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In modern times, Miclántecuhtli has been a petty
bureaucrat in governments and customer assistance
branches of major corporations. The Aztec death God
suffers from a permanent case of schadenfreude, and
he adores the soul-destroying power that comes from
confronting people with impossible barriers to actual
help. Health care and insurance organizations are
particularly delightful to him, and he loves making a
mortal fight for something she wants, only to discover
that she didn’t really want it in the first place. Even in
human form, his florid, disease-spotted face usually
causes mortal to flinch when first meeting him.
Miclántecuhtli’s Scions are slightly less bitter and
angry, but all of them seem to take pleasure in causing
some degree of suffering in others. It’s part of their
charm and essential nature. Few understand how
miserable they are or that their father has made them in
such a way that he can delight in their unhappiness.
Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Charisma,
Animal (Dog), Death, Guardian, Itztli
Abilities: Command, Investigation, Larceny, Politics,
Presence, Thrown
Rivals: Quetzalcoátl; Amaterasu, Athena, Frigg, Ptah,
Shango, Thoth
QUETZALCOÁTL
AKA: ÉHECATL, GUKUMATZ, KUKULKÁN
76 Description: Quetzalcoátl, the cleverest, most peaceful
and least bloodthirsty of the Atzlánti, has been a priest and
a king, a builder and a lawgiver, an engineer, an astronomer
and a doctor—and that is his legendary persona. Pale,
silver-haired and bearded, Quetzalcoátl is tall and athletic,
garbed in the brilliant green and red feathers of his
namesake bird. Requiring a blood sacrifice but once a year,
the God of the feathered serpent pushes mortals to create
beauty and art, to live joyfully in the present moment and
to achieve their highest ambitions both individually and as
societies. He specializes in creating golden ages.
In modern times, this means that he rarely sticks
with one identity for very long. He might be a painter in
the morning, an elderly engineer in the afternoon and
a first-time lover in the evening. He enjoys dancing until
dawn while a digital calculator rides in his hip pocket, so
he can calculate the tensile strength of a new skyscraper’s
steel beams on the job site the next morning. He is always
beautifully dressed for the occasion (whatever it is).
His Scions are similarly energetic, with a hundred
projects all racing to completion simultaneously. They
inspire others to feats of artisanship and have an easy
time creating worldwide cultural phenomena, from
new trends in fashion to revivals of old musical forms.
They are always on the edge of the next new and hip
thing. They are also almost always exhausted, and their
successes inspire bitter jealousies.
Associated Powers: Epic Charisma, Epic Intelligence,
Animal (Resplendent Quetzal), Fertility, Guardian,
Earth, Health, Itztli, Justice, Psychopomp, Sky, Water
Abilities: Academics, Command, Investigation,
Medicine, Melee, Science