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** His name in [[Wikipedia:Nahuatl|Nahuatl]] language is often translated as "Smoking Mirror", which is one of Tezcatlipoca's titles in the game. | ** His name in [[Wikipedia:Nahuatl|Nahuatl]] language is often translated as "Smoking Mirror", which is one of Tezcatlipoca's titles in the game. | ||
* Tezcatlipoca's skills are referencing some aspects of the deity. | * Tezcatlipoca's skills are referencing some aspects of the deity. | ||
** " | ** "Smoke Commander" is a reference to his name of "Smoking Mirror" which itself alludes to [[Wikipedia:Obsidian_use_in_Mesoamerica|obsidian]] which were made into mirrors in Mesoamerican cultures and was often time described to be emanating smoke. | ||
** " | ** "Claimer of Offerings" is a reference to how Mesoamerican cultures would have rituals of human sacrifice and as a central deity he had his festival held during [[Wikipedia:Toxcatl|Toxcatl]] where a warrior is chosen as a sacrifice to the god. | ||
** " | ** "Sun Transgressor" is a reference to the legend of the Fifth Sun where Tezcatlipoca was the first sun who was overthrown by Quetzalcoatl due to a sibling rivalry and him overthrowing all the other suns that followed except for the last and current sun, Huitzilopochtli. | ||
** " | ** "Vision of the Great War" is a reference to Tezcatlipoca's status as a war god. | ||
* Tezcatlipoca calls the {{Transient icon|Protagonist}} as his exiled brother [[Exile#El_Dorado|Quetzalcoatl]]. | * Tezcatlipoca calls the {{Transient icon|Protagonist}} as his exiled brother [[Exile#El_Dorado|Quetzalcoatl]]. | ||
** As {{Transient icon|Xolotl}} is considered Quetzalcoatl's twin brother, it would effectively mean that Xolotl and Tezcatlipoca are also brothers. | ** As {{Transient icon|Xolotl}} is considered Quetzalcoatl's twin brother, it would effectively mean that Xolotl and Tezcatlipoca are also brothers. | ||