# Blood in Mesoamerica a DLC concept

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> [@DynasticPlanet5](#):
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> And to round it out the now extinct **Taino** aren’t Mexican and in fact might be South Americans on an Island near Mexico.

I’d have them as **Arawaks** and add **Caribs** as their foil; these two groupings often fought wars against each other, be it in the Caribbean or South America:

> [@If you can mix all the americas in one DLC of 5 civs, which one would you pick?](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/if-you-can-mix-all-the-americas-in-one-dlc-of-5-civs-which-one-would-you-pick/284704/5):
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> **Tropics (ideally new architecture for them and the Tupí, but the SouthAm set would suffice)**
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> - Caribs: warlike cannibals of rivers and seas, what’s not to love? Give them food for each killed enemy units. Only palisade.
> - Arawaks: their more peaceful neighbors, so less eating enemies and more eco I guess. Access to Fortified Palisade.
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> An article about Carib warfare: [https://biblat.unam.mx/hevila/AntropologicaCaracas/2003/no99-100/4.pdf](https://biblat.unam.mx/hevila/AntropologicaCaracas/2003/no99-100/4.pdf)

In the northern part of Mexico, I’d love to see the Chichimeca:

> [@If you can mix all the americas in one DLC of 5 civs, which one would you pick?](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/if-you-can-mix-all-the-americas-in-one-dlc-of-5-civs-which-one-would-you-pick/284704/5):
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> - Chichimecas: cavalry civ (Stables buildable in Castle or Imperial age). They are “the barbarian” of Mesoamerica, causing constant trouble to the Aztecs and later the Spaniards, and can serve as a bridge between Mesoamerican and North American civs. Access to Fortified Palisade.

Preferably lighter cavalry than the Xolotl for the Chichimecas though.

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