Red Tezcatlipoca

*"It is not my purpose to have reason ... only to cast judgement."*

-Red Tezcatlipoca to Kitty in episode 35

The **Red Tezcatlipoca** is one of the four Tezcatlipoca created when Tlaloc broke the Tezcatlipoca Mirror 19 years prior to the events of Little Bunny Foo Foo.

The Red Tezcatlipoca represents the virtue of judgement.

## History

Originally a part of the Tezcatlipoca Mirror in Hollow, Tlaloc broke the mirror with his tuning fork, birthing the four Tezcatlipoca. The Red Tezcatlipoca took the form of the "Judgement Scythe" and demanded its wielder be Just.

The Red Tezcatlipoca was claimed by Xipe Totec some time after Fox and the Grapes, but before And The Raven Brought Fire in the prequel comic Judgement.

## Role in Canon

### No Evil: Judgement

While travelling Scourosi, the triplets (Xochiquetzal, Xochipilli, and Ixtlilton) discovered an area where the land appeared to be in drought. After the chief of the village attempted to drive them off, they met Xipe Totec, who revealed that the land was sick, not in drought.

They investigated the chief, who had been acting suspiciously, and found him digging the Red Tezcatlipoca out of a nearby mountain. He died trying to wield it, which caused the Red Tezcatlipoca to begin causing large amounts of destruction. In a desperate bid to save the village, Xipe Totec attempted to wield the Judgement Scythe, and succeeded. This attempt caused her to turn her rainbow feathers black.

The Red Tezcatlipoca is then used repeatedly as an attempt to drive off the Black Tezcatlipoca, however temporary. Eventually, Xipe Totec convinced Xochiquetzal and her brothers to help her seal away the Black Tezcatlipoca using her tie to the Red Tezcatlipoca.

### No Evil

Some time after Judgement, Xipe Totec alongside Ixtlilton, Xochiquetzal, and Xochipilli each took on the Black Tezcatlipoca as it had spread too far and a wielder for the Blue Tezcatlipoca had yet to surface. Taking matters into their own hands, they had gathered to fight the Black Tezcatlipoca and use their magic to seal it. Although it had seemingly won and began spreading further and faster than it was currently, Xipe Totec had used the power of the Red Tezcatlipoca to complete the ritual. This, however, came at a price, as it cost each of the siblings one of their senses and cost Xipe Totec her life as a spirit.

The seal contained within the Red Tezcatlipoca had bought time until a wielder of the Blue Tezcatlipoca could be found. However, this time was limited to that of a mortal lifespan, as both the Red and Black Tezcatlipoca would be dangerous if left to act without Xipe Totec to keep them in order. As a precaution, the Red Tezcatlipoca had been kept with the White Tezcatlipoca in either Tonaltzintli or Metztli depending on the time of the year.

As Charles was going after the Black Tezcatlipoca seals, Kitty, Calamity, and Corn had decided to go get the Red Tezcatlipoca to keep it safe.

Upon meeting with Xipe Totec, she had explained that the Red Tezcatlipoca might act if something were to happen, and how it was a worse fate than the Black Tezcatlipoca's final seal being broken. She also feared that she may not survive trying to tame the Red Tezcatlipoca again, as she had lost the might she once had as a spirit. As a safety precaution, all who stay within Tonaltzintli and Metztli must attempt to claim the White Tezcatlipoca, giving someone who can counteract the Red Tezcatlipoca. After Charles had covered everyone in the room, barring Kitty, with Black Tezcatlipoca, he went straight for the Red Tezcatlipoca and the final seal. Kitty had reached out and grabbed it at the same time as Charles, and as he broke it, she was left holding the Red Tezcatlipoca. As Charles wielded the Black Tezcatlipoca in its entirety, the Red Tezcatlipoca began to spread, seemingly harming Charles and was going to melt everyone in the room. It was even threatening to spread further, casting its judgement upon all it would come across. It was only when Kitty agreed to "Take Responsibility" that the Red Tezcatlipoca would no longer burn everything.

## Powers

* **Fire/Heat Manipulation:** The Red Tezcatlipoca's primary power, it can seemingly generate an endless amount of fire that can burn all, including the Black Tezcatlipoca (temporarily). In No Evil: Judgement, it is stated that the Red Tezcatlipoca is "destruction itself" and "summons the very molten fires of the Earth." The only known beings to survive encounters with this fire are the spirits who would wield the Red Tezcatlipoca and Charles after breaking all four seals of the Black Tezcatlipoca, albeit Charles' was only brief and it appeared to be harming him. The wielder of the Red Tezcatlipoca is seemingly granted this power as well, albeit the extent of which is not fully known.
	+ Unlike the Black Tezcatlipoca, the Red's heat can travel through water, although if the water was diverted it will travel with that water.
	+ To wield the Red Tezcatlipoca, the wielder must endure heat and ash great enough to seemingly permanently alter the color of their fur or feathers.
		- Murder's Scythe
		- Kitty's Wood-Stove Poker
		- Murder's Shield (after sealing)
		- Murder's Shield (before sealing)1/4
* **Form Manipulation:** The Red Tezcatlipoca can take on many forms, as it took on a shield-esque form for Xipe ​​​​​​​Totec and later took the form of a wood-stove poker for Kitty.
	+ **Scythe-Form:** Seemingly a battle-form, the Red Tezcatlipoca can turn into a scythe of varying lengths. It can even create a scythe long enough for Xipe Totec to wield effectively with her talons while still retaining the shield-esque form around her neck. This was also the form it took as it was about to incinerate everyone in the room when Charles broke the seal inside of it, until Kitty had promised to "take responsibility," wherein it took its current form as a wood-stove poker.

## Behind the scenes

* When asked if the Black Tezcatlipoca has a seperate effect on spirits, Betsy replied by stating that each Tezcatlipoca has a singular thing that it will do to everything it encounters, and that different beings react to this in different ways in a Tumblr post from June 2017.

## References

1. ↑ Hinted at in episode 25, Left
2. ↑ Mentioned in episode 10,
3. ↑ Plot to episode 2, And The Raven Brought Fire
4. ↑ Mentioned in episode 35, Black, White, and Red All Over
5. ↑ Talked about in episode 19, Worry People
6. ↑ Plot to episode 35, Black, White, and Red All Over
7. ↑ Shown in episode 2, And The Raven Brought Fire and again in episode 35, Black, White, and Red All Over
8. ↑ Shown in episode 35, And The Raven Brought Fire
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Shown in episode 35, Black, White, and Red All Over
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