Death of

Never content to remain in one place for too long, was in many ways a likely victim to be hit by the new diseases. After a visit to some of his estates in a part of the realm close to an outbreak, he became badly affected by fever, spots and blisters, and decided to summon the lords to appoint a new heir. The Auguries were, however, not very favorable to either of his initial suggestions, and as the priests returned to the Inca for a third name to try, they found dead.\nAs word of these events reach the capital it turns out only one of the two suggested heirs is still alive. Spared by the disease, Huascar is determined to become the new Sapa Inca, and he was therefore furious to learn that, as the body of was being brought to Cuzco for mummification, many nobles and generals have elected to stay away from the capital in support of a son by another mother: Atahualpa.