Pachacuti Jr.'s has founded his base at Machu Picchu, rebuilding the ancient Incan citadel into a modern-day supervillain fortress. His closest continent locations are South and North America. Thematically, I envision Pachacuti as insanely powerful but somewhat naive and comically dim-witted. He garners his mystical power from the sun (and human sacrifice, of course), and his schemes consistently revolve around how to harness the sun's energy more effectively. His lackey, Priestess Quilla, is more of a co-conspirator and administrative assistant than "lackey." Truth be told, if it wasn't for her sagacity and organizational skills, Pachacuti would have destroyed himself and the entire planet in his last plot to shift Earth's orbit (directly into the sun).
Pachacuti Jr.'s strength is "Solar Power": after revealing a contract, you can exhaust Pachacuti to lower the target value of that contract by 1 (making it easier). Or you can exhaust both Pachacuti and Priestess Quilla to lower the target by 3! This is an incredibly powerful ability that will greatly reduce your likelihood of failing contracts - especially Easy and Hard ones.
Pachacuti Jr.'s weakness is "Heretical Dogma": every time you succeed at a contract, you lose 2 attraction points. Basically, Pachacuti becomes more insufferable and demanding with each success he has, making him a less attractive supervillain to work for. Strategically, it means that you might want to think twice about simply trying to complete as many contracts as possible; focusing on fewer, but higher difficulty contracts is likely a better option. As is looking for other ways to earn Infamy (via Room card effects and Scheme cards, for example).
When Rob first showed me his sketch for this piece, I went gaga. It just wasn't what I was expecting and surpassed anything my imagination could have come up with. Another example of how Rob just sees the world differently from the rest of us mortals - and thank goodness!
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