ruiz and veloso arrived in vientiane, lan xang's administrative capital, in the summer of 1596. they were met with a procession showing off the city's immense wealth consisting of asian elephants, gold, jewels, silk, exotic snakes, bouquets of tropical flowers, chanting monks, buddhist treasures and relics, music, and beautiful women. ruiz and veloso were also received with a great feast. but while they were in vientiane they learned satha had died from an illness he caught on his way from cambodia to laos. saddened and angered by the news, ruiz and veloso returned to lovek and started a rebellion to put one of satha's political allies on the throne and free cambodia from ayatthaya. they managed to drive out ayutthaya forces from parts of cambodia and create a new state but led the new cambodian state into a brief period of chaos. eventually ruiz returned to the philippines. it is not known whether he died there, spain, or somewhere else.