Pan Lumio

Pan Lumio is a minor character in Slapstick Culture. He only appears once, at the beginning of Act Three, though he is relevant to Dinah McCullough's backstory.

Background
Pan Lumio is a small creature that guides Magical Girls in their quests for power. Specifically, he exists to transform young women into Magical Girls, if they meet his requirements. Pan is one of many animals in Slipknot City who do this, but he has a reputation as one of the less trustworthy ones; his spells almost always come with immense emotional instability in the time following the girl's transformation.

Like all of the dealers in his field, Pan has a specific set of requirements that must be met for a transformation to occur. They are as follows:
 * Receiver of the power must have a female body. Pan states that there are many magic dealers who do not have this rule, but he himself does not know how to incorporate magic into an XY chromosome, as the Y chromosome tends to reject his brand of magic.
 * Receiver must be between ten and eighteen years old. The exact reason for this is not given, but Pan implies that it is because teenagers can adapt to new physical abilities more easily.
 * Receiver must be neurotypical and relatively stable beforehand, or the resulting pressure would cause certain brain functions to collapse on themselves.
 * Receiver must be of an anime style or a hybrid with high anime influence.
 * Receiver must be able to provide payment in some way. Pan accepts money, but is more interested in rare trinkets.

Pan's only direct involvement with the story is that he was the one to grant magic to a sickly Dinah when she was younger. Like many of his customers, the intense magic proved to be too much for her, and she began suffering nightmares and uncontrollable violent urges. Because of this, and the damage she caused to the city and the organization, Pan is considered an enemy of the Underground Justice.

Personality
Pan is heavily based on the animal guides and companions of traditional magical girls. Thus, he speaks calmly and kindly, and retains a childish demeanor. However, he has a way of speaking down to people, and will also blatantly lie about the drawbacks of his abilities. His motivations aren't entirely clear, but according to Polar Miracle, he is a "bundle of pure evil, one that isn't able to reason." Whether this is an accurate description or the result of her grudge against him for ruining Dinah's mind isn't apparent.

Physical Appearance
Pan is no more than a foot long, and resembles a very small male lion. His colour is curiously undecided; he changes from pale green to pink depending on the angle he is seen from. He has a fleur-de-lis pattern along his body and very small pearls on his toes.