Pan

Pan
Biographical Information
Alias(es)	Professor Carcosa The Great God Pan
Occupation	Ringleader (formerly)
Species	Satyr Deity
Status	Deceased
Cause of Death	Stabbed in the back with a sword (by Prudence)
Relationships
Affiliation	Phantasmagoria
Appearances
Actor	Will Swenson
First Appearance	"Chapter Twenty-Three: Heavy is the Crown"
Last Appearance	"Chapter Twenty-Eight: Sabrina Is Legend"

“	Retreat, my brothers and sisters. Greendale is poisoned. We will go and start again! [...] Satan's servile, spreading the Dark Lord's only gifts: death and destruction. You may have killed our Green Man, but I am the Great God Pan! And my gaze is madness incarnate, or had you forgotten?!	”
	— Pan's last words[src]

Pan was a recurring character on Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and the main antagonist of Part 3. He was portrayed by Will Swenson.

Pan, also known as The Great God Pan and under the alias of Professor Carcosa, was the leader of the Pagan Tribe who came to Greendale to raise their god. He was also the owner of Professor Carcosa's Traveling Carnival and Phantasmagoria. He succeeded in his plan and, for a period of time, the Green Man ruled over Greendale. After Sabrina went back in time, however, his plan was thwarted and he was killed by Prudence while Zelda and her witches either cast out or killed the Pagans.

Throughout Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Part 3

Arrival in Greendale

Professor Carcosa's true form

Harvey, Roz, Theo, and Robin attend opening night of the carnival as planned. As they stand at the front gate, Roz’ cunning allows her to see Professor Carcosa's true form; he’s a satyr. Harvey asks if she’s okay, and Roz neglects to inform them of her discovery. Sabrina arrives with Nick, who she introduces to Robin. A brief exchange then takes place between Nick and Harvey, before being interrupted by Professor Carcosa, who welcomes them inside.

Professor Carcosa challenges Harvey to the strongman game. Harvey accepts, relating it to a pickax in the mines. Harvey brings the hammer down but fails to ring the bell as Billy, Carl, and Lizzie watch on. Billy steps up and rings the bell with little ease. Harvey walks away embarrassed, which Professor Carcosa takes notice to.

The old ones pray to their god

Just outside the carnival, Professor Carcosa, better known as Pan, digs a hole as Nagaina, Circe and the remaining carnies gather around him. Nagaina reveals that she can smell the innocence on Harvey. Circe adds that she got the same feeling from Mary Wardwell. Before long, they are joined by Robin, who adds that like the two mentioned before him, Theo is also a virgin. Pan reveals that Roz is a seer and could pose a threat to them. Nagaina offers to tend to the matter of Rosalind. Pan then says that the earth is ready. Nagaina plants a flower, and Pan calls for the blood sacrifice. The carnies bring over an unknown man, and Circe slits his throat, causing him to bleed on the flower. The carnies then proceed to chant as Pan prays to the old gods.

Crossing Paths with Satanic Witches

Pan catches Harvey and Theo

Harvey, Roz, and Theo sneak into the carnival, which almost appears deserted, to sneak into the snake charmer’s tent to touch something that belongs to her so that her cunning may reveal who Nagaina is and what she wants. Harvey and Theo play lookout. While Roz is inside the tent, Harvey and Theo are confronted by Pan, who informs them that the carnival is closed for the day. Roz then screams and runs from out the tent. As Harvey, Roz, and Theo leave, Pan, Nagaina, and Robin gather and prepare to celebrate Ostra.

The Phantasmagoria meets the Church of Night

In celebration of Ostara, the pagans go into the Greendale woods to celebrate. Gathered in a clearing and wearing mysterious masks, they cross path with the Church of Night. Zelda and Hilda invite Pan, Circe, Nagaina and the rest of their community to join them. Elspeth asks if they should say a prayer of thanks to Lilith, much to Pan’s surprise, who questions why they wouldn’t pray to their Dark Lord. Zelda tells Elspeth that no prayer is necessary. Pan explains that his coven prays to others.

Pan says that his family are a traveling folk

Pan asks Zelda and Ambrose how long their people have been in Greendale. They reply that they’ve been there for generations, stemming from the old country. Zelda asks where Pan’s community hails from. She deduces that they’re drifters. She hopes that Greendale is just one of many stops and that they’ll be moving on soon. Pan isn’t sure, explaining that there’s something about Greendale that makes him want to set down roots.

Pan, Circe, and Nagaina discuss their findings. Circe refers to them as heathens who enslave animals as pets. Pan corrects her in saying that the animals are kept as familiars. He explains that they’ve stumbled upon a group of Satanic witches but something is wrong with them. Nagaina explains that they’re weak. She can smell it. Pan then notices the Spellman off behind a tree holding hands, but doesn't react.

Pan says that pagan witches were there before satanic witches

After Dorcas is bitten by a snake, Nagaina takes her leg and sucks the venom out. Nick returns with the snake after cutting it in half. Nagaina is enraged, referring to Nick as a murderer and explaining that it was the snake’s home they invaded. With that, Pan, Circe, and Nagaina decide to take their people and leave. Zelda agrees, stating that they were there first. Pan retorts that the pagans were there first, before the false god. Before the Dark Lord, the old gods reigned, and the pagans worshiped them. Now, something has happened and their time has come around again.

Pan drives Agatha into a state of madness

Agatha follows Dorcas after Zelda tasks her with giving the Pagans an offering. Agatha loses her trail and crosses paths with Pan as he is in his true form playing a flute. She appears entranced by his performance.

Afterward, Pan, Nagaina, Circe and the pagans plot to take away the witches' Hare Moon. Pan cuts into the cake, and Circe prays to Selene, goddess of the moon, as the coven eats the moon pie, simultaneously consuming the moon.

The Pagans give the witches an Ultimatum

The pagans track the Church of Night to the Academy of Unseen Arts, where they perform a spell to infest the academy with snakes. Pan warns them that their time is over and that the old gods are returning, as well as the old ways. He tells them to either bow and pray to their gods or be killed. They have three days to decide. The pagans disappear, leaving behind a crazed Agatha and a petrified Dorcas.

Pan kills Elspeth

Elspeth and Melvin forsake the Church of Night and pledge their allegiance to the pagans. Pan, Nagaina, and Circe welcome them with open arms. As his time approaches, the Green Man, the oldest of the gods, will need even more nourishment. And there’s no better sustenance than witches' blood. Pan proceeds to stab Elspeth in the neck, killing her. Melvin retreats into the woods. Pan allows him to leave so that he may warn the coven.

Rise of the Green Man

Pan and Nagaina lend some of their pagans to Faustus

Pan and Nagaina discuss how Sabrina infiltrated the carnival and killed four of their tribe. The great flowering of the Green Man is almost upon them. Nagaina calms him down and tells him that the blood of their lost tribe members nourishes the Green Man. Faustus Blackwood is dragged into the tent after he was found hiding in the shadows. He reveals that he cannot be killed as he bears the Mark of Cain. He’s come seeking an alliance. He wishes to see the Church of Night dead, same as them. They can kill the witches in their beds as they sleep. There are secret tunnels and a secret door that he can lead them in through. Pan agrees to lend Faustus some of his men to raid the Academy of Unseen Arts. They stole something from Faustus, and he wants to use the pagans to get it back.

Pan tracks down the fright club at Baxter High

Roz, Harvey, and Theo are then called into the Principal’s office. There, they are confronted by Pan and Nagaina. Harvey, Roz, and Theo hide in the library. Pan and Nagaina transform into their true forms and tell Harvey, Roz, and Theo about the return of the Green Man. However, one last thing is needed for him to rise; the innocent blood of a young virgin. Just as Nagaina is about to find Harvey, Robin arrives at super speed and whisks him, Roz, and Theo to safety. Mrs. Curtis enters the library, turns the lights back on, and asks if she can help Pan and Nagaina, who claim they were just leaving.

Pan, Nagaina, Circe, and the pagans barge into Harvey's garage and capture Nick, Harvey, Roz, Theo, and Robin. Nagaina reminds Harvey of what she told him when they first met, that once she has a virgin’s scent, they can’t hide from her.

Pan declares the end of all flesh.

They are taken to the carnival by the pagans, who kill Nick and Robin, and entrap Harvey inside the Green Man as his virgin sacrifice. Pan, Nagaina, and Circe remove the hoods from Roz and Theo so they can watch. Theo and Roz scream helplessly with their hands bound and mouths gagged. Harvey pleads out for help, but his prayers go unanswered. Harvey is killed as the vines of the Green Man stab into his chest. And with that, the pollination begins. Roz and Theo scream for Sabrina to come and save them, unaware that she is encased in stone

Defeated by the Church of Night

Pan and Nagaina decide to sacrifice Mary Wardwell to the Green man

In this new timeline created by Sabrina, Pan starts to panic as no one in town has shown up to the carnival. Nagaina attempts to calm him, but he suspects something is afoot. Even more worrisome, they don’t have their virgin. Robin then arrives with Mary Wardwell, bound and gagged. Pan welcomes Robin back with open arms as they prepare for the rising of the Green Man. Mary Wardwell is placed inside the Green Man as the pagans are seeded and offer themselves up as sacrifices after none of the townsfolk show up to the carnival. Pan, Nagaina, and Circe lead the chant for the Green Man to rise. The vines and branches tighten around Mary and consume her. However, rather than pollination, the Green Man decays, as it shrivels up and rots. As it turns out, Mary Wardwell is actually Pesta in glamour, and Robin is Sabrina. Before glamouring herself as Mary Wardwell, Sabrina found the real Ms. Wardwell and erased her mind of the Spellmans being witches. Sabrina now warns Pan to take his carnival and leave Greendale. The Church of Night arrives as back up and chase the pagans out of Greendale.

Ambrose and Zelda catch up to Pan, who transforms in front of them as his gaze is madness incarnate. However, before they can be driven insane, Prudence stabs Pan with her sword, killing him.

Physical Appearance

Pan wears gentleman's clothing. He has black hair that reaches his shoulders. When the glamour is off, Pan is a satyr with hairy legs and cloven hooves, and an humanoid goat face with horns.

Personality

Pan was a ruthless being who was determined to resurrect the old gods at whatever the cost, even mass murder, subjecting his own tribe to ritualistic sacrifice when there was no one in Greendale showed up at the carnival.

Powers and Abilities

• Insanity Gaze: Pan is described as "madness personified." His very gaze engenders insanity in witches and mortals alike. Despite this, Rosalind was able to look upon Pan with her cunning with no ill-effects.
• Glamour: The power to disguise a physical appearance. Pan used this ability to hide his true form to appear human. However Rosalind's cunning allows her to see through his disguise.
• Longevity: While the source of his longevity remains unexplored, Ambrose describes him as "amongst the oldest of the pagan monsters."

Appearances

Part 3

• "Chapter Twenty-Three: Heavy is the Crown"
• "Chapter Twenty-Four: The Hare Moon"
• "Chapter Twenty-Five: The Devil Within"
• "Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Judas Kiss"
• "Chapter Twenty-Eight: Sabrina Is Legend"

Trivia

• He is loosely based on the Greek god Pan.
• His title comes from The Great God Pan, a horror novella by Arthur Machen.
  • A Brother Machen featured in Part 2 as a teacher at the Academy of Unseen Arts.
• Professor Carcosa is a reference to An Inhabitant of Carcosa, a short story by Ambrose Bierce.
  • A Brother Bierce was mentioned in Part 2.
  • Carcosa is also mentioned in The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, featuring the Green Man.

Gallery

See also: Category:Images of Pan