Tupac Yupanqui, successor of Huayna Cápac, was a king unlike all his Andean ancestors. In addition to great conqueror and ruler of kingdoms, he was an adventurer. He had a good physical build and was very skilled in war techniques. The Inca had a large black hair, a distinctive body but not so tall. He dressed mostly in a white tunic and a big red scarf across his trunk. Invariably, he carried on his head a crown of gold and feathers of birds and traveled in litters carried by four or more men.
As an explorer, he knew the entirety of the Empire, including the frozen seas of the south, the ancient dominion of the Patagonian giants, and many lands and peoples beyond the borders of the Incanate. In his time, he was responsible for the largest altomar expedition ever undertaken by any other Western nation. Sailed the great sea west of the Tahuantinsuyo, in an area that would be half the Pacific Ocean. He knew many islands of Polynesia, a distance equivalent to four or five Atlantic crossings. He visited distant realms, bringing evidence of other civilizations and new animal and plant species.
The Inca had left the capital shortly after receiving the warning from Auitzotl and the departure of the Aztec messengers from Cuzco. Would enjoy the trip to visit the Chimu people of Pre-Incan origin, who said they had great news for the Empire. Something about sailing and conquests, the preferred subjects of Tupac. First, it would solve with the wise old man the problems that had just arrived in the message of the northern men. Then I would go to the coast, to Chan Chan Chan, capital of the Chimus kingdom. I wanted to talk about these matters, personally, with Minchacaman, the tribal leader.
He assembled his caravan and drove to Tumipampa, through the secluded provinces of the north, the territory of the Chinchasuyo, whose capital was Quito. They would travel in small numbers because they needed to see Antarchi as soon as possible. Despite having identified some exaggeration in the letter of Auitzolt, the Aztec king, the fantastic content of that message had remained in his head. For this reason, it would be best to talk, soon, to the wise old to know what was happening beyond the borders of the kingdom.When arriving in Tumipampa the Inca was received with many honors, as it was customary among the annexed provinces. Wythuya, a teenage boy from the village of Tiahuanaco, accompanied his father, Tupac, born in a white llama fort. He was proud to be the son of the Inca. The old prophet was waiting for them. After replenishing themselves with a beautiful meal, the priest confirmed the truthfulness of the Mayan message and the curses of Toltec prophecy. He said he had dreamed of these apparitions many moons ago.
They would need to act very intelligently because something so unusual had never happened in the world, in generations, or in all of Inca history.
The matter was very serious. It would be necessary to prepare a plan to save the world. With the divine help of Inti, the sun god, and of Pachamama, the goddess of the earth, Tupac, old Antarchi and some notable nobles were gathered in the royal bathhouse of Tumipampa for half a lunar cycle until they completed a fantastic plan, perhaps the only salvation of the Empire, and of the world. The beginning of the event would be kept secret until the propitious moment, which would happen in some solar cycles.
Before returning, Antarchi handed the Inca an intriguing Quipu, representing a map. It was a nautical letter from the Great Ocean. The Quipus were the form of writing of the Inca people, for they did not develop papyrus as their northern brothers, Maya and Aztecs. The map had an emphasis on the coast of Tahuantinsuyo, revealing many islands and lands to the West and a new universe for the exploits of the Empire.The elder handed him, still, another map. Antarchi psychographed a route through the endless forest of the icamiabas, in Pindorama. It was the domains of the invincible warriors, as the mythological Amazon; sites located far beyond the andes. The old Andean had visualized a path through this wild territory situated on the humid and flooded lowlands plains, to the unknown east coast of the mysterious kingdom. The route also revealed a secretly guarded passage of the world; a map to a legendary city of gold, which had been immortalized as El Dorado by the Spanish conquerors, who never found it.
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Historical FictionAn Andean man of the fifteenth century, during the Great Navigations, travels to the Old World and discovers the real intentions of the Europeans for the new discoveries in the Americas. On his journey, he meets big world celebrities and participate...
