Tom Holland
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And now Alvarado has turned up with his red trousers to get your gold.
Oh dear.
You're like, oh no.
So what happens next is a bonkers story.
It's very, I already mentioned Game of Thrones.
It's very George R.R.
Martin.
It's actually a shame that the Spanish chroniclers don't go into it in loads of detail.
So, you know, the details are a bit sketchy.
Ben Alcázar gets there first.
He goes across the desert of northern Peru.
He goes up into the mountains and he comes out on the high moors of southern Ecuador.
And he's picked up a load of native supporters called the Cañari.
The Cañari had always hated the Incas.
Atahualpa had been really cruel to them.
They basically can't wait to have a crack at Quito.
They can't stand Quito.
What about the Huanca?
The Huanca are out of the picture now, Tom.
They're not part of it?