Mr. Pang

Not Part of Riordanverse The following article/section is from the Winston Chu continuity under Rick Riordan Presents and not the Riordanverse canon.

Ross Pang
Biographical information
Full name	Sorrow
Gender	Male
Family	Ned Gu (brother)
Affiliation	Mr Pang's Whimsies
Status	Alive
Physical description
Species	Magpie
Behind the scenes
Appearances	Winston Chu Versus the Whimsies Winston Chu Versus the Wingmeisters

“	I took the opportunity to give you the broom and dustbin for a good cause. But Mirth is ruthless. Sure, he fools people into thinking he’s a harmless, happy fellow with his loud floral shirts, those ridiculous red glasses, and his annoying chuckle. But you should see stockpile of magical munitions he has amassed on his island. Without the power of the moon, I will be helpless to stop him from taking over the world.	”
–Mr. Pang to Winston on how much worse of a threat his brother is compared to him in Winston Chu Verses the Whimsies.

Ross Pang (real name Sorrow) is the owner of Mr. Pang's Whimsies. He is the main antagonist of Winston Chu Versus the Whimsies.

History

Ross Pang was one of two magpies who pulled the chariot of Mother Cloud Weaver. However he tricked his brother, Mirth, into becoming mortal and he is punished. In order to make Mirth mortal, he steals the tear of Cowherd, a lover of one of Mother Cloud Weaver’s daughters.

In the seventies, he opened up a toy store in San Francisco, but Mother Could Weaver found out and struck the building with a bolt of lightning.

Eventually, he tricks Cowherd and Cloud Weaver into stealing beloved objects for him with the false promise of helping them build a bridge so that they could be together.

Winston Chu Duology

Winston Chu Versus the Whimsies

After Winston Chu scares off a pair of suspected burglars, he thanks the boy and offers him the first thing from his shop he touches as a reward. Mr. Pang leads the four down a series of corridors and into a room filled with shelves containing various items. Mr. Pang instructs Winston that he will be given the first thing he touches, avoid anything with a red tag, and to be out be five. Mr. Pang gets a call and leaves. After his bird Maggie gets out, he apologizes and sees Winston holding the broom. After Winston and his friends protest that he deserves more then a broom, Mr. Pang gives him a dustpan and sends the children on their way.

Using a marshmallow Mav stole, he keeps tabs on when Winston and his friends come to his store and hides it. However, they feed the marshmallow false information one day and Winston, Mav, Bijal, and Cassa burst into his office and Cassa threatens to throw an egg of truth at him. Winston demands his sister back as Mr. Pang explains that Coco is misplaced, angering the boy. Mr. Pang says that he uses the popcorn machine in his office to imbue magic into objects from other things, hiding them. He explains how he did this with Cowherd and Cloud Weaver to hide them from Mother Cloud Weaver. Upon hearing Mr. Pang confess to working with Cowherd and Cloud Weaver, Winston asks again and accuses him of stealing objects. Mr. Pang makes a run for it and Cassa throws the egg of truth and the old man. When it it’s him, Mr. Pang is transformed into a magpie, stuck in that form for the next twenty four hours. Winston and the others theorize he sneaks into the shop as a bird to avoid suspicion. Mr. Pang flies off as the kids go after him. After looking around the store for things to use, they form a plan. Bijal pulls out candy bar to lure in Mr. Pang and Mav and Cassa trap him in a colander. The kids take Mr. Pang with them. Cassa's father and his girlfriend hear him, but Mav says it is his phone. The kids release him when they arrive at Mav's house, but keep him in a hat to stop him from flying off. The following day, he tricks Mrs. McFee into releasing him by faking an injury and flies out a bathroom window.

A few days later, he uses Coco Chu, who is trapped in the body of Chang-Ah-Ling, to power his flying canoe. Winston flies up to him an a unicorn piñata and Dani Kim plays a lullaby on a ukulele from his store that induces sleep, but he is not effected. Mr. Pang reveals that he is using the qi of the full moon to banish his brother, Mirth, to the heavens by permanently transforming him into a magpie. As Mr. Pang describes his brother, Winston realizes he is describing Mr. Gu. Mr. Pang explains that Mr. Gu has created problems for the city only to look like a hero by “fixing” them. He also reveals that his brother sold Dani's Aunt her umbrella and he started events that lead to Winston would arrive at his store. Soon, Mav, Cassa, and Bijal move in to grab Coco, but Mr Pang fends them off. Mr. Pang grabs the doll and threatens to release her spirit, which will vanish as her original body is to far away. Winston begs Mr. Pang not to as his friends fight off the kick-me boots. One boot comes over to Winston and Dani, but their unicorn impales it. Mav tries to spray Mr. Pang with a fire extinguisher, but it is empty. Winston grabs Coco and tosses her to his friends as Mr. Pang starts to harness the moon qi. Winston takes the Pikachu out of his pocket. Winston syphons the qi as the piñata he and Dani are on disintegrates. Winston orders Bijal, who has Coco, to go to his house. Through word play, Winston signals to Cassa to use the fishing pole with teeth to grab the oar from Mr. Pang as he pretends to accept defeat. She does and, not long after, Mr. Pang erupts in a cloud of smoke and sinks into the bay.

Appearance

Mr. Pang is an elderly man with black hair and long fingernails. He wears flowing yellow robes.

Personality

At first, Mr. Pang is grateful when someone helps him out and immediately shows that gratitude. However, he is later shown to be deceitful, cowering, selfish, and manipulative.

Abilities

• Hallucikinesis: Mr. Pang can create illusions to cover his store.
• Shapeshifting: Mr. Pang can switch between human and magpie.

Etymology

• Pang is a surname of Chinese origin.