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The Dagger & The Crown: The Assassination of Francisco Pizarro - Part One
The Ides of April
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The Dagger & The Crown: The Assassination of Francisco Pizarro - Part One
THE IDES OF APRIL
The Dagger & The Crown: The Assassination of Francisco
Pizarro
Part One β When Gold First Sang
Before there was an empire carved into the spine of the Andes, there was a boy in Extremadura
shaped by hunger, illegitimacy, and the conviction that the world owed him more than soil and
silence. This first half of our journey into the rise and fall of Francisco Pizarro explores the
origins of a man forged by poverty, bonded by blood to ambitious brothers, and drawn into
destiny by whispers of a golden kingdom beyond the horizon.
From the hard earth of Spain to the mythic heights of the Inca world, we witness the capture of
Atahualpa, the shattering of an empire, and the moment when gold β sacred to a people, profane
to their conquerors β became both ransom and curse. In these opening chapters, Pizarro rises
not through grace, but through will: a man convinced he must seize what birth denied him,
unaware that every step toward glory tightens the noose of consequence.
π Chapters Included
Chapter I β When Gold First Sang
The boy from Extremadura becomes a man defined by hunger and ambition, setting his sights on
mythic Peru.
Chapter II β The Shackled Sun
The capture of Atahualpa, the ransom room lined in gold, and the moment a civilization
crumbles under foreign desire.
Chapter III β Twins Divided, Brothers Broken
A brotherhood forged in conquest fractures as pride, resentment, and destiny pull Pizarro and
Almagro apart.
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Next Week Tease
In Part Two, the City of Kings rises on the Pacific shore β and in its shadow, betrayal blooms.
Daggers are sharpened in silence, loyalty curdles into vengeance, and fate enters Pizarroβs palace
wearing the face of a brother.
History does not fall in thunder.
It falls in footsteps.
And they are approaching.
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