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 barbarian guy of the Maya and the Three group Rico, powerful wizard of Maya and the Three group Chimi, albino female archer of Maya and the Three group Lance, Daggers, and Shield, the Jaguar Brothers, Maya's older triplet half-brothers King Teca, Maya's stepfather and the king of the Teca kingdom Queen Teca, Maya's stepmother and the queen of the Teca kingdom Gran Brujo, Rico’s mentor and the father of Gran Bruja Gran Bruja, leader of Luna Island and the daughter of Gran Brujo Jungle Lands King, ex-ruler of Jungle Lands and the father of Widow Queen Widow Queen, current leader of Jungle Lands with a doll advisor named Fabiola Barbarian King, king of Golden Mountains and father of Barbarian Princess Barbarian Princess, princess of Golden Mountains and daughter of Barbarian King 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 Ah Puch, mysterious woman who prophesizes of Maya and her victory

Gods: Zatz, the Prince of Bats and son of Camazotz and Camazotz’s mortal wife, Zyanya 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