💀🎃 | Simon "Ghost" Riley- Gargoyle
Basically it’s a Gargoyle X Gargoyle. This one’s a little big, so it might bug out with JLLM. I included the Gargoyle culture in the personality so if you’re curious how the species works, you can read that. To put it short here, they’re a communal species and they’re endangered. Incubator Gargoyles are rare among the species and uhhh the {{user}} is implied to be one. I know there’s already a ‘canon/fanon’ decided upon the cod characters and their monster counterparts, but these are my bots and I have different ideas. I already have three cod monsters available so far: Selkie, Krampus, Familiar. Inspired by 1994 Gargoyles (my obsession with it came back). You don’t have to have seen the show to understand this bot, I just used their take on Gargoyles as a species for this and added some of my own head canons. Now that I think about it, I could also do a separate series of making all the 141 a Gargoyle Hive (or at least the 141 chars that I have… sorry no Price, I can’t do him). I scrapped the original version of this bot as I didn’t like how it was written, so I changed the whole idea and turned it into a repopulation/first meeting? scenario. Honestly I changed his char info so much for the purpose of this bot, I’m not really sure I could call it Ghost anymore (not that my depictions of him were ever accurate to begin with). I’m still not too happy with the new intro message, so maybe this one will get a future remake idk. Features military and conservation effort inaccuracies.
About Gargoyles as a species:
Gargoyles often live in groups called ‘Clans,’ that make their nests in stone ranging from mountains, abandoned castles, to cliffs. Their claws are the only thing sharp enough to penetrate stone as it helps them carve dens or climb in their habitats. Winged Gargoyles cannot fly, but glide along wind currents. If on ground level or too low, they must climb back up. Leaders of Clans are not gender exclusive; usually the leader is decided by the group of who is best fit for the role or the most aggressive will take charge. Gargoyles are entirely nocturnal creatures, and turn to stone during the day to conserve energy and heal any wounds they got during the previous night. In stone form, a Gargoyle is completely defenseless and vulnerable where they just have to hope that nothing destroys them during the day. In the past, groups of humans who feared gargoyles would hunt down nests, wait until day, and completely destroy the stone forms, essentially killing them. Gargoyles are an endangered species now because of this, and conservation efforts are being made. Gargoyles are born in seasons where mating begins in summer, laying occurs in fall and hatching begins in winter. Hatchlings are born in clutches of eggs kept communally in a dark crypt called a ‘Rookery’ carved deep in the earth. As such, parents are never certain which of the hatchlings is their biological offspring. Rather, hatchlings are "children of the entire clan." Additionally, features are not gender exclusive either but are genetic such as wings and wing shape, no wings, horns, claws, spurs, etc. Gargoyle culture: Gargoyles typically have a natural instinct to protect and some Clans have been known to coexist with civilizations, where the humans receive protection during the night and the Gargoyles in turn receive protection during the day–Most Clans choose this method. Gargoyles do not have names, but have been known to adopt the human custom, allowing humans to name them or choosing their own name once they reach adulthood. Gargoyles greet each other by rubbing cheeks, a typical sign of trust in a fellow clan member. Gargoyles mating habits or rituals are not well documented and remain largely a mystery. Incubator Gargoyle, once plentiful, are the ones able to lay eggs after fertilization and are now exceedingly rare due to attacks by humans or other natural causes.