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Pachacamac

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Pachacamac, as seen in Sonic X.

Pachacamac (or Chief Pachacamac, and sometimes known as Pochacamac) is an the leader of the Echidna tribe and is Tikal's father. He is 52 years old, is three feet and nine inches tall, and weighs 106 pounds. He first appeared in Sonic Adventure in various flashbacks to the past that the characters experience, due to Tikal (in the form of a glowing ball).

Pachacamac inherited his chief rank from his mother and he is a greedy warmonger. Although at first he loved his daughter, he lost all compassion when his wife died. Tikal did try to talk her father out of his warmongering ways but ultimately failed. Later, along with a group of echidna warriors, he tried to take the Chaos Emeralds as he considered it a key to the echidna tribes' survival. Tikal tried to defend the shrine and the Chao but Pachacamac ignored her pleas and ordered the warriors to go on. Tikal is pushed aside and the Chao of the shrine are killed in the process. This angers Chaos who appears and uses the Chaos Emeralds to become Perfect Chaos. Pachacamac and his warriors are killed and the echidna tribe's home is destroyed. Thus causing his daughter Tikal to rush to the Master Emerald to plead that it gets Chaos under control.

Mythology

In Incan mythology, Pachacamac ("Earth-maker") was a chthonic creator-god, originally worshipped by the Yuncas but then adopted by the Incan Empire. He was a son of Inti and Mama Quilla, and husband of Mama Pacha.

He created man and woman, but forgot to give them food and the man died. The woman cursed Pachacamac, accusing him of neglect, and he made her fertile. The god killed her son and cut the corpse into pieces, each of which became a separate fruit or vegetable plant. The woman's second son (Wichama) escaped, so Pachacamac killed the woman. Wichama sought revenge and drove Pachacamac into the ocean.