#natlan lore

Just as the spring waters have never taken a fixed form, so too are there many different version of the legend of the Rainbow King, each with their own origins. Yet invariably, they all mention his encounter with the water sprite. - on Uenuku, Footprint of the Rainbow

And it is because there are so many versions of the legend that there is no one song that all acknowledge as that hero's definitive tale. Countless years have passed like flowing moonlight, and yet the only consensus is that the red-eyed young man did once ascend to divinity. - on the Scarlet Eyed Youth, Astral Vulture's Crimson Plumage

in that they all revolve around there being many many different versions of their stories with some key details that are certain, but for the rest everyone has their own take on it. each weapon even goes on to present two different tales as an example

and it's interesting, because from Astral Vulture's, we know that the Scarlet Eyed Youth purposely asked Sakkuk to erase his name, which is likely the reason his story is so obscured. we also know his reason for doing this - he wanted to prove and inspire that anyone can become a Pyro Archon regardless of who they are

so, it inevitably brings the question

was Uenuku's story purposely blotted out or obscured from history?

if so, by whom? his followers, his enemies, himself?

(I am very normal and definitely not insane about her at all yup definitely 😁👍)

Omm the Ineffa and CL-11 expert questioning me... I'm scared😰 I hope this humble answer can satisfy your curiosity!

I think CL-11-- and all the Dragonlords in that manner-- are incredibly tragic figure. Some of them were cruel, selfish, and frankly very stupid, but tragic nonetheless.

I have several reasons for CL-11's for her wish to seek home and her own hatred for it:

her family had devolved into a dog-eating-dog den: Tollan was threatened in every fronts-- the Abyss, Celestia, and humans--; her siblings despising each other to the point of murder; and their king slowly turning into a zombie destined to die, but not without trying to take everyone with him through Huitzilopochtli. Her hatred for her own wish and cruelty toward humans, therefore, were her attempts to preserve her lingering love and memories for her family. 'Maybe if eradicate all threats to Tollan, my family could return to what it used to be... Maybe if I am loyal to this house enough... my home would turn back to what I remembered it to be...' Alas, when Xiuhcoatl fell-- perhaps the only person left that genuinely loved her--, it became abundantly clear to her that at that point, there was no one who would awaited her in that home.

in regard of dragon's culture about 'home', I've mentioned here that dragons actually would leave their home and blaze their own paths when they're ready. Our journey with our Little One reflects that too. CL-11's contradiction perhaps was born because they were not natural dragons-- they were AIs. They had specific functions that Xiuhcoatl made them for. The wish to seek her own home would be a 'betrayal' to the reason of their births.

I also found contradiction, or mayhaps more of tragic devolvement in Xiuhcoatl's behaviour here; the dragons used to make satellites, built bases on the moons, and travelled through the stars... However, ever since the Primordial One's invasion, Xiuhcoatl seemed hellbent on staying inside the volcano. It's like a free bird that used to love to sky into a frightened, injured one that preferred the comfort of it's own cage. It reminded me of Firstborn Firesprite...

There is something quite endearing about its over-reliance on the shell it found protecting it at the moment it gained its sentience — perhaps it feels secure in this closed-up world. After all, when its eggshell is completely enclosed, it reigns supreme in its own little universe...

Tollan was Xiuhcoatl's egg. Only inside the volcano that he preserved some semblance of control in his last moments. CL-11 perhaps saw this and thought that the world outside Tollan had indeed turn into a dangerous place.

My complaint about the Homecomin AQ is that it barely shows the nuances of the Dragonlords' behaviours. They were fucked up as hell indeed, but would they be as worse if the circumstances were different? In their view, the humans were nothing but creatures that was brought by the invaders, and they were also creatures that the Moon Sisters 'betrayed' them for. Their creator was dying and trying to take them with him, and their other kin despised them and left them for humanity because he saw no hope with them (okay they expulsed Kukulkan first but yk that kind of decision didn't come from nowhere). It was like blow after blow for them, with no room for them to grow or learn from because every decision cost them something and no one to guide them. They were scared.

However, hopefully future expansions like the Moon would shed more light about them... We have the Checkov Gun that is Ajaw after all... Whenever he would be fired🥲

How do you have 13 kids and ALL of them are mentally ill

I’m saying it because och kan is definitely not going to say it

in addition to having been sacrificed as a child, like Ororon

and the scroll area in the Temple of Space mentioning Maghan also reinforces my speculation that he is the original Ukumbuko, because their whole thing is weaving scrolls

and also still the fact that Maghan was told to "tell of their 'memories'" (similar to how the original Umoja "believed in the justice to "unite" the weak", or similar to how the original Baraka and Uwezo "followed the path of 'strength' and 'blessings'", with the meaning of their ancient name being highlighted even in cn version)

and then, after Mavuika does her entrance speech, there is this:

still pics of them, in reverse order, with a burning filter? and if you pay attention to the leaves in Chasca's part, they go upward, indicating that it's not just the order, but the scenes themselves that are played backwards. kind of like, a time rewind?

actually, slowing it down, the leaves start going back upwards first, then it burns into the backward filter?

and also, the fire (during the whole sequence) has teal accents, which means it's fire from the Sacred Flame...

we know the teaser takes place in the future because the tournament is called the Tournament, rather than the Pilgrimage, which is established during Mavuika's Story Quest, which took place after the AQ (and possibly, Mualani having been implied to not be good at using a Kamera prior to the Summer Resort quest, but in the teaser she seems to not have trouble turning it on or positioning herself correctly, unlike Kachina)