Xiuhtactli

Xiuhtactli (the blue cayman) was born in the tribe of the purple palms in the swamplands of “…”, his mother was the widow of a great warrior of the tribe that died in one of the countless raids to the neighbouring tribe of the blue hand. Thus, Xiuhtactli had to learn the ways of the tribe and most importantly the ways of war by his mother. Being bullied and stranded most of the time by the other males in his tribe for being taught the ways by a female. He learned very early to fight and haunt by himself or by the limited teachings of her mom, learning by his mom he learned to do the female jobs of the tribe although he never did in public. He learned to cultivate the precious flower from which the tribe gets its purple dye, and he learned also about the healing effects of this flower. By the time he got to be an adult he joined his fight raid to one of the lesser tribes in the outskirts of the swamp leading to the ocean, there he saved the chieftain of the tribe from an ambush that these fisher-lizardmen planned seemingly knowing all the details from the raid. In that instance the chieftain realized that someone had betrayed him and looked to take his place, this contestant gathered enough support from the other raiders to force the chieftain to run away with Xiuhtactli as his only supporter. They travelled far and wide without any hope to return to their tribe or their families as they most surely might be dead already as it is customary to kill any relatives of the fleeing members of the tribe. Together the two have fought countless beasts and foes, and even served in a mercenary army for a while. With the chieftain Xiuhtactli learned all the arts of battle from one of the best teachers he could have. He learned to fight especially good in hand to hand combat in pairs. In a great battle off the coasts of Valles Marineris, the serpent god “Iltheck” appeared to the chieftain and told him of the great future of the best warrior and future king of the swamplands, as he got stabbed by a sword he looked at Xiuhtactli and called for him, in his last breath he told Xiuhtactli of this future, he said there are a group of beings from different races who will cross his path, and he in term will have to help them achieve their quests before he can return to the swamplands and unite all the tribes. For only one who can unite the fiercest of foes can be king.