I doubt that she would be anyones puppet, but likely to be either a underling (puppet suggests being controlled or tricked underling just means that you have a boss who could kick your face in) or partner. Another DnD series that unfortunately never completed it's series was setup like this with finally the 3rd game, that…
My 2 cents.... the bag, especially being only a 12 slot bag, and the war dog (tis a real nice comp) really should be reclaimable on additional characters on the account, especially accounts like mine that transfered amounts greater than 500 zen (not bragging just saying) just as added incentive to get people to transfer…