Editing Summer Isles (section)

==People==
The Summer Islanders are strong and tall, a handsome people eager to learn.{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Summer Isles}} Their skin color includes nut brown,{{Ref|ADWD|56}} teak,{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Summer Isles}} ebony,{{Ref|AGOT|3}} and polished jet.{{Ref|ACOK|27}}{{Ref|AFFC|35}} Their hair and eyes are black.{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Summer Isles}} They speak the [[Summer Tongue]]{{Ref|AFFC|35}} and often wear capes of brightly-colored feathers when ashore.{{Ref|ASOS|21}}{{Ref|ASOS|60}}{{Ref|AFFC|45}} The [[Common Tongue]] can have an amber, liquid accent when spoken by an islander.{{Ref|ACOK|15}} Their diet consists primarily of fruits and fish.{{Ref|AFFC|45}} Nine out of every ten islanders lives on [[Jhala]], [[Omboru]], or [[Walano]], with the latter being the most populous.{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Summer Isles}}

[[File:Marc Simonetti Temple Of Love.jpg|thumb|350px|Temple of Love, as depicted by Marc Simonetti in ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'']]

The Summer Islanders worship a score of deities, with the god and goddess of love, beauty, and fertility being the most favored.{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Summer Isles}} The act of lovemaking is considered an important and even holy skill, with all islanders expected to serve for a time in temples of love. The most skilled and dedicated, those who would be can become respected priests and priestesses.{{Ref|ACOK|15}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Summer Isles}}

[[Prostitution]] is a respectable profession, practiced even by the high-born.{{Ref|ACOK|15}} Summer Islanders respect the elderly, and their mourning customs include celebrating the life of the deceased by drinking [[rum]] and making love, answering death with life.{{Ref|AFFC|35}}

Each of the islands is ruled by a prince or princess, with the three larger islands each having multiple rivals. Some Summer Islanders have become [[mercenary]] bowmen or [[sellsail]]s, guardsmen in the [[Free Cities]], or [[pirate]]s. Abducted islanders have been forced to fight in the [[fighting pits]] of [[Slaver's Bay]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Summer Isles}} Some descendants of the [[Rhoynar]] live on the [[Isle of Women]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Summer Isles}}