Here are the brief introduction of the 12 female criminals above. The information of the countries mentioned below can be found in a former post from ruoliuming.
And this story now takes place around 1380. So I made a map of the world at that time.
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1. "Blood Butterfly" Ling Guan: You have already know about her
2. "The Vine" Barreyna: One of the leaders of Yunan (A southern province) Rebellion War. A young girl from Wa which is a minority nationality in China (You can find Wa people from wiki). Led people of Wa nationality and some other minority groups to fight against Jing Dynasty because government oppressed minority people a lot in Yunnan.
3. "The Third girl" Meiying Shen: Another leader of the leaders of Yunnan Rebellion War. She was a highborn girl whose father used to be Warden of Yunnan. After her father was set up by Degao Zhang who was the successive Warden of Yunnan, all of her family members were sentenced to death. She managed to escape and cooperated with Barreyna to lead the rebellion. She killed Degao Zhang in her rebel.
4. "Snow Butterfly" Muhong Yang: Sworn sister of Ling Guan. Leader of the First Great Rebellion War who almost overthrew Jing Dynasty.
5. "Jade Butterfly" Nianming Zhu: Last princess of Qiu Dynasty (the dynasty before Jing). Famous thief and assassin. Leader of the Second Great Rebellion.
6. "Snake Woman" Shehnai: General of Ayutthaya Kingdom. Invading south region of Jing and took two province. Very flexible. Possessing the ability to call snakes to fight for her.
7. "Dragon Woman" Eksa Niazova: General of Aze which is a small country among the Nations of Western Regions. Led the resistance against Jing's invasion. The strongest and toughest female warrior in Jing's history.
8. "Mountain Flower" Wanyi Bai: Led rebellion in Tawan island with her husband. Very slim. Captured when she was only 19.
9. "Demon woman" Maria Ivanova: General of Eru. Invaded north region and killed more than 20,000 people in Northern Massacre.
10. "Silverscale" Yi Shao: A wanderer. Sneaked into Bureau of Broken Flowers and managed to save her captured younger sister. Kidnapped the emperor when she tried to escape.
11. "Snow-Cut Sword" Qingxuan Luo: An assassin. Killed 12 guardians of Emperor secretly. Stole the Heirloom Seal of the Realm which contained an important secret.
12. "The Ugly" Hyun-joo Bae: A spy from Goryeo Dynasty. Stole the Jing's invasion plan to Goryeo. Kidnapped and killed Emperor's hand. Burn in the right face (It is why she is called "The Ugly").