Based on: Huitzilopochtli (god of war and the sun)

Gender: Male

Role: The supreme warlord-elder, tactician of planetary-scale hunts. Wields relic weaponry and leads only the deadliest rites. His skin is marked with glowing red glyphs, and his dreadlocks are bound in golden armor rings.

Reputation: Never defeated in over a millennium. Other elders defer to him in matters of honor and war.

Based on: Mictecacihuatl (lady of the dead)

Gender: Female

Role: Overseer of death rites and bone rituals. She communes with the spirits of fallen Ryautjan and guides reincarnation cycles. She wears bone armor crafted from the remains of ancient foes.

Aura: Cold and mystic; her word can stop bloodshed or initiate genocide.

Based on: Tezcatlipoca (god of night, sorcery, and fate)

Gender: Male

Role: Master geneticist and manipulator of evolutionary fates. Twists captured DNA into superior hunter breeds. Possesses one obsidian eye that reflects only the truth.

Philosophy: Chaos breeds perfection through survival.

Based on: Xochiquetzal (goddess of fertility, beauty, and love)

Gender: Female

Role: Matron of genetic legacy and bloodlines. Guides selective procreation to strengthen Ryautjan lines. Also a deadly close-combat specialist with bladed fans.

Irony: Beauty in form, brutality in function.