The Great Eastern Expedition Sacrifice! The God-King Ascends His Throne, A Bloody Ballad!

The sea wind blew over a thousand miles, turning once more from the heat of the coast into the slight chill of the highlands, until it reached the Lake Capital in the Valley of Mexica. Lake Texcoco shimmered with brilliant waves, reflecting Tenochtitlan and its white-stone Long Causeway like the Divine Kingdom's projection upon the mortal world!

Divine Smoke curled through the air, bringing the fresh scent of pine resin. In the Divine Kingdom, there were the gods' messengers, connecting heaven, earth, and man. Soon, the cries of hundreds of priests of the capital rang bright and clear into the clouds, their praises echoing between lake and sky.

".Praise the Main God! He is supreme and great, omnipotent! He grants sunlight and rain, grants harvests and food, grants victory and glory, grants land and the future! Praise Him! The Main God loves us and protects the mighty Alliance, and we repay Him with devotion, with sacrifice and blood!"

"Praise the Main God! Repay Him with devotion, with sacrifice and blood!"

Hundreds of thousands of the capital's people prostrated themselves on the ground as one, praying fervently to the sun, celebrating an unprecedented grand sacrifice! The boiling waves of sound shook the four wilds, trembled across the lake, even scattering the clouds in the sky and stirring ripples upon the water!

"The sun rises high, and the Main God Huitzilopochtli ascends to the supreme height! The supreme Main God protects the Alliance, and the divine war of the Eastern Expedition has once again won a perfect victory! The Main God has devoured the Cloud Snake in the mountains, devoured the God of the Hunt! He holds the spear-thrower, bears the bow and arrows, grasps the authority of war, campaigns in all directions, and is victorious in all things!"

"Praise the Main