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When the danger is real, and Demona has shown that she can’t change her stripes, what happens next can be grounded in what has already been revealed throughout the series and Dynamite Comics‘ Demona miniseries. In part two, I focus on the next two eras.

Also included will be a quick look at her influence with the monthly regular series, as published by this comic book publisher. With the latest freshly out, what’s offered so far is more of a teaser as new characters straight out of legend start wanting a piece of the pie. They are The Green Knight and Queen Mab, Oberon’s mother! Yes, she’s not happy, and that’s for one very good reason!

Demona’s New War

After the massacre at Wyvern, Goliath’s former mate gathers the other gargoyles displaced by this private war and hopes to form a new faction. We see glimpses of this during the series, along with a great deal more in the self-titled miniseries. Although not every century is addressed, there’s more than enough backstory to make her a sympathetic character. Yet after failing with her adopted daughter Angelika, as recounted in the solo series Gargoyles: Demona, the final story featuring the two leaves the aging Angelika’s fate unknown.

Continue reading “Demona’s War With The Gargoyles: Her Past, Present and Future along with Predictions on What’s to Come”

The Dark Ages of Gargoyles is ripe for further exploration should creator Greg Weisman choose to write another story arc. After revisiting the episodes while gathering screen captures for a modelling project, I found that Demona’s tragedy feels far worse during my umpteenth watch, especially after reading the added lore in Dynamite Comics. All the tales set in the past carry much more meaning.

Most fans already know the story begins when the Viking Hakon wants to plunder Castle Wyvern, which is occupied by Princess Katherine and protected by the gargoyles. Although that’s one conflict, another simmers among the people and creatures who call this patch of land home. The gargoyle who would become Demona does not trust humans. She views humanity as a blight (“Awakening,” Parts One to Five) and wants them all gone.

If she hadn’t become an apprentice to the Archmage, things might have unfolded differently. A lingering question has me wondering if her hatred is what drew the Weird Sisters to watch her. Had she chosen love, the fate of the entire clan might have been different. The Magus would not have cast his spell turning them to stone until Castle Wyvern was lifted over the clouds, and she would not have been alone.

Continue reading “The Dark Ages of Demona’s Relationship with Disney Gargoyles – A Look Back”