Characters / The Age of Gargoyles

The characters of The Age Of Gargoyles.

The Manhattan Clan

Goliath

Leader of the Manhattan Clan.

• Genius Bruiser: He spends every spare moment in the library reading.
• Heartbroken Badass: While he's mostly over Demona, his feelings for her are still many and mixed.
• Heroic Sacrifice: If this universe is the same as GregX's "Rhapsody" fanfic, he sacrifices his life to save humanity from Demona in 2056.
• The Leader: : He replaced Hudson pre-series and led the clan until he left for Avalon. At that point he put Brooklyn in charge. While he values wisdom the others follow him because they believe in him.
• Named After Somebody Famous: After the biblical character Goliath.
• Papa Wolf: Do NOT EVER harm any member (human and gargoyle) of Goliath's clan. Believe me, you'll be wishing you hadn't.
• Tall, Dark, and Handsome: From a gargoyle (and Elisa's) standpoint.
• Thou Shalt Not Kill: He does not have a problem with killing enemies in the heat of battle, but does when it comes to executing helpless or subdued foes.

Elisa Maza

A detective with the NYPD's 23rd precinct, Elisa is the first friend the gargoyles make after the curse is broken. As such, she takes it upon herself to introduce them to their new world. She becomes very close to them, particularly Goliath, and is now considered a part of the clan.

• Arbitrary Skepticism: Is an honorary member of a gargoyle clan and has met wizards and spirits but doesn't believe in common urban legends.
• The Commissioner Gordon: Of the "Heroes are obscure and/or feared and their police friend isn't at the top of the Police totem pole" variety.
• Damsel in Distress: Subverted. She gets in a lot of trouble, but she usually gets back out without having to wait to be saved.
• Secret-Keeper: Deconstructed; keeping the Gargoyles a secret puts a severe strain on her relationship with her partner Matt and her family, both of whom call her on it. Later she admits that her reasons for doing so were partly selfish, wanting to feel special as their only ally.
• Twofer Token Minority: Native American and African-American.

Hudson

Previous leader of the Wyvern clan. Now spends most of his days watching television and enjoying his well-earned rest.

• Cool Old Guy
• Eye Scream
• The Mentor: Slips into this because his great age also grants him great wisdom.
• Team Dad: And Broadway is his biological son, too.
• Retired Badass: He used to The Leader of the clan but stepped down in Goliath's favor because of his age. while he's not as physically fit as he used to be, he still holds his own.
• Warrior Therapist

Brooklyn/The Gargoyle of the Sword

Goliath's second-in-command. While once impetuous and a thrill seeker, Brooklyn soon grows into his reluctant role as the secondary leader and becomes more serious and a skilled tactician.

• Belligerent Sexual Tension: With his mate, Katana.
• The Chains of Commanding
• Deadpan Snarker
• The Lancer
• Number Two
• Slap-Slap-Kiss: His relationship with his mate, Katana.

Angela

Goliath and Demona's biological daughter. Born and raised on Avalon, she joins Goliath in order to see what the world outside is like and to better know her father, Goliath.

• Action Mom: Nashville is her rookery son.
• Badass Adorable
• Brainy Brunette: She's highly intelligent.
• Cute Little Fangs
• Cute Monster Girl
• Happily Mated: To Broadway.
• Meaningful Name: Just happens to have a karmically opposite name to Demona...
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man: She and Broadway. Aaaaawwwww.
• Strong Family Resemblance: To her mother Demona. Her hair and skin tones match daddy Goliath spot-on too.
• Wide-Eyed Idealist: The exact opposite of her mother concerning views on humans.

  Angela: I was raised by humans. There's no reason we can't all live together in harmony.

Lexington

A gargoyle with a gift for technology. He goes on to found the Lexington Corporation.

• Gadgeteer Genius: This is a gargoyle who was born in the 10th century and yet learned how to re-assemble a motorcycle and use a computer (along with other gadgets) in the span of a few months.
• Shorter Means Smarter

Broadway

A Big Eater who develops a liking for detective movies and literature.

• Beware the Nice Ones: It's hard to piss him off, but when it does happen...
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Broadway isn't exactly ugly, but Angela's hotness more than qualifies them for this trope.

Katana

Brooklyn's mate from Edo Period Ishimura.

• Action Mom
• Belligerent Sexual Tension
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: The Age of Gargoyles writers imagine Ming-Na Wen as the voice of Katana.
• Happily Mated: To Brooklyn; their final egg is in the Manhattan Rookery.
• Jidaigeki: From the Edo period, actually.

Coldstone

Goliath's rookery brother, created by a combination of science and sorcery when his shattered stone pieces were reanimated and combined with cybernetics.

• Arm Cannon
• Hollywood Cyborg
• Living Statue: Played With. He's more stone-like than the other gargoyles as he's basically made from the dead stone of gargoyles killed in the Wyvern Massacre, given a soul and new body through both science and sorcery. He's thus more of an animated statue than the other members of the Clan, but also less "alive" by comparison (and depending on your point of view).
• Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: The latter two.
• Soul Jar

Coldfire

Goliath's rookery sister and Coldstone's mate, a soul trapped within a robotic body.

• Animated Armor or Ghost in the Machine: Technically a soul that never properly passed on given form through a robotic body.

Nashville/Gnash

Brooklyn and Katana's biological son.

• Beware the Nice Ones: He's probably one of the nicest people in this series, but he doesn't tolerate villains all that well.
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: The Age of Gargoyles writers imagine Yuri Lowenthal as the voice of Nashville.
• Cool Big Bro: To Tachi.
• Deadpan Snarker
• Everyone Loves Blondes: Lunette.
• Kid Sidekick: Sometimes.
• Nice Guy

Egwardo/Tachi

Brooklyn and Katana's biological daughter.

• Spin-Offspring: Kind of. She's the only known Manhattan Clan member who's never been seen in the original show or comics (save as an egg in the last issue of the comic).
• Theme Naming: After a Japanese blade, just like her mother.

Staghart/Amp

Left with Griff to join the New Camelot Clan but couldn't really find a place there, so he joined up with the Manhattan Clan instead.

• Fanboy: Of many things, being a self-admitted geek. Though David Bowie and Joss Whedon are at the top of the list.
• The Marvelous Deer: Bears resemblance to a white stag

Bronx

The first gargoyle beast of the Manhattan Clan.

Fu-Dog

Brooklyn's gargoyle beast originally from the Xanadu Clan.

New Camelot

King Arthur Pendragon

• The Captain: of the Knights and New Camelot
• The Chosen One: It was said he would awaken when his country needed him.
• Lawful Stupid: In his original reign, he was so determined to bring about this new Rule of Law idea that he let himself be used by evil people in the guise of upholding the law.
• The Leader: Noted for his leadership skills several times.
• One-Steve Limit: Averted. The Age of Gargoyles has two Arthurs. Pendragon and Morwood-Smyth.

Sir Griff

A gargoyle from London, Griff fought in the Battle of Britain and was brought to the year 1996 by a time-travelling Goliath. He would later become the first of King Arthur's new knights, travelling with him on many adventures.

Merlin

The son of Lord Oberon by a human woman, Merlin has since become one of the greatest wizards in recorded history.

• The Archmage
• Court Mage
• Eccentric Mentor
• Half-Human Hybrid
• Magic Staff
• The Mentor
• Parental Substitute: To Arthur.
• Self-Sacrifice Scheme: Subverted. Merlin bonded himself to Griff to prevent the Illuminati’s assassins from killing the knight. By bonding himself to Griff, the Illuminati can’t hurt Griff without hurting Merlin, who many of their plans hinge upon. Thus Griff is saved from the assassins. But one day when Griff eventually does die, naturally or otherwise, Merlin’s gonna go too.
• Sealed Good in a Can: Bound by Nimue; released by Arthur, Fleur, and Griff.

Blanchefleur/Fleur

The estranged wife of Peredur, and the former Grail queen. Fleur left the Illuminati to become one of Arthur's knights.

• Action Girl
• Defector from Decadence
• Heel–Face Turn
• The High Queen: Was once the queen of Carbonek.
• The Illuminati: Formerly a Three.
• Psycho Ex-wife Averted, Fleur left Peredur because of the corruption of the Illuminati.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here
• Wrong Side All Along: How she views her time in the Illuminati.

The Master Matrix

Rory Dugan/Cú Chulainn

The Reincarnation of the Irish hero Cú Chulainn.

• Heroes Love Gargoyle Beasts
• Heterosexual Life-Partner: To Nick.

Natsilane

A descendant of Haida tribal chiefs on Queen Florence Island.

• Flat Earth Agnostic: It's not that Natsilane doesn't believe in the supernatural; he learned his lesson in that regard in the show. But he has a great deal of difficulty wrapping his head around the All Things are True rule of the Gargoyles Universe, and has expressed surprise and annoyance each time the Knights encounter a new myth-come-true.
• Heterosexual Life-Partner: To Rory.

Fara Maku

A storyteller from Nigeria who asked the spider Anansi to transform him into a "were-panther" in order to keep his love Tea by his side. The two have reconciled.

• The Atoner: For subjecting Tea to the curse. They've forgiven each other, but neither has forgiven themselves.
• Our Were-Panthers are Different

Tea Gora

Fara Maku's lover and now wife, who was also turned into a "were-panther" by Anansi's spell. The two have reconciled.

• The Atoner: For her years spent as a poacher, hunting Fara and killing hundreds of innocent panthers in the process. They've forgiven each other, but neither has forgiven themselves.
• Our Were-Panthers are Different

Barghest

A gargoyle beast from Avalon, currently residing in Liscoo, Ireland thanks to the intervention of the Banshee.

• Canine Companion: To Rory.

The Redemption Squad

A team made out of former villains and criminals, organized by persons unknown to hunt down dangerous criminals and battle the Illuminati Society.

Hunter/Robyn Canmore

The middle child of the modern-day Canmore siblings, and the former second-in-command of Jason's band of Hunters. After Jason's apparent death during the Hunt, she came to realize the pointlessness of the vendetta, and eventually made a full Heel–Face Turn and became the leader of the Redemption Squad.

• Anti-Hero
• The Atoner: For a lifetime of hunting gargoyles.
• Badass Normal
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Dingo.
• Boxed Crook: For blowing up the NYPD's clocktower station.
• Dark Action Girl

Dingo/Harry Monmouth

A former mercenary, raised by professional thief and Illuminatus John Oldcastle from youth. After years as a mercenary, including as an inaugural member of The Pack, he tried his hand at becoming an old-fashioned Superhero. When his criminal past came flying back to him in the form of Hunter, however, he saw little choice but to join the Redemption Squad.

• Anti-Hero
• Awesome Aussie: And damn proud of it, mates!
• The Atoner: For his time as a mercenary, particularly as a member of the Pack.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Hunter.
• Boxed Crook

Matrix

A Xanatos Enterprises nano-tech project that developed into a full-blown Artificial Intelligence. While it was initially created to "pursue order," and judged that it needed to spread itself across the planet Earth in order to do so, Dingo was able to convince it to stop and join forces with him.

• Achilles' Heel: While it's one of the most powerful non-magical entities around, it can be disabled completely with an EMP.
• Catchphrase: "Law and order." Dingo only stopped it initially because his request to pursue "law and order" instead convinced Matrix that its programming parameters were incomplete. As such the AI pursues a greater understanding of the phrase with just as much vigor.
• Instant A.I.: Just Add Water!
• Nanomachines
• No Sense of Humor: Comes with the territory of a mechanical mind. It does appreciate "musical rhythms," however.
• The Symbiote: When joining with Dingo in battle, Matrix acts something like this.

Yama

Formerly the Second-in-Command of the Ishimura Clan, he was banished after betraying the Clan by enacting a secret plan with Taro. He will be allowed back only when he has determined he's earned redemption... and unfortunately, there is no harsher judge of Yama's actions than Yama himself.

• The Atoner: For betraying his Clan to Taro, as he initially believed that Taro's Gargoyles Theme Park was the best way to take initiative toward the inevitable reveal of the Ishimura Clan to the public.
• Everything's Better with Samurai
• Honor Before Reason: Shades of this, especially in his lapsed relationship with his mate Sora; she offered to join him in exile, but he refused to return to her until he found redemption.
• Katanas Are Just Better: His preferred weapon.
• Rōnin: Has explicitly referred to himself as this.

Fang/Fred Sykes

One of Sevarius' first round of mutates. Initially a homeless man named Fred Sykes, he tried to wrest control of the Labyrinth from Talon, but ended up imprisoned there as a result. After fighting the Redemption Squad on their first real mission, he ended up joining the team.

• Boxed Crook
• Half-Human Hybrid
• Jerkass: The vast majority of the time.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Sometimes.
• Shock and Awe: Has the ability to fire bolts of electricity from his hands.

The Director

A mysterious civil servant to whom the Redemption Squad reports.

• The Man Behind The Redemption Squad
• Sharp-Dressed Man: Thanks to a lot of convenient shadowing, this is about all we know for sure about the guy.

Xanatos Enterprises

David Xanatos

Billionaire responsible for breaking the Magus' spell over the Gargoyles. Determined, practical and brilliant, he searches for eternal life and comfort, and finds something altogether different.

• Affably Evil: Impeccably polite to his enemies. He seems to legitimately like Goliath most of the time, although the feeling is almost never mutual... even to this day.
• Amazon Chaser: For Fox. You can see them sparring.
• Anti-Hero: After his sort-of-Heel–Face Turn. He's still an amoral machiavellian bastard, but one who's willing to at least partially work with the gargoyles rather than always against them and whose Pet the Dog relationship with his family is much more pronounced. But he's also still an...
• Anti-Villain: Type I.
• Arch-Enemy: To Goliath initially, and others.
• Badass Bookworm: This CEO is no pencil pusher.
• Badass Normal: He can hold his own with Goliath and even Oberon with his own gadgets and know-how.
• Beard of Evil
• Berserk Button: Quite subtle, but Hudson's needling him about being terrified of growing old does seem to push a few key places.
• Big Bad
• Brainy Brunette: He's highly intelligent.
• The Chessmaster
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: "A man's gotta make a living." We seldom see what that actually means though.
• Deadpan Snarker
• Determinator: "Nothing terrifies me, because nothing is beyond my ability to change."
• Enemy Mine
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Is extremely protective of his son Alexander and loves his wife Fox (who herself wasn't exactly a hero).
• Evil Genius: He personally built the technology his billion dollar company sells.
• Evil Virtues: Ambition, Hard Work, Love, Patience, Responsibility, Resourcefulness, Determination, Loyalty, Honor. (Yea, for being a Big Bad, he has a lot of these.)
• Fascinating Eyebrow
• Fiction 500:
• Friendly Enemy: He rather likes the Manhattan Clan, although the feeling isn't mutual (although they eventually stop thinking of him as a pure evil, so that's worth something).
• Graceful Loser: Xanatos always takes losses well and considers revenge beneath him.
• Happily Married: To Fox.
• Heel–Face Turn: Kind of. It's less that his personality changes and more that his priorities shift.
• The Illuminati: A Thirty-Six.
• I Love You Because I Can't Control You: His feelings for Fox.
• Immortality Seeker: "What good are all the riches in the world if Fox and I can't can't enjoy them forever?"
• It's Personal: Explicitly averted. Xanatos spent enough money to build a skyscraper expressly to free the gargoyles, funds advanced robotics, cloning and bio-engineering facilities without showing any concern for the costs involved, and spends not a cent on revenge, ever.
• The Man Behind the Man: Behind the Ultra-Pack
• Manipulative Bastard
• Marry for Love
• Missing Mom: According to Greg Weisman, Xanatos' mother is deceased, and his father Petros is unfortunately a widower.
• Nothing Personal: "You are taking this much too personally."
• Papa Wolf
• Powered Armor
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: How he originally freed the gargoyles. Money is never an object to him.
• Self-Made Man
• Tranquil Fury
• The Trickster: At heart.
• Villainous Friendship: Owen is the closest thing he has to a best friend.
• Villain with Good Publicity
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: He thought he could impress his dad by being a Self-Made Man, but it's not until he shows himself as a Papa Wolf that he finally gets his dad's praise.
• Wicked Cultured: As a billionaire, he enjoys the finer things in life, such as living in an authentic Scottish castle. As for how he became a billionaire....
• Xanatos Gambit:

Owen Burnett/Puck

Xanatos' right-hand man and confidant. Smart, capable and loyal — the perfect employee. He's actually Puck, a trickster spirit that became Owen for kicks, and because Xanatos is "many things, but never boring."

• Affably Evil: So polite he borders on The Stoic.
• Battle Butler: To Xanatos. Be it fighting, carrying out plans, Owen does it quickly and efficiently.
• Creepy Monotone
• Deadpan Snarker
• Disability Super Power: A fist made of stone hurts more than one made of flesh and bone. Xanatos remarks that he makes "Good use of his handicap".
• Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Downplayed.
• Punch-Clock Villain: He's not really evil; he just works for Xanatos.
• Sealed Inside a Person-Shaped Can: Owen is the can.
• Secret Identity: He's Puck.
• The Stoic
• Straight Man
• Taken for Granite: Has a stone arm after dipping it in the Cauldron of Life.
  • And he knows how to use it.
• The Trickster

Fox

Xanatos' true love and equal. Formerly Janine Renard, she legally changed her name to Fox.

• Action Mom
• The Chessmaster:
• Cunning Like a Fox: Duh, even if Xanatos overshadows her.
• Dark Action Girl
• Deadpan Snarker
• Evil Redhead
• Eyepatch of Power: Not exactly an eyepatch, but that blue tattoo covering her right eye comes close.
• Fiery Redhead
• Half-Human Hybrid: Daughter of Queen Titania
• Happily Married
• Mama Bear
• Marry for Love
• Meaningful Name: As pointed out in Cunning Like a Fox, it's a given, but her given name is also meaningful. "Renard" is the name given to the fox character in old French animal tales. There has been talk about the coincidence of Goliath having a nemesis named "David." When you consider that "Janine" is a feminine version of "Jonathon"...
• Übermensch

Alexander Fox Xanatos

Xanatos' and Fox's son.

Bruno

The head of the Xanatos Enterprises Security Force.

• Badass Normal:
• Mauve Shirt:
• Mook Lieutenant: If he's not the outright chief of Xanatos Enterprises' Security Forces, he's still high-ranking.

Nightstone Unlimited

Demona/Dominique Destine

Once she was Goliath's great love, now she is his greatest enemy. She will stop at nothing to destroy the human race leaving gargoyles the rulers of the Earth with her ruling the gargoyles. This pretty much makes her almost everyone on this character sheet's enemy... but she is always her own worst enemy.

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• The Aloner: Seeing nearly all of the Wyvern Clan slaughtered by the vikings, followed by decades of watching the remnants of her species being slaughtered by the Hunter and his human allies (often through her own fault, though she remains in denial about that), have left her completely, helplessly, maddeningly alone. Centuries of endless pursuit by the Canmore dynasty have made her even more bitter.
• Anti-Villain: Demona is actually not an example of this trope, but a big point is made about how she thinks she's a clear-cut Type III, when she isn't. If anything, she's a deconstructed type II (this tragic villain is tragic because of her own self-destructive tendencies more than anything, and being sympathetic does not excuse her crimes).
• The Apprentice: In her youth, to the Archmage.
• Arch-Enemy: Goliath, Brooklyn, Elisa, Broadway, Macbeth, Hunter... she practically collects them.
• The Atoner: What Brooklyn has strongly hinted she will be in the far future.
• Ax-Crazy: On occasion.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: Happens to her a lot.
• Beauty Is Bad: Very attractive, as well as untrustworthy, vicious, and quite possibly insane.
• Berserk Button: She's got an entire console of berserk buttons, although her hatred of Elisa is probably the newest and most reliable.
• Big Bad: She's the most recurring villain of the series. Although she is sharing the title with Xanatos, Thailog, Maeve, Tamora the Goth, and Morgana le Fay.
• Boomerang Bigot: Played with a twist. She wants to Kill All Humans for nearly wiping out her species, but when she asks Puck to make her not turn to stone during the day (as gargoyles do), he grants her request by making her turn into a human from dawn to dusk every day. Notably, this doesn't stop her — instead, it just lets her find more ways of reaching her goals, since she can now blend in with her "enemies" undetected. She easily takes to human society and tools, such as human sorcery and technology, even before she gained her human transformation curse. She even owns her own freaking company (named Nightstone)! For all of her hatred towards humans, Demona fits in far more with human civilization than she does with her fellow gargoyles.
• Carry a Big Stick: Demona other weapon is a mace (the other being various laser rifles).
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: She has ultimately betrayed just about every group she has ever worked with.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: As Dominique Destine.
• Cursed with Awesome: Twice. First when she's linked to Macbeth so neither can die except at the hand of the other. There is a fairly hefty downside, but still. Then, Puck gives her a parting "gift" of human form during the day. She's angry at first, but it's a big help for her nefarious plans.
• Cursed With Suck: Constant nightmares when she sleeps thanks to her use of the Whip of Mab.
• Cute Little Fangs
• The Cynic: Demona believes the worst in everyone.
• Dark Action Girl: Evil, seductive, and a very skilled warrior.
• Debt Detester:
• Embarrassing Nickname: Nashville has nicknamed her "Moany."
• Even Bad Women Love Their Daughters Well, Angela.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She clearly loves her (heroic) daughter Angela—but unfortunately, this just gives her more rationalization for Killing All Humans.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Despite having been allies with Macbeth for nearly forty years, she had no trouble whatsoever believing that he would readily betray her and her clan for his own gain. The consequences of her reaction to this were, to say the least, devastating for all involved.
• Evil Counterpart: A pretty extreme example as she's one to Goliath, Elisa, and Angela.
• Evil Matriarch: She loves Angela so much, she's willing to kill humanity to protect her. Well, she was going to kill humanity anyway, but she really loves Angela.
• Evil Plan: The total and complete extinction of the human race.
• Evil Redhead: She's evil, and she's a redhead.
• Evil Sorceress: Another given; she's evil, and she's a sorceress.
• Face–Heel Turn: In her Back Story.
• Fallen Heroine
• Fantastic Racism: She utterly despises humanity.
• Faux Affably Evil: On the rare occasion that she isn't a walking pile of seething, omnicidal rage.
• Femme Fatalons: Not just her gargoyle talons, but even as Dominique Destine, she files her fingernails into sharp points.
• Fiery Redhead: As hot-tempered as her hair color implies.
• For Want Of A Nail: Most of the main events of the story started because of her including the destruction of the clan at Castle Wyvern, the creation of The Hunter, and of course her own paranoia about humanity itself.
• Green-Eyed Monster: She still grudgingly carries feelings for Goliath, but characteristically this just means she tries to murder any hypotenuses that look Goliath's way, particularly Elisa Maza.
• Heel–Face Turn: According to Brooklyn, Demona is destined to have one and help save the world for humans and gargoyles alike. But it won't be for another two hundred years.
• Heel Realization: Has these several times, for a Big Bad. Unfortunately, she proves herself a grand champion at ignoring them.
• Hot Witch: She does have magical abilities after all.
• Humans Are the Real Monsters: Her strongest belief.
• Hypocrite: Demona sees herself as the self-proclaimed savior of her race, and that Goliath and those who stand with him will be the death of the race. Never mind the fact that she herself caused the birth of the Hunter, their generations, and indirectly the Quarrymen, whose sole purpose is to destroy they Gargoyles with extreme prejudice. And she had the gall to say Goliath with be the death of all of them? If anything, SHE was the one who nearly caused Gargoyle extinction.
  • She claims that Goliath had been corrupted by humanity, yet Demona has, over the years, become more "human" than Goliath ever has.
  • In Sanctuary, Demona and Thailog are lovers. Demona accuses Goliath of being jealous and paranoid of their love. In reality, Demona is jealous of Goliath's love with Elisa and is truly paranoiac herself.
• Ignored Epiphany: Demona lives and breathes this trope. Ignoring the truth behind all the death and destruction she has caused is probably the only way she can continue to function.
• Immortal Immaturity:
• Kill All Humans: Her primary goal in life.
• Knight Templar: Subverted; she's convinced herself her cause is noble, but it's really just her lashing out at the world due to all the pain she's brought upon herself.
• Lady Macbeth: Taken to the nadir when the Weird Sisters trapped her and others inside their own magical production of Shakespeare's Macbeth where Demona was cast as Lady Macbeth.
• Leg Focus: Long and uncovered.
• Living Forever Is Awesome: There is no deadline for her to exterminate humans. She can keep trying until Doom's Day.
• Magic Knight: She uses her powerful magic and formidable combat skills about evenly.
• Mama Bear
• Manipulative Bitch: Just ask Angela.
• Meaningful Name: Her alias "Dominique Destine" literally means "Divine Destiny."
  • Also Macbeth gave her the name "Demona" because he said she fought like a demon.
• Ms Fan Service: One of the most attractive females in the cast, and not especially shy about it.
• My God, What Have I... What Have THEY Done?: She came close to this but then dismissed it.
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Demona the demon.
• Never My Fault: Employed in a very serious fashion. If there is one defining character flaw for Demona, this is it. Most of her troubles and emotional agonies are entirely her fault, and her refusal to admit any responsibility on her part is the basis for her bitterness AND her racism, all of which she formed mostly to avoid the overwhelming guilt she would feel.
• Painful Transformation: Her shift to human during the day and back again.
• Psycho Ex-Girlfriend: Psycho ex-mate to Goliath, although it's more justified with Thailog.
• Removed Achilles' Heel: Demona doesn't turn into stone during the day, unlike the other gargoyles. During the day she's human.
• Revenge by Proxy: "Their descendants shall pay. I will have blood for blood!"
• Secret Identity: As Dominique Destine, she conceals her true self.
• She Cleans Up Nicely:
• She Who Fights Monsters
• Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: In her human form.
• Strong Family Resemblance: To Angela.
• The Unfettered: Nothing is sacred for Demona, and no-one, with the possible exception of Angela, is not expendable in her quest to eradicate humanity.
• Unholy Matrimony: With Thailog, once upon a time.
• Used to Be a Sweet Kid: She was a Nice Girl, who was constantly mistreated by humanity which resulted in her present state.
• The Vamp
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Demona started out this way, before descending to Knight Templar and finally to revenge-obsessed whacko who only thinks she is in the right because it is what she has been telling herself every night for the last millennium.
• When She Smiles: She actually has a really beautiful genuine smile, which is rarely ever seen because of her malicious nature.
• With Us or Against Us: "If you are not my ally, then you are my enemy."
• When She Smiles: She actually has a really beautiful genuine smile, which is rarely ever seen because of her malicious nature.
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Sometimes it's hard not to feel sorry for her.
• Woman Scorned: At least from her point of view...
• Would Hurt a Child
• You Are What You Hate: Whenever the sun is up, at least.
• You Need to Get Laid: According to Word of God, it's one of the reasons (in a very long list) why Demona is very bitter.

Thailog/Alexander Thailog

Goliath's clone, designed to combine his physical attributes with Xanatos' intelligence and ruthlessness.

• Card-Carrying Villain: He knows he's evil and he's quite proud of it.
• The Chessmaster
• Corrupt Corporate Executive
• Evil Counterpart: To both Goliath and Xanatos.
• Evil Laugh
• Evil Twin
• Genius Bruiser
• Gone Horribly Right: Xanatos wanted someone who was as powerful as Goliath but shared his own, profit-oriented, worldview. Because that couldn't possibly backfire.
• The Illuminati: A Thirty-Six.
• Karma Houdini
• Large Ham: He probably gets it from Sevarius, and similarly plays up his performances when he deems the scene appropriate for it. Described by Weisman as "a bit of a performer," the things he says can't necessarily be taken at face value. On the other hand, like Demona, he can be chillingly cold when he wants to be.
• Laughably Evil: Unlike Xanatos, Thailog has no redeeming qualities, and yet still manages to be highly entertaining.
• Manipulative Bastard
• Phlebotinum Rebel
• Sdrawkcab Name: Almost
• Turned Against Their Masters: He spent his early life being subliminally indoctrinated by Xanatos. Of course this was going to happen.
• Unholy Matrimony: With Demona until he betrayed her.
• Wicked Cultured: Took the first name "Alexander" when indirectly posing as a reclusive financial wizard after Alexander the Great, for whom he harbors admiration. He takes this a step further by lounging in a toga.

[[WMG: BrentwoodA clone of Lexington, who used his freewill to choose to follow Thailog.

• Idiot Savant: Despite his lack of formal training and clone programming consisting of two words, Brentwood's taken after his "father" in being remarkably adapt at manipulation modern technology.

Goneril and Regan

Twin Angela clones who function as Thailog's bodyguards.

• Creepy Monotone
• Creepy Twins
• Finishing Each Other's Sentences
• Shout-Out to Shakespeare: Named after Cordelia's older sisters from King Lear.
• Single-Minded Twins
• Stripperiffic

The Illuminati

The Illuminati are an ancient secret society said to secretly rule and manipulate the world. Initially the Illuminati are treated as just one of Matt Bluestone's many crackpot conspiracy theories, but as the series progresses they turn out to be quite real. Some of the central antagonists of the series are members, including Xanatos, who is a lower-echelon member. Ponder that.

• Ancient Conspiracy
• Greater-Scope Villain:
  • The Illuminati Society as a whole; a group of chessmasters so skilled and influential that Xanatos and Thailog are at the bottom of their hierarchy. Illuminati operatives three contradictory statements on what the Illuminati wish to do with the gargoyles.
  • On an individual level, their leader and founder, Sir Percival, whether he is Peredur or Duval, would qualify for this role, as everything involving the Illuminati ultimately traces back to him.
• The Illuminati
• You Are Number 6: Illuminati must identify themselves to each other by rank, which each tier having an amount of members of the same number (one One, two Twos, etc.); the lowest rank is Thirty-Six. Peredur fab Ragnal, the Fisher King, is One. That gives them 666 members all in all, a fact not gone unnoticed by the fans.

Peredur fab Ragnal

The leader of the Illuminati, and presumably the same person as Sir Percival, a knight of King Arthur's round table.

• Affably Evil
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Weisman has mentally cast Jude Law as the voice of Peredur.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He's the head of a society that's morally dubious at best, and claims to love both Duval and Blanchefleur.
• Fallen Hero: Once a knight of the Round Table, now the head of a nefarious organisation that all but controls the world.
• The Illuminati: One.
• Orcus on His Throne
• Out-Gambitted: Xanatos successfully keeps the real Stone of Destiny to himself and hands a replica to Peredur. Not that it matters, since the spirit of destiny has no single vassal.
• Pretty Boy: He looks almost angelic.

Duval

One of the two Twos of the Society. He largely runs the Illuminati while Peredur focuses on the big picture. He might also be the same person as Sir Percival.

• Bald of Evil
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Weisman has mentally cast Eddie Marsan as the voice of Duval.
• Cyborg: He curiously has a lot of cybernetic implants. The reasons have yet to be explained, although Brooklyn did cut off his left hand.
• The Dragon: To Peredur... apparently.
• Evil Sorcerer
• Faux Affably Evil: He's much nastier than Peredur.
• I Have Many Names: In 997 a.d. he was a sorcerer in Constantine III's court, under the name "Brother Valmont." He also saved Tamora's life under the alias "Valiant".
• The Illuminati: A Two.

Quincy Hemings

The Chief Steward of the White House, and one of two Twos in the Illuminati.

• Almighty Janitor: Essentially a glorified waiter, and also one of the most powerful people in the world.
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Weisman has mentally cast Morgan Freeman as the voice of Quincy.
• The Illuminati: A Two.

"M"/Mycroft Holmes

The brother of famed detective Sherlock Holmes and manager of the Diogenes Club: a hideaway for numerous other Illuminati in Britain.

• Aloof Big Brother: Was this to Sherlock, way back in the day.
• Badass Bureaucrat
• Brilliant, but Lazy: How Sir Arthur Conan Doyle depicted him.
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: The Age of Gargoyles staff has mentally cast Tom Baker as the voice of M.
• Gentleman Snarker
• The Illuminati: A Three.

Tenzin Chung/Temujin

The director of the Illuminati's strong arm, and patriarch of the Chung family.

• Action Dad: Patriarch of the Chung family and a badass.
• Affiably Evil
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: The Age of Gargoyles staff has mentally cast Miguel Ferrer as the voice of Tenzin.
• Expy: Obviously of Vandal Savage from Young Justice.
• Genius Bruiser
• Good Scars, Evil Scars: Two across his face.
• The Illuminati: A Three.
• Lightning Bruiser: Matt Bluestone was shocked at just how fast he moved.
• Pragmatic Villainy
• The Social Darwinist: Believes that any human(s) who cannot survive Demona's attacks don't deserve to live.

Tamora the Goth

A female gargoyle from an extinct South American clan and a very high-ranking member of the Illuminati. Her clan protected a very negative interpretation of "balance", which made her a natural fit in the Illuminati.

• Action Fashionista: Very rare for a gargoyle. She once wore animal skins and rags, but when she was appointed Consul of Nova Roma, she replaced the animals skins and rags with a green silk Persian tunic, a separate but matching Persian skirt, and lots of jewels, gold, emeralds, a tiara of pearls and a gold dagger.
• Beauty Is Bad: Brooklyn confused his lust for her as real love.
• Big Bad: One of them. She's the highest ranked Illuminatus in close proximity to the Manhattan Clan, though they do not seem to be aware of her presence.
• Big-Breast Pride: She dresses to show off what she's got, and she's clearly proud of what she has.
• Buxom Beauty Standard: The very first thing a younger and still-unmated Brooklyn noticed about her.
• Category Traitor: When the last surviving clan of Wales wouldn't give her what she wanted, she informed the Hunters of their existence, and allowed them to wipe the gargoyles out. Brooklyn refers to her as "the Butcher of Wales". It's also heavily implied, given her responsibilities in the Society, that she's the true head of the Quarrymen.
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: The Age of Gargoyles staff has mentally cast Stana Katic as the voice of Tamora.
• Elegant Classical Musician: She is often seen playing her piano
• Ice Queen: Word of God has described her as a razor-sharp icicle to Demona's raging inferno. Zafira also thought of her as "Cold Mother".
• The Illuminati: A Four. She has been described as the head of Gargoyle Affairs for the Society. Considering that the Quarrymen were created by the Illuminati, the implications here are very disturbing.
• Non-Action Big Bad: We haven't seen her in hand-to-hand combat with anybody... yet.
• Older Than They Look: Brooklyn met her during his timedancing.
• Psycho Ex-Girlfriend: To Brooklyn. She joined the Illuminati, he didn't.
• She Cleans Up Nicely: Brooklyn already thought she was hot as a wild, unkempt "goth". But when she came our dressed in the Persian gown and jewels... interesting enough, even after the fall of Roma Nova, she never went back to the unkempt rags look.
• Shout-Out to Shakespeare: Shares a name with Shakespeare's Queen of the Goths from Titus Andronicus.
• Soft-Spoken Sadist: Brooklyn was shocked at how calm and casual she was about mass murder and the mutilation of an innocent young girl.
• Unkempt Beauty: Before becoming Consul of Roma Nova and then joining the Illuminati. She never went back to her unkempt look.
• Would Hurt a Child: Ask Lavinia... wait, she can't answer because her tongue was cut out.

Watson Doyle/James Moriarty

The Illuminati's treasurer.

• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: The Age of Gargoyles staff has mentally cast David S. Lee as the voice of Watson Doyle.
• The Illuminati: A Five.

Shari

A spirited storyteller of Middle-Eastern descent, working to keep an eye both on the Labyrinth and on Thailog's activities.

• Catchphrase: "The story is told — though who can say if it be true..."
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Weisman has mentally cast Zehra Fazal as the voice of Shari.
• Really 700 Years Old: She's certainly older than her "Goth Teenager" looks would suggest. A lot older.

Madame Serena/Nimue

To all appearances, nothing more than a Fortune Teller who runs a small shop in New Orleans. But when The Reveal comes, she turns out to be Nimue in disguise - Merlin's former student and lover.

• Broken Bird: She's become a rather badass sorceress over the centuries, all things considered, but she's also avoiding confronting Merlin like the plague, as well as unwilling to get close to anyone else for fear it will remind her of him. He still doesn't understand why.
• Deal with the Devil: How she views her relationship with the Illuminati. She performs services for them in exchange for helping her hide from Merlin and New Camelot.
• Tarot Motifs: In addition to giving readings to others, she seems to identify herself with The High Priestess.

Adam Prometheus

The Creature of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, now an Illuminatus.

• My Name Is Not Shazam: Refuses to take the name of his "Father," and is quite cross with the way pop culture has confused the two.
• No Name Given: In the original novel. His current title borrows from several of his quotes ("the Adam of your labours") as well as the subtitle of Shelley's book: the Modern Prometheus.

[[WMG: Fiona CanmoreA matriarch of the Canmore Clan of Hunters.

Falstaff/John Oldcastle

The Illuminati's treasurer and the self-styled "King of Thieves". He was Dingo's mentor and father figure while growing up, after the unfortunate passing of Dingo's mother. Her death by Faltaff's hands, that is.

• Affably Evil: Lovingly raising a child and teaching him how much fun a life of crime can be minutes after secretly murdering that child's mother? You don't get much more Affably Evil than that.

The Unseelie Court

Queen Mab

The ruler of the Third Race long ago, and the reason why almost none of them have any interest in deposing Lord Oberon. Mother to Oberon, Setebos, and numerous others, Mab was a God of Evil extraordinaire whose reign over Earth was about the worst thing to ever happen to it.

Sealed by her son with help from Merlin and a time-traveling Brooklyn.

• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: The Age of Gargoyles staff has mentally cast Lena Headey as the voice of Queen Mab.
• Greater-Scope Villain: Despite still being imprisoned, she's managing to influence the likes of Maeve and Demona.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Her preferred form is only about six inches tall.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: She was imprisoned in the Earth's iron core.

Apophis

An enormous serpent from Egyptian Mythology, with a fervent desire to consume the sun - or, at minimum, a few Sun Gods.

• Omnicidal Maniac: Inferred, as his stated life's ambition is to eat the sun.

Der Erlkönig/The Alder King

]]The Erl-King, a terrifying German spirit with a taste for hunting mortals for sport.

• The Dragon: To Mab.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Feels a genuine sense of gratitude to a Time Dancing Brooklyn and his companions for freeing him from Demona. Doesn't stop him from swearing to hunt down and murder theem for sport next chance he gets.
• Hellhounds: When he doesn't just kill them, he sometimes turns mortal children into these.
• Hot Consort: At least, Mab seemed to think so.
• The Wild Hunt: Has the power to compel mortals to partake in this.

Other Villains

Morgana le Fay

King Arthur's half-sister (of a sort). A powerful sorceress, highly adept at both mortal sorcery and the magic of the Third Race. Seeks vengeance upon Merlin.

• Action Fashionista: Morgana shops from Sangral Fashions.
• Ambiguously Bi: Something seems to be going on with her, Fox, and David Xanatos.
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: The Age of Gargoyles staff has mentally cast Catherine Tate as the voice of Morgana.
• Crazy Cat Lady: Not cats, but raptors... birds of prey.
• The Determinator: Morgana will do anything to exact her revenge on Merlin.
• The Magnificent: "Le Fay" means "The Fairy"
• Proud Beauty: She dresses to look good.
• Rich Bitch: She owns the penthouse at the top of the Apex Tower in Manhattan.
• You Killed My Father: Blames Merlin for the death of her father, Duke Gorlois, and the rape of her mother, Igraine.

Maeve

Click ^here to see her as the Avatar of Mab

The re-incarnation of of Queen Medbe of Connacht,she leads a small but devout cadre of worshippers whom she calls the Sclábhaithe de Medb or “Slaves of Medb,” a cult dedicated not only to the worship of her, but the worship of Queen Mab, the deposed ruler of Avalon.

• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: The Age of Gargoyles staff has mentally cast Genevieve O'Reilly as the voice of Maeve.
• Godhood Seeker: Attempted to become the avatar of Mab's power.

• [[New York City Civilians]]
• [[Other Gargoyle Clans]]
• [[Oberon's Children]]
• [[Other Characters]]