History Recap / AgeOfEmpiresIIPachacuti

* ArchEnemy: Anccu Hualloc is the main threat to Cuzco and the Inca Empire for two out of five scenarios but he's the one who came the closest to conquering Cuzco.

* LogicalWeakness: Chan Chan is a powerful desert city, but requires control of the Cisterns to survive. Once the cisterns are conquered, their force will slowly dwindle.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: An in-universe example in the campaign, which is [[FramingDevice framed]] as the narrator listening to stories told by an old man in the hills near Cuzco. After hearing how Pachacuti rose to power, forged a mighty empire, and found a worthy successor in his son, the narrator asks what happened to the two loyal generals who helped win those battles (and who appeared in the campaign's missions as {{Hero Unit}}s). The old man explains that one found an honorable death in battle, while the other, Apo Mayta, now dwells in a stone hut, though "From time to time, you may find him [[NarratorAllAlong telling inquisitive travelers tales of bygone times that are so fantastic that they seem almost difficult to believe"]].

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In the intro, the listener is depicted as riding a llama; llamas are far too small and weak to be ridden by adult humans, and the Incas used them predominantly as pack animals. The narrator also calls the listener "illiterate," which is a bit of a strange thing to call someone in a civilization without writing[[note]]Incas recorded information on strings of knots called kipus, but just how that information was encoded is still a mystery, and it probably wasn't a direct representation of language as the term "writing" implies.[[/note]]. However, this might be an implied CulturalTranslation.
* CainAndAbel: Urqu, the cowardly and spoilt prince, vs Cusi Yupanqui, the noble and wise warrior prince.

* DirtyCoward: DecoyProtagonist Virochana is seemingly the hero, only for him to escape the capital at the first signs of a serious opposition along the way, taking his favourite son Urqu with him.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: You start out "The Field of Blood" with a sizable brigade of troops and the objective to defeat Anccu Hualloc's army. It very quickly becomes apparent that there's no way in hell you'll manage to do so, since the enemy massively outnumbers your starting units and respawn infinitely. [[FissionMailed Just as soon as the final soldier falls]], the real mission begins.

* PetTheDog: After conquering the Chanca, Pachacuti treats them with respect and hires them into his army.

* NarratorAllAlong: [[spoiler: Apo Mayta]] is the old hermit who tells the merchant the story of Pachacuti.

!!Scenarios:

!!!A New Power Arises

!!!The Field of Blood

!!!War of Brothers

!!!The Falcon's Nest

!!!Like Father, Like Son

* TheWisePrince: One of the reasons why Pachacuti is so revered and respected.

* AnAxeToGrind: Pachacuti's weapon of choice and also symbol of authority, as seen in the campaign and the intro/outro.

Decades before Europeans embarked on a journey that exposed them to the Americas, the Andes Mountains were contested by various tribes for ultimate control. Pachacuti seeks to sort out the domestic turmoil as he seeks to solidify his grasp of the Incan confederation. The player is in control of the Incas, the color being Cyan.

Countless tribes vie foe supremacy in the steep mountain valleys and dense jungles of South America. But which will prevail and earn the favor of the gods? As treachery and discord gnaw at the young empires of the Inca, the destiny of an entire people lies in the hands of a single man.

This campaign replaces the old [[Recap/AgeOfEmpiresIIElDorado El Dorado]] as an actual Incas campaign for the ''Definitive Edition''.

The player is in control of the Incas, the color being Cyan.

In the inhospitable jungles and cliffs of South America, countless tribes fight for the supremacy, the young Inca Empire among them. However, only one tribe will achieve victory and show that they have the favor of the Gods. As internal strife and discord gnaw at the growing Empire, the fate of the Inca rests in the hands of a single man, Pachacuti.

* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: It's revealed in the final outro, in true Age of Empires fashion, that the narrator was noneother than an aged Apo Mayta.
* ArchEnemy: Anccu Hualloc is the main threat to Cuzco and the Inca Empire for two out of five scenarios but he's the one who came the closest to any other to conquer Cuzco.

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* ArchEnemy: Anccu Hualloc is the main threat to Cuzco and the Inca Empire for three out of five scenarios.

* DirtyCoward: DecoyProtagonist Virochana is seemingly the hero, only for him to escape the capital at the first signs of a serious opposition along the way, taking his favourite son Urqu with him.

!!!The Falcon's Nest

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In the unhospital jungles and cliffs of South America, countless tribes fight for the supremacy, the young Inca Empire among them. However, only one tribe will achieve victory and show that they have the favor of the Gods. As internal strife and discord gnaw at the growing Empire, the fate of the Inca rests in the hands of a single man, Pachacuti.

This campaign replaces the old [[Recap/AgeOfEmpiresIIElDorado El Dorado]] as an actual Incas campaign.