and isolating circle of  of t   far from t rade back and fortigana and Quileia the Sfaroni Pass.

    In all nine provinces Eannas priests and Morians, and tesses of Adaon reats.

    Founded in out-of-ts of times dramatically so—ters of learning and teaciated clergy, repositories of riad, and as places of s and priestesses side for a time or for a lifetime.

    And not just ty imes do t;contributionsquot; t e offerings for tering for a space of days or years  of treats.

    Many  led people to tuaries. It  t tesses of Adaon  birtors in ters of distinguis elected to sojourn at one of treats at times t mig for t  an indeterminately age of ters left beurned to tayed  to Morian. te-robed priests of Eanna  to do  tories belying t, as well.

    Little of tyrants came. Neito stir up triad against ts and tesses o do as ted tive as it migo the new rulers from overseas.

    botyrants did do, er or lesser success, emples against eac  to see—tensions and ilities t rippled and flared among triad. t, in eacion, to turn ting tion to . Many patterns mig c all recognition, and some mig or forgotten entirely, but not t te, reciprocal dance of state and clergy.

    And so temples still stood, and t important ones still flourisatuary, and tments for services. Save in one place only: in Loe, ues and ted and burned. t  of somet after t years of tyrants. Even in ted province, to continue ty and touaries.

    And to treats came a great variety of men and ime to time. It  only