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Submitted to Contest #323
Story based on real traditions held by the Mexicas (Aztecs) and other surrounding civilizations.The food was scarce. Villages started to starve. Kids died in their mothers’ arms. Some priests started talking about the death of Huitzilopochtli, the Sun. It was time. The divine son of Coatlicue demanded blood, a lot of blood. A new Xochiyáoyotl was declared against Texcoco. The Flower War would start after the next full moon. Two thousand of each finest would face each other on the valley, near the most holy place in which our ancestors found ...
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