Portal Spinner

The Portal Spinner sat alone at a table in the tavern, enjoying her dinner and sipping an ale.

A large man in black and silver armor with the emblem of the Chaos Legion emblazoned across the chest strode toward her table and towered over her.

“You almost got the lot of us killed out there,” the Chaos Knight said, the words a growl.

Mutterings from the surroundings tables as the others glared at her.

She sawed off a chunk of venison and waved the fork at him. “You're alive enough,” she said, and popped the meat into her mouth.

“Teach you and your flippant attitude,” the Chaos Knight said. He drew his sword from its scabbard.

The Portal Spinner waved her hand in a circular motion, and a portal opened beneath one of the three empty chairs around her table. The chair fell through it and disappeared. A second portal appeared, but her aim was just a bit off, and the chair dropped onto a nearby patron with a clunk. The poor fellow's eyes rolled up in his head. He toppled sideways and hit the ground hard enough to shake the floorboards.

“Whoops.”

“Damn you, woman!” the Chaos Knight raised his sword.

The Portal Spinner waved her hand, and a portal appeared under the second chair. It dropped through and reemerged, this time above the barkeep, who grunted as it struck him. He staggered into the shelf of liquors. Bottles toppled over and fell to the floor, shattering and leaking everywhere.

“Get her!” the cry went up.

One chair left. The Portal Spinner wove her magic. The chair dropped through it. The second portal was on mark this time. It opened directly above the Chaos Knight.

Only this time, what dropped through it wasn't a chair. It was something much, much worse, with claws, teeth, and an insatiable appetite.

“Whoops.” Portals Spinners are members of the Cult of the Rift, a faction within the Chaos Legion that harnesses rift magic to cast deadly spells.

Portal Spinners siphon life magic from their surroundings to open mini-rifts in the fabric of reality. Some thought to use these portals to travel between realms. However, after attempting to do so, many a Portal Spinner was consumed by whatever foul beasts dwelled on the other side of the portal. Others emerged... rearranged... and either dead or wishing they were dead.

Now, Portal Spinners simply use their portals to launch chaotic and random attacks against their enemies. They might open one portal beneath a fallen sword, boulder, or other weapon of convenience and a second portal above their enemies, sending the weapon through the rift and crashing down on its unsuspecting victim.

If facing enemies capable of flight, Portal Spinners have been known to use their portals to drop nets upon their foes, grounding them.