Gern Blanston

 is a blue dragonborn wizard in the School of Necromancy, and a guest ally of Vox Machina. As a necromancer, Gern can animate the dead and keeps undead thralls, such as Carol, Coral, Fatty Arbuckle, and Stimpy. Gern is played by special guest Chris Hardwick.

Appearance
Gern is a blue dragonborn without a tail. When Vox Machina encountered him, Gern was wearing a red dance vest.

Background
Gern claimed to be a simple candlemaker, who makes enchanted candles with different effects. Some simply produce light, while others "create tragedy for people". After Thordak escaped from the Elemental Plane of Fire, devastating Cindergrove in the process, Gern arrived to gather materials for his spells.

When he met Vox Machina, Gern had four undead thralls with him, named Carol, Coral, Fatty Arbuckle, and Stimpy. During the fight against the efreet, Vex'ahlia offered to hold his broom of flying. After the battle, she slipped it into Grog's Bag of Holding and lied to Gern, telling him that the broom fell into the lava.

Dragonborn

 * Breath Weapon:  Lightning (DC 14, Dragonborn racial trait)

Class Features

 * Undead Thralls (grants Animate Dead and empowers undead)

Spells

 * Cone of Cold
 * Disintegrate

Notable Items

 * Broom of Flying (stolen by Vex'ahlia)

Candles

 * Blink Candle (used to help seal the rift to the Elemental Plane of Fire)
 * Flash Candle
 * Icestorm Candle
 * Thunder Candle

Trivia

 * The name "Gern Blanston" comes from a 1970s comedy album by comedian (and Satuday Night Live alumnus) Steve Martin, who pretended for comic effect during a bit that this was his real name.
 * Chris Hardwick uses an Irish accent when speaking as Gern.
 * Gern being a necromancer dancer and wearing a red dance vest is an allusion to the vest Cadence wore in Crypt of the NecroDancer.  Gern's undead thrall Coral may be a reference to Choral.
 * The name "Fatty Arbuckle" was the stage name of a lesser-known and somewhat-infamous comic actor from the early silent movie era, named Roscoe Arbuckle.  He was a contemporary of Charlie Chaplin.