Conquistadores are cool as balls. They conquered the Aztec and Incan empires, discovered the "New World", etc. Pretty epic stuff... Like 4 centuries worth. They have names like Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, and Diego de Almagro - so cool.
"Conquering Empires" is a pretty badass thing to do, particularly when you ignore the rape/pillage kind of stuff. Spain rules. Empires rule. I definitely want to "rule one" someday.
