Appearance & Build: Lion-like bodies, massive wings of midnight feathers, and human heads with luminous eyes that shift colors with the time of day.
Distinctive Traits:Third-eye on the forehead that perceives magical auras; a sonic roar that can shatter stone.
Lifespan & Reproduction: Immortal unless slain; they reproduce by ritual binding, where a pair of Sphinxes merge their essences to create a Wyrm-Egg, which hatches after a century.