diff --git a/src/component/CCharacterComponent.cpp b/src/component/CCharacterComponent.cpp
index f6b59c8..fc4f41e 100644
--- a/src/component/CCharacterComponent.cpp
+++ b/src/component/CCharacterComponent.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #include "model/CM2Model.hpp"
 #include <storm/Memory.hpp>
 
+st_race* CCharacterComponent::s_chrVarArray;
+
 int32_t s_bInRenderPrep = 0;
 
 CCharacterComponent* CCharacterComponent::AllocComponent() {
diff --git a/src/component/CCharacterComponent.hpp b/src/component/CCharacterComponent.hpp
index a3a9f9e..b4c7617 100644
--- a/src/component/CCharacterComponent.hpp
+++ b/src/component/CCharacterComponent.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 class CM2Model;
 
+struct st_race;
+
 struct ComponentData {
     int32_t raceID = 0;
     int32_t sexID = 0;
@@ -45,6 +47,9 @@ struct ComponentData {
 
 class CCharacterComponent {
     public:
+        // Static variables
+        static st_race* s_chrVarArray;
+
         // Static functions
         static CCharacterComponent* AllocComponent();
         static void Initialize();
diff --git a/src/component/Util.hpp b/src/component/Util.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c93f8fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/component/Util.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#ifndef COMPONENT_UTIL_HPP
+#define COMPONENT_UTIL_HPP
+
+#include "component/Types.hpp"
+#include <cstdint>
+
+class CharSectionsRec;
+
+struct st_variation;
+
+struct st_color {
+    CharSectionsRec* rec;
+};
+
+struct st_race {
+    // The use of "section" here refers to the groups of variations represented in
+    // COMPONENT_VARIATIONS. It does NOT refer to COMPONENT_SECTIONS.
+    struct {
+        uint32_t variationCount;
+        st_variation* variationArray;
+    } sections[NUM_COMPONENT_VARIATIONS];
+};
+
+struct st_variation {
+    uint32_t colorCount;
+    st_color* colorArray;
+};
+
+#endif