Lost Soul (Bruce Hornsby)

NAME/ORIGIN
Character name	Lost Soul
Song/Album	"Lost Soul"/ A Night on the Town
Act	Bruce Hornsby and the Range
Writer	Bruce Hornsby
Release Date	1990
ABILITIES
Powers	-May be immortal/ageless "Ever since I can remember"
Skills	-Drawing "All day long he drew, careful, on the paper." -Rowing "With an oar in his hand... row the boat to the far shore" -Singing "With... a song on his lips" -Long-distance walking "Coming down the road"
Attributes	Exists in a liminal state between dimension "Somewhere between two worlds" "Didn't know where to turn"
Vulnerabilities	Feels lonely, yet has trouble connecting with others
Formidability	Very low
Attractiveness	Seems to draw people to him, if only due to his pathetic nature
Source	N/A
Goals	Companionship
POSSESSIONS
Weapons	N/A
Amulets	N/A
Objects	An "oar" A "pencil" and "paper"
Clothing	A "hat"
Vehicles	A "boat," likely a rowboat
Dwelling	"We took him in when he needed some shelter"
Milieu	"On the street, in the twilight" "Downtown" "in early December, after school had just let out." (Winter break?)
BIOGRAPHY
Gender	Male
Age	Possibly ageless, but seems to have stopped aging as an adult
Physique	probably well-toned, from rowing and walking
Ethnicity	N/A
Origin	Could have come from either of the two dimensions he is trapped between
Ancestry	N/A
Profession	Oarsman
Education	N/A
SES	Very low. Likely homeless.
Relationships	"Thought no one loved him-- that was not true" "Didn't fit in anywhere/ Didn't know... who to turn to." "We all tried to ease the pain" "Tried to make him feel one of us again"
Pets	N/A
PERSONALITY
Morality	Good. Seems willing to accept help.
Intro/extrovert	Introvert-- painfully shy and isolated "Show me love, but maybe I don't deserve it."
Intelligence	N/A
Emotions	"A man of confused and sad nature" "We all tried to ease the pain"
Sanity	Severely depressed, but sane
Enemies	None
Narrative Function	Catalyst
Other Notes	The poor Lost Soul is stranded "between two worlds." In our reality, he seems both pained to be alone and pained to be with people. Does he have some sort of anxiety or social disorder? Well, being caught between dimensions is sure to mess with your social skills. Also, it is nigh impossible for him to find someone to relate to (maybe another character from our list?). Further, we have to wonder if, by only helping him when he seems dejected, others have unwittingly encouraged him to act this way. It might be better if they tried to help him stand up for himself, or find him a friendly quantum physicist who can help him fully resolve or solidify into our dimension. We don't know anything about his other one, but he seems to keep walking and rowing his way to ours... so as isolated as he feels here, it must be even worse there. At least here, people make an attempt to reach out to him, and he can interact with our physical realm (he draws a picture, for instance).