Qotal

Qotal, the feathered dragon, also known as the Plumed One, is the lawful good god of healing, feathers and creation in Maztica. He is often portrayed as huge golden dragon who has golden colored feathers instead of scales. From his neck a erupts a lush mane of many colored feathers.

History
After Kukul created humans the gods each gave a gift to mankind. Qotal gave man mayz (corn) which enabled the Maztican society to flourish. Qotal became the favorite god of the Mazticans which made Qotal's brother Zaltec jealous. Zaltec gave humans dark Hishna magic which made them powerful and caused them to wage wars. Qotal became distressed and his mother the goddess Maztica give Qotal feathermagic to give to humans. Zaltec was angered by his mother's interferance and slayed Maztica. After Maztica's death the gods fought a war and ultimately Qotal defeated Zaltec.

After the war humans enjoyed a long period of peace and prosperity. Qotal saw men and women enjoying each other's companionship and decided he wanted a wife and since his choices were a bit limited he forceably took his sister Kiltzi as his wife. Kiltzi apparently tired out Qotal because he fell into a very long slumber. During his sleep, his other sisters learned of his brutality and sided with Zaltec which increased Zaltec's power. Zaltec introduced the practice of human sacrifice and gained still more power for himself. Qotal finally woke from his slumber and was appalled by the actions of his former worshippers.

In sadness, he sailed eastward from Maztica centuries ago. But he was not completly forgotten for there was still a small cadre of dedicated priests. His glorious return came after the Night of Wailing when many Mazticans turned back to him and began to worship Qotal once more. He returned to the True World and is now in a state of "equilibrium" with his cruel brother Zaltec.

Worship
Qotal abhores sacrifices of living beings. Rituals of Qotal often include the freeing of caged creatures, especially birds and butterflies. His priests have major access to the spheres of plume, Healing, Creation and Protection spells. They can also access to a minor degree the spheres of Animal, Astral, Diviniation and Plant spells.

Literature
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