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- In unhappy Zaragoza, rich in cedar, there’s a queer ritual where priests cannot sleep outside the city walls, touch a horse, or touch iron, on pain of torture
- In Izalith, haunt of jackals, there’s an extraordinary custom where crying in public is punishable by ruinous fines or exile
- In buried Boleria, there’s a peculiar practice where seven young men and seven young women are sent as tribute to a mysterious island every seven years
- In Boleria, rich in vineyards, there’s a curious ritual where the religion requires adherents to arbitrarily determine each morning whether to practice extreme generosity or extreme cruelty that day
- In Lanafir, there’s a strange practice where each citizen must reign as king or queen for a day, in order to prevent the corruption that comes from extended power. The schedule is kept decades in advance on a community calendar