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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The [[Representative]] of the world [[El Dorado]]. | * The [[Representative]] of the world [[El Dorado]]. | ||
*Titlacauan is one of Tezcatlipoca's titles, and it means "We Are His Slaves." | * Tezcatlipoca is based on the god of the [[Wikipedia:Tezcatlipoca|same name]] in [[Wikipedia:Aztec_mythology|Aztec mythology]]. A central deity that is often associated with the night sky, the north, obsidian, rulership, and war. Also often associated with the [[Wikipedia:Jaguar|Jaguar]] with Tezcatlipoca in the game having the appearance of a melanistic jaguar, also known as a [[Wikipedia:Black_panther|black panther]]. | ||
** He, along with his brother [[Wikipedia:Quetzalcoatl|Quetzalcoatl]], are considered creator gods as the two joined forces and used the body of a crocodilian creature named [[Wikipedia:Cipactli|Cipactli]], who ate Tezcatlipoca's foot, and formed her body into the land. They then proceeded to create humans and they had to offer sacrifices to appease Cipactli for her sufferings. | |||
** In the legend of the [[Wikipedia:Five_Suns|Five Suns]], the primordial god created the four Tezcatlipoca which resided over the cardinal directions. The White Tezcatlipoca that ruled over the west eventually became known as Quetzalcoatl, the Blue Tezcatlipoca in the south became known as [[Wikipedia:Huitzilopochtli|Huitzilopochtli]], the Red Tezcatlipoca in the east became known as [[Wikipedia:Xipe_Totec|Xipe Totec]], and to the north the Black Tezcatlipoca retained his name. | |||
** 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. | |||
** "Smokescreen 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. | |||
** "Sacrifice Receiver" 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. | |||
** "Overthrower of the Sun" 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. | |||
** "Remainder of 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]]. | |||
** As {{Transient icon|Xolotl}} is considered Quetzalcoatl's twin brother, it would effectively mean that Xolotl and Tezcatlipoca are also brothers. | |||
* His charge skill "Titlacauan" is one of Tezcatlipoca's titles, and it means "We Are His Slaves." | |||
* Tezcatlipoca's use of {{Transient icon|Hombre Tigre}} as a body that he can possess is similar to how he would wear the jaguar god [[Wikipedia:Tepēyōllōtl|Tepēyōllōtl]] as a way to trick other gods to not knowing who he was. | |||
** Hombre Tigre also gave/sacrificed his own heart for Tezcatlipoca and Tepēyōllōtl's name translates to "Heart of the Mountain" or "Mountainheart" from the Nahuatl language. | |||
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