Chilche

Chilche is an Inca high priest that appears in Act I: Blood and Act III: Steel in Age of Empires III.

Act I: Blood

Chilche
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Hero Heavy infantry
Statistics
Hit points	170
Speed	3.0
Line of Sight	24
Ability	None
Notes
Chilche will become immobile instead of dying when his hit points reach 0; he regenerates hit points, but cannot be revived

Chilche is the high priest of the Incas that warns Alain Magnan not to trifle with the Fountain of Youth, after the Spanish Treasure Fleet scenario. This occurred just before Morgan Black discovered that Alain was the leader of the Circle of Ossus.

Act III: Steel

Chilche
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Hero Heavy infantry
Statistics
Hit points	170
Speed	3.0
Line of Sight	24
Ability	None
Notes
Chilche will become immobile instead of dying when his hit points reach 0; he regenerates hit points, but cannot be revived

It is possible Chilche may have drank from the Fountain of Youth and become long-living, if not immortal, since he appears 300 years later to speak to Amelia Black, Morgan's great-great-granddaughter, before the Last City of the Inca scenario of Act III: Steel.

In-game dialogue

Chilche speaks an unknown variant of a Quechua language, since the in-game dialogue is neither classical nor modern Quechua.

• Select 1 Ari! - Yes!
• Select 2 Jai? - What?
• Move 1 Chjaaku
• Move 2 Gorriya
• Attack 1 Aytippe - Attack!
• Attack 2 Qu'utiya - Attack!
• Death
• Grunt 1
• Grunt 2
• Revive

Trivia

• Chilche would have a greater participation in Act I: Blood, since he is seen together with Morgan Black in a screenshot of the campaign scenario screen of Act I: Blood in the early stages of game development, as opposed to the final version of the game that shows Morgan Black along with Elisabet Ramsey.
  • Another fact that confirms that Chilche would have a greater participation in Act I is that there are unused dialogue files for his in-game unit in the game files.
• Chilche is voiced by Michael Horse.

History

“

There is record of thirteen Incan emperors. Incan emperors ruled without question by the divine right claimed by kings and pharaohs the world over. A person's home, and their belongings inside it, were the extent of personal property; land, buildings, and virtually everything else belonged to the government. Adults were required by a custom called mita to serve on large public works like buildings or roads (which the Spanish exploited to send the Inca into forced labor in their mines). The Incan Empire lasted about 100 years, starting with Emperor Pachacuti who, through a series of military conquests, began a campaign that by the time the Spaniards arrived had united the native people from northern Colombia to northern Chile under Incan rule.

”

Gallery

Young Chilche concept art

Old Chilche and Amelia Black in a loading screen

Chilche and Morgan Black on a campaign scenario screen in the Age of Empires III beta

The younger and older Chilche in the Definitive Edition