Fireball (Deep Purple)

NAME/ORIGIN

Character name
 Fireball
Song/Album
 "Fireball"/ Fireball
Act
 Deep Purple
Writer
Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice
Release Date
1971


ABILITIES

Powers
-Emit light
"The golden light about you"
-Use magic to mentally control others
"The magic in your eye bewitches all you gaze upon"
"Magic woman wrecking up my soul"
-Touch or smile can cause hearts to burst into flame
"The way you smile and touch me always sets my heart alight"
-Lips can also make a person feel entirely on fire
"Your lips are like a fire burning in my soul"
-Speed equal to a falling meteor (25,000 mph; the Earth's circumference is less than 25,000 miles)
"You're racing like a fireball"
-Able to become invisible when moves quickly
"You're... dancing like a ghost"
-Can shatter bones, destroy organs
"My head is getting broken, my mind is getting bust"
-Can turn dust into gold
"This road of golden dust"
Skills
N/A
Attributes
Knows/has many secrets
"Things you tell me never have been told"
Vulnerabilities
If powered by electricity and uses fire, then water is a potential defense
Formidability
Mild. Only has powers over those in sight
"The magic in your eye bewitches all you gaze upon" but no others
Attractiveness
High
"Now I'm coming with you"
Source
Electricity
"Electric before me"
Goals
Unclear. See Notes


POSSESSIONS

Weapons
N/A
Amulets
N/A
Objects
N/A
Clothing
N/A although something fireproof (speculative)
Vehicles
N/A. She can travel at Mach 32, so one isn't needed. 
Dwelling
N/A
Milieu
N/A but prefers heights, to extend her field of view
"You stand upon your hill"


BIOGRAPHY

Gender
Female
Age
N/A
Physique
N/A
Ethnicity
N/A
Origin
A big part of the mystery is that her origin is unknown, only that "where [she's] from, it's a long way" from here.
Ancestry
N/A
Profession
N/A 
Education
N/A
SES
Must be high, if she can transmute dust to gold
Relationships
Many, brief. Others find her perplexing.
Pets
N/A


PERSONALITY

Morality
Amoral. Exists to please herself
Intro/extrovert
Extrovert
Intelligence
Above average
Emotions
Wildly varying, unpredictable
"I tried to understand you"
"Magic woman, I don't know."
Sanity
Bipolar/Manic-depressive
"You're Gemini and I don't know which one I like the most"
Enemies
N/A. Firefighters?


Narrative Function
Antagonist
Other Notes
Groucho Marx famously said that he would not belong to any club that would have him as a member. Fireball would not allow anyone to follow her who would follow her.
Since she can kill everyone she comes into contact with-- by a touch or even a smile-- who wants to be with her? So she uses her light and gold to attract people, then magic to bewitch people into staying. Of course, when they do, she loses all respect because of their weakness. And anyway, they don't like her for her, but only because she makes them, so their companionship is worthless.
Since she can relocate to any other point on Earth in under an hour, and become invisible while doing so, she can also abandon any place she is in for another, instantly. (The combination of speed and invisibility may be mistaken for teleportation.) So why should she bother to form relationships?
She is terminally unhappy-- lonely when alone, and bored/disappointed when with others.  


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