> > Also, I assume the various invading groups (Dara Happans, Alkothings,
> > etc.) were the city lords who built the towers. The original Darjinni
> > settlers, being animists, would have come up with other ways of
> > appeasing the Aldryami than building towers as stone trees, correct?
>
> Maybe.
The original Darani were mostly animists, but erecting groves of stone
towers was the pact they made. Later rulers adopted this custom to a
different purpose. Most of those rulers were not animists!
Jeff