Yaotl

"I cannot let you die, little coward! I have a destiny, and it is to ensure you do yours."

- Yaotl to Izel

Yaotl is a jaguar-like emissary of Tezcatlipoca who accompanies Izel.

Appearance
Yaotl is a large, black jaguar who possesses glowing turquoise eyes, a powerfully built front section, and is covered in traditional Mezo-American markings along his front legs and neck. Across his face is a horizontal scar in bright red. The inside of his fanged mouth is a fluorescent turquoise like his eyes.

Personality
Yaotl is very loyal to his master Tezcatlipoca. He is to be very stern with Izel. He has a very boss-like personality. He tends to be cold towards strangers, as shown when he first meets Zyanya. Despite his stern temperament, he is not without compassion, and will often begrudgingly provide Izel help, albeit with a bitter and annoyed bit of griping the entire time.

Trivia



 * He is based on an emissary of Tezcatlipoca in the tale of king Huemac, where both he and his master take the form of women to seduce him.
 * "Yaotl" is actually the name he received upon being chosen as ixiptla. His birth name is unknown.
 * "Yaotl" is primarily a gender-neutral name of Mexica origin that means "warrior" or "war".
 * Yaotl was given his particular name as it is after Tezcatlipoca's epithet Nacoc Yaotl ("Enemy of Both Sides").