What does Chitza-Atlan's name mean?
By Maria Deltorre
Chichen is alternatively spelled Chitza, meaning mouth or well, or more figuratively, gate.
Tlan is an Aztec word meaning 'place of'.
So, literally, Chitza Atlan means, roughly, 'Place of Mouths' or 'Place of Gates'
Given the description of C-A in C1 tho, I would twist the meaning a little and call him the 'Guardian of the Gates'. Make him a demigod servant of Camazotz, lord of the Mayan underworld, who is tasked with guarding the gateway between the underworld and the Oerth, as is implied in the module text.
Keep in mind tho, the mummified centaur is not the appearance of C-A, but merely a 'sacred offspring' of that entity. See C1 encounter area 49 for confirmation of this.
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