return {
    {
        name = "Cobalt Phantom",
        lives = 3,
        speed = 5,
        moves = {"teleportation", "quick_dashes", "smoke_screens", "strikes_from_the_shadows"},
        asset_dir = "assets/characters/Cobalt Phantom",
        jump_strength = 19.4,
    },
    {
        name = "Emerald Venom",
        lives = 4,
        speed = 4,
        moves = {"snake_whip", "venom_bite", "poison_of_the_past"},
        asset_dir = "assets/characters/Emerald Venom",
        jump_strength = 23.4,
    },
    {
        name = "Golden Radiance",
        lives = 5,
        speed = 8,
        moves = {"solar_boom", "flashbang", "flare_frenzy"},
        asset_dir = "assets/characters/Golden Radiance",
        jump_strength = 20.2,
    },
    {
        name = "Crimson Reaper",
        lives = 2,
        speed = 2,
        moves = {"soul_slash", "deaths_reach", "phantom_step", "grim_harvest"},
        asset_dir = "assets/characters/Crimson Reaper",
        jump_strength = 28.4,
    }
}