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===Royal House of Azcala and the Line of Tonacat=== | ===Royal House of Azcala and the Line of Tonacat=== | ||
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The High King and Queen of Azcala are Tonacat and Cihuacoa. Tonacat was long a prisoner under house arrest in Chaos. Cihuacoa was a Lady in Waiting and Servitor of the Serpent during her husband's imprisonment. During their time in Chaos Azcala was sealed against all interactions beyond its borders. | The High King and Queen of Azcala are Tonacat and Cihuacoa. Tonacat was long a prisoner under house arrest in Chaos. Cihuacoa was a Lady in Waiting and Servitor of the Serpent during her husband's imprisonment. During their time in Chaos Azcala was sealed against all interactions beyond its borders. | ||
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There is a powerful [[Chaos Path of Blood]] from Chaos to Zictla. This tells of conflicts at some time in the ancient past. Also, until recently the two paths into Azcala were sealed against | There is a powerful [[Chaos Path of Blood]] from Chaos to Zictla. This tells of conflicts at some time in the ancient past. Also, until recently the two paths into Azcala were sealed against | ||
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This vast realm is almost entirely cultivated and inhabited. Farms, cities, fortifications, villages, dells, waterways and seas. The capital od Azcala rests on a great island in the middle of a massive lake on this plain, Tenochilan, the Great Center. The rulers of of Tesola are Cipactonal and Oxomoco. Both are mighty sorcerers, controllers of the Calender, and producers of plenty. They are not blood relations of the members of the Azcala royal family. Many in Azcala consider them the first man and woman, apart from the gods. They bore a son named Piltzintecuhtli, who married a maiden, daughter of Xochiquetzal | This vast realm is almost entirely cultivated and inhabited. Farms, cities, fortifications, villages, dells, waterways and seas. The capital od Azcala rests on a great island in the middle of a massive lake on this plain, Tenochilan, the Great Center. The rulers of of Tesola are Cipactonal and Oxomoco. Both are mighty sorcerers, controllers of the Calender, and producers of plenty. They are not blood relations of the members of the Azcala royal family. Many in Azcala consider them the first man and woman, apart from the gods. They bore a son named Piltzintecuhtli, who married a maiden, daughter of Xochiquetzal | ||
− | *While the people of Tesola are not specifically pacifists but they are exempt from the | + | *While the people of Tesola are not specifically pacifists but they are exempt from the bloody alters common in other realms of Azcala. Residents may join military groups and clans it is not common. |
A great producer of food for the many shadows of Azcala. | A great producer of food for the many shadows of Azcala. | ||
− | *''Home of the Corn Clan''. The Corn Clan are a gathering of farmers and cooks. It rises to the respectability of the other | + | *''Home of the Corn Clan''. The Corn Clan are a gathering of farmers and cooks. It rises to the respectability of the other clams but is often overlooked for it lack of military ability. |
[[File:32s Tesola1a.jpg]][[File:Tenochilan1.jpg]][[File:Oxomoco.jpg]][[File:Cipactonal.jpg]] | [[File:32s Tesola1a.jpg]][[File:Tenochilan1.jpg]][[File:Oxomoco.jpg]][[File:Cipactonal.jpg]] | ||
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===(5) '''Untola'''=== | ===(5) '''Untola'''=== | ||
− | This is the breadbasket of Azcala. It is a realm of vast growth. Every thing that grows in the realm grows here someplace. This realm has | + | This is the breadbasket of Azcala. It is a realm of vast growth. Every thing that grows in the realm grows here someplace. This realm has almost no large settlements but it has a huge number of tiny villages, hamlets and strongholds. |
* Chicomecoatl, goddess of agriculture | * Chicomecoatl, goddess of agriculture | ||
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[[File:33p Untola.jpg]] | [[File:33p Untola.jpg]] | ||
− | ===''(6)'''''Zictla'''=== | + | ==='''(6)''''''Zictla'''=== |
− | The Realm of the Ravaged. Ruled by Zictalas and his wife/sister Zentalas | + | The Realm of the Ravaged. Ruled by Zictalas and his wife/sister Zentalas. Senior warrior Xozla, a brother of Zictalas & Zentalas. Cihalas, a sister, responsible for medical care, especially childbirth and Attended by motherly women. Snakes are Cihalas' symbol. Acoza-Son of Zictala&Zentalas, Warrior, associated with Pumas. Acolna-A younger son associated with the squirrel. Aztalios and Untara, brother and sister, are the children of Xozla and Cihalas. Untara is a rebel of the house of Zictla and hates everyone in it, especially her brother Aztalios. |
This realm is a craggy mountainous realm of blacked and desolate lands. Volcanoes, rivers of lava, fast growing forests that frequently burn leaving charred remains and a smoky haze over the whole tier. | This realm is a craggy mountainous realm of blacked and desolate lands. Volcanoes, rivers of lava, fast growing forests that frequently burn leaving charred remains and a smoky haze over the whole tier. | ||
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[[File:24 Acolna.jpg]] [[File:29 Untara-1.jpg]] [[File:18 Aztalios.jpg]] [[File:35 Acoza.jpg]] | [[File:24 Acolna.jpg]] [[File:29 Untara-1.jpg]] [[File:18 Aztalios.jpg]] [[File:35 Acoza.jpg]] | ||
+ | [[File:34p Zunala.jpg]] | ||
[[File:12s Zictla 3.jpg]] [[File:9p Zictala.jpg]] [[File:16 Zictalas.jpg]] [[File:7 Zentalas.jpg]] | [[File:12s Zictla 3.jpg]] [[File:9p Zictala.jpg]] [[File:16 Zictalas.jpg]] [[File:7 Zentalas.jpg]] | ||
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[[File:Xozla.jpg]][[File:Cihalas.jpg]] | [[File:Xozla.jpg]][[File:Cihalas.jpg]] | ||
===(7)'''Zunala'''=== | ===(7)'''Zunala'''=== | ||
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This is a warrior realm. The people born and raised here fill the majority of the armies of Azcala. They are a blood soaked people who love death sports and bloody warfare. They heal extremely fast compared to other races and are nearly immune to diseases. They are able to survive in incredible heats but do poorly in snows and cold weather. Its ruler, Xolotl, brother of Quetzel, is a canine war god of extraordinary cruelty who favors sickness and monsters. | This is a warrior realm. The people born and raised here fill the majority of the armies of Azcala. They are a blood soaked people who love death sports and bloody warfare. They heal extremely fast compared to other races and are nearly immune to diseases. They are able to survive in incredible heats but do poorly in snows and cold weather. Its ruler, Xolotl, brother of Quetzel, is a canine war god of extraordinary cruelty who favors sickness and monsters. | ||
They are also the arm of the priesthood. People of other realms often fear the coming of the Arm of the Alters, who collect victims for sacrifice. Nearly all the royalty and most the nobility raise their armies here. Many of the royalty have cities and nations in Zunala that worship them individually. | They are also the arm of the priesthood. People of other realms often fear the coming of the Arm of the Alters, who collect victims for sacrifice. Nearly all the royalty and most the nobility raise their armies here. Many of the royalty have cities and nations in Zunala that worship them individually. | ||
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===(8)'''Etepaq'''=== | ===(8)'''Etepaq'''=== | ||
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[[File:Tezcatlipoca.jpg]][[File:Sigil Etepaq.jpg]] | [[File:Tezcatlipoca.jpg]][[File:Sigil Etepaq.jpg]] | ||
− | This dark realm is filled with billions of people living in complex medium technological realms. A sword age | + | This dark realm is filled with billions of people living in complex medium technological realms. A sword age. They are realms with hot black suns and dark blue moons. it is a land of dim electrical lights. |
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− | + | Its warrior king is Tezcatlipoca. Not a member of the line of Tonacat, he is a difficult and dangerous warrior king without familial loyalty to Azcala. | |
− | + | It provides many warriors for the realm of Azcala. However the warriors of Etepaq do not serve in the Puma, Eagle, Snake or Jaguar Clans. They have something of an antipathetic relationship with the Warrior Clans despite being part of it. . | |
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The Sigil of Etapaq is not a shadow of the Sigil of Azcala. It was a High order, minor squiggle at the time of the creation of the squiggle of Azcala and was consumed by the forces of creation at the time. It does not cast its own shadows. | The Sigil of Etapaq is not a shadow of the Sigil of Azcala. It was a High order, minor squiggle at the time of the creation of the squiggle of Azcala and was consumed by the forces of creation at the time. It does not cast its own shadows. | ||
− | + | ===='''''Serpent Stones'''''==== | |
− | A High Order item created by passage through the Sigil of Etepaq. The stones are usually a mixture of turquoise and gold and are carved before a person walks the Sigil, empowering them. They may also be carved human bone embossed with gold | + | A High Order item created by passage through the Sigil of Etepaq. The stones are usually a mixture of turquoise and gold and are carved before a person walks the Sigil, empowering them. They may also be carved human bone embossed with gold, high woods with embedded silver. They can hold a single spell of most forms of low or high order initiations of magic. Spells cast from Serpent Stones work in shadows even were the magic of the spell or magic of shadow does not allow the original system of Low Magic or High Order Sorcery to function. A person may carry many of these items. |
[[File:Serpent Stones.jpg]] | [[File:Serpent Stones.jpg]] | ||
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===Corn-Corn Cult=== | ===Corn-Corn Cult=== | ||
This Hearth Society is dedicated to feeding people regardless of their station, occupation, crimes or benefices. While Corn is the primary produce of the Corn Cult | This Hearth Society is dedicated to feeding people regardless of their station, occupation, crimes or benefices. While Corn is the primary produce of the Corn Cult | ||
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===Agave=== | ===Agave=== | ||
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Their basic strength, Endurance, and warfare are Amber level with most members ranging higher in Strength, depending on mostly strength based attacks. | Their basic strength, Endurance, and warfare are Amber level with most members ranging higher in Strength, depending on mostly strength based attacks. | ||
− | Jagri | + | [[File:Jagri.jpg]] |
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