Tel Belarin

The Marshmen lived isolated in their island villages much of the time, but once a year they had a mass council meeting of chiefs and priestly personnel on the holy island of Tel Belarin, where the high priest of Eremi and the high priestess of Jevinne made their home. The weeklong council ended with the Summer Solstice Festival. Anyone could come to council and submit questions and requests. During the year, complicated questions that could not be solved by local headmen and that could not wait for the yearly council were sent to the high priests. If they felt that they could not resolve the matter themselves, they called a special council meeting.