Pan

Panllana Oberon, affectionately referred to as Pan by his shipmates is a cheery blue skinned tiefling with an unwavering and unmatched talent for all things in the kitchen. He is stationed as a permanent member of the Allura’s crew where he holds a position as the ships chef, though his skills would be considered master level in any of the major cities of Askaria and beyond.

Though he is comfortably stationed aboard the Allura in the current timeline the crew’s first introduction to Pan would be considered very much uncomfortable to even the most steady of mind and stomach; For it had been over five years since anyone had seen the master chef, and his disappearance had been considered suspicious within both the culinary communities as well as his home community of Askaris, one of Askaria’s oldest towns. Most people had assumed that an overly competitive chef within the cooking world had had enough of the award winning meals being heralded as a thing to celebrate by the world year after year in the name of Panllana Oberon, and killed the tiefling, but the truth was far more disturbing. A person within the culinary community was in fact involved in his disappearance, but it was not a competitor, it was his own apprentice, Bianca Bellows. The chef apprentice bewitched Pan and sold him to a mysterious figure in a painted white and red mask who took the frozen man away one fog choked night never to be seen again… that is however until the crew of the Allura, not in anyway seeking the missing chef, stumbled upon his twisted fate. Beneath the mountains splitting Lampstone and Moonstone, deep within the Underdark, within the depths of an Illithid fortress known as The Cortex, below the ritual chambers of the Illithid Inquisition, locked within a gore spattered kitchen, the crew of the Allura found the Blue Skinned Tiefling, terrified, horrified by his surroundings, and in a panic. The tiefling had suffered an unthinkable fate after being sold off in the night by his former friend. The man in the mask was the Illithid Inquisitor known as Saquesh: Master of Oozes, and he had selected Pan to be brought to the Cortex for his unmatched talent, though it was to be used in the preparation of Mind Flayer cuisine… the brains of intelligent beings. For five years Pan was under the thrall of Duradrin, head inquisitor, and mind flayer who devoured an entire elder brain, causing his form to warp and engorge, where he mindlessly pulled the brains from thousands of beings before preparing them for the countless Inquisition feasts. Everyday for five years he fed brains to the Mind Flayers, and he remembered them all. Freed from the mind control of Duradrin after the death of the beast, Pan pleaded that the crew of the Allura allow him to aid in the destruction of Saquesh and the other Inquisitors, and they did not turn away his offer.

Eventually, the Allura’s adventures brought Pan home to Askaris where his fears were made real once more. His old restaurant had been converted into a place known as The Smitten Kitchen, the name his old apprentice was planning to call her first business. Bianca Bellows had not only sold his freedom, but she stole his entire life. Pan would not regularly leave the ship for anything short of ingredients and food stock, but this time he demanded the crew allow him join them on their investigation of the lake town. It was here that Pan and the crew discovered Bianca was a witch in league with a somehow still living Saquesh who was providing Oozes to vampires all across Askaria. It was Pan who landed the final blow on Bianca Bellows, and freed himself from the mystery of his own kidnapping.

After years of servitude to the monsters of the Underdark, Pan was overjoyed to once again have his own kitchen, volunteering to cook all meals for his savours while aiding them on their mission to collect the Pears of Askaria, and stop the return of Dukath.

   Pans skills are unmatched in the kitchen, but his meals tend to have other benefits. They improve skills and toughness, they remove curses and hexes, and they can even make you a little more lucky depending on the situation you find yourself in after a snack.

He’s also no slouch with a blade. Growing up as noble’s son he was lucky enough to be highly trained in many forms of close combat by some of the best sword fighters to come out of Askaris, a skill he has put to use several times since joining the crew of the Allura.

**Appearance**

* Blue skin
* Red eyes
* Dark blue hair
* animated tail
* often in a dark leather smock
* chefs hat
* two horns cresting each side of his forehead given the impression of a crown

**Magical Items**

* Enchanted knife block - recharges any magical charges when item is sheathed in the block.
* Magic knife set - A gift from his now dead apprentice Bianca Bellows the blades are suited for the kitchen but more than capable as a combat weapon.
* Herbs & Spices - Pan has an endless stock of herbs & spices that in the hands of anyone else would act as just that, but Pan's abilities allow him to combine these ingredients to enhance his meals to benefit his diners resistance and abilities greatly.