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   * Major Races: Elementals, Humans, Lizards
   * Capital: Ozomatli, Quetzalcamina
+  * Demonym: Tonatiu; Tlaca (informal)
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 ==== Governance ====
-Despite its relatively small size, Itlan-Youali has two capitals: Ozomatli, the Dusk Capital, and Quetzalcamina, the Dawn Capital. As a diarchy, two rulers are chosen: one in each capital city, usually appointed by “divine right” and decided by the priesthoods. Most of these decisions hinge on declarations of past life; each ruler of Itlan-Youali is, supposedly, the reincarnation over many lifetimes of the cities' original rulers. Below the monarchs are the high priests, following a deity known as Tlayahucoatl. Religion guides much of the daily lives of the Tonatiu.
+Despite its relatively small size, Itlan-Youali has two capitals: Ozomatli, the Dusk Capital, and Quetzalcamina, the Dawn Capital. As a diarchy, two rulers are chosen: one in each capital city, usually appointed by “divine right” and decided by the priesthoods. Most of these decisions hinge on declarations of past life; each ruler of Itlan-Youali is, supposedly, the reincarnation over many lifetimes of the cities' original rulers. Below the monarchs are the high priests, following a deity known as [[gods:tlayahucoatl|Tlayahucoatl]]. Religion guides much of the daily lives of the Tonatiu.
 Itlan-Youali policy has always been aggressively isolationist, refusing to take direct involvement in foreign affairs, especially considering the tumultuous conditions above. This is driven mostly by a fear of invasion. The Tonatiu have evaded destruction many times, and are not open to risking this again. Those who disregard this policy and expose Itlan-Youali to outside threats are considered traitors. Some evade this punishment, escaping to the surface. Many of these escapees have formed the Dominion Del Sol.
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 Having escaped underground and avoided the bloody history of Splint, Itlan-Youali has lived mostly undisturbed for millennia upon millennia. With limited space, their society has had little room to grow, but neither is infinite growth an objective of Tonatiu culture. As one of the few nations that escaped Dahabi dominion, Tonatiu religion is quite different than the usual. They do not worship Vormaxia, Zepherin, Aremakh, or Almar.
-While they acknowledge the other gods’ existence and give each of them a requisite place in their society, the main gods they worship are Peregrinus, Tenebrus, Anpu, Aset, and Seherine, who they see as a single deity with a domain of cycles: **Tlayahucoatl.** Itlan-Youali is one of the few places where Tenebrians exist, and are known without being chased out of polite society. Some religious rituals involve sacrifice of a willing participant, with the promise that the cycle of reincarnation will carry them into a new life. Sacrifice of an unwilling Tonatiu citizen is considered high heresy by the ruling priests.
+While they acknowledge the other gods’ existence and give each of them a requisite place in their society, the main gods they worship are Peregrinus, Tenebrus, Anpu, Aset, and Seherine, who they see as a single deity with a domain of cycles: **[[gods:tlayahucoatl|Tlayahucoatl.]]** Itlan-Youali is one of the few places where Tenebrians exist, and are known without being chased out of polite society. Some religious rituals involve sacrifice of a willing participant, with the promise that the cycle of reincarnation will carry them into a new life. Sacrifice of an unwilling Tonatiu citizen is considered high heresy by the ruling priests.
 The Tonatiu greatly value history and the perseverance of past knowledge, with vast libraries in their larger cities dedicated to archival of the years. They also put value on coexistence with nature, believing in the existence of reincarnation. The dead in Itlan-Youali are buried without embalming in Anpuan temples, left for nature to reclaim as part of the world’s great cycle. Hibiscus plants are often grown over these graves, later harvested to brew tea. In coming of age ceremonies, it is traditional to drink tea made with the hibiscus flower of one’s previous life to represent the cycle of life and death continuing in a new body.
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 ==== Religion ====
-Religious life is a massive part of Tonatiu society. Though some of the other Jaernian gods see worship here under other names, the primary deity venerated is Tlayahucoatl, god of cycles. According to ancient Zinaparan and Tonatiu legends, Tlayahucoatl is the being that commands the string of fate itself and keeps the world in constant motion. They are represented by a two headed snake moving in a circle as if dancing with itself. Anything that fits within the nature of cycles falls under the domain of Tlayahucoatl, including the dawn and dusk, life and death, and fate itself. In the modern age, worship of Tlayahucoatl has diminished greatly in Splint and is only really observed by natives of Zinaparo. However, the faith is still incredibly strong and influential in Itlan-Youali.
+Religious life is a massive part of Tonatiu society. Though some of the other Jaernian gods see worship here under other names, the primary deity venerated is [[gods:tlayahucoatl|Tlayahucoatl]], god of cycles. According to ancient Zinaparan and Tonatiu legends, Tlayahucoatl is the being that commands the string of fate itself and keeps the world in constant motion. They are represented by a two headed snake moving in a circle as if dancing with itself. Anything that fits within the nature of cycles falls under the domain of Tlayahucoatl, including the dawn and dusk, life and death, and fate itself. In the modern age, worship of Tlayahucoatl has diminished greatly in Splint and is only really observed by natives of Zinaparo. However, the faith is still incredibly strong and influential in Itlan-Youali.
-In reality, Tlayahucoatl is not an actual deity, but instead a conglomerate deity of the gods Peregrinus (Ra), Tenebrus (Rudri), Anpu (Anubis), Aset (Isis), and Seherine (At’ena). These priesthoods, respectively, are referred to as the Domains of Light, Darkness, Death, Life, and Fate.
 A key part of belief in Tlayahucoatl is **reincarnation:** that the soul endures even if the body dies, and that the body is second to the soul in importance. When a soul is reborn in a new body, upon reaching the age of maturity of their race a priest of the Domain of Life and a priest of the Domain of Death will lead the individual to where their previous body was buried, asking for them to drink hibiscus water made from the nutrients of their previous body, completing the cycle.