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Jaguar Warriors are proud warriors of the Aztec empire that have adopted the spirit of the Jaguar. Quick, agile, and powerful enough to take down the largest prey in the jungle, the jaguar is the largest of the big cats in the Aztec jungles. By donning themselves with jaguar furs, the jaguar warriors hope to become as deadly as these great cats. Jaguar warriors don't wear any heavy armor and rely on agility on the battlefield instead of pure brawn. They can make catlike leap attacks, and always have the first strike. Quite often, jaguar warriors drive their mimicry too far and its not uncommon to find these great cat-warriors hissing, chasing mice and refusing to feed on anything else than milk from a bowl. |
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In the damp cellars of the golden temples of the jungles, shadowy priests perform mysterious rituals. Calling upon the dark forces of the underworld, these necromancers strive to add one more phase to the circle of life: undeath! Necromancers are in the highest ranks of Aztec priesthood and often serve as advisors and soothsayers to their leaders. On the battlefield they employ their necromantic powers to revive the dead and send an army of skeletons at their adversaries. Calling upon the bones of his more unfortunate comrades, a single necromancer can turn a lost battle into a great victory in a matter of seconds. |
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The Aztec jungles are a very dangerous place to be in. In every tree or behind every bush, potential danger lurks. Apart from the myriad creatures that roam there, one of the things anyone wandering the jungle should watch out for is a dartblower ambush. Dartblowers mostly roam the jungles in packs. Their weapons of war, a blowpipe and some poisoned darts, are only effective in numbers. The darts are coated with a venom to slow down the target and slowly drain it of its lifeforce. |
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The Aztecs have wasted decades in growing huge vegetables for their hungry vegetarian mouths. Using dark alchemy to create these oversized unnatural mutations they 'accidentally' injected themselves with this evil substance. Transforming into huge disfigured beasts. These unlucky souls were so ugly that the Aztec leaders ordered a law which made golden masks mandatory for these Sun Giants. Most giants are used in harvesting the huge crops, how convenient. |
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The Aztecs have a thing for gold, not only do they need it for buildings but also their traps, clothes and champagne bottles are filled with this suntouched material. Therefore they enslave large groups of small jungle people to dig for the gold. Due to their size they can get into the smallest of mines, making sure no gold is left behind. Unfortunately their size also gave them a really high pitched voice and they are annoying to the ear as a cricket plague. So once in a while, just for fun, Aztec leaders 'forget' to jump over them with the boulder spell, squashing every little one of them and letting the necro's have some fun raising them as mumbling skeletons. |
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After massive sacrificial rituals, the temple grounds were filled with corpses. And because everybody knows corpses and the burning sun aren't that good of a combination, this proved to be a problem for the Aztecs. Wheelbarrow factories were working overtime and it was obvious that a new solution was needed. To get rid of this stinky problem the necromancer Poisonbotl turned to dark magic and found a clever way to clean the sacred grounds: turning the dead corpses into walking dead corpses. It worked out even better, with the resurrected skeletons fighting for the Aztecs, whole armies would get a second chance to avenge their own demise! |
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When venturing deep into the Aztec jungles, adventurers will come across a wide variaty of evil looking garden gnomes, placed to ward off trespassers. If they should choose to ignore these warnings and press on however, one might come across some very tall and eerie looking versions.
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In the great jungles of the South-Americas Aztec hunting parties hunt for boar to feed their people and birds to put colorfull feathers on their clothes. Although the Aztecs are primarily an agricultural people, they have become quite adept at developing hunting techniques. Some of these techniques have transferred to the fields of battle, such as the use of trapcages. Even the most terrifying armor-plated, blade-wielding warmongerer is reduced to uselessness when behind bars, and entire Viking warparties have been seen caught like this, bored out of their minds, waiting for someone to come free them (if they are lucky!). |
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Not only do the Aztec master life and the hereafter, they also quickly developed techniques to make this transition as unpleasant as possible. One of such wicked inventions is the Poison Bomb, launched onto the battlefield from a distance. The contraption shatters as it hits the field, releasing its deadly vapours that linger for a while and immediately find their way into the throats and nostrils of unfortunate bystanders, crippling them and slowly bringing them to an end. |
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Staring down the twisted eyes of an Aztec Necromancer is enough to drive most people insane. But to lay down his will onto others takes a special kind of Necromancer. It takes years of special training and makes mirrors their mortal enemies. But even though their own sanity hangs by a thread by that time, the resulting power is immense. Even the most steadfast and determined soldier will be mowing down his comrades after taking a look in their eyes. |
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In the Aztec Legend of the Five Suns, all the gods sacrificed themselves so that mankind could live. The Aztecs believe they have to pay off this "debt" by sacrificing their own. The Aztec sun-gods are pleased with this dedication and reward those who would see their comrades sacrificed with magical power beyond boundaries. On the battlefield, this means Aztec warlords have to maintain a careful balance between sacrificing enough troops to have a sufficient mana pool and having a decently sized army in the field. Sacrifice can be an effective ability, not to mention the incredible motivational effects on the troops to be as invaluable on the battlefield as possible! |
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Deep in the jungles there are huge temples filled with traps, large rolling stones are set to squash any intruders. The Aztecs have modified these boulders to work outside the temples as well. The boulder is the strongest and most devastating weapon in the Aztec arsenal. |
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