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Ciauhcichuatl

The gods of the ancient civilizations that existed in Mexico are not gone, they just closed the gates to their realms when the Spanish conquered their people. They knew Tlacaelel was a capable caretaker, and went into slumber. The first to wake was Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec god of the dead, who felt when a soul was wrenched from his domain and returned to life as an undead abomination. He woke his brothers and together watched as Tepalcatli spread the evil of The Santa Muerte. They were dismayed to see that the centuries turned Tlacaelel into a conniving, amoral manipulator, and that the spirit of the Eagle was in hiding. They decided to take matters into their own hands.   The Lord of the Underworld found a candidate in Mina Ortiz-Suckerman, a woman recently sacrificed by the Santa Muerte, and snatched her soul before Tepalcatli could devour it. Ortiz-Suckerman was a journalist of mixed European and native ancestry whose courage and inquisitiveness led her to investigate rumors about the leader of the Santa Muerte. Her body had already been flayed, her organs extracted and eaten, so the gods made a new one for her, strong as Hutzilopochtli, swift as Quetzalcoatl, wise as Tlaloc, canny as Tezcatlipoca, vibrant as Huehueteotl, and beautiful as Xochiquetzal.   She woke up near a road and made her way back to civilization. Tlacaelel sensed her rebirth and went to her, but he was both awed and wary of her power. He recognized the handiwork of the gods, and decided it wiser to let her choose her own path. He provided her with a new identity and the means to restart her life. Now she’s a new online journalist named Angelica Osorio, whose first scoop was a report on the murder of the woman she used to be.
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