Aztec: Difference between revisions

* [[Anonymous Benefactor]]: The person who gives Mixtli the trade goods needed to start his dream of becoming a traveling merchant. He at first assumes it's Nezahualpili.

* [[Anyone Can Die]]: If you like a character at all, be sure that they will die in an unusually cruel way.

* [[Aztec Mythology]]: Duh.

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: For someone who considers himself "a bag of wind and bones," Blood Glutton certainly qualifies.

* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: On the one hand, we have the Mexica people, who have levied massive tributes from the surrounding villages, performed human sacrifices almost daily, and have made Mixtli's life a living hell on more than one occasion. On the other, we have Cortez and his troops, who have committed multiple acts of unprovoked slaughter, abused the ''hell'' out of Montecuzoma's hospitality, and show zero tolerance for any of the Mexica religious rites.

* [[Break the Haughty]]: If ever things seem to be going a little too well for Mixtli, you can bet all the gold in Tenochtitlan that some horrible catastrophe will befall him within the next few pages.

* [[Bury Your Gays]]: Averted. While the Mexica themselves hold homosexuals in contempt (considering them "unmanly," the fact that {{spoiler|Chimali and Tlatli}} are gay ends up having significant impacts on the plot.

** Also important in the sequel.

* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: Blood Glutton.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The smelly, dirty, hairy, hideous Spaniards, to the Mexica at least.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Chimali}}, Malintzin, and Montecuzoma.

* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: {{spoiler|Tzitzi becoming the Tapir Woman.}}

** Big Bad: Cortez.

** The Dragon: {{spoiler|Chimali}}

** The Brute: Pedro de Alvarado

** Sixth Ranger Traitor: Malintzin

** The Hero/The Smart Guy: Mixtli

** The Lancer: Cozcatl

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Mixtli himself on at least two occasions, as well as {{spoiler|Chimali for about two-thirds of the book.}}

** Basically the entire point of the sequel.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Every single Mexicatl from the nobility must be this, even commoners who provide outstanding services to the empire can earn a noble rank. {{spoiler|Mixtli}} eventually becomes one.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: And how! Practically everything except Mixtli himself has some basis in Mexica history. (Yes, even Jadestone Doll's..."dalliances.") Not to mention every bit of Nahuatl, Mexica culture, warfare, government...heck, it would probably be easier to list everything that ''isn't.''

** {{spoiler|Also Chimali, to Mixtli's personal life.}}

* [[The Hero Dies]]: Goes hand-in-hand with the [[Foregone Conclusion]].

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Montecuzoma, although this was [[Truth in Television]]. Also, any of the nations that chose to ally with Cortez.

* [[Tsundere]]: Beu Ribe.