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Of the Four, Tzaltos commands the greatest individual following. The god of elemental Fire is temperamental and can be nearly as capricious as Lucia; however, his destructive tendencies are far stronger than the goddess'. His sacred places are centered around volcanic steamvents, hot springs, and pillars of flame created by ignited swamp gas. While Tzaltos also has dedicated temples scattered in several cities, these tend to be viewed askance by local authorities—the presence of Tzaltos' worshipers often goes hand-in-hand with a mysterious increase in arson incidents.

In part, it is the power and beauty of Fire that accounts for Tzaltos' popularity, but the theological reasons run deeper than that. The similarity between living flame and living creatures—both needing food and air to survive, reproducing themselves so long as there is fuel to sustain their increases, and losing some undefinable warmth and animated essence when they die—has long been a subject of religious interpretation, and remains one of the central mysteries of the faith. Each of his temples keeps an Eternal Flame burning at its center; if the Flame is ever allowed to die, the worshipers abandon that temple as forsaken by their god.

**Alignment:** Neutral
**Colors:** Red and orange
**Symbols:** A solitary flame or a man aflame