Name: Winona Randall
Age: Looks to be about mid-20s
Height: 5'10 (Human) 6'2 (Lilian) 6'0 (Pithus)
Weight: 133lbs (human) 207lbs (L) ~350lbs (Pithus)
Place of Birth: Big Pine Tribal Lands, California
Species: Abnormal, Spider Lycanthrope
Physical Description: Thin but lean, Winona carries the delicate features of her Native american upbringing. Long black hair, almond eyes and tanned skin, and while she still favours traditional clothings and leathers, the woman tends more towards jeans and simple shirts to help blend in. She does look stunning in a dress, on the rare occasions she's worn one.
That is the least unassuming of her forms, however. The woman has demonstrated shapeshifting abilities similar to werewolves, but with a much greater range of forms. She posesses four in total.
The 'lilian' form most closely resembles the similar analogue in a werewolf, a bizarre mix of human and spider, with herfangs on full display, extra eyes appearing along the ridge of her cheekbones, and four spidery limbs growing out of her sides, chitin covering them and elsewhere along her body.
More impressive still is the 'pithus' form, which is entirely spider, but to a gargantuan scale. While still a fraction of the size of Big Bertha (Who she claims to have no knowledge of, past what was presented to her from Sanctuary files), she still occupied the space of a small economy car when her legs are folded in close. The exoskeleton in this form is sturdy enough to deflect small arms fire with decent reliability, as well as showing impressive strength on it's own.
The final form is much less overt, though in no way less impressive. Her entire form disintegrates into a mass of ordinary-sized spiders, most commonly used to escape a conflict she feels she is losing. She calls this the 'crawlerling' form.
Note that in all forms with arachnid features, the patterns and comparative dimensions do not match any known arachnid species.
Known Biological Facts:
In human form, Winona retains some arachnid features, though they are well hidden. She keeps the Blue/green blood of arachnids, as well as a pair of fangs that can extend out her mouth on thin pedipalps. Internal scans show she has a markedly different organ structure than the normal human, as well.
The venom she carries seems to be weaker in her human form, able to incapacitate a victim, wheras in her lilian or pithus forms it can outright kill.
Winona is purely carnivorous, feeding in a way similar to arachnids, but also able to subsist on meat itself if ordinary feeding is untenable, or she needs to appear human.
Powers: Besides the strength and agility granted to her by her different forms, she also produces a paralytic toxin, delivered via bite. In appropriate forms, she is also capable of producing webbing. Her room in the Sanctuary is coated almost entirely, complete with an aerie for her to sleep in, and a pair of hammocks for when she entertains guests.
She has proven to have an apt mind for puzzles and games of strategy as well, proving a capable opponent to even Helen in their infrequent games of chess.
Light Background History: Winona showed up at a nearby Sanctuary one day, claiming to be an ambassador for her kind, which were a previously-unknown form of abnormal. None of the examined other people from her Tribal lands appear to be abnormal, but she claims to be in contact with a vast network of others like her. Given her unique circumstances, she was asked to transfer to the Calgary Sanctuary so she could deal more closely with Helen and others who hold a more prominent role in the Sanctuary network, a posting she agreed with readily.
Her kind occupy a middle ground between the surface and Hollow Earth. Most of them were born above, but once their natural abilities come to light and they're inducted into the greater web, they tend to live underground, though most remain active above ground, avoiding Praxians and other abnormals from Hollow Earth entirely. Winona has not informed the Sanctuaries of this, or indeed anything about the others of her race, past the fact that they exist, and have chosen her as a spokeswoman.