Hoodoo Lady (Memphis Minnie)

NAME/ORIGIN

Character name
 Hoodoo Lady
Song/Album
 "Hoodoo" Lady/ Me & My Chauffeur 1935–1946,
Act
 Memphis Minnie
Writer
 Lizzie Douglas, aka Memphis Minnie
Release Date
 between 1933-7


ABILITIES

Powers
-Transmute matter into... similar matter
"Take a boot and turn it into a brand-new shoe"
"Turn water into wine"
-Create small, hand-size objects, including cash, from nothing
"You ought to be something in these dukes of mine"
-Summon and dismiss living people (make them arrive and leave)
"Bring my man back home, but don't let him stay all night"
Skills
Lock picking
"I want you to unlock my door"
Attributes
 Responds to commands more than requests; perhaps she respects confidence and ignores the weak-willed
Vulnerabilities
 People from Tennessee
Formidability
 Relatively weak, for a magic-user
Attractiveness
 Is somewhere between off-putting and just plain scary
Source
 Hoodoo (aka voodoo)
Goals
 Earn a living from fulfilling requests


POSSESSIONS

Weapons
 N/A
Amulets
 the usual voodoo items-- mojos, black-cat bones, etc. (speculative)
Objects
 N/A
Clothing
 Can create nicer clothing from less fine items, but may save that for clients
Vehicles
 N/A. Likely depends on others for long-distance travel
Dwelling
N/A
Milieu
 Is itinerant
"Where have you been all this time?"


BIOGRAPHY

Gender
Female
Age
Adult
Physique
N/A
Ethnicity
N/A
Origin
N/A but likely from New Orleans area or Caribbean
Ancestry
N/A
Profession
"Hoodoo Lady"
Education
Schooled in arcane arts
SES
Can create money but probably lives simply to avoid attention
Relationships
Contentious ones with clients
Pets
N/A


PERSONALITY

Morality
Wants to be helpful
Intro/extrovert
Introvert, needs to be sought out 
Intelligence
High, to do magic
Emotions
Despite her powers, is browbeaten and timid. She may have been persecuted.
Sanity
Sane
Enemies
Disbelievers
Narrative Function
Catalyst
Other Notes
Not everyone who can use magic can do so at nuclear-bomb levels of power. Some can only do smaller feats, like this Hoodoo Lady. She can turn this into that, but she generally needs some material to work with. If necessary, she can conjure something that can fit in a hand, probably not even something with many working parts-- maybe a knife but likely not a gun, for instance.
She also has the power to compel people to come or go, but she can't create life or cause death with her abilities.
Yet, even a low-level mage can prove helpful. Sometimes you don't need much, but you need it a whole lot.



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