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==Court of Azcala==
 
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Azcala-A realm in the JR&WoB game A realm based very loosely on Aztec mythology and using a vast amount of Aztec stylized art.


As shadow swarms and chaos swirls bastions of Order have their places of ascendancy. A place of Order cast its might against the flow of wild chaos.

Azcala is a realm of 9 tiers based on a Sigil. Each level a vast land comprising lands and seas as vast as a thousand earths or more. Its sense is that of a Primal realm though its volume is not. The Sigil of Azcala is a might construct based on a failed attempt to create a Pattern.

Stories of Azcala are few in Amber. It had some brief interactions with Amber in the ancient past but the details are lost to antiquity. It was not close enough to any Golden Circle realm to have left a memory of its time. Echos of a war between Amber and Azcala are spoken of but it was squashed by Oberon in its infancy. Like many realms that makes war on Amber, their reasons are their own and often the insults are as well.

There are legends of wars between Chaos Lords and various

Court of Azcala

The Court of Azcala is a powerful collection of personalities. They don't all like each other.

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Location

Azcala does not exist on the well traveled paths between Amber and Chaos. Nor does the Jeweled Road extend into it. There are only three pathways into this closed system. One can transport into it from constructs like the Logrus and the Patterns. It is unknown if transport into Azcala is possible by the Mark of Mandalay.

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


Tiers of Azcala

(1) Tzin Tlalocan

The seat of the gods. A paradise of lush and desolate places, where the lucky come to find their places of solitude and excitement. This realm is a incredibly beautiful realm. It has nearly every environment. There are vast numbers of cities, villages and hamlets, in one size or another. In the center of the vasty realm is the Tower of the Sun, where Tonacat rules.

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(2) Tesola

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 familiy.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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(3)Umillan-Zlapa

A vast series of islands and archipelagos. Its main ruler is Quetzal. (This will be a main person in this realm). This realm is a place of learning and education, a cultured place where denizens of all the other realms spend time gaining skills and education.

It is a heavily populated realm with a series shadowpaths leading in and out of Azcala. Traveling from Umillan to realms inside Azcala is trickier but not impossible. This is one of the only places open to shadows beyond Azcala

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(4)Ahshaza

A vast continent with one massive central lakes with many islands. Like a submerged mountain range. Forests fil this realm and nearly every growing thing yields fruit to feed the living, and fertilize the growing. The central lake is ruled by Naytalaz- a great lake creature of great age. Many small nations and kingdoms fill this vast plain.

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(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 almost no large settlements but it has a huge number of tiny villages, hamlets and strongholds.

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'(6)'Zictla

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.

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(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.

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.

(8)Etepaq

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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.

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.



  • Serpent Stones are a High Order item created by passage through the Sigil of Etepaq. The stones are a mixture of turquoise and gold. They can hold a single spell of most forms of low initiation magic. Spells cast from Serpent Stones work in shadows even were the magic of the spell does not funtion as long as High Order Sorcery does function.

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(9) Mictlan

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The underworld. Most people who died went to Mictlan. Mictlan was ruled by a king, Mictlantecuhtli ("Lord of the Underworld")[2] and his wife, Mictecacihuatl ("Lady of the Underworld"). Other deities in Mictlan included Cihuacoatl (who commanded Mictlan spirits called Cihuateteo, as well as being the mother of Quezel and Xolotl), Acolmiztli, Chalmecacihuilt, Chalmecatl.



Primal beasts in Azcala

Azcala has 3 primal beast that take residence in its tiers. The Jaguar, the Puma and the Eagle. All of these are heavily represented in the arts of Azcala, its music, fashions, and religion.

The serpent of Chaos is also heavily represented in Azcalan art but this represents a influence of the Serpent during the time that the Key of Azcala was locked against its rulers.

Warrior Clans and Hearth Societies

Jaguar

Eagle

Puma

Serpent

Turtle

Crocodile

Corn

Agave

Specials of Azcalla

The Cipactlix

This is a race of lizardmen that either evolved from crocodiles in the realms of Azcala or may have been created at the time the squiggle of Azcala was inscribed.

  • They are exempt from compulsory heart sacrifices.
  • They provide something close to 8% of the population of the realm.
  • They do well in the military and are represented in all the cults.
  • The Cipactlix mix regularly among the population. There are few racial issue among the humanoid and lizard races. They eat the same foods thought the Cipac tend to prefer raw meats.
  • Being a could blooded

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The Jagri

The Jagri were a race created at the creation of the sigil of Azcala. They are a humanoid jaguar race, not a race based in lycanthrope or animagusi. They exclusively belong to the Jaguar Clan and provide a tiny fraction, 3%, of their military might. Yet most shock groups try to have at least on Jagri with them.

They have hieghtened senses of smell and hearing, and can run in the 40 mph level for hours at a time.

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