Type: Medium biped folk with a Reach of 1. In zotz names, an “x” is pronounced like “sh” and an apostrophe represents a glottal stop.Įxample Fire Names: Chaac, Hunraqan, Itzamna, K’inich Kakmo, Q’uq’umatz, Tohil, Vucub-Caquix, Xbalanque, YaxkinĮxample Darkness Names: Awilix, Balam, Chriakan, Ek Chuah, Hosanek, Ixtab, Saccimi, Tunkuruchu, Xquic, YunuenĮxample Earth Names: Cantzicnal, Hobnil, Ixchel, Nicte, Och-Kan, Tecun, Voltan, Yum Kaax, Xoc, ZipacnaĬommon Personality Traits: Secretive, intense, proudĬommon Physical Traits: Quiet, lean muscle, ceremonial dress A zotz who achieves deeds of fame or infamy comparable to those achievements is given a new name, which then enters the corpus of names for future generations. Zotz NamesĮach zotz is named for some mighty or cunning or dangerous individual, usually hero, ruler, or mythological figure. Marriage can occur between any zotz, but a marriage with three individuals, one of each gender, is considered especially spiritually and magically significant, and is expected of any rulers of a city state or greater, in order that all three sources of power be represented in governance.
These genders are not related to reproduction, however, but to which of the three sources of power from which the zotz were created-Fire, Darkness, or Earth-and which associated the cultural connotations of those powers are most influential in the individual’s personality. Zotz society has three genders, with associated modes of dress, typical occupations, pronouns, and so on. Their culture is somewhat related to that of the people from which they were made, but it has changed dramatically with their modified nature and thousands of years of separation. It is said he merged people, bats, and multiple types of extraplanar power to form them, but the zotz were proud and unwilling to be mere servants, slaying their master and systematically eradicating his name from history so he would have no legacy. The zotz were created millenia ago by a mighty spellcaster to serve as personal servitors within his vast cavernous and volcanic lair. Few people have ventured to their homelands, but those who do report jungles concealing perilously tall pyramids much too steep to climb, set into the sides of mountains with entryways to vast cavern systems.
They are especially skilled with magic and every individual, whether a spellcaster or not, has some degree of power running through their veins and manifesting either physically or through innate supernatural talents. Most are covered in a thin coat of black or brown fur over tan skin, and they have hard, blunt claws better suited for holding on to rocks or trees than fighting with. A zotz resembles an enormous roughly five foot tall bat with lanky human proportions and arms in addition to their huge membranous wings.
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