Aztec · No. 065
Fallen Warrior of the Flowery Field
Inspired by: A MYTHENOR creation inspired by the fate of fallen warriors, who went to the House of the Sun, a place of flowers and light.
He fell with honor. Now he rests among flowers, waiting for the sun.
- Rarity
- Common
- Category
- Monster
- ATK
- 1100
- DEF
- 1000
- Level
- 3
- Type
- Undead
- Element
- Light
- Constellations
- Sun · Scarab
The myth
Warriors who fell in battle did not go to Mictlán. They went to Tonatiuh Ichan, the House of the Sun, in the eastern sky, described in the sources as a luminous place full of flowers and trees. There they escorted the sun in the morning and, between one day and the next, delighted in the flowers. Flowers were also the great Nahua metaphor for war and poetry: “flower and song,” in xochitl in cuicatl, was the name for poetry, and ritual war was called “flowery war.” This card’s fallen warrior rests in that flowery field.
Why it has this power
A Level 3 Common with 1100 ATK and 1000 DEF: an honored warrior at rest. Light and Sun are the House of the Sun where he lives; Scarab, the constellation of rebirth. Fused with the Sun Hummingbird, he fulfills the myth’s destiny and returns to earth as the Hummingbird of the Reborn Warrior.
Did you know
The “flowery war,” xochiyaoyotl, was a kind of pre-arranged combat between cities, fought mainly for captives and prestige.
Connections
- Fuses into: + Sun Hummingbird → Hummingbird of the Reborn Warrior
- In Citlali, Priestess of the Stars's deck
- In Yolotl, Mistress of the Mirror's deck
- In Itzel, Guardian of the Fifth Sun's deck
Where to get it
- Daily Offering: 0% per pack (Common 64% per card)
- Welcome Pack: 0.97% per pack (Common 70% per card)
- Traveler's Pack: 0.88% per pack · 5.2% in the themed pack (Common 64% per card)
- Bronze Reliquary: 0.86% per pack · 5.1% in the themed pack (Common 62% per card)
- Silver Reliquary: 0.67% per pack · 4% in the themed pack (Common 49% per card)
- Golden Reliquary: 0.46% per pack · 2.7% in the themed pack (Common 33% per card)
- Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.69% of days · 150 gold
- Craft with card dust: 40 dust
- Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).
Sources
- ¿A dónde iban los muertos? (Arqueología Mexicana) — Enrique Vela
- Hummingbird (Mexicolore) — Ian Mursell
- Historia de las guerras floridas (Arqueología Mexicana) — Ross Hassig