Malice, an adult woman, cold and bitter, and the first boss antagonist of the story. Once an explorer herself before being betrayed and left for dead by her own crew, she now rules over the spiders who "saved" her. Looking for a voice that can shift between calm menace and real wounded anger, in control and superior on the surface, but letting genuine bitterness crack through when she talks about being abandoned. A villain who earns a flicker of sympathy without ever losing her edge.

Audition lines:

1. "Well well well, are you the hero?"

2. "I was once an explorer like you three. I once had dreams of my own. And then they abandoned me."

3. "You all think you're heroes. You're coming into our caves, stealing our ore, killing our friends. For what? Treasure? He was no hero, and neither are you."