Tom Holland

So that leaves two of the Spanish generals, Almagro and Benalcázar, to deal with the northern warlords.

So first of all, quisquis.

Quisquis has been trudging all the way up from Cusco with his colossal llamas.

And does he know what's waiting for him?

Not really.

No, no, he doesn't actually.

So there's a bit of mountain pass action, skirmishes and stuff, which we won't go into.

Basically, eventually they emerge into southern Ecuador, him and his men.

His men arrive in Quito province to discover the Spanish have captured their capital.

They are gutted.

They can't believe it.

They thought they'd won the civil war, you know, a year ago or whatever.

And now they've got home to find that these weird bearded men have basically killed everybody and seized their own city.

They're distraught.

And they go to Quisquis and they say to him, you know, look, general, go and ask the Spanish for peace.

Quote, they are invincible.

And Kiskes says, you cowards, I would rather starve in the wilds than bend the knee and surrender my country.

He reminds me of Charles de Gaulle.

And is he similarly successful?

Does he emerge as the leader of a proud and independent Incan state?