...would, upon making first contact with an alien race and being handed an instrument never before seen by anyone on this planet, belt out a tune mere minutes later. A man capable of constructing the sound of an entire orchestra with random kitchen utensils and a damp paper towel tube, he is a wizard emeritus in the school of magical creativity.
...tells stories, builds altars to pagan gods, drums 'round the bonfire, and crafts mad culinary experiments...sometimes all at the same time. He finds immense joy in gathering the souls of those who have crossed him over the years, and trapping them forever in the pages of his fiction.