Lope de Aguirre

Lope de Aguirre was the son of a nobleman in Spain during the 16th century. He was raised alongside adoptive-brother Francisco Lopez de Heredia, the son of a mercenary within his father's service In 1556, he pursued the mythical Tree of Life in the Amazon rainforest which could cure any ailment to save his daughter Anna. After their ship wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean, he, Francisco, and remaining conquistadors Sancho, Melchor and Gonzalo discovered the tree's island of Lágrimas de Cristal while on the verge of death. During this time, Lope suffered from venom ingested from a snake-bite.The men were saved via the Tree of Life's flowers by the Puka Michuna tribe. When the chief refused to give Lope access to the tree due to him being unworthy, he had his men massacre the tribe to find the sacred arrowhead: the key to the tree's power. With his dying breath, the chief cursed the conquistadors to be immortal and bound to the Amazon.Lope blamed Francisco for their curse, for betraying him leading to many confrontations with Francisco over the years. Francisco finally managed to imprison Lope, Sancho, Melchor and Gonzalo within a cave far from the river, where they were trapped, decomposed and turned to stone for roughly 300 years