"The coming of the New Ones for the first time in Lustria and there was strife at the city of Pahuax. (Mendoza: According to the annals of Ulthuan, this must be a reference to the first High Elf seafarers to reach Lustria.) At the moment of the conjunction of the two moons, the invaders were vanquished by Lord Huinitenuchli."
- —Mendoza, translation of the Chronicle of Itza.[1a]
Lord Huinitenuchli was one of the last surviving Slann of the Second Spawning[4c]. During the Great Catastrophe he was settled in Pahuax, where he later repelled the first High Elf explorers,[2a][3a] but centuries later he relocated to Xlanhuapec[2b][3b], where he taught the other Slann of this Temple-City the secrets of making the protective mists that surrounded it for millennia to come. Although he was turning a mottled yellowish colour, the eldest Slann of Xlanhuapec had lost none of his mental acuity. When awake, Lord Huinitenuchli could still move mountains with his mind.[4c]
History[]
Great Catastrophe[]
During the Great Catastrophe, Lord Huinitenuchli of Pahuax confronted Slaa'Ulaan, a Slaaneshi Daemon Prince referred to in the archives as 'the nether-thing of the second moon', and counted amongst the most vile and destructive of the fiends of Chaos ever to wage war against the Lizardmen. He took particular delight in the defeat and capture of a number of Slann Mage-Priests, who were sacrificed in obscene rituals to the Prince of Chaos.[2b][3b]
Huinitenuchli finally defeated Slaa'Ulaan at the Battle of Xuhua Lake, though the Slann's body was grievously wounded and he took many years to recover from the harm done to him.[2b][3b]
The Coming of the First Ones[]
The first of the younger races to set foot upon the hallowed ground of Lustria were the High Elves.[2a][3a] In the wake of the Great Catastrophe as the war against Chaos became known, an eerie, expectant silence had descended upon the world. The High Elves had seen that all had changed, and that there was much to explore beyond Ulthuan. With the Old Ones gone, a new age dawned.[2a] Only the most learned of Elven Loremasters had even an inkling of the beings that dwelled within the jungles of Lustria, though they knew not whether any could possibly have survived the war against Chaos[2a] and they expected to find only ruins.[3a]
And so, on a mist-shrouded, mangrove-choked shore on the Isthmus of Pahuax, a graceful, silver-prowed ship pierced the salty miasma. To tread the loamy soil of Lustria must have been deeply significant for the company of explorers. It was to trespass in the halls of the gods who had forbidden them to dwell anywhere other than Ulthuan.[2a][3a]
The Elves' coming was marked by Skink watchers before they had travelled a hundred paces. Runners were dispatched to the Temple-City of Pahuax. The Mage-Priest Lord Huinitenuchli was roused from the recuperative slumber in which he had lain since narrowly defeating the Daemon Slaa'Ulaan at the battle of Xuhua Lake. The Mage-Priest had yet to fully recover from wounds sustained in that battle, and it would be many days before he was sufficiently attuned to converse with his attendants.[2a][3a] Displeased that his slumber was disturbed, he uttered a number of orders to his attendants that were indecipherable, yet undeniably offensive, before lapsing back into sleep.[3a] As such, for the time being the Skink Priests were shorn of their master's wisdom and forced to deal with the arrival of the High Elves as best they could,[2a][3a] so they adopted a watch to see what the fair-skinned trespassers would do.[3a]
The Elven explorers pushed onwards through the fly-infested coastal swamps, heading westwards, towards the Temple-City. Many sickened in the cloying heat, their constitutions unsuited to the jungle environs. Soon, the first of the Elves fell to the vampiric, poisoned bite of bloodwasps the size of large birds. Still more Elves, wading through shallow, fast-flowing streams, fell to the flesh-stripping bite of piranha-lizards. After twenty days, only a score of Elves survived to stand in the shadow of the mighty bronze gates of Pahuax.[2a][3a]
By this time, Lord Huinitenuchli had been awakened and carried upon his palanquin to the Star Chamber at the apex of the Golden Pyramid.[2a][3a] As he became more aware, the Mage-Priest gained some understanding of the situation, and became more lucid in his commands.[2a] These intruders, Huinitenuchli ordered, must be brought before him, so that he might look upon them and determine their place in the Great Plan.[2a][3a]
With great ceremony, the Elves were brought into Pahuax. They walked what remained of the city’s processional avenue. Even in its ruined state, the Elves gazed in awe at the majesty of the architecture. Flanked by hulking Temple Guard as silent and motionless as statues, they climbed the steps of the Golden Pyramid, their skin tingling from the powerful confluence of the geomantic nexus, and were led into the Star Chamber. Complete silence fell, as Huinitenuchli appeared not to register their presence. At length, the Mage-Priest's eyes focused upon the beings knelt before him, and he spoke a single sentence before lapsing into unmoving response. The Skink Priests attending Huinitenuchli erupted in excited chittering as they debated the meaning of the Mage-Priest's utterance. The most senior amongst the Skinks pointed at the High Elves and declared that Huinitenuchli had said "they should not be here".[2a][3a]
In an instant, the Temple Guard closed in around the Elves, their mighty halberds raised. Seeing their peril, the Elves drew their own weapons, and bedlam erupted in the Star Chamber. The instant the Elves' weapons were unsheathed, the Temple Guard instinctively moved to protect their master. Fully half of the Elves were cut down savagely in the first confused minutes, but their captain led a desperate fighting retreat, leading his warriors down the steps of the pyramid and towards the city gates.[2a] They were allowed to escape, but even so, only the captain and a handful of warriors ever made it back to their ship.[3a]
Three months later[2a], the Elf captain returned to Ulthuan, wracked by disease and crippled by infected wounds that refused to heal. He carried word to the Phoenix King Bel Shanaar of the creatures dwelling within the jungles of Lustria. It would be many years before the Elves of Ulthuan set foot in the New World again[2a][3a], and they did so many hundreds of miles to the north, where they established their colony of Arnheim, lest the cold wrath of the Lizardmen descend upon them again.[2a]
The Return of the Nether-Thing[]
When Slaa'Ulaan returned to Lustria the year of the Jade Star Sea (2223 IC[2b]), Lord Huinitenuchli, who had relocated to Xlanhuapec, could not be roused[2b][3b] despite his attendants' persistent efforts.[2b]
Only Lord Tenuchli, his subordinate Mage-Priest, could be awakened. Accompanied by Chakax, the Prime Guardian of the City of Mists, Lord Tenuchli led an expedition to the Pillars of Unseen Constellations and there confronted the full might of Chaos assembled, narrowly defeating the Slaaneshi Daemon Prince again.[2b][3b]
The End Times[]
At the start of The End Times, the strain of halting the Chaos moon’s warpstone meteorites after the Skaven dragged Morrslieb closer[4a] had left the great Slann groggy and struggling to awaken.[4c]
This left him ill-prepared to fight when Plaguelords Skrimanx and Blistrox of Clan Pestilens attacked Xlanhuapec both from above and below.[4b]
Towards the end of the assault, the Eshin agents known as the Blackclaws infiltrated the Temple of Eternal Serenity in an attempt to assassinate Lord Huinitenuchli, but were thwarted by Chakax, who in spite of being grievously injured slaughtered the intruders and re-sealed the Star Chamber.[4d]
His final fate is unknown.