La Muerte is enraged at first, but accepts the idea of a betting game. Hoping to distract his wife and make a play for the Land of the Living, Xibalba suggests they make another wager. She also says that he 'is not the man fell in love with all those centuries ago.' When Xibalba begs for her to trade lands with him, LaMuerte playfully teases and scolds Xibalba reminding him that he is down there by his own doing. The two have different ways of valuing human beings, as showed when La Muerte stops Xibalba from 'taking' an old man's life. Upon arriving at San Angel together to observe The Day of the Dead festivites, La Muerte remarks that Xibalba's heart has become as dark and cold as the land he now rules.

Due to having a previous bet, in which Xibalba cheated, she rules the Land of the Remembered, while he rules the bleak Land of the Forgotten. La Muerte and her husband, Xibalba, have been estranged for over a thousand years. Xibalba) cheats in wagers and bets, making her angry despite her sweet disposition. The only known bad side to her is when someone (i.e. While La Muerte is very forgiving towards those who truly want to repent, she is also well known for her weakness for wagers. She cares for everyone and anyone, no matter who they are, and will assist anyone who is need of her help, believing humankind to be completely pure. La Muerte is a kind, truthful, sweet & generous goddess whose belief in the goodness and pureness of mortal-kind stems from her own heart, as well as from that of the departed and deceased mortal people who are now her citizens and subjects. She also wears a circular gold locket on a choker. She also wears an extremely large, wide-brimmed sombrero bedecked with more lit candles and marigolds (her favorite flower), small skulls, pink-plumed, curly, swirly feathers and palm leaves. She wears a red dress decorated with cempasuchil (Mexican marigold flowers) all over her dress and marigold flowers with lit white wax candles at the hem of her dress. She is made entirely of white sugar candy with knee-length black licorice hair that is tied in a low ponytail and multi-colored glowing eyes with aqua eyeshadow that are in shades of gold and red. Despite being as old and ancient as time itself, La Muerte retains her vision of youth and radiant beauty.

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