We took inspiration from the Portuguese in South America, but we didn't literally reference it,making this a more open ended story about colonization and the colonized.
Fuck, so I was right!!!! I knew it!! The spanish came in, guns blazing, killing everyone and failed. The Portuguese came, gave the locals trinkets, other shit they had never seen. Gained the trust of the locals that way, then wormed their way into the society ultimately taking it over right before their eyes.
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