INCAN DIANA

CREATED BY: SNAKEBITE CORTEZ & JOSHUA ORTEGA

MASTER MASK BY: DIGGER T. MESCH

MASK BY: TREVOR GORING

STORY BY: JOSHUA ORTEGA

PICS BY: RJ LAMENDOLA

Incan Diana

She was born Anahuarque, and was a woman of great wonder and power.

Unfortunately for her–and the Land of the Four Quarters–her wondrous abilities and talent were never fully recognized.

Patriarch's world dismissed her abilities, and an entire empire fell because of it.

While there were many events leading up to the fall of the Incas, one, final event stands out in particular, and strangely, is rarely documented.

According to official history, Pizarro and Vincente de Valverde met with the Incas in 1532 AD and demanded that they convert to Christianity and accept the rulership of King Charles I of Spain. It was said that they met with Atahualpa, one of the most powerful leaders of the empire, and when he misunderstood their requests, the Spanish decided to conquer them outright.

What is lesser known, is that Anahuarque, veteran of many fierce battles and who possessed a way with words like no other in the empire, was present at this meeting. Atahualpa, feeling that a woman had no right to negotiate for the Inca, ignored her warnings and her advice, dismissed her from the room, and then proceeded to create the misunderstanding with the Spanish that most historians attribute to the fall of the empire.

Atahualpa was put to death by the Spainairds in 1532 AD.

There is no documention of Anahuarque's death, though an "Incan queen" is said to have organzied a group of women, and moved them to an isolated island off the coast of Peru.

This island has never been discovered or verified, but legends say that as long as Patriarch's world exists, the island cannot be seen by mortal eyes.