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{{quote| Mixtli: ...And I concluded with the words I had heard in various languages everywhere:<br />

"The Azteca were here, but they brought nothing with them, and they left nothing where they went." }}

''Aztec'' is a 1980 historical fiction novel written by Gary Jennings. It is the highly lengthy life story of a noble Aztec (more properly Mexica) man named Mixtli, or "Dark Cloud." After the Spanish Conquest, Mixtli is asked by the Bishop of New Spain to tell his life story to a group of friars who are recording his story for the King of Spain. The novel is notable for being one of the first ever depictions in media of the Aztecs as heroes, rather than villains, though certainly there are plenty of both among the Mexica pre-Conquest. It is also notable for not shying away from graphic depictions of both sex and violence (and sometimes both at once), as might be expected from a society like that of the Mexica.

 

* [[Abusive Parents]]: More on the maternal side, but both are extremely demanding on their children, even by Mexica standards.

* [[Achilles in His Tent]]: An interesting inversion: whenever Mixtli suffers a Heroic BSOD, he tends to ''leave'' and go wandering, rather than stay at home.