Backer heroes

Backer heroes are pre-generated, non-random heroes created by the Kickstarter backers of Darkest Dungeon. All backer heroes come with one aggravated negative quirk and two locked positive quirks that are always the same for any unique hero name. Additionally, every hero has certain skills unlocked by default (Locked skills can be unlocked in the guild and survivalist's tent as any other heroes).

Claiming backer heroes
Backer heroes can be claimed and added to the roster by entering the Stage Coach, pressing the Enter key and typing the name of the desired hero.

Though the fixed negative quirk can be removed via the Sanitarium and all other factors work the same as any other character, the hero's name and outfit cannot be changed in-game. However, the outfit can be changed by switching the outfit order in the heros folder. This method also works with extra hero outfits provided by mods. For example the Chuma Abomination hero has the third outfit prescribed as the fixeed one in-game. If the player wants Chuma to wear the second outfit, they need to change the letter of the second outfit (B by defult) to C. Folder structure: Darkest Dungeon > heroes > abomination > abomination_C rename to something else, like abomination_Cc, abomination_B rename to abomination_C and rename the abomination_Cc to abomination_B. It's best to keep the outfits named so that the game can recognize them (abomination_X and replace X with a capital letter of the alphabet, like A, B, E or others). The change of outfit will be seen in-game.

Note: Some heroes names are case-sensitive.