Contest: Tavern [CLOSED]

THIS CONTEST IS NOW OFFICIALLY CLOSED!  THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED!

I've decided to host my first contest and anyone who has what it takes can enter. Here's the premise:

  As some of you may know already, I've been designing my dream game idea, Misla Densetsu no Shima, since January 1, 2016, so far drawing only art and animation as the game is still in the design stages. The hub level, Rune Town, is set to have a tavern where the player will be able to buy and/or sell items and also be able to synthesize certain items to create better items. But here's the thing. I've been thinking that the tavern could also be a hangout area where many NPCs interact and tell stories, kind of the like Oblivion Bar of DC Comics fame, but without all those dimensional portals. So, I'm going to grant contest participants the chance to design their very own original character to appear as an NPC inside Rune Town's tavern. Why am I doing this, you may ask? Well, it's the least I can do to show my appreciation to deviantART for having at least a handful of users who are so far being supportive of my art, ideas, and my game. And I'd very much like to give credit to those who have done so by putting their work in my game. Just think of it as an endorsement from yours truly.

So for those of you who are able to, just come up with a character design for my hub level tavern. And because I can be reasonable and ask for so little, I'll try to keep the rules nice and simple and to a minimum. So here we go.

RULES:

1. You must contact me one way or another to enter this contest. Making a comment or sending a note is usually the best way, but if you want in, you have to let me know, or I can't add you.
2. Being a Watcher of my work is highly recommended. You would like to see updates as I make progress, even if it's little by little, right? Yeah, that means remaining a Watcher after this contest blows over. It would be nice if you did.
3. This one's obvious. The character must be your own original creation, not a fan character or fan art of a character from an existing series. I can't just toss in Shantae, Fluffle Puff, or any of those characters.
4. A human or human-shape character is recommended. But I also welcome anthropomorphic animal characters, even in the style of Sonic the Hedgehog characters. For my game, I will only redraw non-human characters in human form if you ask me to. Otherwise, I will leave it alone. That's reasonable, right? Oh, and you can design actual animal and fantasy creature characters too (e.g. cat, dog, pig, dragon, Gorgon).
5. You CAN use Kisekae to design your character. Yes, I know I'm not crazy or fond about the program because I feel it uses the same style, but I can admit it's an excellent substitute for those who can't really draw or have trouble drawing.
6. Background art is completely optional. Character art is all I need to look at, but you want to add that extra visual touch to show off your talent, go ahead.
7. You can use a character you've already made, but it would be nice if you show me a new deviation in case you want to give a pre-existing character an updated appearance.
8. Keep in mind that the setting of my game is a medieval fantasy era, but that's really to keep in mind only when designing clothes. If you insist on drawing modern day clothes, when I re-draw your characters, I will have to tone down their clothing to avoid clashes. This is Rune Town's tavern, not the Oblivion Bar.
9. I intend to judge your OCs based on creativity and effort, so do your best. And I'm sorry, but any back stories you might have in mind are not guaranteed to make me pick one character over another. Also, Kisekae is a useful program for those who aren't so hot at drawing, but keep in mind that I will prefer actual creativity and effort (this contest is not the Spongebob episode "The Googly Artiste" all over again), but that's not to say I will totally ignore Kisekae-created characters.
10. The current deadline is January 20, 2017, but I will also close the contest once I get a total of 10 entries. If all participants think they can bring their entries to me all at once, I'll accept them. Keep in mind, you can use previous deviations you have made.