Records: Inca Royal Republic

### **Moving Up the Foundations**

The nascent components of the Inca culture, centered in the Peruvian highlands and spread down much of the Andean mountains, united to form the Inca Royal Republic. Roughly 55 years before it would've formally come together on its own, the IRR became the anchor of the lower Western Hemisphere.

The "Royal Republic" was no coincidence: the SA scouts, and RANP/OM scholars, had discovered the coastal elements of the tribes when the *HMS Discovery* had mapped the lower Pacific coast of the Western Hemisphere. Making contact with several component tribes, the RANP had been instrumental in guidance and tribal unification.

With the influence of the RANP/OM, the Inca had come together at the lightning-fast *speed of magic*. This included political organization, adopting the *Books of Learning*, arguing over and adopting their own extremely efficient Magna Carta, and just a day later, entering the *Commonwealth*.

### **Regional Challenges**

The Andean Highlands had few megafauna to deal with, though the lower eastern sides (jungle areas towards the Amazon river), had *significant* megafauna.

There were elements of advanced cultural development and the RANP emphasized those in nation-building. Similar to the Aztecs and Mayans (not that far away), the RANP poured the rest of the world's best practices and lessons learned into the Inca for a modern political and trading partner.

This included magical training, both divine and arcane, which would have *significant* impacts in shaping the Inca religion. Their previous three realms were retained, with the celestial sky realm, the inner earth and the outer earth realm (where human lived). Their beliefs were already semi-tolerant and morphing in their normal expansion, but the accompanying power that their new friends were teaching them was a powerful influence.

### **Local Archaeology**

Also located: the Inca's sky-oriented beliefs had ancient origins, which still held powerful influence on their modern culture. Part of that was the shrine had been discovered at Nazca.

The RANP found the geoglyphs to be critically fascinating, respecting their sacred (if somewhat abandoned at-the-time) nature. Like the gold supply that modern Egypt was pouring into the OM's automatons, the lines carved in the desert floor had certain red flags for the RANP/OM that turned the area into a massive case for intensive study and local development.

The Inca, for their part, had watched the cartography magic – *especially the floating lens*. It was unfathomable and near-criminal to them that *people* hadn't flown by that same magic. As the Inca developed their own RANP/OM chapter staffing (thanks to the *Books of Learning*), it was estimated that this sky culture would be pushing the celestial boundaries.

### **The CMC's Lower WestHem Anchor**

Beyond the upper northwest corner of the continent, the lower WestHem had minimal CMC intervention or development at this point. It wasn't lack of concern, it was the RANP/OM's lack of personnel. One stable and strong, the IRR would be the CMC's point for monitoring and responding to *Incidence of Incidents* in the region.