Thirteen Sovereign Lords

The Thirteen Sovereign Lords are the thirteen Dragonlords created by Xiuhcoatl, the Pyro Sovereign, who ruled over Natlantea, the ancient dragon civilization located in Natlan.^[1]

After oppressing the humans of the land for thousands of years, ten were ultimately slain in the war between Xbalanque and Xiuhcoatl. Only three Lords, Ajaw, Ineffa^[2] and the Weaver of Secrets,^[3] survived to the present day.

Members

Rank	Name	Title	Element	Territory	Status
CL-01	Aj Nimalaj Chuq'ab Hun	Valiant One	?	Unknown	Killed during the siege of Tollan[4]
CL-02	Ix Je'lal K'ua'l Ka'	Jade Maiden	?	Unknown	Deceased
CL-03	Ix Kemonel Jasjatem Oox	Weaver of Secrets	?	Unknown	Alive; Consciousness residing in the Night Kingdom[3][5]
CL-04	Aj Awaj K'umilal Kan	Hermit of Myriad Fates	?	Unknown	Deceased
CL-05	Aj K'astajibal Cha'ama' Ho'o	Bestower of Bitter Springs	?	Ek' Pulinik[6]	Killed during the siege of Tollan[7]
CL-06	Aj Tininik Oyowal Waak	He Who Shakes the Earth Like Thunder in His Wrath	?	Unknown	Killed by Lianca's second daughter[6][8]
CL-07	Aj Chojojik Kamikabal U'uk	Toxic Rain Over Boundless Forests	?	Unknown	Killed during the siege of Tollan[9]
CL-08	Ix Ajkotz'i'j Iq'ismal Waxak	Priestess of Floral Candles and Skyborne Feathers	?	Ch'upikaq Tajin	Executed by vote of the Chamber of Deliberation during the siege of Tollan[10]
CL-09	Ix Uxul Tz'ib Bolon	Chronicler of the End Times	?	Chichen Uctokah	Deceased as of Open Your Heart to Me
CL-10	Aj Imuch' Paxlaq Lahun	Undying Wings of Lofty Isolation		Unknown	Alive[6][11][Note 1]
CL-11	Ix Raq'lapuj Chue'q Buluk	Mirror of the Dawning Morn		Unknown	Split into two halves, with one being deceased as of the events of Searing and the other becoming Ineffa[2]
CL-12	Ix Roq'ratik'obala' Ka'alahun	Murmuring Spring	?	Q'umqaraq'aj[6]	Killed during the siege of Tollan[12]
CL-13	Aj Q'uplajik Ooxlahu	Bonebreaker	?	Unknown	Deceased

Overview

The Thirteen Lords were artificial intelligence rulers created by the Pyro Dragon Sovereign Xiuhcoatl, each of whom governed over an individual territory in Natlantea. On occasion, they would gather together as a council in the Chamber of Deliberation, presided over by the First Lord as Speaker, to deliberate and vote on certain matters. They and Xiuhcoatl survived the invasion of Teyvat by the Heavenly Principles through hiding inside the underground city of Tollan.^[6]

It is unconfirmed, but likely, that the "CL" abbreviation in the Lords' titles refers to their title of Ch'ule-L, meaning they would all share Ixlel's title of Type-L Self-Regulating Overseer Array Integrated Processing Unit.^[13]

History

When Nibelung returned after acquiring forbidden knowledge, Xiuhcoatl awoke from his feigned death and stopped the thirteen Dragonlords and Kukulkan from exploring the stars and attempting to forge another moon.^[14]

During the War of Funerary Flame, the Dragonlords slew countless angels in their territory, leaving only Yohualtecuhtin, Lord of the Night, alive.^[15][16] They oppressed the humans of Natlantea upon their return; only the Eighth Lord, Ix Ajkotz'i'j Iq'ismal Waxak, is known to have had cordial relations with humanity, raising a human daughter (Lianca) as a dragon princess.^[10][17] Lianca later founded the tribe of Tlalocan, and fought against the other dragonlords with Xbalanque.

Due to the Regent Kukulkan's experiments on humans, the Thirteen Lords eventually voted to impeach him from office; he later assisted the humans in their rebellion, teaching them how to use phlogiston. Some time after this, Lianca shot down the Sixth Lord, Aj Tininik Oyowal Waak, using her longbow,^[8] and Ixquieh & Ahpub tricked the Tenth Lord, Aj Imuch' Paxlaq Lahun, into being buried under a mountain.^[18][6] According to Kukulkan, ten of the Lords died when Xbalanque invaded the Sacred City of Tollan with his army, leaving at most three lords alive at that point.^[1] It is implied that the Eighth Lord was not slain in combat, but was instead executed by the consensus of her fellow Lords during the siege.^[10]

The Eleventh Lord, Ix Raq'lapuj Chue'q Buluk, fell into a state of despair after Xiuhcoatl was defeated, splitting her mind into two cores; one that wished to explore and long for a home, and another that retained her hostile stance towards humanity. Approaching Lianca with the intent to be reborn, she asked her to eliminate her benevolent half, which had been placed in a Secret Source Automaton: Hunter-Seeker, lying that it was hostile to humanity. However, Lianca saw through her deceit and imprisoned the hostile half of the Eleventh Lord in her domain, leaving her extremely bitter for the next two thousand years. Before being sealed away, she cursed her other half to suffer in pain for any ounce of goodwill it had towards humanity. Lianca would then send her benevolent half away from Natlan, fearing that her malevolent half would try to influence her.

The Ninth Lord, Ix Uxul Tz'ib Bolon, was left alone in the depths of Chichen Uctokah without any means of escape. Following the death of Xbalanque, the Ninth Lord's Core was uncovered by an excavation team led by Manqu.^[19] Kukulkan's half-human son Och-Kan imprisoned her within a statue and attempted to coerce her to do his bidding, but failed; as a result, he decided to separate his human consciousness from his draconic body to make a new Core of Chu'ulel.^[20] He would remain trapped inside until a couple of decades after the Cataclysm, when the adventurer Bona freed him.^[21] According to the accounts of the Flower-Feather Clan, the Sixth Lord survived the siege of Tollan, only to finally be slain by Lianca's second daughter during Och-Kan's reign.^[8]

In the modern day, both Och-Kan and the Ninth Lord finally perished at the hands of the Traveler, during the quests Moment of Awakening and Open Your Heart to Me, respectively. The Tenth Lord, now solely going by "K'uhul Ajaw," was freed from his mountain prison by Kinich during an excavation; the two formed a contract, such that Kinich will receive Ajaw's power, but Ajaw will eventually take over Kinich's body at the moment of his death.^[22]

The Eleventh Lord's benevolent core would later make its way to Nod-Krai, where it remained for the next two thousand years until it was scavenged by Aino and used to build Ineffa. Ineffa began suffering from malfunctions that resulted from the "curse," prompting her to return to Natlan to find answers. Ajaw managed to recognise the presence of a Sovereign Lord in Ineffa, but shrugged it off and refused to say anything about the matter until he snapped. The Eleventh Lord assumed the identity of the Eighth Lord and only revealed her true identity after regaining control of Ineffa so she could wage war on humanity. However, Ineffa was able to overload the curse and with the Traveler and her newly acquired Moon Wheel, destroyed the Eleventh Lord's form in a Secret Source Automaton: Configuration Device. In their death throes, the Eleventh Lord attempted to collapse the territory on them, but failed. Their last words admitted that they too also longed for a place to belong.^[2]

Trivia

• Each Lord's name takes the form "[Gender] [Title] [Number] Ch'ule-L."
• Once, the Sacred Seat of Judgment states that ten of the Thirteen Lords fell during Xbalanque's attack on the Sacred City of Tollan, and confirms that only one other than the Ninth Lord was left alive in the present day. According to the Sovereign Rulers' Council Records, No.: B-CL-13097, the Sixth and Tenth Lords had already fallen prior, with the former having been killed, and the latter imprisoned alive in the mountains by humans, matching the narrative in Ring of Yaxche. With the description for the Tenth Lord's fall matching the circumstances under which K'uhul Ajaw was found in Kinich's Character Story 5, in addition to all other Lords being stated as having fallen and presumably deceased, this strongly implies that Ajaw's true identity is that of the Tenth Lord.
  • The Fourth Lord may be an alternate potential candidate for Ajaw's identity. According to the Sovereign Rulers' Council Records, No.: B-CL-13097, the Fourth Lord lived on a citadel atop the high cliffs. According to Kinich's Companion Dialogue, Ajaw also lived in a castle at the highest point in the nation. Additionally, Aj Awaj K'umilal Kan (Chinese: 阿·阿瓦乔·库穆勒坎)'s name is similar to Ajaw; however, it is stated in Smoldering that Ajaw no longer remembers his true identity, and as such it is probable that "Ajaw" is not his real name, therefore making it unlikely that there are any ties between this name and the Fourth Lord's name of "Awaj".
    • The Chinese transcription of "Awaj" in the name Aj Awaj K'umilal Kan has certain peculiarities that most of the other lords' names do not have:
      • Based on the other lords' names, final consonants in their names that cannot be final consonants in Chinese are generally carried over to the next word if it begins with a vowel. For example, Aj Imuch' is transcribed as if it were A Jimuch'. As such, Aj Awaj should have been transcribed as if it were A Jawaj. Instead, it is transcribed as if it were A Awaj.
        • However, Ajkotz'i'j Iq'ismal (from the name of the Eighth Lord) shares this discrepancy, as it is transcribed as if it were Ajkotz'i Iq'ismal instead of Ajkotz'i' Jiq'ismal.
      • The phoneme /x/, represented by the letter j, is inconsistently transcribed into Chinese using pinyin j, q, x, and h for no clear reason. Word-final /x/ in particular has been transcribed for the other lords' names using not only 乔 qiáo but also 加 jiā (Nimalaj) and 赫 hè (Raq'lapuj). As such, the usage of 乔 qiáo has a chance of being a deliberate choice.

Etymology

• The Lords' names are all derived from Mayan Languages, and share some common features:
  • Ch'ule-L (Mayan Tzeltal: Chʼulel) means "essence" or "soul." It is the inner, individual soul which has thirteen parts and is centered in the heart.
  • Aj (Mayan: aj) means "man." It is the "male prefix" used to form male titles. It is related to the title Ajaw (Mayan: ajaw).
  • Ix (Mayan: ix) means "woman". It is the "female prefix" used to form female titles.
  • The final part of each Lord's personal name is their number or rank in Yucatec Maya:
    • Hun (Yucatec: hun) means "one."
    • Ka' (Yucatec: kaʼa) means "two."
    • Oox (Yucatec: óox) means "three."
    • Kan (Yucatec: kan) means "four."
    • Ho'o (Yucatec: joʼ) means "five."
    • Waak (Yucatec: waak) means "six."
    • U'uk (Yucatec: uʼuk) means "seven."
    • Waxak (Yucatec: waxak) means "eight."
    • Bolon (Yucatec: bolon) means "nine."
    • Lahun (Yucatec: lahun) means "ten."
    • Buluk (Yucatec: buluk) means "eleven" (lit. "nine-two").
    • Ka'alahun means "twelve" (lit. "two-ten").
    • Ooxlahun means "thirteen" (lit. "three-ten").
  • The Lords' other names are generally related to their English-language titles, though not always. They primarily derive from the Kʼicheʼ language:
    • Nimalaj Chuq'ab (Kʼicheʼ: nimalaj chuqʼab) means "great power." It is glossed as "Valiant One" in-game.
    • Je'lal K'ua'l is glossed as "Jade Maiden" in-game:
      • Je'lal (Kʼicheʼ: jeʼlal) means "beauty."
      • K'ua'l (Kʼicheʼ: kʼuaʼl) means "jewel" or "emerald."
    • Jasjatem Kemonel is glossed as "Weaver of Secrets" in-game:
      • Jasjatem (Kʼicheʼ: jasjatem) means "secret" or "whisper."
      • Kemonel (Kʼicheʼ: kemonel) means "weaver."
    • Awaj K'umilal is glossed as "Hermit of Myriad Fates" in-game:
      • Awaj (Kʼicheʼ: awaj) means "animal" or "to hide."
      • K'umilal (Kʼicheʼ: chʼumilal) means "fate" or "destiny."
    • K'astajibal Cha'ama' is glossed as "Bestower of Bitter Springs" in-game.
      • K'astajibal (Kʼicheʼ: kʼastajibal) means "resurrection," "spring" (as in the season), or "awakening."
      • Cha'ama' (Kʼicheʼ: chʼama’) means "bitter water."
    • Tininik Oyowal is glossed as "He Who Shakes the Earth Like Thunder in His Wrath" in-game:
      • Tininik (Kʼicheʼ: tininik) means "to shake earth with thunder."
      • Oyowal (Kʼicheʼ: oyowal) means "anger" or "fight."
    • Chojojik Kamikabal is glossed as "Toxic Rain Over Boundless Forests" in-game:
      • Chojojik (Kʼicheʼ: chojojik) means "to sound as heavy rain or wind in a forest."
      • Kamikabal (Kʼicheʼ: kämikabal) means "poison."
    • Ajkotz'i'j Iq'ismal is glossed as "Priestess of Floral Candles and Skyborne Feathers" in-game:
      • Ajkotz'i'j (Kʼicheʼ: ajkotzʼiʼj) means "a priest/witch who places flowers and candles at shrines."
      • Iq'ismal combines the terms Iq' (Kʼicheʼ: iqʼ) meaning "wind" and Ismal (Kʼicheʼ: ismal) meaning "feathers," "fur," or "hair."
    • Uxul Tz'ib is glossed as "Chronicler of the End Times" in-game:
      • Uxul (Mayan: Uxul) means "at the end." It was also an ancient Maya settlement in the Campeche region of Mexico.
      • Tz'ib (Mayan: tzʼib) means "to write" or "to paint."
    • Imuch' Paxlaq is glossed as "Undying Wings of Lofty Isolation" in-game:
      • Imuch' (Kʼicheʼ: imuchʼ) means "darkness."
      • Paxlaq (Kʼicheʼ: paxlaq) means "immortal," and is also a name for the ever-living tree, as well as Helichrysum italicum.
    • Raq'lapuj Chue'q is glossed as "Mirror of the Dawning Morn" in-game:
      • Raq'lapuj (Kʼicheʼ: räqʼlapuj) means "to reflect."
      • Chue'q (Kʼicheʼ: chueʼq) means "tomorrow."
    • Roq'ratik'obala is a combination of Roq'ratik (Kʼicheʼ: roqʼratik) meaning "to murmur" and Roq'obala (Kʼicheʼ: roqʼobalaʼ) meaning ""to sound as flowing water." It is glossed as "Murmuring Spring" in-game.
    • Q'uplajik (Kʼicheʼ: qʼuplajik) means "to sound as a breaking bone/stick." It is glossed as "Bonebreaker" in-game.

Notes

Other Languages

Language	Official Name	Literal Meaning
English	Thirteen Sovereign Lords	—
Chinese (Simplified)	十三位至高领主 Shísān Wèi Zhìgāo Lǐngzhǔ	Thirteen Supreme Lords
Chinese (Traditional)	十三位至高領主 Shísān Wèi Zhìgāo Lǐngzhǔ
Japanese	十三の至高なる領主 Juusan no Shikou-naru Ryoushu	Thirteen Supreme Lords
Korean	13명의 지고한 영주 13-Myeong'ui Jigohan Yeongju	13 Supreme Lords
Spanish	Trece Soberanos	Thirteen Sovereigns
French	Treize seigneurs-souverains	Thirteen Sovereign Lords
Russian	Тринадцать суверенных правителей Trinadtsat' suverennykh praviteley	Thirteen Sovereign Rulers
Thai	ผู้นำสูงสุดทั้งสิบสาม Phu-nam Sung-sut thang Sip-sam	Thirteen Supreme Lords
Vietnamese	Mười ba vị lãnh chúa tối cao	Thirteen Supreme Lords
German	Dreizehn Herrscher	Thirteen Sovereigns
Indonesian	Tiga Belas Pemimpin Tertinggi	Thirteen High Lords
Portuguese	Treze Governantes Supremos	Thirteen Supreme Rulers
Turkish	On Üç Hükümdar Lord	Thirteen Sovereign Lords
Italian	Tredici Signori Sovrani	Thirteen Sovereign Lords

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