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Abarimon is the name of a fictional race of people native to a country of the same name. The people of Abarimon have backwards feet, but in spite of this handicap were able to outrun all other runners. They lived side by side with wild animals and attempts to capture them failed because they were so savage. It is believed that special sandals are the reason their feet were turned in. This is what allowed them to run at such high speeds. The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ...


They lived in the Himalayan Mountains and the country itself was found in the great valley of Mount Imaus. There was a special quality of air which meant if it was breathed for a long period of time it would be impossible to breathe any other type of air and the inhabitants could never leave the valley alive. The Abarimon people were first described by Pliny the Elder. FART! Pliny the Elder: an imaginative 19c portrait. ...



 
 

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