designate the keeps and walls of a castle.

"Noral" means "edge" in one of the older dialects of [[Nalarli]] and was a term that was typically used to designate the keeps and walls of a castle.

== Operation ==

== Operation ==

Noral had a courtyard and a visitors' room that visitors could visit and leave. However, the rule was that anyone entering any other area of the keep was never allowed to leave alive. Therefore, the Treens, their servants and the prison guards lived in Noral permanently. Prisoners were not allowed to leave.

Noral was operated under very strict and unusual rules.

 

It had a courtyard and a visitors' room that people could visit and leave. However, anyone entering any other area of the keep was never allowed to leave alive. Therefore, most of the servants and prison guards lived in Noral permanently. This meant that prisoners were not allowed to leave either and incarceration in Noral essentially meant that there was no return.

 

A limited amount of personnel was allowed to leave the fortress to conduct various duties, including the Treens, but a Treen could not leave the fortress if they were the only Treen family member, since the original contract with Stogen would expire in the case of Treens abandoning the fortress, which at some point in history became defined as no Treen being present in the fortress.

=== Blind dungeons ===

=== Blind dungeons ===

Noral invented the idea of "blind dungeons", underground cells with no light. These were typically run by blind guards. Prisoners, put in a blind dungeon, would typically serve the rest of their days in complete darkness. In some cases, some prisoners would be moved to normal cells, after some time.

Noral invented the idea of "blind dungeons", underground cells with no light. These were typically run by blind guards. Prisoners, put in a blind dungeon, would typically serve the rest of their days in complete darkness. In some cases, some prisoners would be moved to normal cells, after some time.