A couple thousands of years ago in the Barbarous Age, the
ancient and powerful Zapotec civilization ruled over the Valley of Oaxaca,
Mexico. These ancient people were led by
a hierarchy of priests, who gained their strength and power from ritual
sacrifices and worshiping their mighty gods in a 4,090 square foot temple.
The temple contained many riches from ceramic vessels,
whistles and incense burners. These
objects showed the power the priests were able to display. The main source of their power came from
their ritual sacrifices. Not only were
turkeys and doves sacrificed to the gods, but also humans. Yes, the priests used human blood sacrifice to control
and maintain power.
The power of their blood rituals allowed them to develop
agriculture, calendars and the written word.
The priests were not to be taken lightly and those who underestimated them
were brought to the temple to be consumed by the gods. The priests wielded their power with abandon,
the Valley was easily conquered with the Might of the Blood Sacrifice.
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