Lord Xtli is a powerful Slann of the Lizardmen.[1a][2a]
History[]
In 1492 IC, Lord Xtli spoke of the prophecy of Zhocl-Tlapoc which fortold the arrival of barbarians at the rising of the sun on fifteenth day after the rising of the Itchli.[1a]
Noting their arrival, and that they had brought both lost artefacts and Skaven as an offering, Xtli dispatched Mage-Priest Zltoc to meet with them. Zltoc reported that the warm-bloods wished to trade themselves as mercenaries in exchange for jewels or gold. Xtli decided to meet their leader, Marco Colombo of Remas, wanting to ask him three questions.[1a]
The first was the width of the World Pond and was pleased to discover by viewing the Humans charts that the separation of the continents remained as the Old Ones had intended. Then he asked if the serpent god Sotek had been sighted in the Old World and was again pleased that he had not, judging that he had returned to slumber beneath Lustria. The last question was about how the New Ones spawned. The answer was similar to that given to Lord Zetec by the Dwarfs when asked the same - that intoxicating beverages, darkness and loud music was essential. It was obvious to him now that the Old Ones did not intend such foolish creatures to inherit the world.[1a]
Later Lord Xtli proved to be far-sighted in noticing the usefulness that the mercenaries represented. In exchange for spices and other trinkets he bought their services and had them fight his troublesome enemies and recover precious relics stolen from Tlax.[1a]
For Lord Xtli it is a routine exercise in maintaining a particular geomantic tributary several leagues from Tlax — little more than a cosmic plumbing task. For the attendant Skinks, it is an awesome act of devotion to the god Huanchi. They spend decades preparing for the ritual, instructing generations of Skink Priests in the correct incantations and precise sacrifices necessary for this act of worship.[2a]