Pachacamac

Pachacamac is a creator God born of Inti and Mama Killa whose power rivals that of Inti on the coasts of Peru. He transformed the first humans of his region into jaguars, foxes, monkeys, and parrots, replacing them with a man and a woman of his own design, but forgot to feed them. The man died of starvation and the woman petitioned Inti for aid. He impregnated her with his rays, and she bore a son. Jealous of Inti’s power, Pachacamac slew the boy, scattering the parts to become maize, yucca, and other fruits and vegetables. Inti responded by taking the boy’s placenta and creating a new boy — Pachacamac’s bitterest enemy, the God Vichama.

Pachacamac manifests as a wizened older man, but his visage conceals a powerful God, confined to his former seat of power at the temple of Pachacamac in the Lurin Valley by Vichama and his Scions. Pachacamac’s physical mobility may be restricted, but his oracles, Scions, and divine power are not. Those who neglect their offerings or openly antagonize him are visited with earthquakes, crop failure, or the wrath of his agents.

Pachacamac chooses his Scions with an eye toward furthering his varied schemes. Some continue his rivalry with his fellow creator-God Viracocha, undermining his works and power whenever possible. Others seek to diminish Inti’s power for checking Pachacamac’s power through the creation of Vichama. His primary goal is to strike back at Vichama and all his allies to free himself from Vichama’s eternal hatred so he can continue to further his ultimate aim of conquering Tawantinsuyu.

It is not unheard of for Pachacamac’s Scions to work with those born of other Apu, but it is typically in the execution of Pachacamac’s greater objectives. They are oracles, fortune tellers, soldiers and warriors of all stripes, executioners, assassins, farmers, gang members, and people of the Peruvian coast.