Path Skills: Culture, Empathy
Virtues: Hunger and Sacrifice
Scent of the Divine: Fresh blood, accompanied by the sound of a heartbeat

Teotl Motif

Offerings of flowers, food, effigies, and blood empower the Gods to sustain the World with miracles.

The act of sacrifice binds together the Teōtl and their worshippers in reciprocity and mutual gratitude. The Teōtl sustain the World so that humanity can live in it, and in turn their worshippers sustain their Gods through sacrificing flowers, goods, animals, and human lives. Nextlahualli, literally meaning “debt repayment,” describes the cyclical relationship of offerings and obligations at the heart of Teōtl worship. Through this Purview, the Teōtl and their Scions draw sustenance and empowerment from sacrifice and wield that power on behalf of their worshippers.

Teotl Signature Purview: Nextlahualli

The act of sacrifice binds the Teōtl and their worshippers in an eternal cycle of reciprocity and mutual assistance. The Teōtl sustain the World so that humanity may endure, while their worshippers sustain the Teōtl through fervent prayer and sacrifices of flowers, goods, animals, significant relationships, and human lives. Nextlahualli literally means “debt repayment,” and describes the cyclical relationship of offerings and obligations at the heart of Teōtl worship. Through this Purview, the Teōtl and their Scions draw sustenance and empowerment from sacrifice and wield that power on behalf of their worshippers.

Nextlahualli Innate Power
Each time you gain Legend from sacrifice, add 1 Momentum to the pool. Whenever you helping mortals who have sacrificed to you directly or the Teōtl causes narrative difficulties for you, you also add 1 Momentum to it.

VIRTUES

Hunger vs. Sacrifice

The Teōtl hunger. During the two hundred years when the Mēxihcah ruled Tenochtitlan, they consumed massive quantities of flesh, blood, and fire, their empire’s warfare practices based around capturing sacrificial captives to kill and offer to the ravenous teōtl. But for one to eat, another must be eaten; for one to have, another must give something up.