Tundra the Walrus

Tundra the Walrus is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. He is an anthropomorphic walrus and the estranged father of Rotor the Walrus. After his son's departure, he would come to be the Egg Boss of the Artika Egg Army.

Appearance
Like Rotor, Tundra is a purple-furred Walrus with a pale belly and a muscular form, though unlike his son he possesses white eyebrows and matching facial hair. He also has green eyes and wears white gloves, and in Rotor's childhood was seen to sport a bandoleer on which he carried a spear and a number of other weapons. After becoming an Egg Boss his natural tusks were apparently replaced with metallic/mechanical ones, and his face sported a number of scars. He also adopted an arctic Eggman uniform with black pants, a blue parka with a hood, and yellow-orange glasses.

Early life
Not much is known about Tundra's early life, except that he was a member of an artic tribe with his son Rotor. During the early years together with his son, Tundra was openly displeased with his son's attempts to introduce new inventions and treated him harshly. Because of Tundra's treatment, Rotor felt unwanted and left to go to Mobotropolis. Their home village was later invaded by Dr. Eggman, who recognized Tundra's strength and promptly selected him to serve as Artika's Egg Boss.

Countdown to Chaos and the Shattered World Crisis
Shortly after hijacking a G.U.N. jet after destroying the G.U.N. ship at Avalon, Doctor Eggman, Orbot, and Cubot had seemingly crash-landed on the Artika Egg Army fortress at Artika. Eggman had apparently "requested" another aircraft to fly to his Death Egg. Tundra gave Eggman a sled to ride his way homeward.

During the ensuing Shattered World Crisis, Tundra would engage Sonic the Hedgehog while the hero and his fellow New Freedom Fighters were searching for the Gaia Keys. After being "captured" by his Egg Soldiers, Sonic and Rotor were delivered to Tundra, who revealed himself to his horrified son. Rotor was quick to accuse him of abandoning their home village for Eggman, only for Tundra to inform him what had taken place. Tundra proceeded to accuse Rotor of using his inventions as a shield before having the pair thrown in a cell. Unfortunately for Tundra, his act played right into the heroes' hands, as they had allowed themselves to be taken in by his forces in order to rescue Jari-Thure and Sarianna, the keepers of the local Gaia Keys. With all four escaped, Tundra regarded the skies contemplatively, unaware that Rotor was doing the same elsewhere.

Personality
Tundra is rough and hash and does not like anything new or different. When introduced to new inventions by Rotor, he would often act brashly and abusive. He also seems to regard Sonic as an anarchist, and appears to be entirely loyal to Dr. Eggman.

Powers and abilities
Given the tools Tundra wore in Rotor's youth, he is presumably an experienced hunter and fighter. He is evidently possessed of great strength as well, enough that Eggman was impressed and thus offered him the role of Egg Boss.

Weapons
In Rotor's youth Tundra was seen to carry several weapons, including a spear and a daggert.

Rotor the Walrus
Tundra held a strong dislike of his own son and constantly got frustrated at Rotor for bringing in new things. As such, he would openly get angry at him and harshly destroy his inventions, much to his son's fright. This abusive lifestyle was enough to make Rotor leave home to find a more welcoming environment in Mobotropolis.

Trivia

 * Ian Flynn has clarified that Tundra is not an updated version of Sherman Walrus, but rather an entirely new character.
 * Tundra is the first case of a villainous walrus native to Sonic's World, and the first walrus villain not to be an evil counterpart of Rotor such as Boomer Walrus.
 * Tundra is the first new relative of one of the New Freedom Fighters to be introduced in the Post-Super Genesis Wave timeline. He is also the first of said relatives to replace a relative from the previous timeline, namely Sherman Walrus. However, his conflict with his son and his membership in Eggman's forces are reminiscent of Beauregard Rabbot.
 * Prior to it being revealed, fans would speculate that Tundra was Rotor's father.
 * However, comparing the original drawings of Tundra from Sonic the Hedgehog #255 to the images of Rotor in the Sonic Comic Origins segment featuring Rotor, it was quite difficult to determine whether the two were the same. Aleah Baker later confirmed that Tundra's debut appearance was a misinterpretation of the original character design (seen in Sonic the Hedgehog #276).