Qotal
- The Plumed One, The Feathered Dragon
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| Gender: | Male |
| Demonym: | Qotalan |
| Power Level: | Unknown |
| Symbol: | Feathers, Butterflies, Mayz (Corn), Wind and Air, Clouds, Couatl, Macaw, Eagle |
| Alignment: | Lawful Good |
| Portfolio: | Creation, freedom, pluma magic |
| Worshipers: | Maztican freedom fighters, practicioners of pluma magic, the people of Payit |
| Domains: | |
| Arelith worshippers' alignments[1]: | LG, NG, CG, LN |
| Aspects: | Hearth and Home, Magic |
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Description
The god of creation, freedom, and pluma magic.
Physical Appearance
The Feathered Dragon, also called the Plumed One, is the most beautiful and colorful of Maztican gods. He is generally portrayed as a huge golden dragon, although instead of scales he is covered with bright, downy plumage. These feathers are gold, except around his neck. Here Qotal has a mane, as lush and thick as any lion's, but it is a mane of feathers in all colors.
Role
Qotal is generally regarded as a source of goodness and health, in many different aspects. He is a god known to abhor sacrifice. Centuries ago, he left Maztica because of this abhorrence, and for long years he languished in the minds of the people as a relatively forgotten, powerless god. However, his memory lived on in a devout cadre of priests, and as the excesses of the priest of Zaltec and others increased, Qotal was increasingly missed.
Following the Night of Wailing many Mazticans turned back to his worship. Now he has returned to the True World, and is worshipped widely again. Although his original intent to drive Zaltec away was thwarted, he now exists in equilibrium with his brother.
Tenets and Priestly Practices
Lives, even of small animals, are never offered to Qotal. Instead, his rituals often include the freeing of caged creatures - butterflies and birds, in particular.
Priests of Qotal have access to the Pluma (Feathermagic) and tend to focus on wind, protection, and healing in their magic rites.
