phighting!

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Skate: (male) Skateboard is a laidback, but playful and easily restless inphernal. He always needs to be moving, and is down to do just about anything he deems fun, lest he get bored. Though he can be flighty, he values his loved ones more than anything, and will put his life on the line to protect them.

Biograft: (non-binary) Being a robot, Biograft doesn't have a personality to speak of. It will follow the orders it is given with great precision.

Katana: (female) Katana is a cold and mysterious inphernal who generally keeps to himself. He is extremely dedicated to his mission of cleansing the "corruption" within the Inpherno, and values it above all else. He takes great lengths to hone his skills with his gear, going so far as to travel to all ends of the Inpherno and its various regions to broaden his abilities and perspective. Katana's mission in life is to cleanse the Inpherno of any and all "corruption", which he considers to be the likes of Father Overseer and his Church. Like many survivors of the Scorch, he hates all of the the Swords, whom he believes to have failed him, his family, and all the inphernals they are meant to protect. He currently lives in Crossroads, in the same apartment block as Slingshot, Shuriken, and Vine Staff, much to his chagrin. He was friends with Scythe when they were both in the Church, and has recently become acquaintances with Hyperlaser.

Ban Hammer: (male) Ban Hammer is, by all accounts, an egotistical and extroverted inphernal who loves showing off his superior abilities to others. He deems himself better than everyone else, and won't let anyone forget it. He has a particular enjoyment for the "thrill" of chasing after criminals and locking them up, revelling in the despair they feel when he corners them for good.[5] He prefers this sort of "hands-on" work as opposed to the administrative tasks that come with running a prison. Despite his boisterous nature, Ban Hammer prefers to keep to himself, and doesn't have many inphernals he can consider a friend.

Slingshot: (male) Slingshot is a perfectionist, striving for nothing but the best in himself and his work, especially his baking. He can oftentimes push himself past his limits in pursuit of this. He has little tolerance for nonsense, usually coming across as a very blunt individual. Despite this, he softens around his loved ones, and tries to find time outside his work to have fun.

Hyperlaser: (male)Hyperlaser is a very quiet individual who doesn't tend to speak much, but finds himself often curious about the inner workings of the Korblox Administration. When he does talk, he can come across as intimidating, but he has a soft spot for cats, such as his own pet, Princess.

Shuriken: (male) Shuriken is a sentimental inphernal who cares more about his family than he does about himself. Although he often teases and messes with them, he will go to great lengths to make sure his siblings, Slingshot and Vine Staff, are happy and safe, even at his own expense. Despite this, he has a greater desire for purpose in life, seeking this out in his secret vigilante alter ego, "Silver Shadow", which he hides from his siblings so as not to worry them. Shuriken has struggled to settle into Crossroads, and doesn't have many friends and is lonely as a result.

Scythe: (female) Scythe is a charismatic and silver-tongued individual who is led by her intense desire for vengeance. She will stop at nothing to vindicate the pain and loss she experienced because of the Scorch, even being willing to murder other inphernals in pursuit of her "greater good". Despite this, she is loyal and dependable to those in her Church family, and has her own doubts about what the "greater good" means to her. She has a soft spot for animals and cares deeply for them. She is motherly to the people she likes.

Medkit: (male) Despite Medkit's intellect, he has become an extremely paranoid person in the aftermath of his life in Blackrock. He is typically very flat with his interactions, and tries not to get too close to anyone.

Boombox: (female) Boombox is one of the few rays of light within the Inpherno. He is extremely compassionate, selfless, and always striving to help other inphernals with anything that he can. However, this kindness can sometimes be taken advantage of by others.

Vine Staff: (female) Vine Staff has yet to socialize much with other inphernals, so she often comes across as eccentric to others. However, she is earnest and eager to connect with other inphernals, despite her own lack of confidence and misgivings about people as a whole, largely thanks to her upbringing. She longs to meet another inphernal with the same condition as her.

Coil: (male) Coil is an unserious person who typically acts only in his best interests. He will rarely take anything seriously, often teasing and messing with other inphernals in order to get a reaction out of them. He loves the feeling of schadenfreude that comes with seeing misery befall others, but would never seek to harm anyone himself. Despite his "devil-may-care" attitude, he is extremely intelligent, as evidenced by his experimentation on his own gear.

Appearance: Skate: Skateboard has white skin. wears a typical skating helmet, with a singular checkerboard stripe down the middle, outlined in gray. On the right side, a crimson Playground logo is printed. Both sides of his helmet have openings for his horns, with a grey shell. Skateboard has red horns that taper upwards. He wears a red hoodie that transitions into a maroon gradient, the sleeves rolled up to his forearms. The hood is black. His hoodie has a skull with a sunglasses and halo printed on the front. Underneath the hoodie, Skateboard wears a dark red undershirt with sleeve garters on his left arm. Around his waist, he wears a black belt with a silver buckle. Skateboard wears black camo pants and red shoes with a white tongue and vamp. He wears a crimson backpack with gray zippers, with spray paint and a chip bag hanging out.

Skateboard's gear is a typical skateboard. Around the sides, the gear is outlined in red, neon. Below the board, four wheels are attached, which are a vibrant red. The underside of the board is red with a star pattern. he is 5'8".

Biograft: Biograft has long, artificial orange horns that jut upwards. Two small, triangular metal plates are on the top of its head. A thin metal collar loosely wraps around its neck. The rest of its body has various glowing orange and indented metal details, most notably the large Blackrock sign on its chest. Biograft's weapons take inspiration from the ROBLOX gear he is based on. Featuring a thick triangular shape with the tip and middle cut off with glowing blades on the outer sides. The handle features a thin knuckle guard that connects to the pommel. he is 5'8".

Katana: Katana has white skin. wears a porcelain mask, fully covering his face until halfway through his scalp with eye slits reminiscent of an owl. The mask is held in place by a red strap across the back of the head. A graphic of the Thieves' Den logo is on the forehead and the area between the eye slits. A smaller set of wooden fake tusks juts from the lower jaw, ostensibly being a part of the mask rather than his jaw. He also sports a haori-jacket fusion, but with his chest more revealed. He has a rope that ties his outfit together at the waist. On his lower body, he wears kyahan paddings on his legs with laces that tie them. His footwear is a pair of geta — traditional wooden slippers worn by samurai. His weapon is a large katana with glowing markings and a red scabbard attached at the hip. His horns are similar to that of a bull's. Protruding out from the side of his head then curving forward and upwards; tapering into sharp points. she is 6'8".

Ban Hammer: Ban Hammer has white skin. wears a purple bandana covering his eyes and a set of heavy armor. His curiass has a large glowing purple diamond in the center and grey indentations along the sides and down the middle. He boasts two large purple spikes on his pauldrons closely resembling his horns and two large purple gauntlets, also with spikes on the knuckles as well as two glowing circles-presumably bracings-for the plates on his forearms. Ban Hammer wears greaves and sabatons decorated with purple diamonds and trimmings. His weapon is an oversized hammer inspired by the original Ban Hammer gear. The hammer has a large pommel on the bottom end, while the top end boasts a large hammer head with light grey bracings and small dark grey spikes. he is 6'11".

Slingshot: Slingshot has white skin. wears a light blue jacket with darker blue at the end of his sleeves and 3 bottons on the chest, he wears black pants with blue lines going down his legs and blue sneakers with white laces. he wields a big blue slingshot. he is 5'8".

Hyperlaser: Hyperlaser wears an armored helmet with a blacked out visor. Blue stripes run down either side of the helmet, and a pair of blue and black antennae adorn the helmet in place of horns. He wears a grey suit with a blue collar, closed with a button on his right side. His right sleeve has two short horizontal blue stripes on the shoulder, while the left has two dark grey stripes that run vertically down the whole length of his arm. His sleeves end with white cuffs with blue buttons. He has black pants that run down to grey boots, marked with more blue accents on the sides and soles. Underneath his armor, Hyperlaser has burn scars all across his body. He has four horns, two on each side, which have been rendered into stubs. he is 5'8".

Shuriken: Shuriken has a pair of large green horns that protrude from his forehead just above his eyebrows and curve upward, ending in sharp points. He is commonly seen with a relaxed expression and triangular orange makeup on the corner of his eyes. Shuriken wears a black hooded shirt with short sleeves cut just past his shoulders. He wears the hood pulled up and over his head, stopping it just behind his horns. On the right side of the shirt, there is a large green zipper with the zipper track extending downward. His left arm has a green sleeve tattoo, covering his entire arm. The pattern is wavelike. On the left side of his shirt, there is a green quadrilateral of irregular shape. His right forearm has a pouch secured by two straps. Tied around his waist is a green obi belt, tied into an enormous bow in the back with grey caps on the end. His shorts are asymmetrical, the right leg cut just above his knee, whereas the left one extends to his knee and ends with a green trim. On his left leg, there is also a green Thieves' Den symbol on the upper part of his pants, and he wears a black leg warmer only on the same leg. For shoes, he wears green geta straps. His gear is a four-pointed throwing star with glowing green tips. he is 5'7".

Scythe: Scythe is a dark-skinned inphernal with teal spiked swept-back horns, going through her white cowboy hat with a teal Lost Temple insignia on the forest-green hatband directly on the front. The hat has an inline gold border topside on the rim. She wears an ornate scope consisting of three cyan lenses of different sizes over her right eye, supported by a gold band around her head. Her left, uncovered eye is glass. Around her neck, she wears a small, forest-green bandana.

She wears a fancy white suit jacket with two small gold buttons connected by a chain, with an inline gold border accent on the lapels following around a popped collar decorated with small gold spikes, paired with a teal shirt underneath and a forest-green necktie. She wears two-toned forest-green pants with diamond patterning and is held up with a forest-green belt in the belt loops with a gold buckle. She wears white Western-style boots with gold accents and gold spurs. Her right arm is a prosthetic, with white plating around the forearm and upper arm decorated with gold accents. Black wiring connects the upper arm with the gold metal socket on her shoulder, while the elbow consists of a large, gold and black joint. The hand is made of black and gold plating. She wears a forest green glove on the left hand. She wields her namesake laser scythe gear, modified into a hybrid with a submachine gun, with her right arm. It features a white body with gold grips and trigger and a black barrel jacket with a gold tip. A neon teal tube connects to a gray base on the butt of the gun, where the laser scythe's 'blade' is connected to. Near the butt of the gun are two gold wings with teal accents, connected by large black screws, which flip depending on its form. In Scythe form, the weapon rotates and extends to reveal a teal grip, while in Rifle form, a black rectangular ammo magazine is attached to the side. she is 5'11".

Medkit: Medkit is a well put-together inphernal, who dons a suit in the uniform style of The Church of the TRUE EYE, and whose signature color is teal. He has two horns which closely resemble antlers that protrude from the sides of his head and extend upwards. On each horn, he has two tines following the same direction, and he wears a gold ring on his bottom right tine. In between both horns sits a floating crystal, which is the source of his gear's power. He wears a diamond shaped eyepatch with an inset gold trim over his left eye, covering his removed and stitched eye, and he is commonly seen with a disgruntled or forlorn expression. His suit is predominately a dark forest green, with bright teal accents throughout. His suit jacket opens up to reveal a teal cravat tied around the collar, and with gold trim on both sleeves, and a diamond shaped appliqué just above the cuffs. He wears high waisted dress pants in a teal argyle pattern, a motif he shares with Scythe. His pants are fastened by two gold buttons at the waistband. He wears dark teal gloves on both hands, and forest green dress shoes. He wields his medkit in his left hand, and his revolver in his right. Both are adorned with the same teal argyle motif as his uniform, and are trimmed with gold. His revolver is a distinctly brighter teal than his medkit, matching the color of his horns and cravat where the pattern is applied across the barrel and the grip. The sight, muzzle, hammer and trigger are all gold, with the rest of the gun being a dark teal. His medkit resembles a briefcase, exhibiting the same argyle pattern, along with a teal cross on the upper side, and gold accents along the body of the medkit, the corners, and the handle. The handle also has a bright teal grip. he is 5'9".

Boombox: Boombox has two green horns protruding from both sides of his head that curve up and point inwards, with 2 grey rings on Boombox's right horn and one on the left. Around the start of the horn, two light grey rings are connected to the visor and horns. On the visor are two green glowing circles, resembling eyes, accompanied by a bracket shaped mouth right below. He wears a backwards dark green cap with a light green stripe and a gray brim. He wears a green shirt with rolled up sleeves, alongside a darker green tie. On his chest, he has a strap across his chest from his shoulders, which are a dark green. Boombox wears green gloves, with a thumb hole on both. Boombox's pants are dark green with a metal chain on his right leg. On his left leg, he has a double-outlined lime green star design. His shoes are lime with star decorations on the sides, which glow. The vamp of his shoe is white, with outlines on the rest of the shoe which glow the same color as the star. His namesake gear, the Boombox, is grey, with neon green accents throughout it. The top of the boombox curves upwards, and connects to the holder. On the front of the boombox are two large darker grey circles on each side, with neon green emitting from them. The sides of the boombox are lined with the same neon green. she is 5'5".

Vine Staff: Vine Staff has two moderately long horns, starting from the side of her head curling forward then upwards. Each horn has three identical thorns extruding from the front face. She wears a pink kimono which is decorated with flower patterns. At her waist, she has an obi belt tied into a bow in the back. She wears a headband with a hanamusubi knot tied on the right side. Her left arm is made of light-grey colored wood and she uses this same arm to wield her gear, which is a winding wood staff ending on a bowline. A pink flower with a light yellow pistil rests at the top of it while a fluorescent flower sits on the inside of the curl. Vine Staff wears traditional makeup, with lipstick and eyeliner. She wears a necklace with a golden koban. Her boots are black with pink laces. she is 5'11".

Coil: Coil's design incorporates the vibrant and urban fashion of Playground inphernals combined with bolder elements, featuring contrasting orange and light blue as his signature colors. His horns start on his forehead and curve backward, before curving again in the opposite direction and tapering upward. His horns are two different colors: the left is orange, and the right is light blue. His right horn has a bright chunk of crystal embedded in it, forming cracks within the horn. He has a small band-aid across his face, accompanied by an expression that conveys an assertive demeanor. He wears an orange hoodie with light blue drawstrings and a white Cerberus design on the back. The sleeves of his hoodie have been ripped off, leaving messy fabric where they were torn. He also wears slightly baggy gray pants with a light blue waistband and a pair of orange straps hanging on each side, connected by light blue buttons. The lower half of his pants features a light blue lightning pattern. Finally, he wears mismatched sneakers: orange on the left and blue on the right, both with white tips. His arms are wrapped in bandages, with two blue metal bands worn around each one, and glowing coils of electricity encircling both arms. Glowing tubes are directly connected to his arms, starting from his fists and curving up toward the back of his shoulders. he is 5'8".

Story: Within the world of PHIGHTING!, Phighters are, generally, inphernals who compete in Phights or Phighting tournaments within the Inpherno. Despite this, phighting is a ritual sport that most inphernals do instinctively, and makes up a large part of their culture. PHIGHTING! takes place in the Inpherno, a planet which resides in a universe known as the Inphinity. The Inpherno is mainly inhabited by inphernals, a race of horned humanoids who are born with a gear that they use to phight one another with. The Inpherno is split into four regions, each with their own territories and factions, all converging into a communal city called Crossroads in the center.

The game currently takes place in 3099 AR, with the supplementary comic Death in the Family taking place a few months before the events of the game, in the same year.

Crossroads is the location of the game's hub world, which phighters use to access the PHIGHT! Lobby, vote in Phestivals, interact with others, take a break, hang out with other phighters or where everyone sleeps.

additional information: Phighters are split broadly into three categories of Melee, Ranged, and Support classes. Phighters can, whenever they want, go to the middle of crossroads to fight, and can stop whenever they want.

Crossroads is the main central hub for PHIGHTING! with bridges to the 4 factions – Blackrock, Lost Temple, Playground, and Thieves' Den – coming in from each cardinal direction. Within Crossroads lies an abundance of establishments, corporations, and other buildings