The warriors of Ish Tamir attributed the prowess of their
armies to their great devotion to the sun god Altarir, and they claimed, in
public at least, that they would never lose so long as they fought under their
god’s watchful eye. During times of war, fighting men were exempt from the rigorous
devotions their sun god demanded. They joked, always out of earshot of Altarir’s
priests, that they were so successful because they got to sleep in the day of
the battle. Hosts normally assembled just after dawn, when the Ish Tamir would
normally already be deep in prayer.
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