Set in a world based on late pre-colonial Mesoamerica, Maya, a warrior princess, is celebrating her fifteenth birthday, but when the underworld gods appear and announce she must pay for her family's misdeeds, everything changes. If she refuses to go along, the world itself will be ravaged by the gods, so she embarks on a quest to fulfill a prophecy that says that three warriors will appear who will help her defeat these gods and save humanity itself from destruction.

Mortals: Princess Maya, leader of the Maya and the Three group Picchu, buff guy of the Maya and the Three group Rico, rooster wizard of Maya and the Three group Chimi, albino huntress of Maya and the Three group Lance, Dagger, and Shield, the Jaguar Brothers, Maya's older triplet half-brothers King Teca, Maya's stepfather Queen Teca, Maya's stepmother Chiapa, the black jaguar of Maya and the Three group Eagle, daughter of the King and Queen Teca, Jaguar's twin sister, younger sister to the jaguar triplets, and Maya's half-sister Jaguar, son of the King and Queen Teca, Eagle's twin brother, younger brother to the jaguar triplets, and Maya's half-brother

Gods: Zatz, the Prince of Bats and son of Camazotz Lord Mictlan, the God of War and Maya’s biological father Lady Micte, the Goddess of Death and Maya's biological mother Cabrakan, the God of Earthquakes Hura & Can, the Gods of Wind & Storms Cipactli, the Goddess of Alligators Acat, the Goddess of Tattoos Camazotz, the God of Bats Chivo, the God of Dark Magic Vucub, the God of Jungle Animals Xtabay, the Goddess of Illusions Bone and Skull, the Goddesses of Thievery