Uetzpalli

The First Temple

Ocelotl's old territory in Nature consisted of a huge temple within the jungle. Over time, plants overgrew the structure until the ancient stones became covered in vines and deadly flowers. The nature temple was left in ruins. The clan evacuated due to a culture-changing event, and seeked a new home within the Windswept Plateau. As new generations are born, the clan began to slowly forget what the old temple was like.

Ancient Ocelotl took root in the Shrieking Wilds. The clan's pyramid-temple was well-hidden, and a small village was in the structure's shadow. Food was easy to retrieve, thanks to the plentiful trees. The soil was surprisingly sandy due to many mysterious holes, drying up the dirt. It is rumored that dragon bones could be seen, poking out under the roots of some trees nearby the old territory. Not many dragons remember or fully understand why the temple was built in the first place. Some claim it's the clan's way of saying thanks to the deities, especially the Gladekeeper.

Many current clan-members never even seen or even experienced the first temple. Even dragons who tried to relocate their Nature territory and pyramid are unable to find it, even with a map at hand. Ever since the clan left the shrieking wilds, the ruins seem to have 'disappeared'. It is said that only the "fiercest of emperors" are able to find it. Perhaps the jungle had finally consumed it. The old territory is now just a story, a myth.


The Reconstruction of the Temple

The second, current temple in Wind, is currently under construction. Alongside stone statues, carvings and monuments of deities and past clan leaders, scattered across the territory to celebrate their ancestors from Nature. Stone is like the clan version of parchment, a record-keeping tool. Runes and markings are scrawled onto rocks, symbolizing events in the clan's history. Only a selective few dragons from Ocelotl can actually write and decipher these runes.

The clan members have many seeds that kept and brought over from Nature, and allowed them to grow Wind's oxygen rich soil. Crops grow with ease, and their farming skills greatly improved. Their agriculture is their number one source of income. They even grew their own forest, mainly consisting of cocoa bean trees, stretching vast across the territory, eliminating any traces of Wind's common bamboo.

The body of water in the center of the Ocelotl's territory is called Lake Kochistli. Nicknamed the Lake of Dreams. Various rivers split up eventually leading into the Singer's Brook. A tiny woodland island surrounded by the streams is used for training guards, warriors and/or hunters. Many dragons fight, with spears or pure strength in friendly competitions. A second, even smaller island is located just below. It doesn't have much of a use, and is hard to access, so its purpose remains a mystery.

Tall hills mimicking mountains, the beginning of the Reedcleft Ascent is hidden in the background of the soon-to-be temple. Small caves are carved into the hills, mostly used for building material storage. The bottom left of the territory have dozens of mud and brick structures that are filled to the brim with cocoa beans, the clan's currency. Dragons take shifts watching and guarding their precious beans.

The heart of the clan would be the village. Homes made out of straw and mud, stand together in a tight-knit community. This is where majority all the clan's dragons live. A few village marketplaces have set up shop, and are open to visitors outside the clan. Many of the crops they grow are sold here, or delivered to others from boats near the beach.

The Tizoc stone has been kept a secret, and again, only a few dragon from the clan know about it. It was privately transported from the Shrieking Wilds, all the way to Wind. The rock hidden at the edge of the territory was once Ocelotl's sacrificial stone, in which gruesome rituals would be performed upon it. Rituals are banned now, in this current age, but it's presence is quite shady. The rock is blood-stained and well out of sight from most of the clan members.