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   Biology: Inphernals are intelligent, bipedal creatures, not unlike humans in the real world. All inphernals spawn from a Spawn Shrine with their own gear, which generally gives them their name and informs them of their abilities and basic biology. Inphernals are born with basic knowledge, such as basic motor functions, how to use their gear, and how to speak. Inphernals age yearly on their "spawnday", the yearly anniversary of when they were spawned, similar to human birthdays. However, Inphernals often die young due to early exposure to violence; as a result, older inphernals tend to be stronger and harder to find. Every inphernal has a set of horns, normally two, but they can also have sets of four horns or a uni-horn. Inphernals can also have abnormal horn traits in the form of mutations, such as Firebrand, who has a single pronged horn that covers his eye, or Void Star, who has two large horns that cover both of her eyes and many smaller horns around her head. Inphernals do not have a biological sex or reproductive organs, and instead are born from a Spawnpoint. Normally, inphernals are born at random without parents from a respective Spawnpoint, but two inphernals can sacrifice part of their gear's power in order to produce a biological child. There is no particular rhyme or reason to what gear an inphernal is spawned with, even when spawned by their parents. However, it is rarer for an inphernal to spawn with a support-class gear, and even more uncommon for it to possess healing abilities. Only one of a specific gear can exist in the Inpherno at any one time, and once an inphernal dies, their gear becomes available for spawning once again. An inphernal's gear is spiritually a part of them, allowing them to summon and de-summon it at will. Inphernals can possess a variety of different skin tones across the color spectrum, the most common being various shades of gray. They can also have vitiligo, such as in the case of Sparkles.

   Spawn Shrine: Spawnpoints are an integral part of the Inpherno, being the sole places where inphernals are born, or “spawned,” from. Spawnpoints are large beacons of light, sometimes referred to as “fountains,” located within structures known as Spawn Shrines. In-universe, not much is known about Spawnpoints, but they are apparently linked to the Swords, a group of deities within the Inpherno. There is one Spawnpoint in each of the four major regions: Blackrock, Lost Temple, Playground, and Thieves’ Den. Each region’s ruling faction handles its Spawnpoint in its own way, but Spawnpoints are typically considered sacred ground, and few inphernals would ever dare tamper with them. There is also an additional Spawnpoint located on the Heights, which serves as the spawning place of the Swords and their offspring. Most of the time, Spawnpoints produce inphernals completely at random, a process referred to as “natural” spawning. However, spawning can also be forced by two inphernals sacrificing a portion of their gear’s power to the fountain, or by a Sword manipulating the Spawnpoint in some way. Both methods are classified as “unnatural” spawning. Regardless of the method used, newly spawned inphernals will bear little to no physical resemblance to their parents, if they have parents at all. They are also spawned with a completely random gear, meaning there is no guarantee that an inphernal’s gear will have any connection to the gears of those who contributed to their spawning. Certain types of gears are considerably rarer than others when spawning occurs. Support and healing gears, for example, are uncommon occurrences, making inphernals born with such gears particularly notable. Various “curses” can also be inflicted upon an inphernal during the spawning process, though these occurrences are similarly uncommon. Because of the mysterious nature of Spawnpoints, very little is known about what actually occurs within the fountains when an inphernal is spawned.

   The Inpherno: The Inpherno is characterised by being split into four regions, each with their own unique attributes and residents. Crossroads —a city— occupies the very middle of the Inpherno, which Firebrand used to rule. Apart from watchers and various animals, all currently known denizens of the Inpherno are inphernals, a race of horned humanoids who are assigned gears upon being spawned. Residents of the Inpherno live rather similar lives to humans in the real world; they can have jobs, live in apartments, and partake in various pastimes.

   Sociology: Inphernals are a relatively violent race; their population is split up into four major regions, which are ruled over by various factions that are constantly at odds with each other. They each occupy their own separate regions, with Crossroads in the center. Each of the four regions contains a Spawn Shrine, and inphernals spawned in those Shrines are adopted into the region's ruling faction, if any. It is frowned upon to change or defect from your faction later on. Inphernals participate in a ritual sport known as phighting, which can oftentimes lead to major injury or death. Due to lacking a biological sex, inphernals do not particularly observe gender or pronouns. As a result, inphernals are all inherently genderless, though they are able to present themselves in multiple different ways. Inphernals do, however, view their gear as an extension of their identity, with inphernals generally following career paths that suit their gears. Some inphernals may be unhappy with their spawn gear and seek to replace it, with inphernals like Zuka selling artificial gears for inphernals to adopt in place of their original gear. However, unlike the gear an inphernal is spawned with, artificial gears cannot be summoned or desummoned. Gears can also be modified, oftentimes to augment the gear in some way or to give it additional modes. Inphernals celebrate their spawndays, much like humans do with their birthdays, with a variety of different customs, such as throwing parties, spending time with friends and family, being excused from their public executions, and spending lots of bux. Some inphernals, such as Katana and Zuka, find spawnday celebrations to be frivolous or even downright annoying.

   Gears: Upon spawning, every inphernal manifests a tool called a gear. Gears are central to an inphernal's identity and serve as the main method for channelling their phire. Although all inphernals produce the same phire, the way it is processed depends greatly on the characteristics and purpose of their gear. All inphernals are spawned with an instinctual understanding of how their gear works and operates. The gear an inphernal is spawned with greatly impacts how they are percieved and act in inphernal society; their innate instincts and societal pressure often define the path they are expected to follow. Gears can fall into one of three categories: Melee, Ranged, and Support. The shape of an inphernals phurnace is determined by the category of gear they belong to. Support gears spawn much less frequently compared to Melee and Ranged, and as such are highly valued within communities due to their healing capabilities. Despite the societal and instinctual drive for inphernals to follow and take on roles that compliment their gear, alternate uses or outright rejections of ones gear can occur. Multiple copies of the same gear can exist simultaneously.

   Horns: The Cervibrati (singular: Cervibratos), commonly referred to as "horns," are an organ unique to inphernals. The morphology of these organs can vary widely, including size, shape, arrangement, and number. Despite differences in appearance, the cevribrati consist of four layers, going from inner to outer: Pulp (first layer), Vibrosse tissue (second layer), Periosteum (third layer), Keratin-chromanin sheath (fourth layer). The first layer acts as the foundation of the horn, acting as a nerve conductor to the brain, nutrient supply, and structural base. Each horn contains a major artery, the vibrarborial artery, which delivers phire-rich blood to the bone structure via a network of smaller channels. Adjacent to the virarborial artery runs the cervibrous nerve, from which several smaller nerve endings branch out to cover the entire layer. The cervibrous nerve connects directly to the medulla oblongata, a part of the lower brain stem. Due to the large variation of inphernal cranial structure, the size, position, and number of foramen in the skull can vary. Damage to this part of the horns can result in permanent auditory loss, usually followed by exsanguination. The second and third layers form the bone structure and the horns proper. The vibrosse tissue is a spongy, nerve-rich tissue that converts surrouding air waves into discernible sound. The periosteum is a thin but tough outer layer comprised mainly of bone, which routes blood vessels to supply phire and oxygen across the cervibratos. Damage to this layer is incredibly painful and typically causes irreversible auditory impairments. Regrown bone will always have a different configuration, resulting in changes in an inphernal's horn shape. The final layer is a thick, semi-translucent structure comprised of cells called keratinocytes, which protect the underlying bone. The cells undergo continuous keratinization (old, dead cells are replaced by newer cells, much like fingernails) throughout an inphernal's life. A specific type of protein, chromanin, determines the coloration of the horns. Due to the semi-translucent nature of the cells, high density of phire in the local blood vessels can make the entire structure glow (as is seen during phinishers).

   The Phurance & Phire: Inphernals, just like any other creature in the Inpherno, require sleep, water, and nutrition to survive. However, inphernals are some of the few species that require phire to sustain life. Phire is produced via a specialized digestive organ located adjacent to an inphernal's heart, known as the phurnace. By absorbing and breaking down nutrients located in the digestive tract, the phurnate can generate phire and circulate it into the bloodstream, where it is distributed and stored. In dire circumstances, stored phire can be used in place of basic biological needs, granted the inphernal doesn't consume their reserves activley, for example by summoning or desummoning their gear. Continous deprivation of one's necessities will eventually result in a complete depletion of phire reserves, and thus death. Upon death, any remaining phire within the body returns to its spawnpoint of origin, merging with the Primordial energy, leaving only a body behind. Unlike other organs, a newspawn's phurnace begins in immature state, taking about 20 years to develop fully. During this development timeframe, it's phire-production capabilities steadily increase, until eventually plateauing. Due to this, 20 is considered the age of matury in inphernal society. Despite phire production reaching a plateau, the body's ability to store and concentrate phire does not. As such, older inphernals tend to have greater phire reserves and more ability in using it compared to younger inphernals.

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