- "Let all that is flesh burn; and, in ashes, find relief."
- ―Hunhau[src]
Hunhau was an ancient evil who resided within the deepest crater of the comet Xibalba for eons, nourished by the heat of the stars, before being released into Azteca. Hunhau had originally been driven to slumber by Druids. Nameless, Hunhau was given its[1] name by ancient Aztecans, meaning "Death," as that was what it offered. Hunhau was worshipped by the Cult of the Crying Sky, a cult of Aztecans who wished to spread Hunhau's truth of death across the Spiral. Supported by Hunhau's Revenants, the re-animated corpses of Aztecans that were manipulated to serve it, the cult's Crying Sky Priests took lives as energy to fuel Hunhau and make it stronger.[2] According to ancient Aztecans, Hunhau was a "Primal Being of Death," and was the subject of tales claiming that it battled Hades for dominion of the Underworld. Though, prior to Hunhau's awakening, modern scholars questioned if it ever existed, with some even postulating that Hunhau was simply the Aztecan name for Grandfather Spider.[3]
Trivia[]
- Hunhau appears in Wizard101 as the main antagonist of "The Crying Sky," a Raid which was added to the game with the "Crying Sky Raid Update" on July 26, 2023.[4] Test Realm for the update opened on July 10, 2023.[5] The Raid went unbeaten for months, with the first win being achieved by Party, the Guild of content creator AwesomeTheSauce, on October 7, 2023.[6]
- Hunhau is voiced by Sam Johnson. This was first revealed by Benjamin "Ratbeard" Durbin in the Wizard101 Test Realm Discord server on July 19, 2023.[7] The role was further confirmed in a post by Voices of the Spiral the same day, the 87th Twitter feature by the project.[8]
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ Though Gwyn Fellwarden exclusively uses it/its pronouns to refer to Hunhau, one of the Lore Tablets found in The Crying Sky uses he/him instead. As the it/its pronouns are more commonly used, this article assumes they are correct.
- ↑
Wizard101 — "Crying Sky Raid"
- ↑ Wizard101 — "The Crying Sky"
- ↑ Wizard101 Crying Sky Raid Update release announcement - Twitter
- ↑ Wizard101 Summer 2023 Test Realm announcement - Twitter
- ↑ Party Guild Crying Sky world's first - Twitter
- ↑ Ratbeard confirms Sam Johnson voiced Hunhau - Discord
- ↑ Voices of the Spiral #87: Sam Johnson as Hunhau in Wizard101 - Twitter
