Book of Divided Counsel
A conflicting version of the Popol Vuh that recounts the defeat of Vucub-Caquix, the false sun and moon, at the hands of the Hero Twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque. They have long been known as Names, but no one knows with certainty who they serve.
I’m Reading…
The vain Vucub-Caquix adorns himself with golden eyes, golden teeth, and golden blood. In their first attempt to shoot him down, Hunahpu’s arm is dismembered and his shoulder scars over with iron. When they defeat Vucub-Caquix, Hunahpu rejoins his arm to his scar while Xbalanque forges a weapon from their trophies…
I’ve Read…
Cautiously, the author calls them Names of the Colonel and the Lionsmith. Without an enemy, they fought each other, eternal warriors of the Corrivality driving the movement of sun and moon. Powerful tales of their battles can be learned with a Confounding Parable, but it also suggests that with enough Edge, the arts of Refining & Goldsmithing can hatch an ‘elder-child’ from an egg. **Effect: **Memory: Contradiction **Mastery: **Lesson: Edicts Martial
Aspects
- Mystery: Edge 14
- Written in Tecuanilatolli
- Subject: Edicts Martial
- Codex
- Readable
- Thing
- Watchman’s Archive