In the low tent, a bright fire basin was lit. The orange-red firelight warmed a pot of light fruit wine and illuminated a broad wooden map. The simple sketches of jungle and city-state unfurled on the wooden map passed down by the tribes, marked with ancient pictographs and annotated by mythology and legend, revealing the vast seaside lands.
"From the conquered Feathered Serpent Holy City to the unconquered Hidden Serpent Holy City, it is a seaside land of a thousand miles. In hundreds of years, countless powerful tribe chiefs have longed to completely unify the Totonac tribes and establish a formidable alliance never seen before, to resist the threat from the Highland…"
"Yet, in recorded history, no Totonac chief has achieved their ambitions. Regarding the countless tribes scattered throughout the jungle and along the coastal interior, only the priests of the two Holy Lands truly establish widespread influence…"
