Mictla

Mictla is a Huehuei Callah of Ixal, and is widely infamous as being stricken by disaster after disaster. Whether this is a curse or simple bad luck is debated, but the people make due with what they have.

Geography
Due to the numerous disasters that plague Mictla, the roads to their bordering lands have been destroyed, but the occasional brave (or stupid) traveler can go southwest by the water route to Xochitla, or direct south on land to Tecuanitla.

Despite the bad luck the Callah seems to have with keeping their buildings intact, they seem to have figured out how to make their buildings watertight to combat the heavy downpours and winds akin to typhoons that wrack their land. The area is almost entirely swamp, and is very flat with few hills and small trees that are ineffective in slowing or stopping the storms. The skies are almost always cloudy. Their main species, Huiatot and Miyeczoa, are easy to see from the town of Mictla itself, wading in the waters. The wind is enough that it can blow both species off their feet in gusts, making the residents always worry whenever one lumbers too close. The land also used to be home to a rare variety of aquatic Maztochi Ixaal, though they were hunted to extinction. This can be seen as the beginning of all of Mictla's problems.

Demographics and Behaviour
Due to the reputation as cursed and forsaken that the Callah has garnered, not even the most foolhardy Ixalen would visit Mictla for tourism. They do welcome visitors with open arms, and are always prepared to shelter and shower them with gifts and luxuries that they salvage. Outside of the Callah, Mictlanii are often discriminated against by other Huehuei Callah, usually prohibited from entering buildings, but Macehua Callah tend to be much more welcoming.

The Mictlanii people are widely considered to be smart, agile, observant, and beyond capable in magic. From a young age, even, they are trained in necromancy and alteration of the world around them. They are often considered to harbour incredibly bad luck, though this often goes unproven. This belief was founded by a famine that swept across the callah when their primary food source was hunted to extinction, and the ongoing trouble the Callah faces regularly. It was seen as wrath from the deities; divine punishment for toying with magic.