Editing Founding of Altierra (section)

==The Spanish invasion==
After Drake’s circumnavigation, the Spanish decided to colonise the south of America, to control the passage between the Atlantic and Pacific. In December of 1581, the explorer Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa set sail from Cádiz with 350 settlers and 400 soldiers. They founded the first settlement in the Strait of Magellan, "Nombre de Jesús", on 11 February 1584. A week later, a large group fled with the best ships and supplies. On 25 March, some of the remaining people created a new settlement "Ciudad del Rey Don Filipe", closer to where the ''Marigold'' had foundered.

After five months, the settlers from Nombre de Jesús abandoned it and relocated to Ciudad del Rey Don Filipe but the population struggled to survive. The leader at this time was [[Andrés de Biedma]].

In 1585, while exploring, the area west of the town, they encountered some natives who told them of the Demon’s Mouth. Biedma sent some soldiers inside and they returned with news of a more hospitable land. Biedma and a small party explored and found a small settlement of English people. He returned to Patagonia, assembled his settlers and they all moved through the portal.

They attacked and killed all of the English in the nearby village. Over the next three years, the Spanish conquered Albion, which they renamed “Nueva Castilla”, the English inhabitants being taken as slaves. In the year 3, Andrés de Biedma was killed and his charismatic intelligent wife [[Aldonza de Bracamonte]] took over leadership. In the year 5, after the island had been subdued, Bracamonte created the religion of [[Divara]] with herself as the cult leader and first Arch-Priestess.

In the year 8, there was an earthquake in Patagonia which caused the Demon’s Mouth to collapse, trapping the Spanish and English forever in the new world.

It was in 29 that the Spanish decided to invade Greenland, which was renamed “Veridia”. The peaceful and scattered English, although much greater in number, were no match for the disciplined and trained Spanish. Within two years, they were in complete control of the land which they named “Altierra”.