[Liem definitely has a visible moment of realization as Quetz sheepishly explains what she means by that weird reputation. That kind of worship is… well, yes. It’s on the more intense side of the spectrum. Even though Taldor’s history included its own fair share of bloody endeavours and practices, some of which still continued even into the present era, human sacrifice would still be shocking by their standards, and probably by the standards of many cultures in the Inner Sea Region.
He thinks that perhaps being a priest of Quetzalcoatl was very different from being a priest of Abadar, even if her sacrifices were small.]
I’ve been meaning to ask — in the “Modern Era” in your world, do the Azteca no longer live and worship there?
[The way she would speak of them sometimes, talking about how they were known in history, and what people of the Modern Era took from their culture, makes him think that perhaps something happened to them. It seems strange to him; as someone who hails from what is considered to be the oldest city in all of Avistan, he can’t really conceive of how different Taldor would be if its foundational people were not still living there.]
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He thinks that perhaps being a priest of Quetzalcoatl was very different from being a priest of Abadar, even if her sacrifices were small.]
I’ve been meaning to ask — in the “Modern Era” in your world, do the Azteca no longer live and worship there?
[The way she would speak of them sometimes, talking about how they were known in history, and what people of the Modern Era took from their culture, makes him think that perhaps something happened to them. It seems strange to him; as someone who hails from what is considered to be the oldest city in all of Avistan, he can’t really conceive of how different Taldor would be if its foundational people were not still living there.]