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- in unhappy Astora, there’s a queer custom where people worship a bronze image of Juno, with palms outstretched and slanted downwards, where infants are placed to slide into a gaping fiery pit
- in sunken Boleria, there’s a strange custom where the unmarried must throw their 7th most valuable possession over a cliff into the ocean on the 7th day of the 7th month
- in mirrored Forossa, haunt of jackals, there’s a strange custom where crimes committed on Black Lodge Day are unpunishable
- in Izalith, haunt of scorpions, there’s an outlandish practice where no animal is harmed, because it is believed they hold the souls of the ancestors
- in Semper, rich in cedar, there’s a curious custom where people believe the phenomena of nature are worked by a multitude of invisible animals