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A Green Dragon receives tribute from the Aztecs in the Valley of Mexico. The Aztecs saw the Green Dragons as the offspring of their god, Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent and treated them as living gods, bringing them lavish tributes. Most of the time the tribute consisted of fruit and small jewelry and other ornaments for the dragon's hoard though in some special occasions they offered a human in a ritual sacrifice where the dragon would consume the heart.All this ended when the Spaniard CortΓ©s and his conquistadors showed up, their Christian ideology saw these dragons as evil servants of the devil and they eagerly killed any Green Dragon they came across, mostly to pillage it's hoard for gold and drag it all back to Spain. The last Green dragons were said to be slain at the Siege of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital but some might have survived and now wander the ruins of this civilization in the trackless jungles.
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Gunpowder and overwhelming numbers, keep in mind that while the Spanish Conquistadors weren't many in number they allied themselves with the Aztec's political rivals and neighboring city-states who chafed under the yoke of the Aztecs, likeΒ Tlaxcaltec andΒ Texcoco. That and Green Dragons aren't as formidable as say, Reds or Blues.
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I see. I feel sorry for Greens of Mexico...
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How did they get the headdress on the dragon?
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They can bend down and lower their necks? Or just put it on themselves? They can reach.
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Wow! Amazing work! Love it!
I was wandering if you could let me us this image for an Android game called "Kingdoms of Myth", it's turn based strategy game based on a fantasy World. You can find a little bit more info in this rough website made by my colleges [link] (Sorry for the bad English). Of course you will have full credits of your work and link to your webpage if you want
Lot of thanks for your time
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Thanks, I'd be honored to have my work appear in a game. Go ahead, just give me propper credit. I'd love to see the finished version of it.
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Sounds like we now know what happened to the dragons once gunpowder became a weapon.
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Not really,it was mostly due to the longtime rivals of the Aztecs, the Tlaxcalans, siding with the Spanish invaders.
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What, did they also tell Cortes how to kill a dragon?
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Not really, but there's strength in numbers.
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I'm hoping the image is not of Tenochtitlan. Because I've actually been there. And I don't recall it being on high cliffs. I do recall it being on an island in the middle of a huge marsh land and lake, which was drained later to create Mexico City. (Which is why many buildings in Mexico City are slowly sinking into the groundβthey weren't all that great at draining said lake.)
I'll dig up my old images of Tenochtitlan and I can show them to you. I've been to Templo Mayor.
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No, just some generic temples to look good, I didn't even know Tenochtitlan is now Mexico City, I learned that after I looked it up on Wikipedia. (I had to, I didn't knew how to spell "Tenochtitlan")But sure, I'd love to see the immages, I dig that ancient Aztec culture.
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I love to see the dragon used in a unique way.
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Thanks, it's something else then a fantasy world with Elves and Orcs.
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Amazing work; I love the idea of dragons in history ^^
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First and foremost... HOLY CRAP!!! This is so bad ass!!! Secondly, a little history (or at the very least, logical) the temple array in the BG... They could be sister temples (Like Sun/Moon, overworld/underworld...) Sorry just the history and architecture buff in me... And finally, This series always seems to fill the historical holes that mankind recognizes... Convient I think not!!!
But when it comes to a comment for the historical placement of the black dragon... Well with all of my historical ablites i can see them fitting in during on desperate point in time...
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Thanks, I must confess that my knowedge of Aztec mythology and religion is somewhat lacking.
Oh, what would that period be?
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Your welcome, just one of those subjects that i know bits a pices...
But i was thinking a time that shares a common name: the black plague, or at least the one closest to the renaissance.
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I hope that was a positive expression.
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big YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!!!!!
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In that case, thanks!
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I,m aztec decendant I find this very appealing.You did good.
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Thanks, their culture is quite fascinating.
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It is Except when people thought we were cannibals thats somewhere in south america.
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There's still a lot we don't know about them. They're said to have even outdone the Europeans in certain fields of advencement, unfortunatly, weaponry wasn't one of those fields.
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Well I know some things about my shatterd culture that I could shed some light on for you.If you wish to hear.
Oh and also our weaponry wasn't the best to take out an entire army I agree,but half of it has gotta count for something.
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This is truely stunning! One of your best works so far, in my opinion.
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Thanks, I hope I can keep improving.
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i sure hope some did survive. i kinda like the green dragons
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Maybe outfit an expedition and go into the jungle to find some. Hmh, sounds like a movie plot.
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And then they all run screaming for their lives cause Green Dragons eat us...[link]
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