Pao the Witch Panda

Pao is the fifth member of Team Genesis.

Pao resides in The Forest of Illusions on Genesis Island. Once alone in the forest with the companionship of only the animals to keep her company, Pao opened up once she met Super and Team Genesis, joining them on their adventures.

Pao's canon birthday is April 13th.

Her original designer is Isabella Glasscock.

## Biography

### Appearance

Pao has long, unkept brown hair bright caramel colored eyes, along with characteristic panda ears and a tail obtained during an accident using a transformation spell. She wears a purple shirt with poorly sewn long bell sleeves and grey leggings with a pant leg cut off.

In other designs, Pao is also seen with eyebag like blotches under her eyes, also another panda feature.

### Personality

Pao has a free spirited personality due to her history living in the forest. She's very detached from social norms and lives life her own way. She is sometimes sarcastic and cocky when dealing with enemies or even friends in competition. In addition to her cocky and free spirited nature, she is also a bookworm, finding enjoyment in studying her library of magic, or even novels to pass the time. She has taken a strong liking to romance novels in particular, which leaves her wanting her own lover, and daydreams of them often.

### Abilities

Pao's main weapon of choice is a thorn covered scythe made enterally out of magic. While it can be swung normally, she also has the option to throw the scythe and control its trajectory and speed freely. In addition, the scythe can also fire it's thorns like bullets. These thorns can also pin people to walls and floors and trap them. She can also transform parts of her body to become bear like, giving her sharp claws, paws, and fangs.

Along with her scythe, Pao also has access to many spells, including a Spores spell, throwing out mushroom like spores to infect the air and freeze the target. The Morning Dew spell, which slows her target down and makes them drowsy, Venus Trap spell, which causes a giant Venus fly trap to emerge from the ground and bite at her target.

In addition, she also has the ability known as Healer's Eye, giving her x-ray like vision so she may locate internal wounds and heal them from a distance.

### Relationships

#### Super

Since Team Genesis Adventure 3, Super and Pao have become closer friends, sometimes referring to each other with sibling like qualities. Because of Pao's energetic personality, Super finds the two of them to be similar to one another in attitude and feels at ease referring to her as such. He tends to tease her for her interest in romantic literature, and Pao tends to return the favor by teasing him of his romantic relationship with Hazel.

#### Hazel

Because of their similar status of mage and witch, Hazel and Pao often find each other amazed at each other's abilities. They get along well as they share a mutual interest in nature, and protecting it's inhabitants. Hazel will often find herself also coming to Pao for relationship advice, as she finds her much more capable of love than herself.

## History

### Team Genesis Adventure 3

Pao finds Thomas injured from the final battle in Team Genesis The Fuse Stones 2 and helps nurse him back to health in exchange for some help around her hideout. Eventually during the search for Dr. Tenor's mysterious henchman, she proclaims to Super that she will be joining the adventure and won't take no for an answer, to which he agrees. She later finds herself confronting Mirage after she knocks Super out.

### Team Genesis Picture Poker

Pao appears as the 4 Point Card in Team Genesis Picture Poker.

### Team Genesis Super Circuit

Pao is a playable character in Team Genesis Super Circuit, riding her horse Alvie and having the Special Item of Thorn Ring.

### Team Genesis DASH!!

Pao is the fourth playable character in Team Genesis DASH!! she is classed as a middleweight, having balanced stats across the board.

## Gallery

Pao holding her scythe (Drawn by Isabella)Pao mimicking the Puyo styleAn old design of Pao (Drawn by Isabella)Pao in a Pipe Frame. Intended for Team Genesis DASH!!Pao riding her horse, Alvie.
## Trivia

* Pao was first created as an internet persona for her creator.
* Pao's voice in Team Genesis Adventure 3 was the voice of Robin in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Her voice in Team Genesis DASH is Witch's from Puyo Puyo Tetris 2.
* Pao's design started off as a combination of character creator Isabella Glasscock's interests at the time.
* Her theme, My Box of Secrets was originally written for Hazel, however it was given to Pao as it simply fit her more.
* Pao and Vile are the only characters to be bilingual, both speaking Spanish and English.