A little drabble in regard of Xiuhcoatl's creation/birth. Nothing lore-breaking or angsty (we have enough of that do weš) First POV is from Xiuhcoatl. The second from Kukulkan.
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There was nothing but the ray of light and hues and colors fading in and out.
You don't have a name.
Yet.
You closed your eyes. They don't exist, yet. Darkness enclosing that nothingness, changing the blinding heat to bleak, but in essence nothing was transformed, not real.
You opened your eyes, now. And this time, they were very real. The thousands myriad of colors blurred, vision started to form in a true and right sight. Visible, something to be touched and could be said as real, not imaginary fatamorgana.
You did touch it, eventually. With your fingers, claws, talons. You have hands. Or something that could be classified as limbs.
It was heat unravelling, cooling. You have a form.
You are real.
And for the first time, cool night air touched your skin, your scales. Glimmering moonlight caressing your face. And the stars above hallowing your existence.
You were birthed from the flame itself.
Greetings, little one.
And someone welcomed the sunshine of their lifetime.
The King of Stars and Heaven themselves. Shadow upon claws. Moonlight personified.
Formidable Father spoke.Ā What name shall I call you?
The sounds reverberating in your newly formed throat, gasping and crawling through your first inhalation and exhalation of breaths, air pulling and escaping your lungs said-
"...Huh?"
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Once, there was darkness.
And then, there was light.
Eyes opened, blinded.
Then slowly, the eyes flickered for a bit. Adapting to the light and the growing heat, replacing coldness.
And only by then, presence instead of loneliness.
But it had already been there just a little while ago. That presence approached. Arms, hands, one couldn't tell yet. But close was the presence, and when he touched one's form, patting the part one would later called 'cheeks', one could tell that he was the source of the heat and light.
And he was very warm. The first sunshine of your lifetime.
One would watch how his mouth move, the first attempt to draw out syllables, the first attempt to make a sound.
'Hello!' Eyes blinked once more. 'Hello,' he repeated, in the language that would later be classified as an infant's chatter, of how they communicate between each other. But in that moment, they understand each other well enough. 'My name is...'
It was silence. You two didn't realize it yet, but even he didn't forge his name yet. All things were nebulous and fragile at best, his name stuck in the moment of solidification and melting, again and again.
And yet, you imprinted that silence in your mind, the still unstable cast, where it could endure for eternity.
Why, it was the first name you've ever heard.
And it was also the first time you realized that there was a barrier between you and him. The thing that made you didn't melt into his touch The thing that made you hear his voice upon the air instead of hearing it inside your brain. The thing that you receive the warmth of his existence instead of radiating it by yourself.
Individuality.
Yet again, that form of nebulousness, perhaps, made him take a glimpse of your burgeoning thought. Unravel a crack inside the cave of your Id. And from that crack, came the first curve of the lips one would call in the tommorow; smile.
'I have an idea,' he said, now with a voice that was bubbling upon the fabric of reality.
"Your name shall be...'...Kukulkan!'"
You blinked once more. But it was not a form of adapting to the light, instead, you held the forms of his hands, pat it back, hoping that he also felt the warmth you started to radiate from himself.
And how your voice croaks, syllables bleedin to life and into existence, "...Kukulkan..."
That is your name.
The light of this universe beamed. He mouthed those syllables again and again and again, "Kukulkan! Kukulkan! Kukulkan!"
You know this not, but when the wind finally blew into this primal cradle of existence, it carried the syllables of your name first, not his.
And only then, that he drew the syllables of his own individuality. "My name's Xiuhcoatl! My name's Xiuhcoatl! I am Xiuhcoatl, and you are Kukulkan! Xiuhcoatl and Kukulkan!"
How warm was that day.
And you (know this too well. You know, too late. Too late to change anything. To fix everything-) not this also, but before this, he was cold. That he was merely ice and stone. But you came, and you were the first spark of joy of his universe.
Above and beyond, the White-Winged Dragon, Almighty Father of all, saw this proceeding with a heart burning with pride and wings that eclipsed the moon, as if feathers of a nest.
Guys imma need thoughts and prayers for me tomorrow, got a Ap Computer Science examš„š if I donāt pass it, Iām not getting that college credit and guys I do not want to take this class again in collegeā¦
I did a mock exam and then the next day asked my teacher how I did. I KID YALL NOT, He placed a hand on my shoulder and said, āInk (obv he said my real name but yāall aināt getting that out of me yet), you have never scored this low in your life..ā
My live reaction:
KEEP IN MIND HE GAVE US A MASSIVE CURVE. My classmate got 25/50 correct and passed with 80, I got 70⦠chat I donāt even WANT to know how many I got correct.
Thought and prayers for me tonight š cause now Iām up against the big dog. (70 multiple choice questions⦠oh lord have mercy on me)
This isnāt confirmed or anything but if we follow the pattern of Ixlel and Ajaw itās safe to assume that the other lords also bare blue eyes. Which only means Xiuhcoatl does tooā¦
āInk, kukulkan doesnāt have blue eyes.ā Yeah but he also isnāt Xiuhcoatlās offspring plus he has yellow eyes which Och-Kan follows
Iām just saying guys, blue eyed Xiuhcoatlā¦
(Iām gonna wake up tomorrow and be like āYo, wtf was I on last night??ā Itās pretty late for me rn š)
I think Iām going to start posting Ancient Natlan Lore memes to ease my crazy for 5.5
So today is:
mentally I'm still in Ochkanatlan
I like this high tower at the entrance. there's nothing else besides the Statue of the Seven in this tower, making it seem like it's here to house the Statue (or something else long gone but bear with me) I also like how unusual it is for Statues of the Seven to seem like an actual part of the environment and not just kind of there. obviously this could've been just an empty tower in ruins but it kinda makes it seem like this tower is here to house the Statue
so like... these Statues, how old are they? likely 500 years old for the current ones. but I always liked to think they've been a thing since the first Archons and they used to be updated to whoever is the current Archon but stopped being updated after the Cataclysm
obviously, if this Statue existed at the time it would be depicting Xbalanque. so I can't help but be here kinda wondering if Och-Kan had this tower built to keep his god's statue inside it š
this place where you'll find a sword:
what sword is this?? i'm looking on the wiki but can't find anything. this is NOT the Flute of Ezpitzal
if you draw the sword, you get teleported to a place where you can get an actual copy of the Flute of Ezpitzal to use on your def scaling sword users
which is above the clouds, far above the Ochkanatlan area (you can plunge to it), and is situated directly above the throne of the primal flame:
wonder if this is where Maghan was active, hence why his sword is here... especially the fog. okay it's above the clouds but I don't remember other areas above the clouds being this misty so -
Manqu's hideout, I think because this shining thing on the table is most of his notes
and
i wonder if Och-Kan resided there, because this place is littered with his writings (note I to VI). it's directly accross the Ixlel's statue too... i doubt he resided in the underground but maybe stayed there to oversee the excavation?
oh and bonus:
giving us this idle and 2 updates later the possibility to photography ourselves next to corpses is giving me too much power second worst dragon he hunted, at least on my acc
Ixlel was Xiuhcoatl's daughter. His youngest daughter, in fact. That's it. No I don't have even a smidgen of proof. Yes I just made that up. Yes I only want the angst of the draconic family drama.
"But doesn't that mean Ixlel was either Och-Kan's aunt or cousin, and you made a post speculating that Ixlel tried to bed-" This game already has half-sibling incest that resulted in a child (Parvezravan & Shirin. Another reminder that Gurabad lore is insane), so in the grand scheme of things, their "relationship" is incredibly tame. Ixlel didn't even bed him in the end! She just got abused and left to rot for an unknown period of time by Och-Kanš
Okay, maybe there are proofs... but for now, I just want to cheer myself with the insane amount of family dramas the dragons have. Because damn are they hilarious and tragic at the same time.
Btw the post I meant is this:
This is my son now, expect me to be a Durin main in the future.
Hoyo dont play with my emotions like this⦠THE WINGS, THE HORNS, AHHHHHH!!! I need more screen time, I need his playstyleāHE BETTER BE ABLE TO FLY.
How can I tie this to Natlan and possibly Xiuhcoatl rebirth.
Well one of the ingredients was flesh from the āimmortal monsterā of Mare Jivari, which is in natlan. I also found it interesting how to create life you need three ingredients. Sighhhhhh Hoyo I see what youāre doing, stop with the number three. Also could this possibly tie to how och-kan was created (maybe the other Dragonlords too??)
I mean dragon blood (check), flesh from the monster (check possibly), and an embryo. We donāt know if itās exactly one of Rhineās embryo or if it could truly be ANY embryo.
ALSO NAME DROP OF THE SHADE OF LIFE??AKA NABERIUS???
Guys Iām losing my mind (when am I not?)
Tonight is a Dragon Lord special:
Search up CL-06ās name to get it
OG memes:
He actually was a child, just a kid who is stronger then a adult male.
feral tapeworm having baby och-kan canon
(yes i know it says adult male but he had to start from somewhere)
Meme one and two might be related in a sense (guys the dynamic I use for Ixlel and Och-kan might have actually consumed my thought process)
Also I will start making more Xbalanque team memes, I promise. If anyone has meme ideas send me ask (no seriously I fear I might start running out of ideas or have the memes become repetitive)
OG memes below:
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