I am Blooded, and this is my creed. I am warrior, and this is my sword. I am shadow, and this is my cloak. I am darkness, bringer of light. The whisper in the wind. The order in the chaos. I am the blood, and the blood is me. From this breath until my last. I am Blooded, and this is my creed.

A great spirit rises from the ashes of a dying world. Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital and greatest city in the New World, crumbles and burns under the weight of the Spanish onslaught. Familiar faces abound as an unlikely trio of Aztecs escape the city and set a course for the safety of Tawantinsuyu, the land of the Incas. With the Spanish conquistadors hot on their trail, the Aztecs must undergo a long and dangerous journey to reach their destination and discover their true purpose.

In the South, the drums of battle beat and the Inca Empire is beset by a brutal civil war between sons of the dead emperor. From the highest peaks of the Andes Mountains at their mysterious fortress of Machu Picchu, a secret brotherhood known only as The Blooded lurks in the shadows and vows to defend the people of Tawantinsuyu to their dying breath.

As the Spanish ships land on the shores of the Inca lands, will the embattled Incas fight back the invaders? Or will their empire experience the same gruesome fate as the Aztecs?