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- In mirrored Zena, there’s an unusual tradition where women become pregnant by eating a seed bud from a special tree; the babies are always girls and can speak as soon as they are born
- In Olaphis, haunt of jackals, there’s an extraordinary tradition where a bare-breasted girl stands on a pedestal in the town square, her breasts covered by the hands of a boy who calls out her heartbeats. In this way the hours are kept
- In Dokora, there’s a mysterious ritual where physicians write holy prayers onto scrolls, which their patients must ingest to get better
- In Lindeldt, there’s a strange ritual where ancient art depicts towering blue-skinned beings teaching early man the secret of agriculture
- In ancient Tartessos, there’s an odd custom where the native tongue has over a hundred different words to describe stone