The character spawning debug command doesn't require the config file of the character to be in the default character folder (as long as the character is included in the selected content package).

Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/DebugConsole.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using FarseerPhysics;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 
 namespace Barotrauma
@@ -181,10 +182,24 @@ namespace Barotrauma
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    spawnedCharacter = Character.Create(
-                        "Content/Characters/"
+                    List<string> characterFiles = GameMain.Config.SelectedContentPackage.GetFilesOfType(ContentType.Character);
+
+                    foreach (string characterFile in characterFiles)
+                    {
+                        if (Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(characterFile).ToLowerInvariant() == args[0].ToLowerInvariant())
+                        {
+                            Character.Create(characterFile, spawnPosition);
+                            return;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    ThrowError("No character matching the name \"" + args[0] + "\" found in the selected content package.");
+
+                    //attempt to open the config from the default path (the file may still be present even if it isn't included in the content package)
+                    string configPath = "Content/Characters/"
                         + args[0].First().ToString().ToUpper() + args[0].Substring(1)
-                        + "/" + args[0].ToLower() + ".xml", spawnPosition);
+                        + "/" + args[0].ToLower() + ".xml";
+                    Character.Create(configPath, spawnPosition);
                 }
             }));