Previous Concurrent Next Night of Sorrows Timeframe Conflict Date Place Outcome Affiliations involved Participants The Night of Sorrows (Spanish: La Noche Triste) was an event during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, in which Hernán Cortés and his army of Spanish soldiers murdered their Aztec hosts in Tenochtitlan, and held their emperor, Moctezuma II, hostage. Pretending to be a Spanish scholar, the Assassin Giovanni Borgia was allowed entrance onto Cortés' ship, earning him the chance to retrieve a Piece of Eden, which turned out to be one of the Crystal Skulls.