In ancient Teotihuacan, the maimed and exiled grandson of the Supreme Leader, now trained in the use of psychoactive drugs to achieve the shape-shifting powers of the Nagual, returns home to defend his homeland against a rival Mayan city-state led by his evil half-sister.

SYNOPSIS:

Born the grandson of the Supreme Lord of the Teotihuacan Mexica Empire, Kokopelli (Koko) is maimed at birth by the jealous Tikal prince, Nxmul, who abducts his mother, Juju, making her his unwilling consort. Secreted to the northern deserts for his safety, the infant Koko is raised by Popo, the sorceress and daughter of the mysterious alien Xlangl, regent to the Supreme Lord. Popo teaches him access to the Nagual, a powerful spirit world opened by psychoactive drugs.

At 18, Koko and his adopted sister, Bebe, must journey to Teotihuacan in order to help Popo avenge the death of her father, and prevent the fall of Teotihuacan to an evil priest conspiracy. On the road, Koko sings songs and plays flute, and is besieged by young girls eager to lie with the strange, but prolific young poet. With a small band of derelict warriors gathered along the way, they travel through a sad and desolate land, fighting off evil priests and brutal slave masters.

Reaching Teotihuacan, Koko is captured and taken to Tikal by the evil priest, Coltal, then tortured by the evil king and his daughter, Xixi, Koko’s half-sister, who also knows the Nagual. Bebe and the warrior band rescue Koko, seize the king, and return to Teotihuacan. where they are in turn besieged by Tikal’s army, lead by Xixi and the fearsome Feathered Serpent, Quetzalcoatl.

Koko performs songs of love and hope from the great pyramid, comforting the people. Koko and Xixi battle to the finish using the Nagual to resurrect an epic battle between the two forms of Quetzalcoatl: the Feathered Serpent and the Flying Serpent. When the battle turns against the defenders of Teotihuacan, the peasants rise up in a single night, and with dried cornstalks from the vast fields, burn the heart of the great city, driving out the nobles and then abandoning their gods and the city forever.

Koko and Bebe return to the northern deserts, dispensing music and happiness, leaving commemorative petroglyphs all along the way, still present to this day.

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