View source for Menhirs in the Grotto

==Details==
[[Image:Mysteries of Mesoamerica.jpg|thumb|''The Mysteries of Mesoamerica Front Cover'']]

'''Pages:''' 32

'''Author(s):''' [[Brian Appleton]]

'''Artist(s):''' [[Blair Reynolds]]

'''Setting:''' [[1920s]]

'''Appears in:''' [[The Mysteries of Mesoamerica]].

'''Campaign:''' 

==Summary==
A team of investigators travels to the historical city of Texcoco, Mexico to study a recently unearthed stela appearing to be Aztec in origin.

==Links== 
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==Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only==
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===Synopsis===
The stela is part of an ancient site dedicated to the Aztec goddess Coatlicue, whose location is now used to worship [[Shub-Niggurath]]. The cult leader is Conchita Moreno, the beautiful assistant of Dr. Carlos Calderón, the team contact in Mexico. Her greatest ally is Emilio Herrera, construction businessman, who is a secret worshipper of Nyarlathotep. The cult plans to perform a "Ritual of Ribirth", where Conchita will be transformed in a  [[Gof'nn Hupadgh Shub-Niggurath]], or Blessed of Shub-Niggurath.
 
===References===
'''Player Handouts:''' 
* Were-Jaguar figurine;
* Six stelae depicting various scenes related to fertility, fecundity and fruitfulness;
* Dais depicting the dismemberment of Coyolxauhqui;
* 12-inch high statue of Coatlicue;
* Two 6-inch high statue of Tlazolteotl giving birth to Tezcatlipoca;
* Jaguar censer;
* Tiger god Figurine;
*Adorned Skull;
* Statue of Were-Jaguar;
* Etchings depicting Tezcatlipoca and Tepeyollotli.

'''Locations:''' Outskirts of Texcoco, Mexico.

'''Creatures:''' [[Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath]], [[Zombie]], [[Gof'nn Hupadgh Shub-Niggurath]], [[Were-jaguar]].

'''Tomes and Artifacts:'''
* ''Transformación'', by Fray Umberto Fernandez, a book handwritten in Spanish, detailing and comparing the various states of lycanthropy;
* Enchanted Sacrificial Obsidian Dagger;
* Smoking Mirror;
* Shamanic Mask of Jaguar.

'''Campaigns / Scenarios:''' Dr. Carlos Calderón, who acts in this scenario as official Mexican liasion between the University of Mexico City and the archeological team has a dark side that will creep up in [[The Heretics]], another scenario from [[The Mysteries of Mesoamerica]]. This link can be used to build a mini-campaign. 

===Comments / Trivia===
The following data is included for use in this scenario but may also be useful somewhere else: 
* Statistics for 4 Mexican cultist guards;
* Statistics for 8 Mexican digsite workers;
* Statistics for 3 Mexican policemen;
* Statistics for zombies;
* Statistics for a typical Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath;
* Statistics for Shub-Niggurath;
* Complete description with statistics to [[Were-jaguar]].

===Keeper Comments===


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[[Category:CoC:Scenarios set in Mexico]]
[[Category:CoC:1920s scenarios]]
[[Category:CoC:Investigators are academics]]
[[Category:CoC:Mythos-heavy scenarios]]
[[Category:CoC:Exploration scenarios]]
[[Category:CoC:Archaeology scenarios]]
[[Category:CoC:Transformation scenarios]]
[[Category:CoC:Dark Young scenarios]]
[[Category:CoC:Gof'nn Hupadgh scenarios]]
[[Category:CoC:Zombie scenarios]]
[[Category:CoC:Cultist scenarios]]
[[Category:CoC:Shub-Niggurath scenarios]]
[[Category:CoC:Scenarios referencing Nyarlathotep]]
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