#natlan lore

Look at my team, we are not beating any dragons bruh

Okay but it's getting eerie on how the Traveller is getting recognized by draconic systems as Xiuhcoatl...

Alright, you can argue that it's because we have Ixlel's core. But remember; if we went to the Hiisi's Island Sanctum of Oathbearer and we haven't get Ixlel's core yet, we got recognized AS Ixlel herself... When you have her core, we got recognized AS Xiuhcoatl instead???

Especially when the previous AQ has the Traveller absorbing the Pyro Gnosis easy-peasy

(‍Traveler‍): The Pyro Gnosis disappeared into my body, just like... phlogiston?

Mavuika: Hmm... Maybe it resonates with you because you've mastered the power of phlogiston. You might not be recorded in the Ley Lines, but you're still our Tumaini.

- Truth Amongst the Pages of Purana, A Tower unto Wisdom and Folly

Like what Traveller😁

As phlogiston is computronium, I imagine that it rearranges the datas of Traveler's... atoms (?) into the indwelt saurian. Perhaps it's similar concept to Ninnin's cycles of rebirth...

"...A self-awareness simulated by a sophisticated mechanical or informational architecture... to engrave the full measure of a researcher's affections, desires, and ideals into data... these fragments could be manifested as an 'Immortal Life'... A life that can re-emerge, infinitely... even if its new reincarnation no longer bears the form of a dragon."

- Ia Illimu Storage Array Index : I

You know, it reminds me of a certain someone that could plunge his entire body into phlogiston... Coincidentally, he had also noted that the Lunar dragons' research was similar to his own phlogiston research...

Kukulkan: Xiuhcoatl was the master of the first flame, wielder of all light, heat, and wisdom. He controlled the primal flame, and could even plunge his entire body into it.

- An Omen of Annihilation and the Final Entreaty

Now that I think (actually no I've been pondering about this for such a LONGGG time) about it-- correct me if I'm wrong--, it's kind of crazy that we don't know how the Traveler are able to do Saurian Indwelling in the first place. It's not just an in-game mechanic, the Traveler canonically can do that!

- "Saurian Indwelling" wiki

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

but the more you read Natlan lore the more you start to wonder if Xbalanque was truly this kind, gentle, too pure for this world soul that Och-Kan saw him as, or if he wasn't above sacrificing him and a lot of others for the collective hope [spoiler: definitely the second more than the first]

meanwhile, the ones who actually genuinely loved and cared about Och-Kan - Lianca, Yupanqui, and possibly Ahpub if we want - he had barely any qualms sacrificing in Xbalanque's name. worse, they all were kind of led to their deaths by him, even if it was more indirect for the latter two

My spirit is still stuck at the day of flame's return…

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Keywords of pic 1 are Ancient Sacred Mountain /Rotten, Regret and Separation/Deceit of the Silver Sage

Pic 2 “That treacherous Xbalanque…👁”

(btw this design of Ronova had been thought before the official version was released yet I still think it may be interesting to draw her like Mictlantecuhtli so I did)

Pic 3 Our flamelord who’s wielded the powers of light, heat, and wisdom 🔥

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Sibling reunion

Explanation + closeups below the cut

Did we ignore all the signs of her ignoring herself in her story quest? How she says her nation is more important than her? How she's so willing to sacrifice herself entirely?

Literally people from all around her are so concerned for her way of ruling a nation,her OWN PEOPLE THAT ARE CLOSE TO HER are concerned.

Did we ignore the part where citlali asked her "what do you want?" And mavuika literally said "that doesn't matter,citlali." Like this woman is MENTALLY ILL and you cannot change my mind on that. Im tired of the mischaracterization.

Another character where you need every aspect of them to be spoonfed to all of you so you understand their character better.

Her people are literally like "yeah she only showed this playful side after the war". She was literally suppressing a part of herself for the sake of her people. She's destroying herself for the sake of her people

Yet all the fandom ignores that and focus on how she did all the right choices. OF COURSE SHE DID. SHE'S A HUMAN. SHE WOULD PRESSURE HERSELF EVEN MORE THAN THE NORMAL ARCHON WOULD.

SHE'S A PERFECTIONIST. THAT'S THE MEANING OF A PERFECTIONIST. "couldn't they make her do just one mista-" IT WAS A WAR. WHAT DID YOU WANT HER TO DO?????? DO SOMETHING SLIGHTLY WRONG THAT WOULD DESTROY NATLAN????????