Dragon Age - Thedas

The Orzammar Shaperate is the headquarters of Orzammar's Shaperate. Its members have spent centuries recording the history, and compiling every recovered scrap of lore, of the dwarven people; within these walls are such efforts preserved. The Shaperate is a highly respected dwarven institution, a kind of organic library. The dwarves consider that those who walk the path of the Shaperate and document lore, history, and events in the Stone via the Memories will eventually be blessed by the Shaperate. The members of the Shaperate are historians, scholars, judges, genealogists and philosophers among the dwarves. Their task is considered to be extremely important—almost sacred.