Apo became the
Mountain God because of this
legend:
Tatum Yach, Son of the
Sun, hearing
rumors of
empires in the great northern continent, the Son of the Sun sent his trusted explorer Apo
sailing up to greet them. Tatum's son, Roca, was
promoted to Heir and a day of rejoicing proclaimed throughout the
realm. His son died of an illness while in the high mountains on a
hunting expedition. Schools were created in Moche to train the youth there in
Incan ways, so the
province could one day freely join the empire; these efforts are slowly turning the people to favor the
Incan Empire. The neutral city of Huari was given much
food to show them one of the many benefits of Inca
rulership and agreeing the pay
tribute to the Empire. Inca engineering laid a road leading from Cuzco in the Andes down to Maranga on the coast, the first of many to come.
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