A sketch and inscription detailing the ascension of K'ak' Took', a ruler of an 8th-century Classic Maya city-state. (K'ak' Took', his kingdom, and the inscription are all works of fiction, but based on the conventions of Maya clothing and writing to the extent of my knowledge.)

"...I uht wuk ajaw muxuk mol(ol), ch'amiiy K'awiil K'ak' Took', K'uhul Taj(al) Ajaw"
roughly: "...And then it happens, on the date 7 Ajaw 8 Mol, Fiery Flint, the Holy Lord of the Court of Tajal, took up the K'awiil scepter (i.e. became ruler)"
This wouldn't have been an inscription on its own, but I rendered it into a single block for presentation purposes.

In the history of this fictional city state (Lakamte', ruled by the House of Tajal), K'ak' Took' took the scepter unexpectedly, and at a relatively old age, after the capture and execution of Ha' Took', his elder brother, as well as Ha' Took''s son. He thus ascended to the kingship at a low point for Lakamte', but would go on to dedicate lavish temples, fund a revival of the arts, and exact revenge on Saknahb, the polity that killed his brother and nephew. (Although Lakamte' failed to capture Saknahb's ruler, it managed to execute his eldest son and several of his close advisors.) K'ak' Took''s revenge against Saknahb was a crucial part of his image-building, as it helped dispel rumors among his critics that he collaborated with Saknahb to take the throne.

I sort of phoned in the K'awiil, but he's fun to draw. As always, I'm a storyteller and not a historian, so liberties are taken and inaccuracies are possible. I've already caught one mistake: I added the past tense marker -ya to the verb CH'AM, when in reality most verbs in inscriptions are rendered in the present tense– even for events situated in the past. Instead I think the verb should have been rendered just CH'AM K'AWIIL or CH'AM K'AWIIL-j(a).