Quetz Couatl

Feathered serpents that serve the highest powers of good, couatls are not only powerful creatures but also powerful symbols of goodness. The most common variety of couatl is the quetz couatl.[1][2]

Appearance


A quetz couatl has the body of a huge snake with very brightly coloured scales. Large bird wings covered in feathers of myriad brilliant tones grow from its back. The average quetz couatl is around 12 feet long with a wingspan of 15 feet. A quetz couatl is such an impressive sight that it can awe more primitive peoples into believing it to be a god.[3]

Habitat and ecology


Quetz couatls are most often found in warm forests, particularly the rainforests.

Quetz couatls dedicate themselves to teaching the virtues of goodness and wisdom to those they encounter and are considered paragons of wisdom and beauty, with some even regarding them as gods. While quetz couatls do not encourage this reverence, they tolerate it if it helps them spread their message. Despite their outsider nature, quetz couatls still have to eat, preferring the small birds, reptiles, and other animals favoured by the snakes they resemble. However, they have also been known to consume the bodies of fallen enemies. Sometimes if a quetz couatl favours a person, it offers some of its feathers to be used to summon it later.

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