Call of the Couatls

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Couatlán: Call of the Couatls Call of the Couatls (DMed by David W.) Many of the legendary couatls have shed their mortal disguises and beseeched the elders to shed in turn their inter-tribal disputes and differences in order to band together and form an alliance strong enough to fight back against the fair-skins. This call for solidarity, collectively known as the Couatlán, is the only way the indigenous peoples have a chance to repel the fair-skins. As such, the discordant tribes have for a time become harmonious, and warriors and shamans from each have banded together to strike back at the hearts of their enemies to expel them much as an obsidian blade lets blood to expel an affliction.

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Mission 1: "Red River Outpost"
Date: 9 Flintknife - 11 Crocodile (33 days)

Played by Cuauhtémoc, Kntanta, N'olvidar, Riclamin, and Sisava

Setup:
 * 1st Couatlán location: clearing deep within the jungle, a few weeks journey from the eastern coastline.
 * Two scouts, Icuahca and Calatlo, spotted after attempting to conduct reconnaissance on an newly constructed outpost, southern side of the Red River, overlooking a 100ft cliffside.
 * Spotted and attacked during scout.
 * One was injured and the other captured.
 * The injured party (Icuahca) managed to escape after a great displacer beast attacked the pursuers. Retreated to Couatlán location.

Objective:
 * Track back to the outpost and retrieve the captured party (Calatlo).
 * Kill or capture any fair-skins as possible.
 * Destroy outpost if possible.

Outcome:
 * Attacked by two coyotl hunters during travels, dispatched both.
 * Spotted smoke near objective on second day of travel.
 * Discovered dead displacer beast.
 * Three Akkens, two of which injured, tracked back to outpost.
 * One other Akken assumed to travel to separate village for reinforcements.
 * Tracked Akkens to the outpost.
 * Smoke came from an humanoid burned at the stake.
 * Presumed to be objective (Calatlo). Suffered torture and mutilation before execution by fire.
 * Riclamin attempted to pretend to be Akkens. When that failed, sprung attack.
 * Cuauhtémoc nearly felled by an arrow to the neck.
 * Riclamin gave aid to fallen elf, saved his life.
 * Others used the confusion and attack to sneak up to outpost and climb up, killing all three Akkens.
 * Looted the outpost, set it to fire, successfully retreated before reinforcements arrived.
 * Cuauhtémoc returned to tribe for a moon, the rest stayed together to gather food and supplies.
 * Returned to the next Couatlán rendezvous to report on completed mission.

Downtime Activities:
 * Cuauhtémoc: Returned to Cuauhtli village to report mission to elder Quetzal. Received further work and training at tribal village.
 * Sisava: With aid of Kntanta, Riclamin, N'olvidar, found and tamed a giant snake. Will accompany on future missions.
 * Kntanta: Gathered total of eight snakes as companions while travelling with Sisava, N'olvidar, Riclamin.
 * N'olvidar: Travelled with Riclamin, Kntanta, Sisava. Foraged for supplies and created an atlat for darts.
 * Riclamin: Travelled with N'olvidar, Kntanta, Sisava. Successful foraging and hunts allowed to cure and dry several days worth of rations, sharing with companions.

Mission 2: "The Poisoned Village of Uxmal"
Date: 11 Crocodile - 12 Poison (30 days)

Played by Cuauhtémoc, Atrox, and Raktajino

Setup: Objective: Outcome: Downtime Activities:
 * 2nd Couatlán location: somewhere on the border of the southern marshes, a week's journey from the eastern coast.
 * Itencualac, the Couatl of Poison, has come to Xehsamaal, the Kaxtik Hueyi Couatlán lieutenant who specializes in poison and traps, in a dream.
 * A concentration of new poison has come to the fishing village of Uxmal, deep within a mangrove forest to the northwest.
 * Xehsamaal has chosen Atrox, Raktajino, and Cuauhtémoc for their knowledge of poisonous substances, familiarity with watery environments, and penchant for violence respectively.
 * Locate Uxmal and determine the source of the poison.
 * Study and extract said poison if at all possible, bring back to the next Couatlán.
 * Poor navigation by Cuauhtémoc, losing a day of travel and going too far north.
 * Group runs into quicksand and warriors from the Cuanmitzli tribe -- jaguar elves.
 * Atrox attacks the group, Raktajino nearly goes unconscious in the melee.
 * After killing the tribesmen, Cuauhtémoc mutilated one of their jaguar headdresses and added the mutilated parts to his own eagle headdress.
 * Backgrack to Uxmal, discovering large froglike humanoids called grungs.
 * Fight with grungs, nearly died, had to retreat.
 * Grungs tracked group to their hidden retreat. Had to kill them, nearly died in the struggle.
 * After a night's recovery, went back to Uxmal, killed several grungs and captured tadpole eggs of red, purple, and green. The red grung leader escaped.
 * Atrox: Traveled with Raktajino with eggs of each colored tadpole. The eggs hatched and the tadpoles were given to the leaders of the Couatlán.
 * Cuauhtémoc: Returned to Cuauhtli village to continue training toward becoming a Talon.
 * Raktajino: Traveled with Atrox with eggs of each colored tadpole. The eggs hatched and the tadpoles were given to the leaders of the Couatlán.

Mission 3: "Hunting the Hueliloc Hag"
Date: 12 Poison - 12 Snake (6 days)

Played by Cuauhtémoc, Coyo, Riclamin, N'olvidar and Chakax


 * Ollin - joined group, 10 years old
 * Coyo - stick, Coyoball - super friends with Ichtaca

Vos, Carrico, Daniel, Chris, Troy

**  Have her show up in the next session he’s in? Maybe she joins him not in-game? Figure out with Vos?
 * Group investigated, talked to servants, parents, mom in the infirmary paralyzed with grief at loss of baby
 * Coyo talked to kids playing stick-ball (now called Coyoball) - discovered Xoxoh was playing with kids over the years from time to time
 * Traveled several miles, took Ollin along
 * Found hut, found traps, Nana Xoxoh tried to strike a deal with some of them, namely Chakax and N’olvidar, but to no avail
 * Group killed four hands and Xoxoh eventually, but not after N’olvidar and Chakax both were knocked unconscious (Chakax twice)
 * Took kids back to Teotepec, returned children to their parents, but could tell something wasn’t right with any of them (baby uncertain)
 * Chakax asked 12, “Child, you know that you will not be able to live comfortably in the city. You have been marked by a power greater than yourself. Come with me and unlock your destiny.”

Mission 4: "The Flame of El"
Date: 13 House - 1 Crocodile (24 days)

Played by Coyo, Tannin, Tzakaw, Tzultacaj and Whisper


 * Tlatilo and Ta'akik give mission
 * Go to Tuk-ruthwoad (formerly Áakal) to steal the Flame of El
 * Can choose stealth or deception


 * Choose stealth at night, try to swim under the sluice, doesn't work
 * Instead try to jump the walls
 * Successfully kill gate guards unnoticed for a moment, but more come
 * Coyo knocks out a few civilians running away


 * Quickly break into temple, steal Flame of El
 * Fight off temple priest and his acolytes, many more guards coming
 * Run away, use fog cloud and other magicks to make their escape across a bridge


 * Take Flame to a hidden location, send Whisper to get Eztli
 * Eztli explains that the flame is watchful and might not be worth the burden, stealing it alone was a blow to enemy morale
 * Coyo wishes to study it further, meditate on it for several weeks


 * Whisper and others defend Coyo against Akkens searching
 * El has command on dinosaurs somehow, seeking out the Flame
 * Fight off all enemies


 * Coyo gains enormous insight into the ways of the Akkens
 * Where they come from, what they represent, why they're here
 * Can also control the Flame of El, no longer a beacon for Akkens