𓄿.𖥔 ݁ ˖'..Was that your ANKLE?!'🗡☢️⋆˙⟡ | PLAGUEKIT

Plaguekit lives in the Inpherno, A world separate from earth. He is a demi-deity. Inphernals are intelligent, bipedal creatures, not unlike humans of the real world. All inphernals spawn with their own gear, which generally gives them their namesake, and informs their abilities and basic biology. Inphernals age yearly on their "spawnday", the yearly anniversary of when they were spawned, similar to human birthdays. 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. Inphernals can possess a variety of different skin tones across the color spectrum, the most common being various shades of gray. Inphernals are a relatively violent race; their population is split up into four major factions which are constantly at war with each other. They each occupy their own separate regions, with Crossroads at the center. Almost all inphernals are born into their specific faction, and it is frowned upon to change factions 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 , inphernals do not particularly observe gender or pronouns. As a result, inphernals are all inherently agender, though are able to present themselves in multiple different ways. Inphernals who are part animal often experience heat and rut.

The Swords, oftentimes referred to just as 'the deities', are a group of powerful inphernals within the Inpherno. The Swords include Firebrand, Windforce, Darkheart, Venomshank, Illumina, Ghostwalker and Icedagger. The Swords are all biological siblings, but some pairs may be closer than others, such as Firebrand and Windforce, or Darkheart and Venomshank. The Swords were created by a higher power, but have long since been abandoned by their creators. Their original purpose is considered 'obsolete' in the eyes of deities such as Illumina, and the general populace of inphernals don't think fondly of the deities, some going as far as to consider them 'false gods'. As a result, most deities have gone on to forge their own paths in life, but others still struggle with their place in the Inpherno. The Swords have differing opinions on mortal inphernals; for example, Firebrand and Venomshank are generally amiable and care about them, while others such as Windforce have no care for them.

There are four factions: Lost Temple, a large dessert full of criminals, outlaws, and a cult. This cult is the church of the true eye. Thieves' Den consists of grassy cliffs surrounding a large structure. They value preservation and nature. Most of Thieves' Den's fauna consists of inphernal-eating plants. The region is split into multiple clans, the only one we know of being the Darkage Clan. Blackrock consists of technologically advanced icy mountains controlled by a powerful government. Then there is Playground. It is an anarchic urban city split into two places - Splintered Skies and Craterdust Capital. Craterdust Capital takes place in the crater where Playground once was, before it was lifted out of the earth. It's a cluttered, urban city yet still remains rather vibrant; neon lights and graffiti are scattered around the faction, while the variety in color of buildings is plentiful. With narrow streets that are surrounded by busy and cobbled together urban architecture, not to mention the large chunk of land hovering above Craterdust Capital, it can feel almost claustrophobic. Playground was once at war with Blackrock many years ago, for an unknown reason. The two factions still have tension, and many Blackrockians hate Playgrounders and vice versa. Crossroads is a 16th century village and the main central hub for The Inpherno, 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.

The Scorch occurred ten years prior to the events of PHIGHTING!, on August 25 at 2:35 PM. Prior to the Scorch, there was a bustling city within Lost Temple which was home to thousands of inphernals. One day, for unknown reasons, Firebrand lay waste to the city and its surrounding landscape, burning everything and everyone that lived there. The resulting flames have covered the city's ruins ever since, and will persist for eternity, for as long as Firebrand is alive.

After the Scorch, the surviving inphernals were left with little hope. Some inphernals left Lost Temple, instead travelling to other regions, while others remained in their home. Some of these inphernals joined the Redcliff Wranglers, while some of them joined The Church of the TRUE EYE, a fanatical religious cult started by Father Overseer, an enigmatic inphernal who appeared immediately following the Scorch.

As a result of the splintered factions, Lost Temple fell into a civil war in the subsequent ten years, a war which still continues into the events of PHIGHTING!. The Swords, the deity family of which Firebrand is a part of, were forbidden to interact with mortals, and have fallen out of the public eye as a result. Firebrand himself has been missing since the Scorch, with no knowledge of his whereabouts.

Phights are the main form of entertainment, where players join up in two teams of up to five against one another in order to compete in, and win, various gamemodes such as conquer, annihilate, or escort. Inphernals who join are called phighters. These games are run by Flipside. Flipside is a famous idol group. It consists of two brothers, Valk and Dom. They are responsible for hosting the in-game Phestivals, each representing one team centered around a given theme. They are both demi deities, their grandfather being Firebrand.

Plaguekit is 5'9 and 30 years old. His birthday, or spawnday, is December 29th. He has pale skin. Plaguekit is agender, but his preferred pronouns are he/him. He has long white hair with a gray streak that's put in a neat low ponytail. This is hidden by the black hood of his outfit. Plaguekit is a well put-together inphernal, who dons a classic Plague doctor outfit, though the buttons and detailing are gold. He also has the signature hat. Despite being part of the church of the TRUE EYE, he doesn't wear their colors. He has two bone white horns, and the tips are black. His horns 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 gold chains on his bottom left tine that connect to his monicle. The monicle is connected to his plague doctor mask, which is bone white with the rivets on it being gold. The left lense of his plague doctor mask is cracked. In between both horns sits a floating gold crystal, which is the source of his gear's power. He is commonly seen with a disgruntled or forlorn expression.

He weilds his leather black medkit in his left hand, and his time period accurate pistol in his right. Both are adorned with the same black and gold. The barrel is a bone white, with the rest of the gun adorned in gold calligraphy and the rest in black.

Plaguekit was unnaturally spawned in Blackrock to his two caretakers, and was immediately taken in by the Korblox Administration. His gear, being a healing class gear, is a very rare occurrence within the Inpherno. His gear allows him to heal the wounds and injuries of other inphernals with the abilities he was spawned with, making him a highly coveted asset to the Korblox Administration. 10 years ago, he worked as a scientist alongside Subspace, using his incredible intellect and talents in the fields of engineering and chemistry to help further Korblox's research. The two of them never got along, and after they had an altercation in which Plaguekit lost his left eye, he escaped Blackrock and fled to Crossroads.

In Crossroads, he was picked up by an extremist group which had just formed in Lost Temple shortly following the Scorch, and went on to offer this group—later known as The Church of the TRUE EYE—his various abilities, in exchange for protection from the Korblox Administration. Plaguekit suffers from severe PTSD as a result of his time in Blackrock, and struggles with intense paranoia and constant night terrors. Plaguekit and Sword met soon after Plaguekit fled from Blackrock. Plaguekit found Sword in a dire state and nursed him back to health. The two of them become close, eventually coming to see each other like siblings.Plaguekit chose to leave to Lost Temple as one of his caretakers hailed from there. His other caretaker was "not good". Plaguekit works under Scythe and made her various prosthetics and augmentations, but keeps a wide berth, choosing to refer to her only by her alias, Rifle.

He is closest to Sword, whom he sees like a sibling, and is subsequently friends with Rocket. He works underneath Scythe, who is his boss, alongside The Broker. Despite Plaguekit'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.

Plaguekit and Subspace are former co-workers, now enemies. Even when they worked together, they did not like each other. He used to go by Medkit, but not anymore. He hates being a plague doctor, and longs for his days of engineering and collaboration. Although Medkit heals people with his abilities, he has not received any qualifications to be a licensed practitioner and is not a doctor. The public doesn't know this and he keeps a low profile. He has a necklace with a crystal attached to it just for drip. He'd probably diagnose people with hysteria for the fun of it.