From your vantage point atop Wakapikchu, the dead are legion. Some lay where the Hukpa plague struck them down. Others sprawl in grotesque tableaux, contorted by the demon weapons of the Chuqiqari.
All you have known -- all you have loved -- is gone. In its place, a bloating, rotting mass of corpses remains.
Descending from the demon mountain, it is impossible to escape the hoary clutches of the dead. Their moldering digits tug at you; their pustulent orbs stare at you from beyond the void. As the wind gives momentary relief from the putrescence, it whispers to you in a shrill and mournful tone,
"Avenge me."
The protagonists are Tukuri Awqalli -- the last warriors. They have miraculously survived the plague and plunder of Pizarro and Cortez. The dessicated remains of a glorious civilization quite literally call out to them. Over the course of their adventures, the protagonists will be visited by the Pachak Nunas -- the one hundred ghosts. Each ghost will have some connection to one or more of the protagonists, and will have a significant effect on the course of the story.
Pachak Nunas is set in an alternate history -- the protagonists are all that remains of the Apu Runa ("The People of the Sacred Mountain" who are based on both the Inca and Aztec). The Hukpa (foreigners) and Chuqiqari (metal men, or conquistadors) of our world exist, but the devastation they wrought is infinitely worse. The smallpox that the Spaniards brought to the new world did not merely weaken the aboriginal population, but decimated it.
The Tukuri Awqalli are blessed and cursed with an immunity to the deparavations of the Hukpa. However, their invincibility is tied directly to fulfilling the posthumous desires of the Pachak Nunas who alone can grant them Qallalla Tiqti -- the wine of life.
Throughout the game, the Tukuri Awqalli will follow their own road -- some may seek vengeance, others may search for justice or peace of mind. However, their exploits will constantly be tempered by the wishes of the uneasy dead.
As the Hukpa sweep across the land, can the Tukuri Awqalli salvage anything of their civilization? Will history remember the Apu Runa?