Incoyotl

**Incoyotl** *(in - co - yOT - ull)*, the **Serpent of All Worlds**, is a greater Ancient god, and the head and only member of the yuan-ti pantheon, having consumed all of the other Nameless Gods of the yuan-ti. Their portfolio includes destruction, revenge, hegemony, and the wrath of nature. According to yuan-ti devouts, Incoyotl was originally one of the Nameless Gods of the ancient and long-forgotten yuan-ti pantheon, before he consumed all other gods to ascend their divinity and escape the confines of the simplistic world of the Tempered Planes. Incoyotl, now unbound, now flies between worlds on the winds of existence, both known and unknown, seeking a new land for the yuan-ti to flourish in, unfettered by the draconic races that brought upon their genocide. The yuan-ti people feverishly await his salvation, where he shall bring them to the land that was promised to be the place of their dynasty. Until then, they make live sacrifices to Incoyotl, in hopes of giving him strength and guidance. His symbol is a winged snake looping around itself.

## Description

Incoyotl is a winged serpent, clad in red feathers and brown scale, to a scale that is either incomprehensible or infinite. He is said to be longer than universes, with planets being a single feather on his hide, with the Tempered Planes making up his headdress. His eyes glow with a bright yellowish green, evocative of his dominion over wind and nature. He has the head of a snake, but with the hardness of stone, not scale. He has two strong frontal fangs, which are indicative of his own power, and every other tooth he has bears a carved depiction of each of the Nameless Gods Incoyotl has consumed. He exudes an aura of power and destruction, with earth and planets shattering wherever he flies past.

## Personality

Incoyotl is a being that values revenge above all else. Before he consumed the Nameless Gods and ascended to be a greater deity, Incoyotl was a mostly passive and peaceful god of nature. He was described and depicted as merciful and gentle, but after the his accession, he became enraged and hellbent on war, destruction, and revenge for the yuan-ti, granting them their rage, hatred, and strength to persevere. He embodies a neutral evil alignment, knowing that revenge and destruction of the enemy is honorable, but senseless murder and chaotic anarchy is foolish and self-destructive.

## Abilities

Incoyotl is one of the strongest Ancients, if the stories of the yuan-ti are to be believed. Very few deities are able to transcend the Tempered Planes, which makes Incoyotl either extremely powerful, on par with the likes of Lillith and Nillian, or he simply possess the special ability to transcend the planes, by a special skill, not brute force. Beyond that, he has domain over wind and nature (specifically jungle), as he was previously the god of such things. After his ascension, he gained the portfolios of destruction and revenge, making him a formidable opponent. He values strength above all else, and looks for power and intimidating presence in his chosen warriors. His fangs are capable of crushing the heads of lesser gods, and when he consumes them, he grows larger in size, though he is already so large that mortals cannot comprehend his length.

Many believe that Incoyotl is responsible for hurricanes and tornadoes across Irralon, especially those that strike Dara Thaczil, as this is his wrath against the draconic races manifesting through nature. This rage is so strong that these storms manifest even though Incoyotl is supposedly not currently present in the Tempered Planes.

## Realms & Possessions

Incoyotl has a realm in the Elemental Filter of Air, known as Altepenayotl, which means "the temple of the wind snake" in the yuan-ti dialect of Primordial. This realm is described as a beautiful temple in the sky, surrounded by lush jungle and the bodies of all the live sacrifices made to Incoyotl.

He wields an large spear known as Cuepiltia, which was used in conjunction with his fangs to kill and consume the Nameless Gods.

## Activities

Previously a minor god in the pantheon of the yuan-ti who had only domain over air, Incoyotl's rage came to a boiling point after the Vyk Genocide, where the other gods of the snake people did not act in retaliation. Overcome with anger, Incoyotl struck out at the other gods, consuming both their bodies, souls, and the memories of their names and powers. He had made their inaction their downfall and had erased their cowardice from the history of the yuan-ti. Afterwards, he ordered his chosen and his clerics, the few survivors of the Vyk Genocide, to erase all records and collapse all shrines of the Nameless Gods, then they were to sacrifice themselves at the altar, giving their power to Incoyotl, and finally removing all memory of the weak gods that did nothing in the face of treachery. The remaining yuan-ti then went on pilgrimage to the capital of Tek-Yitluis deep within the Whesjkall jungle, where the largest temple of Incoyotl existed, among many broken statues and defaced monuments to the Nameless Gods.

Once this was complete, Incoyotl left his realm in Altepenayotl and begun his ascension, consuming the souls and bodies of the Nameless Gods in order to leave the Tempered Planes through a massive summoned hurricane at the center of the Filter of Air, allowing him to escape to the greater field of all the realms of existence, where he flies through universes, seeking a suitable and worthy home for his proud race of warrior snakes. Even though he is gone from the Tempered Planes, the sacrifices made to him on the altars of Tek-Yitluis have allowed his presence to remain in Altepenayotl, which grants his clerics spells and summons deadly storms to plague the homes of Incoyotl's enemies. Devouts of Incoyotl say that the day the are waiting for is soon to arrive, and in the meantime, all they can do is provide him with sacrifices, with a preference for sacrifices made who bear notes of the Warsong.

## Relationships

Incoyotl used to be friendly with the rest of the deities of the yuan-ti Ancients, before his rage came to a boiling point and he consumed them, who are now known as the Nameless Gods, whose names are accursed and are wiped from the yuan-ti's memories, due to their weakness.

Incoyotl has been absent from the Tempered Planes since shortly after the Vyk Genocide, which means his relationships with other gods (Ancients or not) is unknown. However, it is obvious and clear that he has a deep hatred for Archimedes, the Ancient greater deity of all draconic races. It is also hinted at that Incoyotl admires Kolnase and Kelnen, the brothers of war, but has a preference for the conquering might of Kelnen.