Astral Angel (Donovan)

NAME/ORIGIN
Character name	Astral Angel
Song/Album	"Astral Angel"/ Donovan
Act	Donovan
Writer	Donovan
Release Date	1977
ABILITIES
Powers	-Fly are called "Angels," are referred to as "birds" -Ride flying horses "riding silver stallions in the sky" -Travel between conscious and subconscious realms "Dancing through the Dreamtime" "Fading through the Dreamtime" -Cause other creatures to travel between these realms "Listening to the crickets as they phase"
Skills	-Sing, harmonize, and teach singing "You harmonize with the song" "Teach me how to dance and sing along"
Attributes	It is unknown how much they know about us; if they only know us from our dreams, what must they think?
Vulnerabilities	N/A
Formidability	Unclear. While they can travel between realms and cause others to do so as well, the limits of this capacity is unknown
Attractiveness	High, elicit responses like: "I would be your friend" "Teach me"
Source	Must be an attribute of many in their realm
Goals	Make contact with conscious-dwelling beings
POSSESSIONS
Weapons	N/A
Amulets	N/A
Objects	N/A
Clothing	N/A, but perhaps their clothes or skins are colorful and glowing: "lights move through the heavens/ colors glowing by"
Vehicles	flying "silver stallions"
Dwelling	"Domes upon the desert/ Shimmering through the haze" Perhaps the shimmer is an effect of the domes phasing between realms
Milieu	Prefer to operate during "sunset"
BIOGRAPHY
Gender	N/A. Gender may not be a category they recognize
Age	N/A
Physique	Clearly alien, but angelic and birdlike in appearance, so likely winged "You're no earthly bird"... but still some sort of bird.
Ethnicity	alien/interdimensional
Origin	Either from another planet, or another dimension, or both; The "astral" plane may be another reality/dimension of the multiverse, or "just" what we call the subconscious. Or, again, both. "You're no earthly bird, I can tell"
Ancestry	N/A
Profession	Ambassadors, of a sort
Education	N/A. Not clear if their abilities are inherent or taught.
SES	N/A
Relationships	They are an entire race or at least class of being, so it is to be assumed they have a variety of relationships with each other. Their goal now is to create relationships with humans
Pets	flying "silver stallions"
PERSONALITY
Morality	Good. No evil intent is even hinted at.
Intro/extrovert	Extrovert. Their mission is one of introducing themselves
Intelligence	High
Emotions	peaceful
Sanity	Sane
Enemies	perhaps those fearful of space aliens, or those afraid the aliens will be worshipped.
Narrative Function	Catalyst
Other Notes	At sunset, we hear the sound of crickets where there was silence... and where there should not even be crickets. Because we are in the desert. Next comes not another sound but a sight-- at first likely taken for a shimmering desert mirage: domes, appearing over the desert at sunset. Then colored lights move through the sky ("lights move through the heavens/ colors glowing by"). Closer inspection reveals that the lights are the sunset's colors reflected off of... sliver horses in the sky! Riding these horses are humanoid beings. Since they appear in the sky and have wings, one's first impression is that these are angels. However, upon a Close Encounter of the Third Kind (which is not just seeing or evidence, but contact), it is revealed that these are travelers from the Astral Plane. They teach that we can visit their realm. They translate its name as "Dreamtime," since we travel, or phase, there (or at least our consciousness does) by entering sleep or something like it-- a trance state. The method involves singing and dancing a particular way. The crickets are from their realm; they were swept up in the phasing that brought the Astral Angels here. But the fact that this happens means that living beings can make the transition. Some practical notes: The domes are the vessels they used to come to our reality, and serve as mobile homes, both vehicle and domicile. While the Astral Angels can fly, they find that riding their horses is faster.