Finally, the Holy Sailors ventured beyond the Strait of Gibraltar, found the Azores, and then landed on the shores of America. The wonders were vast and the peoples diverse. Had they rediscovered Atlantis? By the time the Spanish arrived, there were bearded tribes, depictions of men in turbans, “Black Indians” engaged in hostilities with the “Natives,” and “White Indians” whose language had affinity to that of the ancient Britons. There existed colossal temples and megalithic stones with similar architecture as those found in Egypt, Greece, Italy, and Asia, while the inhabitants of the regions hadn’t discovered how to make tools strong enough to work the stone nor had they pulley systems or other beasts of burden to move the megaliths. But the Americans possessed something that was fatal to the authority and claims of the Old World’s religious institutions, a threat so great that the Inquisition chose to destroy them at the behest of the Church and the monarchs of Spain. When you’re ready, embark on the journey of Terminalia.

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