Dominic Sandbrook

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They are, and Atahualpa is watching with great satisfaction because with every new convoy, surely the day of his freedom is approaching.

But the gold porters are not the only new arrivals in Cajamarca.

Just before Easter, a familiar face joins this merry party, and this is Pizarro's business partner, Diego del Magro.

Yeah.

We described in episode one, he's short, he's ugly, he's flamboyant.

So he's colourfully dressed, but he's also very boastful and sort of boorish.

John Rhys Davies.

Yes.

Who played Gimli.

Exactly.

Now, remember, the deal was that he would get reinforcements in Panama and he would come along later.

And this is precisely what he's done.

He's arrived with 150 Spaniards with a load more horses and some royal officials who are basically going to report back to the court in Spain to Charles V.

So this has massive implications now for both Pizarro and Atahualpa.

So Pizarro now has his business partner on hand, who he has screwed over from the very beginning because he got himself the title of governor, but basically was it the commandant of a fort or something?

Yes.

Title for his business partner.

Yeah.

And Almagro, throughout this whole thing, he's paranoid that he's going to be cut out of the loot.