Bab 155: Chapter 96: The Coronation Ceremony: Song and Dance, Sacrifices, Light, and Blood_3

From the Great Temple stretched a long, blue procession of Sacrifices. Under the escort of fully-armed War Priests, they took another step forward. At today's Sacrificial Rite, 365 Otomi nobles were to be sacrificed at the War God's Temple, symbolizing the 365 days of the Haab' Sun Calendar. Every day, the Sun God required the blood and heart of a noble descendant to maintain the world's rotation.

In this era, under the control of Trakel Er, the scale of the sacrifices was limited. The rites emphasized the sacredness of the ritual process and the nobility of the Sacrifices' bloodline, focusing on the quality of the Sacrifices, rather than merely increasing the quantity. Most ordinary captives were consigned to labor on massive construction projects. And Maya blue was the Heavenly Divine's dye, symbolizing those sent to the Divine Kingdom as Sacrifices.