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- in Thorolund, there’s a quirky custom where seven young men and seven young women are sent as tribute to a mysterious island every seven years
- in eerie Zaragoza, haunt of jackals, there’s a strange ritual where people all suffer from advanced mirror-touch synesthesia, being literal empaths who feel whatever pain they see inflicted on another human
- in Old Calabar by the sea, there’s a strange practice where children play racing games with rules that state the last place finisher is hanged
- in eerie Semper upon the gulf, there’s a quirky custom where mirrors and procreation are heretical because they are believed to create souls, which is a duty of the gods alone
- in Lintukoko, there’s a strange tradition where children hunt for turtle shells and snake skins that their parents have hidden for them