Huemac ruled Tollan as the last king after Quetzalcoatl's exile, presiding over its decline as famine and sorcery ravaged the city until the Toltec capital finally fell and Huemac fled to Chapultepec.
Quetzalcoatl ruled Tollan as Ce Acatl Topiltzin, the priest-king who banned human sacrifice and presided over a golden age where cotton grew in colors and cacao trees bore fruit without tending, until Tezcatlipoca's sorcery drove him into exile.
Tezcatlipoca disguised himself and tricked Quetzalcoatl into drinking pulque at Tollan, causing his disgrace. Shamed, Quetzalcoatl departed Tollan and journeyed east to the coast.
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