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The following article/section is from the Storm Runner/Shadow Bruja continuity under Rick Riordan Presents and not the Riordanverse canon. |
| “ | What he means, is that if you don’t share your amazing wisdom with us, then we can’t defeat the Lords of Night, who are waking up, and they’ll probably make their own technogic globe, and then their would be two of you. | ” |
–Ren to Saás as she convinces the orb to help them after Ah-Puch nearly threatens it in, Lords of Night. | ||
Renata "Ren" Santiago is a fourteen-year-old Mayan godborn child of Pacific and a Mexica bruja. She is a main character in the Storm Runner Trilogy and the protagonist of the Shadow Bruja Duology under Rick Riordan Presents. She is later revealed to be the queen of the Aztec lords of night, prophesied to betray her friends and loved ones by an ancient prophecy.
History[]
Family Lineage and Early Life[]
Through her father, Renata Santiago is descended from powerful Mexica brujos. They are possibly the last living sobernatural Mexica in the modern day. This lineage caused Pacific to have a child with a man of the bloodline, her father, to spite the other gods. Her father and grandfather had different opinions of her mother. The two would fight constantly over it along with their brujo, magic user, heritage that occasionally surfaced in members of their family. At the age of five, she started to manifest the ability to use Shadow Magic, her abeulo tried to teach her, but failed in doing so.
At some point her father sadly died, and she was placed in the care of her abuelo. Soon after she had a dream about him and saw a shadow creature in his shape when she woke up, however it quickly vanished. She suffered from absence seizures throughout her life, describing them as blacking out, losing track of time, and has no idea what goes on around her. None of the medications doctors gave her had any effect. However, they were really a side affect of her time controlling abilities, as well as a gateway to her powers.
Triggering her Mayan Heritage[]
In a library, she found and read a book by Zane Obispo which told of his misadventures with Mayan Gods, and thought it was really good. A few months later, about two weeks after her thirteenth birthday, she read the last page out loud and heard noises on the roof. Soon she heard her father’s music and her abeulo came and went to a pier where a boat was waiting for her. She got in and her abeulo gave her his blessing, she went off and was soon surrounded by a fog. Hours later, she reached Isla Holbox.
Storm Runner Trilogy[]
The Fire Keeper[]
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Ren first appears rowing towards Zane Obispo, who is sitting on the beach on Isla Holbox late at night after having retrieved a message from Jazz revealing the location of his father. When she reaches shore she trips and cuts her forehead but Rosie heals her. When she comes to she pushes Zane away in fright but after realizing who he and Rosie are, becomes exited and pets the hellhound and tells Zane she read the book the gods forced him to write. She tells Zane her story she proves she is a godborn by responding to telepathy. She demonstrates her limited control over the shadow creatures that show up around her from time to time and falls asleep in the fire Rosie made. When she falls asleep something comes out of her boat. As Zane, Rosie and Brooks fight the monsters she sleeps but awakes and seemingly freezes time before banishes them. After getting excited about meeting Brooks, Ren explains that the shadow creatures occasionally take the form of whatever she is dreaming about but leave as soon as she wakes up. She also says that only those with magic in their blood can see them. Brooks agrees to let Ren stay with her for the time being, as long as Rosie stands guard.   King Pakal's sarcophagus, a subject of Ren's theory In the morning she is found by Hondo Obispo and given a walking tour of the town by Zane's mother She calls her abuelo, who is flying down, and is left in the care of Antonia Caballero. When she arrives she is ambushed by a Mud Person and placed with the real Ms. Cab. She rends out a telepathic message for help as they wait. When the others find them they free the two. She is amazed when Brooks destroys the mud person. As they leave she backs Zane's plan to bypass the barrier by going to Xib'alb'a, wanting to know if Ixtab was her mother. Zane tells her to stay for her abuelo, but she says he would want her to go with them. Just them Hondo arrives and, after revealing he knows Ren is a godborn and after being filled in, asks to join them. Ren backs him saying he helped them out during the quest of Ah-Puch. Zane reluctantly agrees and they head out. On the way, Ren mentioned her connection theory between the gods and aliens, particularly the sarcophagus of King Pakal. As they hike to the Beast, she zones out and is placed on Rosie's back. She comes to just as they enter the beast. She explains that the zone outs happen when she is stressed or nervous and she is concerned what to do if she meets Ixtab. As they go deeper she reveals she does not have night vision like Zane. After wandering the corridors of the beast, Rosie finds a hidden gateway and Zane opens it to reveal a snowy landscape. She stays behind as she feels it is the wrong way. As the others fall through a frozen lake into an icy tornado, she finds an elevator and meets them in the icy cavern covered in eyes and moments later Quinn arrives and reluctantly agrees to help them. As they head to Clementino, who chooses what is salvaged and what is destroyed in Xib'alb'a, she asks Quinn about aliens and the Maya, however she brushes off the questions. When they arrive they are sanitized and given new clothing to hide their human sent. The four are given old fast food employee uniforms and, when the others are given white sneakers, she keeps her red boots. They set out into the underworld. When they reach a canyon filled with toxic gas, Quinn tells the others to be quiet and breathe only if necessary. She goes with Brooks while the Obispos go with Quinn. When they encourage winged Demon Runners the nawals take evasive maneuvers and head to a mountain range. She is told the they will be meeting Ixtab and spurts out something about aliens when first meeting the goddess. They two then have a telepathic conversation and she learns Ixtab is not her mother and Ixtab learns of Zane's call to other godborns. When Ixtab asks to speak with Zane alone, she leaves with the others. An hour later Zane returns and asks Ren what she and Ixtab talked about, she hesitates and Itzel arrives with their new armor like clothing with her getting a yellow hooded sweatshirt and black track pants with white stripes on the sides. After Zane meets with Hurakan in The Empty, they explain Ixtab's offer and they set out to find the goddess. The four wander through a battle field and find the Queen of Xib'alb'a on a cliff ledge. After the goddess leaves Quinn in charge of Zane's Death Ceremony, he asks her what they talked about but she remains tight lipped. When Quinn tells them to jump into a waterfall, she goes with Hondo. They end up at a wedding reception in San Miguel de Allende and Quinn informs them that despite spending ten hours in Xib'alb'a, only two passed in the land of the living. Quinn takes them through a church to El Grito, the home of Fausto who will perform the Death Ceremony. When they enter the property she inspects the death masks, believing they resemble aliens and gives Zane a worried look as he undergoes the Death Ceremony. She and the others look at Zane in shock when the ceremony ends and they stay at El Grito for the night. As Zane sneaks out early the following morning, he sees Ren sleeping on a bench by the church and shadow creatures begin to emerge. Soon after Zane and Rosie start to fight it, she wakes up and banishes it. As Zane makes excuses to leave she reveals he is leaving things out about his meeting with the Red Queen. She then explains what Ixtab told her, that the gods would kill her family if they found out they were brujos. She explains that is has something to do with her Mexican heritage when she spots a figure hobbling towards them and Zane reveals it is Ah-Puch. Zane tells her to trigger her camouflage but she has trouble and just uses the shadows to hide herself. After listening to Ah-Puch offer to take them to the Fire Keeper, she feels sorry for him and pleads with Zane to accept his offer. He asks to join them but Zane declines her offer, however Ah-Puch feels Ren should come as being a godborn with keep her safe. The death god opens a gateway to just as dawn breaks and Brooks sees them jump through with Ah-Puch. They end up at Cabo San Lucas in Baja California Sur at sunset. She and Ah-Puch do not see the blue money Zane points out and the death god tells them to run when he smells something coming at them. They head to the docks and Ah-Puch steals a boat. They soon see a cloud that becomes a colony of bats that attack them. She hides behind a seat and Zane and Ah-Puch protect her, she uses Hondo’s meditation technique to study calm. After Ah-Puch temporarily regains his form, she starts at him in shock and tells them they bats were after her and requests the bats be put to rest at sea. They head to shore and Ah-Puch takes them to a luxury hotel, courtesy of K'ukumatz's arrangement and with out his knowledge. They stay in a villa and Ah-Puch explains that bats were under the command of Camazotz, the Mayan bat god, and Ren realizes they were the same creatures from before she left Texas. She explains the gods want to kill her family because their is something not Mayan about them, but before Ren can say more she has a seizure and blacks out. Ah-Puch catches her and puts her on a couch. After she recovers, she and Ah-Puch find Zane on the beach and bring him inside. They soon come under attack by bats and hotel security. Zane tells them to go to New Mexico and calls her a traitor, making he cry. She angrily tells Zane she has Mexica blood in her and the gods want to wipe out her family because of that. As hotel security barges into the villa, they climb on Rosie and escape but are soon quartered by more guards and a helicopter on a cliff. As Rosie distracts the guards, they jump off the cliff and she somehow manages to slow them down and Ah-Puch teleports them to New Mexico. They land near Zane‘s old home and she goes over to check on Ah-Puch. They find a footprint of an Ahuizotl, a Mexica water monster, and evidence that Brooks and Hondo where in a battle and captured. She tells Zane to stay calm and soon after the son of Hurakan triggers a trap.   Pacific, her mother. She, Rosie and Ah-Puch track down Zane and the godborns and, using her Mexica magic, picks the locks and frees them all. However there escape is thwarted when Marco throws a hammer at Camazotz. After the bat god wake up and Ah-Puch sides with him, she tears up in disbelief. They explain the twin's plan to use the blood of Hurakan and the godborns to revive the Mexica Gods and create a world with themselves on top. As Zane, Rosie, and Hondo fight Camazotz, she creates a shield of shadows to safeguard the godborns as they take cover. When Ah-Puch is killed by Camazotz after he stabbed the bat god, she rushes him and gets grabbed by the bat god, who plans to sacrifice her after finding out she has been Mayan and Mexica blood. She blacks out during the ordeal. After Zane gives Ah-Puch his Jaguar Jade, he threatens the bat god and he frees her from his grasp as she and the others escape while Ah-Puch holds of Camazotz. They end up in a jungle and, after quickly coming back, tells Zane it is 11:27PM, giving him an idea about what her mom is. As Zane readies to save his father, Ren asks to come with him and Rosie lets Ren on her back. They reach the pyramid the execution is at and see a crowd of sobernaturals at the base with Hurakan chained up at the top surrounded by K'ukumatz, Ixtab, Ixkakaw, Nakon, Alom, Itzamna, and Chaac. She uses shadows to camouflage them and, after being spotted by Jazz, makes them look like his shadow. After Chaac triggers Rosie when saying "dead god", she loses her camouflage and the crowd recognizes her from the news. Jazz scoops her up as Zane heads towards his father. After the twins escape and the gods catch Zane and Brooks, she stands with the godborns. As they return to Xib'alb'a, she and the others wait outside as Zane talks with the gods. After they agree to train and claim the godborns, she learns her mother is Pacific. After the gods learn she has Mexica heritage, the gods let her live for the time being due to needing her to fend of the twins. She is excited that Pacific is her mother and greets her abuelo when she returns to Isla Holbox and the two have dinner with the Obispos, Brooks and Quinn when Pacific joins them. As they say their goodbyes, her mother gives her a small gold watch that will always tell her the correct time and that she has somehow managed to speed up or slow down time on her own. |
The Shadow Crosser[]
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As Zane is in New York City tracking down the last godborn, she and Hondo call him to tell him the gods moved up the start date for SHIHOM to the day after tomorrow. After Zane sends out an emergency signal for Rosie, she and Hondo go with her and help convince Adrik and Alana to join them. The following morning, she and the others wait on the beach for air spirits to take them to SHIMON. However they are on strike so they are instead taken there by giant turtles sent by Ah-Puch, much to her enjoyment. She and Adrik share a turtle and she goes into a trance as they are attacked by black ooze. When the others are taken captive by Camazotz and Ixkik' looking for twin's stone, she snaps out of her trance and rides on Brooks's back as she saves Alana. Ah-Puch greets her after she arrives at SHIHOM. After the claiming ceremony, she talks with Zane along with Brooks and Hondo about the twin’s stone and the death of the wine god. She tells them that the black sludge was affecting both her Mayan and Mexica powers. She agrees to go to the library to research more on the stone. The following morning she and Hondo head to the library and wait for Zane and Brooks to start. They search a bookcase when they learn Zane call receive any information he wants in the library to no avail. When the twins arrive, having been tipped of as she and Alana share a treehouse and the daughter of Ixtab heard the daughter of Pacific get up earl, and they reluctantly tell them about the stone. When they learn it is a key that unlocks magical barriers, the theorize the blood moon goddess and bat god want to sneak into SHIHOM and kill them in their sleep. But Hondo feels they want to kill them when they are awake and alert. Just then Itzamna arrives and she asks him if he can see aliens, he ignores her and collapses on the floor. She and Alana help him and the moon god takes them to the Ceiba World Tree and says the gods have been placed into a deep slumber. She mentions her mother's time rope could help if she could give it to them. Later when Zane tells them the gods were taken down by Tlaltecuhtli, she becomes worried about Ah-Puch. Zane withholds the information on her being their best hope until they are alone. As Zane tells the godborns about their current predicament, she fiddles with her watch and Zane realizes she can freeze time to give them an advantage. She and the others meet up in the library to find information on the Crystal Caves and she congratulates Alana on finding her power. However Itzamna arrives and tells them to leave as the tree is under attack. She goes with Zane, Louie, and Alana to the caves while the others head to a safe house in Montana. They leave but end up at the Matterhorn ride at Disneyland. They soon try again. They reach the caves and a gold thread comes out of her watch, as it is made out of the same material as the time rope. They follow it to a hole and she slides down it. When she emerges she is met by Sipacna, a giant who tries to take the thread from her. However he is hurt by the thread and she saved him. She tells him she is Pacific's daughter and he apologizes and thanks her for saving his life Thirty minutes later Zane arrives and offers to help with the rope, but she is the only one who can touch it without dying. They are soon surrounded by ghosts and Sipacna. She stops Zane from attacking him and and explains everything to him. When Alana and Louie arrive, the thread drags her away. The giants catches her as the thread snaps and creates a portal and the godborns proceed. As they walk their destiny threads appear above their heads and they are warned no to touch them. The four reach six statues of gods each holding an orb with a word on it. Zane thinks it is a distraction and something happens. Zane sees something under the sand and they clean it off to find a mural of the stars. She sees Orion is missing a star and think of the Mayan creation story. She presses her watch against a missing star and Zane thinks he found the calendar. The scenery changes to funhouse mirrors and the calendar itself asks what they want. After they explain why they are there, it has her ask the question and Zane pay the price. When she asks where the gods are, they are shown a picture of Venice Beach and Zane must offer his blood. Ren offer part of her watch and is told to pay the price in the future, however Zane accidentally touch his destiny thread, altered his fate and K'iin. The calendar accepts this as payment and, after the godborns argue with it, reveals the gods are trapped in 1987. The floor gives out and they fall, but fortunately they grad onto a ledge. After Adrik makes contact with Alana to tell her everyone is safe at the ranch, they go to Montana, after a brief detour to a pizzeria, and end up in a bullpen. She freezes time as Zane whips up a smokescreen and they make their way to a mansion sized log cabin. As Alana and Louie leave, she and Zane explain everything to Hondo, Brooks, and Marco. As they wonder how they are going to go back in time. Zane realizes they can use a few threads of the time rope from her watch. Itzamna confirms this, but says not to interact with anyone in the past as it could disrupt the future and someone has to act as an anchor so the others can return, a shadow crosser. After Hondo and Marco volunteer to act as anchors, she tries to get as many threads from her watch as possible. Later that night she watches as the godborns declare a takeover of the universe after Zane reveals the truth to them. The following morning she, Zane, Brooks, Hondo, Rosie, Adrik and Alana meet in the barn to go to the Old World. When they arrive she creates the rope and hands it over to Hondo, as she, Zane, Brooks, Marco, and Adrik prepare to go to 1987, Itzamna warns them that they only have twenty-four hours to find the gods or be trapped in the past. When they arrive she shows them the address and Brooks realizes it is the hero twin's old address and Marco theorizes the gods are trapped in an object and the twins don’t realize what they have. Brooks realizes they can get help from a younger Jazz, who they can memory wipe after, and they go to his house, however he attacks them. Zane passes out and they take him inside as Brooks says they are magicians and try to convince him to sneak them onto the twin’s yacht to find the gods during one of their parties. When Adrik talks about a Prince song that came out in 1991, she spills her drink on him to get the son of Ixtab to stop. Jazz agrees and gives them Obi-Wan Kenobi costumes to wear, as it is a Star Wars party. As Jazz takes them to the boat he asks for proof that they are magicians and she controls shadows. When they arrive at the yacht they sneak on board as the party goers are distracted by Prince's arrival. She blocks out the security cameras and doorway in the ballroom they sneak into as Rosie sniffs out a painting and emits a blue mist what causes the painting to vanish. They hear someone coming and she tries to freeze time, only for it to not work as they used all the thread. After the others realize the gods are imprisoned in Tlaltecuhtli and the Mexica goddes is freed, she and Adrik head back to the boat as Zane and Rosie fight off Jordan and Bird. When Zane and Brooks return with the Devourer, they rush back to shore as the twins attack them. Adria seemingly erases their memories and when they arrive Marco is missing. They find him buried in the sand and after erasing Jazz's memories they return to the present to find Hondo has drastically aged and the mask crumbles. They notice Saqik'oxol, who says the World Tree is under attack and she summons her army. They arrive at Hurakan's treehouse to find the jungle ablaze and the records being destroyed. The daughter of Pacific comforts the Devourer as she regurgitates two of the gods and she and Brooks go after them. Soon after Brooks leaves her to find Quinn and the daughter of Pacific runs into Rosie and she finds her mother and Ah-Puch as teenagers and returns to the treehouse. She hugs Hondo upon finding out he is back to normal and comforts him when they learn Jordan and Quinn were married when Ixkik' projects her voice. They listen as the goddess of the blood moon says she is hunting down the gods and tells Zane to come in the World Tree. As Zane talk to Ixkik', she unintentionally reveals he has others with him. After Zane surrenders they wonder what Ixkik' is planing as he leaves and agree to find as many gods as they can. When they call for reinforcements from Montana, her mother gives her the time rope, as it is no good to her in her current form, and she uses her shadow magic to fight the enemy. When Zane is forced to finally agree to Ixkik's terms, she sneaks up from behind and lassos the time goddess with the time rope and imprisons Jordan in shadows for a while. When he breaks free she manages to tangle Ixkik' and Jordan in the time rope and banishes them to somewhere unknown, but in a time loop, as they try and fail to take Zane will them. When Zane’s mother saves him she hugs Zane and explains that the rope is hers now. As the gods and their friends come in to congratulate Zane, the gods ask to speak to him alone and she and the others leave. Two weeks later during the victory celebration, she dances with Adrik. |
The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities: New Stories About Mythic Heroes[]
Cave of Doom[]
Zane calls her after believing she was right about the Mayans having a connection to extraterrestrials. However it goes to voicemail and he leaves her a message.
Shadow Bruja Duology[]
Lords of Night[]
A few months after stopping the hero twins, Ren is in her bedroom in Galveston looking over hateful comments on her blog, Eyes in the Sky, when Marco calls after football practice asking if she can help him with a paper. As they talk, she sees a comment from someone, Sir Switchblade, in Kansas about seeing a creature with five children, one of whom transformed into a snake. Ren believes them to be the Cinco, a renegade group of five godborns who desire to overthrow the gods as Marco questions why they would be there as Ren thinks their might be a portal present. Marco does not think so and tells her everyone is busy with something when Sir Switchblade send a picture. Ren convinces Marco to join her in Kansas, who is reluctant to miss a game the following night, after agreeing to write his essays for two years. She even agrees to go to his location, Waco, to pick him up after his Gateway Map is supposedly broken. Marco's mother calls him to dinner and he says he can meet Ren in half an hour. As Ren gets her phone, she notices there messages from Zane with him and Brooks telling her about a box they found with a painting of eyes like the one on her blog and something that was not Mayan. She tries to call them back but it goes to voicemail. Ren goes to Waco and meets Marco outside the Dr Pepper Museum. They call Sir Switchblade, who is revealed to be around their age, and tells them no one believe him. Ren convinces him to give them his address and they find a gateway by the suspension bridge. Marco guides her as she explains what Zane and Brooks told her, but he brushes it off as they reach the bridge. The gateway appears ten feet in the air and Ren gives them a boost, much to Marco's unease. Marco goes in first and, before Ren enters, she thinks she sees a blond girl watching her.
The emerge in a barn as Marco is entranced by pictures of Len Dawson, a quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, when Sir Switchblade enters with a paintball gun. Ren and Marco convince him to lower his weapon as they lie that they took a ride share to his property. Sir Switchblade takes them to a cornfield where a seven point star with multiple circles around it was carved into a ground by lightning. Sir Switchblade said he saw the kids and creatures before the lightning strike as he walks away. As Ren and Marco debate over whether the Cinco knew lighting was going to strike or if they caused it, Ren touches the scorched earth and gets a jolt of heat before a shadow emerges from it and goes after her. Marco goes to fight it off as it enters her mouth. Ren is transported to a tunnel where her shadow magic does not work and a disembodied voice is calling her it’s queen and telling her to sleep. She is temped until she sees Marco holding his hand out. Ren runs as the voice continues to tempt her and her shadows emerge soon after. Ren returns to the cornfield where stocky gray skinned creatures appear from the circle. The teenagers run and Ren locates the nearest gateway. As they approach, the voice tells her that it is a new moon and another lord will awaken.
The two appear in an empty gym as Marco explains how he saw Ren shrink as the smoke entered her mouth and he feared he would lose her. Ren tells Marco what she experienced and Marco decides to go home but Ren convinces him to stay and he agrees to stay until kickoff. After suggesting they find somewhere to eat, Ren's grandfather calls and she tells him she is on a quest. He understands and wishes her luck as Marco realizes they are in Las Vegas. They go to an all night diner where Ren finally gets Zane’s pictures and she and Marco are surprised that it has the same symbol as the cornfield. After Ren convinces him, Marco theorizes the Cinco knew the symbol would appear and that she is somehow linked to it. Just then, Ren calls Ah-Puch, who tells her he is at the Hotel del Coranado in San Diego, and explains her experience to him. Before he can answer, Marco takes Ren's phone and tells her to not be so trusting. Soon, everyone freezes as the girl Ren saw in Waco appears and comes towards her. She walks over the the girl through the frozen in time crowd as the girl fades away the closer she gets. Before vanishing, the girl mentions lords waking and Hollywood before asking for help. Soon time starts up again as Marco looks around for Ren in confusion. Soon Ah-Puch arrives and orders Ren and Marco to come with him, with Marco doing so reluctantly. Ah-Puch ushers them into a car driven by a demon as they drive into the desert to reach a gateway leading to SHIHOM that will not track their moment. As they drive Ren mentions lords and Ah-Puch speaks in an unknown language. Ren demands answers and Marco demands they take him home. As they reach their destination, Ren hears a voice as the car stops and Ah-Puch pulls them out. Three large panthers made of shadows appear as Ren struggles to use her shadow magic. The three manage to fight them off, with Ah-Puch burning his hands on the time rope to aid Ren. As Marco and the demon take out the last panther, Ren hears the voice saying it now knows their strengths and weaknesses.
Ren finds herself alone in an airplane hanger at sunset and Ah-Puch comes out of a plane and explains that he made a dimension as they entered the gate so that the two could talk privately. Ren remembers Zane telling her something similar his father did and she asked if he got his powers back, Ah-Puch says he did not but the gateway gave him a temporary boast. Ren explains the girl she saw and Ah-Puch suggests she was astral projecting. Ren then talks about the Cinco and Ah-Puch expresses his desire for their death. Ren chastises him for this but he refuses to listen. When Ah-Puch mentions the Lords of Night, Ren demands he tell her about them. As they walk, Ah-Puch talks about the Lords of Night, nine Mexica gods who each ruled over a certain day and vanished due to lack of sacrifices after the Spanish conquered the Aztec. Ah-Puch theorizes that each of the lords will awaken on their respective night as she tries to piece why the Cinco want to resurrect them. He explains, Ren notices Ah-Puch's eye twitching and realizes he is withholding something. When she confronts him on it. He covers his eye and starts to hyperventilate, blaming it on his current condition and Ren creates a dome of shadows to calm him down. After promising to protect her, and acknowledging that challenge it would be in his weakened state, Ah-Puch says he wants her to meet someone. He tells her to release her shadow done and she does so as a boy her age appears from the tree line and introduces himself as Edison. Ah-Puch explains how his mother, a demon, hid him from Ixtab and he looked after him in a five star hotel and taught him about humanity through movies and television shows. Ren is surprised by his humanoid appearance and becomes enraged when Ah-Puch says Edison will be her bodyguard. Ren objects to o having a body guard but quickly, and reluctantly, accepts before heading to SHIHOM.
Ren wakes up in her dorm at SHIHOM with a theory that the Lords of Night are affecting her magic, she tests it and her magic works fine, confirming her theory. Ren changes into her uniform and texts her grandfather before going to check on Marco. She finds his dorm empty and hears clicking, like she did with the first lord. She creates a tree of shadows just as Ah-Puch arrives and informs her Marco went home and she sees that he texted her and replies. After breakfast, they head to the training arena and Ah-Puch tells her to keep quiet on Edison being a demon. They find Edison scouting out the parameter and Ah-Puch tells Ren the two will be fighting. After realizing she finds Edison attractive, she takes a fighting stance and forms a shadow dragon to attack him, but the air gets colder and Edison forms a barrier that deflects her attack. Ren switches tactics and uses the time rope, but that fails as well, shocking Ren. However an arrow comes out of nowhere and penetrates the barrier before heading for Ah-Puch's chest. She and Edison run over to stop the arrow. However Ah-Puch snatches it out of the air and introduces Ren and Edison to Montero, a member of a family of Aztec hunters. Montero, who goes by Monty, explains how her powers and arrows work, as well as the limits and risks she has on her if she fails the quest or reveals her name. Monty explains how she penetrated Edison's barrier because he was unaware of her as he thinks of ways to be prepared for all possibilities. Edison then demonstrates his offensive capabilities by firing a concussive blast at a nearby tree and explains how his magic works. After Ah-Puch says they need to know where the third lord will awaken when Ren suggests Hollywood. Ah-Puch says they cannot afford to go on guesses when Ren suggests they can use Monty's magic to track down the Cinco by the belongings they left before. The four go to Serena's tree house and find it locked. Ren, Ah-Puch, and Edison fail to open it before realizing that Monty's magic Aztec arrows could unlock it. The girl succeeds and they enter. Monty finds Serena’s shirt and works her magic before collapsing with a fever. Ren catches Monty and says she should not be part of the quest when Monty says it is her magic working and says Serena is in Hollywood. Ah-Puch tells the others to go as he has will try to figure out how to stop the rest of the lords from waking.
As they walk to the gateway, Ren explains that they have to three-hour layover in Boring, Oregon as Edison stops a monkey from jumping on Monty. They arrive in Boring and have lunch at a pizza parlor and talk about the Cinco's strengths and why they might have defected. Monty theorizes Serena might have other motives for defecting. After taking the gateway, the three end up in a changing room of a women’s clothing store. Edison teleports away and the girls exit the dressing room before a woman, Becca, spots them. Ren fears she will see Monty’s arrows but they leave without her noticing. They leave and Monty reveals only godborns and sobrenaturals can see her arrows. The girls search for Edison and, after getting on an escalator, Monty says they are seventy miles north of Hollywood in Century City. Soon Ren hears a notice and Monty's, who appears oblivious to it, arrows start to glow. Time freezes Ren sees the astral traveling girl. She gets off and goes over the the girl, who fades as she gets closer, who mentions something about the third lord and a trap before vanishing. Soon Ren in enveloped by darkness and the voice of the second lord appears and taunts her, however Ren manages to get the voice to reveal it needs Serena for its plan. Ren challenges the lord to reveal himself and he does so before vanishing. Time starts up again as Ren slowly takes in what just happened. Monty comes over to her and questions Ren on what happened as Edison appears. Ren explains everything to them as she calls a ride share and they drive down Sunset Boulevard. After explaining everything, Edison and Monty theorizes the lords are unaware of them and they have the element of surprise. Edison also theorizes that the astral traveler might be more of a threat then the lords due to Monty’s arrows glowing for her and not the lord, something they only do for danger. After Ren mentions the trap, Edison says it is only a trap if they are unaware of it.
The driver lets them out as Monty insists she go on alone to track Serena. Ren reluctantly agrees and watches Monty vanish into the crowd as she sees a costume shop and gets disguises for herself and Edison. After ren and Edison buy a blond wig and fake mustache respectively, Edison talks about his life in Xib'alb'a and how his magic works. Ren also talks about her dreams of becoming an astronaut. As the two hide their blushing faces from each other, Monty calls and says she found Serena outside a wax museum. The two find Monty hiding behind a car and join her. Ren sees Serena along with two other members of the Cinco, Kenji and Diamante. Edison sees a demon in disguise with the three and says he can sniff him out. Monty says she can paralyze and knock out the demon, but it will give away their position. Ren tells Edison to leave but stay close and Monty lends him her cellphone. Edison sneaks away and Serena creates an illusion around the museum. Monty takes out the demon and the girls sneak in. However as soon as they do, Ren gets a call from Zane. Ren hastily picks up her phone as Zane quickly tells her he and Brooks think it might have something to do with aliens and to ask Ah-Puch before hanging up. Ren is still with shock as Monty urges her forward. Ren wonders what Ah-Puch might be hiding from her when the girls come upon the Cinco. They see Serena and the other two godborns performing a ritual. They hide and watch as Serena creates an illusion of a desert and see the symbol from the shell and cornfield burned onto Serena’s palm. The astral travel, who Ren finally recognizes as a godborn from SHIHOM, soon appears and places an azure stone partially painted like an eye, into a disk and the illusion dissipates. After it is done, Ren remembers the girl's name is Ezra, daughter of Yohualli, the Mayan spells and magic. The illusion vanishes and the girls are spotted. Ren tries to create cover, but fails and Monty is taken. The Cinco vanish as Ren rushes outside and runs into Edison. They track Monty to an alleyway and Ren rushes in after Edison tries to stop her. The two are trapped in a net three yards in the air as Serena, Ezra, and Kenji come forward with an unconscious Monty. Serena says they are leaving with Monty and Ren and Edison will not follow. Ren agrees but Edison, speaking in an authoritarian tone, says they have to minutes to hand over Monty and leave before he attacks and Ren tries to get him to back off, fearing for Monty’s safety. Edison counts down as Ren tries to reason with Serena. As Ezra threatens to curse Monty, Ren manages to encase the unconscious girl in shadows as Edison breaks free of the net and attacks the Cinco. Ren runs towards Ezra when the demon from earlier blocks her. Ren encases him in shadows as well and uses the time rope to kill him. As Ren runs after Ezra, Kenji unleashes countless bees from his mouth that attack Ren and her friends. Edison holds them off as his skin rips open from the stings to reveal a diseased complexion underneath. Ren gets Monty back just as she passes out from the pain, but not before hearing a voice call her queen.
Ren awakens in a field of vanilla where Piltzintecuhtli, the lord just awakened, greets Ren and calls her queen. The Prince Lord tells her the Cinco have indeed been waking them, but does not confirm the Lords of Night are planing to overthrow the Mayan gods or what the Cinco will get in return for helping them. Ren asks about Monty and the Prince Lord says she is slowly dying, but he can save her if Ren agrees to be queen. Ren refuses but he goes into detail that she felt she never felt she truly belongs, shocking her. The Prince Lord offers to save Monty again if Ren becomes queen and, reluctantly, she accepts.
Ren wakes up eight hours later in one of Ah-Puch's safe houses near Lake Tahoe to be greeted by the teenage death god and Marco, who arrived to help Edison save her after she failed to answer his texts. Soon two mountain spirits, Cilta and Mina, enter and bring Ren a vegan bologna sandwich and she asks if Monty is already. Ah-Puch says she is and is amazed the girls survived. Ren reflects on how she was tricked and Ah-Puch tells her to be less trusting. Soon Monty and Edison enter the room and Monty explains that she failed as Ezra broke one of her arrows and the rest will be out for her blood. As Ah-Puch asks Ren how she survived, Ren stalls until she demands Ah-Puch tells her about the symbol. Just then Marco, who left to change into clean clothes, returns and asks what is going on. Ren tells him Ah-Puch was about to talk about the symbol as Ah-Puch says Ren is going to talk about what happened to her while she was unconscious. The two stare each other down as Ah-Puch gives in and tells them about the Time War, but not before giving them a final warning to back off or live a life of even more danger. Ah-Puch summons Saás, the all knowing orb from SHIHOM, to explain it for him. She is reluctant at first, but Ren convinces her to tell it after explaining they are facing the Lords of Night and they could replace her with another model. Saás agrees to do so after scanning one of Monty’s arrows. She says the war involved the Mayan gods fighting an enemy older then them. Saás explains that the god defeated the enemy, who they called the unknowns, and kept a handfuls alive in prison while killing the others. Eventually the gods released them for help in creating humanity. Soon they were allied, but the alliance came to an end after learning that the unknowns were interbreeding with demons, with the resulting offspring being able to overthrow the gods. Ren asks how they are linked to the lords and Saás says the unknowns put the lords to sleep, but cannot answer why Serena knows how to wake them. After the unknowns fled but returned to check on their descendants. Monty reveals her parents told her about the lords and gives vague information on them. Ren asks about their queen, but Saás says the lord have none. Saás says the only way to put the lords back to sleep is with the obsidian blade. Ah-Puch claims to does not exist as Edison reveals it does and he knows where it is, The Dark Mercado. Edison explains that The Dark Mercado is a shady marketplace where, to get out alive, one must give up something valued in return. He also says that to get there, one must pass through the Maze of Nightmares, a maze designed to trap those init for eternity. As Edison explains everything, Ah-Puch becomes fearful. Marco is skeptical of the idea while Ren and Monty think it is worth a shot. Ah-Puch is against it and says the maze shifts every new moon before revealing he created the maze and the market. Ah-Puch explains he created the market place to gain power, but it grew out of hand and he created the maze to contain it. After Ah-Puch says he cannot destroy the maze in his current state, he reveals their only option is to fight the Cinco and the lords, something only Marco agrees with. As Ren protests that they can find an alternative, Ah-Puch demands she tell them what happened when she was out cold. They go outside and Ren reveals she made a deal with the Prince Lord to become the lord's queen if he saves Monty. Ah-Puch scolds Ren for giving the lords what they want and, in a state of panic, Ren unleashes her shadows and is unable to recall them. As Monty’s arrives glow, Edison uses his magic to calm Ren's. Ah-Puch asks Ren to speak with him alone and the other go back inside. Ren and Ah-Puch hike to a gateway and, after a delayed reaction, it opens and Ah-Puch drags Ren through.
They emerge in a blizzard as Ah-Puch gives Ren his jacket and pounds the ice to reveal a caver. Ah-Puch pulls her in and they find themselves surrounded by cats. Ah-Puch called for someone named Seven Deaths and a woman appears. Ah-Puch introduces the woman as Seven Deaths, a former high official of Xib'alb'a and spy during the Time Wars. Seven Deaths brings them to a patio for tea as Ah-Puch asks her to refresh his memory on the Lords. Seven Deaths explains that before the lords were placed in slumber, they gave up some of their magic to loyal servants who passed the abilities through their bloodlines. After Seven Deaths reveals the ability to be shadow magic, Ren and Ah-Puch start to panic. Ren starts to have an absence seizure, but Seven Deaths plays music and Ren snaps out of it. Seven Deaths says their is a prophecy about this descendant becoming queen and returning the power to the lords, which can only happen if the individual chooses to become queen. Ren reveals they have been calling her queen and she agreed to be one. Seven Deaths is speechless as Ren silently realizes Serena thinks she is the queen. Seven deaths says only five lords need to be awakened to reclaim the power. After Ah-Puch asks who else knew about this, Seven Deaths says only he knew. As Ah-Puch processes the revelation and questions who he might have told, Ren decides their only hope is to get the Obsidian Blade.
Ren and Ah-Puch return to the safe house and explain everything to the others and how finding the Obsidian Blade is their only option. Edison and Monty agree to join her, but Marco jumps ship. Ah-Puch takes them to the Actun Tunichil Muknal cave system in Belize where they are greeted by the remains of the Crystal Prince. Ah-Puch reveals he cannot go with them as his presence would cause the maze to collapse and gives them complicated instructions. Ah-Puch instructs all but the Crystal Prince to speak or touch anything as they will lose a voice or body part if they do. He also tells them the maze will mess with their minds and instructs them to not follow their instincts. Once they reach the market, they are not to use any magic as the will be sent to Xib'alb'a, and the blade will call out to one of them and demand an unknown price. Everyone accepts the terms and Edison and Monty follow the Crystal Prince into the maze as Ren stays behind to hug Ah-Puch. He returns it and tells her to follow the golden arrows and that they could end up anywhere when they exit. Ren then follows her friends into the maze. The Crystal Prince leads the three to a staircase leading to the maze and informs the three they must not talk until their feet touch all one hundred steps. The prince vanishes after saying no one has exited the maze in the last century and the three descend. As they walk in silence, Ren hears Smoking Mirror taunting her in her mind and she desperately tries to reply only in though. After the three reach the bottom, Ren tests to see if it is safe to take and finds it is safe. Monty complains about a foul smell as Edison senses strong magic coming from the maze. Monty wants everyone to swear to watch out for the others but put the quest first. Ren and Edison cannot bring themselves to do so and they enter the maze.
They find themselves in front of a pyramid of mirrors sitting on a lake as Edison reveals it is made of a rare substance from Xib'alb'a. They find a boat and paddle. Edison says he cannot use his magic as the energy surrounding them will have catastrophic results if he uses it. As they pass by the pyramid, Edison says the mirrors will show their most likely future as Ren thinks of Ah-Puch's warning to ignore her instincts and not look at the mirrors. However she looks and sees herself wearing a crown and stabbing Edison. Soon Edison sees the same thing and looks at Ren with fear. Monty spots a passage and they go through it. Ren looks at another mirror, but looks away as her necklace heats up and her mother appears. The goddess says the Time Rope called to her and she reclaimed it temporarily to learn what her daughter has been up to. Pacific reveals she cannot intervene to a greater extent or destroy the maze, but tells Ren that the maze feeds gets angry if people take too long to decide and to give the maze what it wants. Pacific returns the Time Rope and leaves. After a few seconds of cursing her mother, Ren realizes what she means and has Edison use his magic and Monty fire all her arrows. The others realize what she means and they overload the maze. Eventually they destroy it and Edison creates a barrier. Once the maze collapses, the girls realize Edison is gone and a door appears that is quickly vanishing. Monty fails to urge Ren to put the quest first, but Ren refuses and enters. Ren finds and grabs Edison as Monty helps. Monty gets out, but Ren trips and gets locked inside as the door vanishes.
Ren finds herself in the presence of Centeotl and the Flower Prince asks to take her measurements for her wardrobe. She refuses at first but gives in after he says she cannot escape her destiny and realizing he can send her back to her friends. After taking measurements, the Flower Prince asks what color she prefers and if she how she feels about a jade and shadow crown. Ren trembles upon realizing the crown the Flower Lord described was what she saw she was wearing in her vision and shortly afterwards wakes up with Monty and Edison by her side. Edison, who recovered quickly from his wounds, cleans Ren's injuries with a handkerchief and they realize they are at the market. Ren says they have an hour to find the blade and to follow the gold arrows to get out. They split up after promising not to use magic and Ren desperately tries to tune out the venders, but becomes intrigued when one offers to alter properties. Ren resists the temptation but the vendor graces her and she inadvertently uses magic to fight him off. Ren runs as ghosts chase after her and hides in a supposedly empty stall. Ren focuses on a statue with a hole in it and reaches in only for her hand to get stuck and the vendor or come out and accuse her of theft. Ren realizes she found the blade and tries to barter for it to no success. Soon Monty arrives, moving at a high speed, and scares away the vendor before freeing Ren's hand. The girls meet up with Edison, who shields the three of them, and they find a gold arrow. However a shadow bird appears soon after. The bird flies around but, as Edison is about to scan it’s magic, he falls asleep. The bird calls him rude and, after introducing herself as Zyanya, she tells Ren to wake Edison by placing the blade on his left and right eyes in that order. After Edison wakes up, he says Zyanya has an ancient magic and Zyanya is pleased with her response. Zyanya explains that she is the source of the blade's power and can put anyone to sleep instantly, but they must be awakened five minutes later to they will sleep for the rest of their lives and she needs a ten minute recharge after every use. The teens are uncertain about the recharge period as they worry what the enemy can do in that time and theorize they could put a lord to sleep a day. They call Ah-Puch for a pickup as Ren says they are in White Sands, New Mexico. After returning to the safe house, Ren tells Ah-Puch about what she saw and asks him to have Monty kill her if she becomes queen. He is reluctant and says he thinks of her as his daughter, but soon agrees.
Monty tracks the Cinco to Lake Zirahuén in Southern Mexico and they search for their hideout. As they walk, Zyanya comments on Ren's shadow magic and senses something within it. They eventually find a stone building surrounded by the gate. Ren says they should split up with Edison and Monty taking out any guards as Ah-Puch acts as lookout. Just then, Marco arrives with his father and the war god says there are demons on the property along with bees, enemy godborns, and the Lords. Marco agrees to take out the demons as Ren creates shadow butterflies to handle the bees. They fan out as Marco silently tells Ren to be carful. Ren splits from the others and scouts out the nearby forest. She soon notices time has stopped and sees Ezra. Ezra comes over to Ren and says she put that moment of time sleep and congratulates Ren on finding the Obsidian Blade and asks for it, saying Ah-Puch stole it from her mother. Ren refuses to hand it over and laments on how Ezra tricked her. Ezra unintentionally confirms Ren's theory that Serena thinks she’s the queen in the prophecy. After Ezra informs her the water goddess has just been awakened, Ren tries one last time to reason with Ezra, saying they are both godborns, but Ezra laughs and calls Ren impure and a descendent of dead gods. Ren tries to fight with shadows, but they do not work during the paused moment and Ezra attacks. Ren sidesteps and unleashes the Time Rope. Resisting the urge to kill Ezra, Ren gets her shadows to work and makes a cage to temporarily trap Ezra before fleeing. Ren reaches the lakeshore as the Cinco's symbol appears on the water’s surface. Soon Chalchihtlicue, the recently awakened goddess, approaches Ren and asks to be called Jade. As Ren reaches for the blade, Jade informs Ren she is the one who gifted shadow magic to her ancestors and Ren struggles with putting the goddess to sleep or learning more about her heritage. In order to get Ren to surrender, Jade then shows her images of her friends in battle and gives her a taste of their current emotional state. As Ren reaches for the blade, she guesses the goddess wants to make a deal, but Jade rebuffs this and says it is to make her more likely surrender. Just then, Zyanya emerges from the blade, before vanishing with Jade. Ren starts to feel the shadows taking over as Smoking Mirror appears. He informs Ren that one of her male companions has died in the fighting and Ren blames herself as the shadows take control and Smoking Mirror vanishes as Marco approaches Ren and tries to get her to regain control. However, he is pushes away by Ren and pinned to the ground by shadows as she walked into the lake.
In the morning she walks out of the forest in a trance, having given in to the darkness, with the Fire Lord, Smoking Mirror, the Prince Lord, and the Maize Lord. The lords plan to marry her to the Prince Lord. However, as the jade and shadow crown is lowered on her head, Monty fires an arrow at Ren, piercing her heart.
Dawn of the Jaguar[]
Appearance[]
Ren Santiago has short, dark brown hair that is cut into a choppy bob that seems as if it was cut by a razor. She has a thin face and striking cat like silver-blue eyes.
She first appears wearing pajamas, a hoodie and red boots. She changes into several outfits throughout The Fire Keeper, but still manages to keep her red boots, which she refers to as her lucky shoes.
Personality[]
Ren is an excitable, if very literal, person. She is thrilled to meet Zane, Rosie and especially Brooks and to go on a quest with them, despite the danger. She sort of hero worships Brooks, stating that she is "just like how you described." She takes things very literally. For example, corrected Hondo when he said to put in a 150% effort, stating that it is not possible to do more than a 100%, annoying him.
She is described as having absolutely no filter, saying exactly what is on her mind as soon as it comes to her. She also has a lack of social awareness, missing many social cues from Zane and the others throughout the story.
She has a special interest in aliens, willing to speak about it at any time with anyone who is willing to listen. According to her, she even runs a successful blog about it, Eyes in the Sky, and many people e-mail her about it, implying she is very knowledgeable on the subject.
Ren is also sympathetic, willing to help Ah-Puch if he can help them. Her kindness was such that Ah-Puch grew a soft spot for her and even risked his own safety to save her life.
Abilities[]
- Bilingualism: Ren is fluent in English and Mexican Spanish.
- Bond Creation: Ren's ability to trust others allows her to form close bonds with them, such as creating close bonds with Ah-Puch after knowing him for less then a day.
- Temporal Disruption: Time is disrupted in her presence. When she in Xib'alb'a, Ixtab's watches malfunctioned and couldn't tell time right. Not just that, but Quinn was shocked to find that only two hours had passed in the mortal realm after leaving Xib'alb'a, when it should've been ten hours.
- Temporal Freezing: Ren is able to pause time, albeit only for five minutes.
- Time Instinct: Ren can instinctively tell the time.
Items[]
- Watch: After being claimed by Pacific, her mother gave her a small gold watch to help Ren control her chronokinetic powers. It is powered by thread from the time rope. The watch lost its power after she extracted to much thread. She later configures it to find gateways.
- Time Rope: After her mother gave her her rope to trap the enemy in a time loop, she gains full ownership of the rope. When not in use it takes the form of a gold chain necklace.
- Gateway Map: After saving the gods, Ren and the other godborns are each given a gateway map.
Relationships[]
Love Interest[]
Edison[]
Edison, her friend and crush.
Ren first met the half-demon when Ah-Puch pulled into his personal dimension. She found Edison attractive, but became upset upon learning he would be her bodyguard. However he reassured her that he would give her plenty of leeway in decision making. During a sparing match, Ren was impressed by Edison’s magic.
While in Los Angeles, they share a slight laugh as they get disguises and blush as they walk. After Ren is rendered unconscious after being stung by bees, she is thankful upon learning that he never left her side while she was unconscious.
During the Battle of Lake Zirahuén, Ren becomes concerned for his safety upon seeing a vision of him struggling in battle and becomes distraught upon learning one of her male companions has fallen in battle.
Family[]
While Ren's relationship with her deceased father is unknown, she speaks fondly of him to Zane; implying that she misses him.
Ren is close with her grandfather, having raised and encouraged the daughter of Pacific since her father and his son died. He helped her escape from the twins when she triggered her Maya godborn heritage and met up with her on Isla Holbox four days later, sharing a warm hug.
Pacific, her mother.
Despite only meeting each other shortly, both mother and daughter have a loving relationship. Pacific gives Ren a watch to help her control her time manipulation abilities.
When her mother and most of the other gods were taken by Ixkik', she becomes concerned and does whatever she can to save them. After she finds Pacific after they rescue gods, her mother entrusts her with the Time Rope.Friends[]
Zane Obispo, her friend and the boy who helped her trigger her godborn heritage.
When the daughter of Pacific first met the son of Hurakan, she was star struck and asked him a valley of questions. After a few minutes she calmed down and told Zane her story.
During the quest to save Hurakan, she stayed with him from start to finish and help him out numerous times, such as allowing him to trust Ah-Puch, his greatnest enemy, for the sake of the quest and camouflaging themselves and Rosie as they snuck up the pyramid to save Hurakan.
Zane would worry when ever she had a seizure and spoke with her about her dual Mayan-Mexica heritage and listen to Ren about her fears of what the gods will do to her if the find out.
Hondo Obispo, her friend and mentor.
Brooks, her friend.
Rosie, her friend.
Marco, her friend.
The two first met when Zane freed them from the makeshift prison created by the hero twins. After escaping with the others, Ren and Marco started to form bonds of friendship, especially after the two started at the Shaman Institute of Higher-Order Magic. The two would go on quests together and look out for one another.
After learning of strange sightings in Kansas, he reluctantly agrees to join her and, after the trip evolves into a quest to stop the Lords of Night, he joins her on and off during the quest. Ren becomes angry when he leaves, but overjoyed upon his returns.
Monty, her friend and companion.
Upon meeting, Ren was impressed with Monty’s abilities and quickly grew attached to her. When the girl became feverous as part of her tracking ability, Ren grew concerned for her well-being. As they quest together, Ren starts to think of Monty as a younger sister.
After she and Monty are ridden with stings from Kenji's bees, Ren reluctantly agrees to become queen of the Lords of Night to save Monty and hugs her upon waking up.Gods[]
Ah-Puch, the god of death and her friend.
The daughter of Pacific urged Zane to trust the death god, an act that paid off for the both of them in the long run. As they went to Cabo San Lucas in search of the Fire Keeper, the two grew close. She even gave him a nickname, A.P., only a day after meeting him.
During the quest to find Hurakan the two grew close and she was heart broken when he seemingly switched sides to Camazotz. After turning on the bat god, Ah-Puch would sacrifice his weakened form for the daughter of Pacific and save her for Camazotz directly after regaining his full power, even staying to fend off the bat god so that she and the others could escape.
As she quested to stop the Cinco from awakening the Lords of Night, Ren became aggravated with the knowledge Ah-Puch was keeping from her. Before they confronted the Cinco, Ren forced him to kill her if she became the lord’s queen.
Ixtab, the ruler of Xib'alb'a.
Camazotz, who she fought while freeing the godborns.
Etymology[]
- Renata is the feminine form of the masculine given name of “Renatus”, a Latin given name meaning “born again”.
- Santiago is a Spanish and Portuguese surname meaning “Saint James”.
Trivia[]
- Her birthday is either in late February or sometime in March.
- Ren shares her surname with Paola Santiago, the protagonist of the Paola Santiago series by Tehlor Kay Mejia, another Rick Riordan Presents imprint series.
- Ren is allergic to dust, having a sneezing fit if she is exposed to it.
- Ren is the first known character in both the main literary universe and Rick Riordan Presents to have epilepsy.
- Ren is the second known demigod in both the Riordanverse and Rick Riordan Presents to have blood from two pantheons, the first being Frank Zhang.
- Ren is the first character under the imprint to get her own spin-off series.
- At one point, she went bungee jumping off a bridge.
| Storm Runner Trilogy | |
| Books: | The Storm Runner | The Fire Keeper | The Shadow Crosser |
| Main Characters: | Zane Obispo | Brooks | Rosie | Hondo Obispo | Ren Santiago | Jordan | Bird |
| Secondary Characters: | Mrs. Obispo | Antonia Caballero | Ixtab | Muwan | Quinn | Antonio Marcel De la Vega | Jazz | Louie | Marco | Adrik | Alana |
| Minor Characters: | Mr. Ortiz | Pacific | Saqik'oxol | Abuelo Santiago | Clementino | Itzel | Fausto | Red Queen | Gee | Serena | Sipacna | Kip |
| Mayan Gods: | Ah-Puch | Hurakan | K'ukumatz | Ixkik' | Bakab | Yant'o Triad | Nakon | Ixkakaw | Ixchel | Itzamna | Alom | Camazotz | Chaac | Akan |
| Mexica Gods: | Tlaltecuhtli |
| Creatures: | Demon Runner | Nawal | Alux | Demon | Giant | Hellhound | Mud Person | Ahuizotl |
| Related Content: | Jennifer Cervantes | Shadow Bruja Duology | The Cave of Doom | Rick Riordan Presents |
| Shadow Bruja Duology | |
| Books: | Lords of Night | Dawn of the Jaguar |
| Main Characters: | Ren Santiago | Montero | Edison |
| Secondary Characters: | Abuelo Santiago | Marco | Serena |
| Minor Characters: | Kenji | Diamante | Ezra | Sir Switchblade | Zane Obispo | Zyanya |
| Lords of Night: | Xiuhtecuhtli | Tezcatlipoca | Piltzintecuhtli | Centeotl | Mictlantecuhtli | Chalchihtlicue | Tlazolteotl | Tepeyollotl | Tlaloc |
| Mayan Gods: | Ah-Puch | Pacific | Nakon |
| Creatures: | Demon |
| Related Content: | Jennifer Cervantes | Storm Runner Trilogy | Rick Riordan Presents |