Red Right Hand (Nick Cave)

NAME/ORIGIN
Character name	Red Right Hand
Song/Album	"Red Right Hand"/ Let Love In
Act	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Writer	Mick Harvey, Nick Cave, Thomas Wydler
Release Date	1994
ABILITIES
Powers	-Ability to reach the bottom of any hole "He'll reach deep into the hole" -Shape-shifting "He ain't what he seems" "He's a god, he's a man, he's a ghost, he's a guru." -Can block light "A shadow is cast wherever he stands" -Can infiltrate dreams and conscious thought "You'll see him in your nightmares, you'll see him in your dreams... You'll see him in your head" -Can travel like electricity (cf Max Headroom, Lawnmower Man) "In the humming wires... You'll see him on your TV screen" -Possible teleportation "He'll appear out of nowhere."
Skills	-Psychology/spirituality "Heal your shrinking soul" "You got no self-respect?.. don't you worry, Buddy, 'cause here he comes."  -Master strategist, on a large scale and long-term "You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan, designed and directed by his red right hand."
Attributes	His ability to strike fear quickly becomes an asset, as once he befriends you, you sense that he will use his powers on your behalf.
Vulnerabilities	Ability to travel through electronics can be overcome by cutting power: "I'm warning you to turn it off"
Formidability	High. He renders his victims powerless "There won't be a single thing you can do... you're never coming back."
Attractiveness	-Extremely high-- charisma from validating emotional and physical needs "He'll rekindle all the dreams it took a lifetime to destroy." -Is utterly irresistible in his persuasion "There won't be a single thing you can do" -Is popular, on a black-market, underground level "They're whispering his name through this land"
Source	The source of his power is his "red right hand." The source of his red right hand itself is unknown.
POSSESSIONS
Weapons	N/A
Amulets	N/A
Objects	N/A
Clothing	"a dusty black coat"
Vehicles	rides "on a gathering storm"
Dwelling	seems itinerant
Milieu	"The edge of town... across the tracks Past the square, past the bridge, past the mills, past the [smoke]stacks." "The ghettos and the barrio and the bowery and the slum"
BIOGRAPHY
Gender	Male
Age	N/A
Physique	"a tall handsome man... with a red right hand"
Ethnicity	N/A
Origin	N/A
Ancestry	N/A
Profession	N/A
Education	N/A
SES	High, or at least is able to procure (create?) objects effortlessly: "You don't have no money? He'll get you some. You don't have no car? He'll get you one." "Stacks of green paper in his red right hand"
Relationships	must have disciples/ followers (speculation)
Pets	N/A
PERSONALITY
Morality	Seems evil, but is neutral; is willing to provide in exchange for...?
Intro/extrovert	Extrovert "He'll wrap you in his arms/ Tell you you've been a good boy."
Intelligence	High
Emotions	Seems detached. Says nice things as if by rote.
Sanity	Sane. Planful, methodical
Enemies	None. Some probably don't believe he even exists, since he goes to unpopular places and is only whispered about
Narrative Function	Seems like an antagonist, but may be an anti-hero of sorts
Other Notes	It would be easy to write Red Right Hand off as a pusher. He's more like a cult leader ("he's a guru"). He offers to fulfill wishes, and revives dead ambitions. For a cost... but what? Loyalty? He doesn't seem to ask for anything in return, even acts or favors or worship. So he gives money, cars, praise... but what is it that he gets out of all this? RRH haunts people, night and day, appearing to them all the time... is he some sort of creature that feeds on-- that eats, so to speak-- consciousness itself? That makes sense if he is semi-electrical in nature, able to ride lightning and wires, since thought is a form of electricity.  So why not just inhabit storms and power stations? Thought must have some nutrient he requires, absent in pure electricity. For all his seeming malevolence, RRH does not injure or kill; he keeps his victims alive so he can feed off of them. He takes over the consciousness of his victims, whom he makes see images of himself everywhere. So maybe he feeds off of thoughts of himself.  He is the positive charge-- your thoughts of him are the negative charge, and your body is the groundwire. Only one hand is red, the other is not. The first thing he does to you is "wrap you in his arms," like he's completing a circuit. So RRH is a being (alien?) who can shapeshift but chooses to maintain human form for maximum trustworthiness. He has learned to get what he needs-- your thoughts of him-- by doing what makes people loyal; he hunts where people are most desperate and vulnerable. If they waver, he can appear to them friendly or fearsome, whichever sharpens their focus.  Ultimately, RRH is only as evil as a spider or any other predator.