The Enchanted Gypsy & Lady-O (Donovan)

NAME/ORIGIN
Character name	The Enchanted Gypsy/ A Man/ Lady-O
Song/Album	"The Enchanted Gypsy"/A Gift From a Flower to a Garden
Act	Donovan
Writer	Donovan
Release Date	1967
ABILITIES
Powers	A Man: -Flight, or riding a flying horse "A man rode high/ In the tinker's sky" Enchanted Gypsy: -Mind control, both groups and individuals "The people in the town/ They would not look 'round" "A vision I saw/ As the crow did caw" Lady-O -Breathe underwater "Seaweed clings to the ruby rings on the fingers of my Lady-O" -Draw pictures that become animated "The pictures there, they move in thin air" "His caravan was painted by hand/ That's touched every pebble in the ocean" (i.e., her seaweed-covered hands)
Skills	A Man-- horsemanship Lady-O-- drawing and painting (also swimming)
Attributes	Unknown
Vulnerabilities	A Man: arrows Enchanted Gypsy: N/A Lady-O: fishermen's nets
Formidability	Unknown
Attractiveness	All seem to be able to either gather or avoid attention as desired
Source	"enchantment"
Goals	Unknown, but they seem concerned with revealing unknown things to people who need to know these things
POSSESSIONS
Weapons	N/A
Amulets	N/A but the Gypsy may use these. Also, Lady-O wears ruby rings
Objects	N/A The nature of Lady-O's colors is unknown
Clothing	N/A
Vehicles	A Man: flies or rides a flying horse Gypsy: A caravan wagon Lady-O: may ride in the wagon or swim alongside in rivers, canals, etc.
Dwelling	Mobile
Milieu	"Glades" near, but not in, towns
BIOGRAPHY
Gender	A Man and the Gypsy are male; Lady-O is a lady
Age	Unknown
Physique	Unknown
Ethnicity	The Gypsy is Rroma, the other two are unknown. Flying horses exist in several (Greek, Norse, Chinese), but not all, mythologies
Origin	Unknown
Ancestry	Unknown
Profession	The collecting, and revelation, of secrets and unknown information
Education	Unknown. Mystic arts are developed from both teaching and practice.
SES	Not known if they require money
Relationships	The Lady-O is known to the subject of the song; he calls her "my" Lady. The other two were previously unknown to him.
Pets	N/A but the caravan wagon may be pulled by horses
PERSONALITY
Morality	Good, but they interfere only when needed
Intro/extrovert	Introvert except to the individuals they help
Intelligence	Extremely high, to work this magic
Emotions	Calm, patient
Sanity	Sane
Enemies	Few even know they exist
Narrative Function	Catalyst
Other Notes	Our story is told in fits and starts, as it was likely experienced this way as well. A peasant is awakened one spring morning by a flying man, who beckons him to follow him to an Enchanted Gypsy. The peasant looks around to say, "Hey! Anyone else seein' this?!" but none seem to notice. Later, he concludes that they were made to look away by some magic. We also learn that Lady-O, the peasant's girlfriend or mistress (in the feudal sense) seems to have drowned. Following the flying man, he peasant ducks under a oak's leaves for shade. Just then, a crow cawed, and the peasant sees... a vision! Of some kind! Also, the flying man is gone. At this point, the peasant no longer needs to search for the Gypsy-- he found him. Well, at least, his wagon. The wagon's sides are painted, and the pictures move like a cartoon (not that these have been invented yet) to depict episodes of the Gypsy's escapades. Somehow, he knows or intuits (was there a clue in his vision?) that the drawings were made by Lady-O... after she drowned? Oh! She is either alive and never died at all, or has been re-animated. Either way, she now has this moving-drawing magic. The peasant is now convinced that he can be re-united with Lady-O, and that his best bet for doing so is parking himself by this wagon. In any case, the flying man told him to go to the Gypsy, and this is as close as he can get to him, too, for now. While he waits, he studies the moving pictures for clues-- maybe one of the stories connects the Gypsy and Lady-O, and explains what happened to her. It is here that we leave our peasant, his life's path forever altered, as he awaits whatever enchantment appears next-- there have already been more than in his entire lifetime, and all before lunch!