The Judges / Garden Workers
The year-round inhabitants of the Endgrove who help keep the garden up and running.- Beleaguered Boss: Not only has the Corruption pushed Blanca to the limit, but she is often exasperated by her lackeys. In Round 1, Blanca is shown to be annoyed by Caesarion's negative backtalk.
- Caring Gardener: Blanca knows everything about all the flora (and fauna) in her domain, from how to make them thrive to keeping them under control. This makes it all the more distressing to her that the corruption has now turned them aggressive and wild.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: She can switch between a humanoid and gazelle form.
- Green and Mean: His often nasty demeanor paired with the pigmentation caused by his chlorophyll skin.
- Non-Human Undead: He was resurrected by a female of his species, Alice. He now works in semi-indentured servitude for Blanca and the garden, per an agreement between Blanca and Alice.
- More Deadly Than the Male: Compared to the females of his species, Caesarion is more emotionally intelligent and less prone to random acts of violence, which isn't a high bar. Another feature of his species' sexual dimorphism is that he cannot use magic
- Eyeless Face: Hurvey sees through vibrations in the ground. He nonetheless has very expressive eyebrows.
- Fantastic Flora:
The Contestants
The competitors who are participating in the tournament for the End Bloom.Growing up, Auriel always remained smaller and weaker than others of her kind and age, since she always remained sickly. But she lived to adulthood.
- The Mourning After: Auriel was devastated to lose her partner Haldor, who she considered her one love and soulmate.
A father-daughter team.
- Dead Person Conversation: Amber can speaks with her deceased friend in her audition. This individual has not followed her to the Endgrove.
She was taken in and raised by elves after losing her birth parents. She had a good childhood, but often felt useless because of her lack of magic. Because of these feelings, she often tries to go on dangerous quests in order to prove herself.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Berry can pretty easily lift large objects and use them as weapons
Prior to her undeath, Brunhilde lived a normal life for a kobold, save for her facination with death and the great beyond. It was this curiosity that brought her to a necromancer which sweet-talked her into working for him to further his research, for a price.
- Revenant Zombie: Brunhilde's current condition, which she is seeking to reverse.
Buddy’s origins are currently unclear. The first thing they can remember is waking up in a thick forest with all of their memories completely gone. After hours of stumbling about they have found their way to the Evergrove’s gate.
- Death Amnesia: Buddy may be suffering from this.
- Identity Amnesia: They hope participating in the tournament might help bring back some of their memories.
Damon belongs to a tribe of deer who possess a significantly higher level of sentience than other wild deer.
- Talking Animal: Damon has proven that he can communicate with all other sentient beings in the tournament.
A father and son who come from an Ocean-covered world.
- City on the Water: Structures in Fisher and Speakers' world are rarely on land.
- Genius Loci: The Oceans of Fisher & Speakers' world seem to be controlled by an entity called "The Flood." This entity also appears to have a consciousness that has communicated with the father and son.
Malu is a pinata who was once best friends with another named Alice. Following a terrible accident, Alice lost her life, causing Malu's exile into the merciless wilderness.
- Sweet Tooth: Malu craves sweet things, from candy to fruit.
An ambitious musician who was sent to the End Grove by their Deity.
- Magic Music: Mary has the ability to quell the corruption through musical performance.
A pair of Gods who destroyed their previous world ravaged by war, and who want to resurrect Shroud's mysterious creator.
- Opposites Attract: Shroud is a large and panicky sphinx-like creature with powers related to darkness while Strike is a diminutive goddess related to light who almost resembles a human. The two of them are in a relationship.
- Old Shame: For Shroud at least, he greatly regrets destroying his old world and travels to the Grove to find a means to undo the damage.
- Deity of Mortal Creation: Strike and Shroud used to be a pair of all powerful gods created by the civilization of their old world for the purposes of continuing a war that lasted for centuries. This ends up biting them in butt when Strike and Shroud turn on their creators.
