The Eyeball Kid (Tom Waits)

NAME/ORIGIN
Character name	The Eyeball Kid
Song/Album	"The Eyeball Kid"/ Mule Variations
Act	Tom Waits
Writer	Tom Waits
Release Date	1999
ABILITIES
Powers	-Prophecy "Telling fortunes" -Telepathy (communicates wordlessly)
Skills	Can cry, but can't blink
Attributes	"Can't speak"
Vulnerabilities	Must have some sort of protective coating or would be irritated all the time.
Formidability	Low
Attractiveness	"The people would point, the people would stare" "He's not conventionally handsome; he'll never be tall" "...women go crazy for the big blue eye"
Source	Was wished for by his parents
Goals	"He came down to teach us how to really see"
POSSESSIONS
Weapons	N/A
Amulets	N/A
Objects	N/A
Clothing	N/A
Vehicles	N/A, moves by rolling
Dwelling	"He grew up in a trailer" "The first time I saw him was in a Saigon jail"
Milieu	"...off to join the circus" at age 9  "Book me into Carnegie Hall"
BIOGRAPHY
Gender	Male
Age	Born "7th of Dec,, 1949" but is a "kid"
Physique	Is an eye "Born without a body, not even a brow"  "He's just a little bitty thing, he's just a little guy... big blue eye" (so he is small for a person, but big for an eye... 2 feet in diameter?)
Ethnicity	European (is a blue eye)
Origin	An English-speaking country
Ancestry	Parents are Zenora Bariella and Coriander Pyle, owners of a curio museum
Profession	"telling fortunes on the side"
Education	Self-educated
SES	Low, potentially high if he gets to perform at Carnegie Hall
Relationships	Is one of 17 siblings (the rest are human) Has a manager, Tom
Pets	N/A
PERSONALITY
Morality	Moral
Intro/extrovert	Extrovert, wants to perform on stage
Intelligence	Above average; can see the future
Emotions	Hard to surprise
Sanity	Sane, shockingly
Enemies	Anything that can hurt an eye
Narrative Function	Protagonist, catalyst
Other Notes	The Eyeball Kid's story is basically told in the song, except how he got in a jail in Saigon (so that part of the story takes place before 1976, when the city changed its name to Ho Chi Minh City) and why Tom was there. The Eyeball Kid can see people's futures, and communicates with them telepathically. This is a pretty amazing trick, certainly one that can lead to fame. While some find his disembodied eyeball appearance off-putting, women in general seem drawn to his bright blue iris. Maybe someday he can buy a nice, soft dark bag to sleep in. Tom might carry him in a clear one, too, so he doesn't have to roll everywhere.