Post-Humanity

The product of tampering, evolution, or... something ELSE?

Eternals

About one million years ago, the "evolutionary borderline between apes and humans" emerged: Homo erectus. Two of that kind were given a paradise-like haven by the time-travelling godlike entity Sise-Neg, resulting in the two spawning a tribe over the centuries known as the Wanderers which had their leader and its mate return each year (in the course of the tribe's migration) to the Garden.
One year, they encountered the Tribe of Set, who asked the two to join them by killing their own tribe and aid Set's followers in approaching the Celestials. The ape-men then recognized what Evil was and rejected it, thereby revealing the Tribe of Set as the Serpent-Men. The Wanderers' tribe drove them out of the Garden, and at the end of the battle, the tribe then witnessed the arrival of the Celestials,[5] ten of them, as part of the First Host, under the kind surveillance of Gaea.
Gaea encouraged the Wanderers to go towards the Space Gods, and Gammenon the Gatherer collected Man-Ape of the Wanderers whom he sent to Ziran the Tester who mutated them to have an unstable genome, creating the Deviants (Homo descendus),[8] a race with various mutations, who were then released and went hiding in the caves.With other subjects, Nezarr the Calculator then created the Eternals (Homo immortalis), hairless, upright tall beings able to tap into the cosmic power. They were themselves released, flying out of the Celestials' laboratory-ship. Finally, Oneg the Prober created a latent gene (or "latent genes",[5] "mutant genes")[6] for the expansion of human potential. The Serpent-Men tried to usurp the Wanderers' place but were driven out by Arishem the Judge.
After weeks of experiments, the last subjects of Oneg were released and the Celestials left the planet

Uni-Mind	Zuras	Virako	Thena	Druig

Aginar	Ajak	Akpaxa	Apocryphus	Arex

Astarte	Aurelle	Ceyote	Chi Demon	Cybelle

Demeityr	Domo	Electryon	El-Ta	Eramis

Eternal Brain	Forgotten One	Ikaris	Interloper	Karkas

Kazantra	Khoryphos	Kingo Sunen	Legba	Makkari

Pannix	Phastos	Pixie	Psykos	The Ritter Twins

Sersi	Shastra	Sprite	Titanis	Uranian

Uranos	Valkin	Vampiro

Titan Eternals

Mentor	Sui-San	Eros	Thanos	Thane

The Destroyer	Moon Dragon	Elysius	ISAAC

Deviants

During their First Host on Earth, one million years ago, the Celestials collected the Wanderers, a tribe of Homo erectus.
Gammenon the Gatherer collected the ape-men and send them to Ziran the Tester who mutated them to have an unstable genome, creating the Deviants (Homo descendus), a race with destabilized DNA expressing into various mutations, who were then released and went hiding in the caves.With other subjects, Nezarr the Calculator then created the Eternals (Eternals (Homo immortalis)), hairless, upright tall beings able to tap into the cosmic power. They were themselves released, flying out of the Celestials' laboratory-ship. Finally, Oneg the Prober created a latent gene for the expansion of human potential.

High Priest Ghaur	Lord Tantalus	High Priest Khult	Odysseus Indigo	Ulysses Dragonblood

Ahqlau	Argos The Hunter	Atra	Vira	Bandrhude

Blackwulf	Brother Tode	Brutus	Cataphrax	Dragona

Dromedan	Dulpus	Enigmo	Ereshkigal	Gelt

Glomm	Gort	Haag	Kra	Kro

Megataur	Metabo	Morjak	Phraug	Pyre

Ransak	Sledge	Spike	Ereshkigal	Toro Rojo

Trittex	Tutinax	Veeg	Yrdisis	Zakka

Zona

Gen-Active

The Gen-factor was discovered by Dr. Simon Tsung of Project Genesis while examining the body of Ethan McCain. After Tsung left the project, his protege Gabriel Newman continued his research. Early experiments to activate the factor in humans failed, until "Gen 12", the strike force known as Team 7.
International Operations leader Miles Craven had Kaizen Gamorra created a synthesized version of the Gen-factor, which made its way to the black market. Anyone who could afford it (and survived the process) could activate the Gen-factor.
Project: Genesis was restarted well over a decade later, and this time, Craven chose to experiment on the Gen 12, expecting a better genetic compatibility with the treatment. These children were known as Gen 13.

Caitlin Fairchild	Burnout Bobby Lane	Grunge Percival Edmund Chang	Freefall Roxy Spaulding	Sarah Rainmaker

Threshold	Bliss	Sublime	Frostbite	Evo

Freestyle	Copycat	Powerhaus	Crimson	Pareidolia Leben

Blind Lemon	Candelion	Empty	Smoking Boy	Texas

Virginia Dentata	Janelle Eloise Moorhead	Ethan York	Gwendolyne Matsura	Hamza Mansour Al-Rashad

Breakdown Holly Denton	Ditto Amber LeRoux	Hardbody Lance Wielder	Runt Guillermo Sandoval	Windsprint Shaqira Johnson

Alex Fairchild	Grifter	Deathblow	Callahan	Backlash

Philip Chang	John Lynch

Inhumans

Millions of years ago, the alien race known as the Kree visited Earth and experimented with a group of primitive humans. Their intent was to engineer soldiers in their intergalactic war for conquest, but instead it was foretold that said creations would one day destroy them. The Kree ended their experiments and left the Earth, expecting the experiments to die, but the test subjects and their descendants would go on to form a society of their own isolated from the rest of humanity. They became known as The Inhumans, an advanced sub-species of the human race who gain their powers through exposure to Terrigen Mist, which activates the augmentations in their DNA. Although The Inhumans were first believed to only exist in their city of Attilan, led by the Inhuman Royal Family, it was later discovered that Inhuman descendants are in fact scattered across the planet. Today, Inhumans are a unique species living alongside their human brethren, mutants, aliens, and others.

King Agon	Queen Rynda	King The Unspoken	King Black Bolt	Queen Medusa

Prince Maximus	Princess Crystal	Prince Ahura	Princess Luna Maximoff	Magister Karnak

Gorgon	Triton	Good Boy Lockjaw	Royal Handmaiden Minxi	Chancellor Arcadius

Queen Aladi Ko Eke	Queen Avoe	Leer

Council

High Scientist Randac	Genetics Council Avia	Genetics Council Furgar	Genetics Council Saphiras	Genetics Council Synas

Councilman Dendrok	Councilwoman Daya	Councilwoman Flugron	Royal Guard Auran	Royal Guard Rok

Royal Guard Somnus	Royal Guard Tolos

Crimson Cadre

Crimson Cadre General Ator	Crimson Cadre Drive	Crimson Cadre Eelak the Agile	Crimson Cadre Glaboo	Crimson Cadre Margoyle

Inhuman People

Alaris	Albakor	Ambur	Andvari	Anemone

Carthus	Chronos	Chynae	Dorhun	Eldrak

Elejea	Falcona	Flagman	Irelle	Treste

Iridia	Jailer	Kalikya	Kurani	Lock

Maelstrom	Mander	Nahrees	Oboroth	Wormhole

Oracle	Phobia	Quelin	Seeker	Stallios

Sterilon	Sycorax	Timberius	Tongue	Vinatos

Vox Supreme

NuHumans

Inhumans created from an accidental exposure to Terrigen mists, outside of the Inhumans' purview and support.

Maise Brewn	Ms. Marvel	Moon Girl	Tasha	Will

Devinder	Flint	Grid	Inferno	Iso

Mosaic	Naja	NurNH	Lineage

Lash's Extremists

Lash	Fume	Furball	Grove	Hollow

Jack Chain	Kacy	Michelle	Mother Bones	Nightfall

Nocculus	Sanara	Serrata	Sheath	Spark

Uber Alles

Mutants

Mutants, despite their human origins, have many distinctive traits in regards to biology, physiology and genetics from their evolutionary predecessors. Mutants can have wildly varying biologies depending on the nature of their mutation.
Mutation is caused by the X-Gene in the mutants' DNA. Mutations normally manifest themselves during puberty, often as a result of a traumatic event. Some mutants exhibit their mutations at birth, however, while others do not manifest their powers until adulthood. Secondary Mutation is a phenomenon in which an existing mutant gains additional powers, or a change in their appearance due to a second mutation.
Mutant breeding has notable implications, regarding the transmission of the mutant genome, or to hybridisation with others of human or extraterrestrial species.

Professor X Charles Francis Xavier	Cyclops Scott Summers	Storm Ororo Munroe	White Queen Emma Frost	Doop Campus Security

Havok Alex Summers Geology	Icerman Robert 'Bobby' Drake Math	Colossus Piotr Rasputin Art	Sunspot Robert DaCosta Spanish	Husk Paige Guthrie Substitute

Wolverine Logan Gym + Self-Defense	Shadowcat Katherine Pryde Computer Science	Gambit Remy Lebeau French	Rogue Anna Marie Flight	Beast Henry 'Hank' McCoy Biology

Archangel Warren Worthington III	Polaris Lorna Dane	Sunfire Shiro Yoshida	Lucas Bishop	Sage Diana Fox

Northstar Jean-Paul Valley	Doctor Cecilia Reyes	Marrow Sarah	Thunderbird III Neal Shaara	Stacy X Miranda Leevald

Multiple Man Jamie Madrox	Strong Guy Guido Carosella	Nightcrawler Kurt Wagner Counselor	Chamber Jonothon Starsmore Counselor	Doctor Nemesis School Doctor

Cannonball Samuel 'Sam' Guthrie	Magik Illyana Rasputina	Gae Bolg Donal Rafferty	Boom-Boom Tabitha Smith	Cypher Doug Ramsey

Karma Xian Coy Mahn	Magma Amara Aquilla	Moonstar Danielle Moonstar	Rictor Julio Esteban Richter	Skids Sally Blevins

Shatterstar Gaveedra Seven	Syryn Theresa Rourke	Wolfsbane Rahne Sinclair	Gosamyr	Bailey Hoskins

Empath Manuel de le Rocha	Firestar Angelica Jones	Warpath James Proudstar	M Monet St. Croix	Hollow Claudette & Nicole St. Croix

Jubilee Jubilation Lee Undead. It's Fine.	Bedlam Jesse Aaronson	Feral Maria Callasantos	Chameleon	Surge Noriko Ashida

Hellion Julian Keller	X-23 Laura Kinney	Rockslide Santo Vaccarro	Elixir Joshua Foley	Lunar Cordelia Ashford

Maestro Hiro Tanaka Ashford	Matrix Sasha Von Teese	Dust Sooraya Qadir	Mercury Cecily Kincaid	Prodigy David Allyene

Kid Omega Quentin Quire	Genesis Evan Sabahnur	Shark-Girl Iara Dos Santos	Armor Hisako Ichiki	Burnout Cassandra Campbell

Tag Brian Cruz Deceased.	Wither Kevin Ford Incarcerated.	King Adam West	Bushin Rika Asamiya	Fluke Englehardt Weber

Anole Victor Borkowski	Bling! Roxanne Washington	Blindfold Ruth Aldine	Eye Boy Trevor Hawkins	Ernst

Glob Herman Robert Herman	Hindsight Nathaniel Carver	Loa Alani Ryan	Morph Benjamin Deeds	Kaiju Oratorio

Nature Girl Lin Li	No Girl Martha Johanssen	Oya Idie Okonkwo	Pixie Megan Gwynn	Sprite Jia Jing

Three-In-One Celeste Cuckoo	Three-In-One Mindee Cuckoo	Three-In-One Phoebe Cuckoo	Four-In-One Esme Cuckoo Deceased.	Five-In-One Sophie Cuckoo Deceased.

Hope Summers	Goldballs Fabio Medina	Tempus Eva Bell	Hijack David Bond	Triage Christopher Muse

Gentle Nezhno Abidemi	Angel Angel Salvadore	Beak Barnell Bohusk	Dummy	Pyro Simon Lasker

Toad Mortimer Toynbee	Blob Fred J. Dukes	Pyro St. John Allerdyce	Avalanche Dominikos Petrakis	Random Marshall Evan Stone III

Incendius Aurelia cel Tinar	Black King Sebastian Shaw	Black Queen Selene	Mister Sinister Nathaniel Essex	Mastermind II Martinique Wyngarde

Inception	Black Tom Cassidy	Emplate Marius St. Croix	Exodus Bennet du Paris	Thornn Lucia Callasantos

Shadow King Amhal Farhouk	Locus	Strobe	Asylum Henrique Gallante	Crosta

Sabretooth Victor Creed	Mystique Raven Darkholme	Unus The Untouchable Angelo Unuscione	Magneto	Apocalypse

Mutate

The Mutates are mutants that were modified using a process created by the Genegineer, David Moreau on the island nation of Genosha. These mutates were used as slaves of the humans there.
When the mutates were freed, a government was formed with a mutant-human coalition, to avoid a Civil War. The Legacy Virus later affected "Genoshan mutates" more so than Genosha's human population. As Magneto conquered Genosha, after Colossus sacrificed himself to cure the virus, the mutates gathered under his rule and joined his army in order to oppose the human world.
Alternately, Mutates are typically humans or animals that have been somehow genetically mutated in order to attain their superhuman abilities, for example by exposure to magic, radiation or toxic waste, or through the bite of a genetically-engineered spider, et cetera.

Master Splinter Splinter Hamato	Leonardo Splinterson	Raphael Splinterson	Donatello Splinterson	Michelangelo Splinterson

Rocksteady	Bebop	Bludgeon	Koya	Ocho

Tiger Fang	Fishface	Tokka	Rahzar	Slash

Prosimian	Kathleen	Orb Weaver	Saluki	Sumatran

Mothervine Mutants

Mothervine was an aggressive biotech enhancement tailored to engineer mutant childbirths. It was fabricated by H.E.L.L. industries. Through a chain of fertility health care clinics using able or expectant mothers to carry unborn children to full term as test subjects for the weaponization of mutation. Highly aggressive programmable Homo superior power activation triggered via voice command, the process created latent mutant sleeper agents able to turn into strategic WMDs upon passphrase initiation.
Once triggered the intended Mothervine active power would not cease until they had fulfilled their programmed target parameter or until the triggered host was terminated. During his days as a government agent, Logan was tasked with a S.H.I.E.L.D. operation to ascertain an exact understanding of Project: Mothervine and root out its functioning before terminating any existing information on the drug itself. Unfortunately he was beaten to the punch by rival agent and former lover, Magda Lensherr, who unbeknownst to him was both carrying the purest strain of the experimental pharmaceutical, as well as pregnant with their unborn son.
This son grew up to carry the very same strain his mother injected herself with, in an absolute concentrated state. Some years later, as Jimmy came of age after his parents' supposed demise, a fellow mutant named Black Box keyed in on a signal emitted by the holographic memento left to Hudson by his late father, carrying the sensitive information about a location where detailed schematics and composition information on the Mothervine project formula was kept for over a decade.

Mach II Nomi Blume	Link Shola Inkosi	Armor Hisako Ichiki	Magma Amara Aquilla	Micromax Scott Wright

Warpath James Proudstar	Firestar Liz Allan	Guardian	Phoenix Karen Grant Jean Grey	Wolverine Jimmy Hudson

Earth-I Mutants

Some time later, it is found out that all the Earth-I mutants are descendants from an alien race and an alien ship is on a collision course with Earth. Cyberforce deems that they need to stop the alien ship so they go and attempt to recruit Impact back to the team. He wants a normal life away from all the action. The team finally convinces O'Shea to rejoin them but he tells them that he wants a new chocolate lab puppy after the mission is over. The reformed team heads to space and boards the alien ship. They soon battled the giant aliens on board. The team discovers that the aliens planned on killing all their descendents which they deemed "lesser beings". Impact convinces the team that he can delay the aliens, buying time for the rest of them to escape. As the remaining members of Cyberforce escaped the plummeting ship, Impact engages his genetic forefathers, occupying them long enough for the ship to collide with the atmosphere, throwing it off course and crashing into the ocean. His sacrifice saves an untold millions of people.

Killjoy Brenda Lews	Buzzcut	Psychotron	Megawatt	Shields Duncan

Demon Scum	Barricade	Misery Lydia O'Rourke	Michel Thibault	Warbuk

Ripclone "Robert Bearclaw"	Chip	Morgan Stryker	Heatwave	Impact

Cyblade	Ballistic	Velocity	Ripclaw

Animen/New Men (Counter-Earth)

The New Men are an artificial race of mutagenically altered, Human-size animals created by the High Evolutionary to possess human-equivalent minds and consciousness. When Wyndham evolved his Dalmatian Dempsey into humanoid form, the being escaped and was killed by Wyndham's neighbors.
Realizing he needed isolation to work on his creations in private, Wyndham relocated to Wundagore Mountain in the eastern European country of Transia. The New Men were created there, and educated and trained in the ways of speech by way of electronic tutoring programs.

The High Evolutionary Herbert Windham	Ultimate Life Form Man-Beast	Anubia	Bova	Inheritor

Ja'Rou	Kingii	Mister Whiskers	Prosimia	Tabur

Urson-Wellz	White Tiger	Buzzard	Caiman	Crushtacean

Dicero	Drhovo	Equius	Flying Fox	Gorr

Harrier	Haukk	Khobra	Komodo	Lady Ursula

Lady Vermin	Mongoose	Mister Bobo	Mister Steed	Piranis

Porcupinus	Rhodan	Simbus	Spinneret	Tantaro

The Hippo	Triax	Jake Waffles

Knights of Wundagore

Count Tagar	Snow Queen	Lady Shadra	Lord Anon	Lord Byson

Lord Churchill	Lord Gator	Lord Tyger	Sir Delphis	Sir Leopard

Sir Lyan	Sir Ram	Sir Raptor	Sir Wulf	Squire Gulo

Nu-Gene Humans

The Nu-Gene is a result of an alien scientific experiment on human genetics to breed a race of humans to be more powerful and evolved. These aliens are known as the Keep. Although this Nu-Gene created humans similar to the well known Mutants of the Marvel Universe, it also was responsible for the creation of mythical creatures, like vampires and werewolves.

Bootleg	Byrd	Dash	Exit	Kodiak

New Man	Pilot	Reign	Crucible	Quantum

Gargoyles

The exact origins of gargoyles lie so far back in the mists of time that we have no certain details as to how they came about, although they were extant during the time of Pangea. We do know that they are descended from other gargate species, and not aliens or creatures of magic. Gargoyles were the first of the Three Races to come into existence, preceding humans, who themselves preceded Oberon's Children. Gargoyles are, however, younger than dragons. They enjoy a close link to the Earth that may be the result of their great age, and which strongly affects their stone sleep and strict breeding cycles.
By the dawn of recorded human history, gargoyles had spread throughout the planet, and clans could be found all over the world. This period of prosperity came to an end, however, when humans learned how to work metal, particularly with the dawn of the Iron Age. Humans had long feared gargoyles, believing them to be demonic monsters because of their frightening appearance and nocturnal nature, but had up until now been no threat to them; at night, the gargoyles were too formidable to be safely challenged, being much stronger than humans and able to glide, and the crude and primitive weapons of the Stone Age were no danger to a gargoyle in their stone-like sleep. But when humans armed themselves with iron weapons, they could come upon gargoyles in their sleep and shatter them. Many clans were destroyed this way, and the remainder were forced to retreat far from human society, into the wilderness where it was safe.
But not all humans treated gargoyles this way. Some humans realized that the gargoyles, because of their fighting skills, made excellent allies in defending their homes from rival human bands. These humans sought out gargoyle clans and obtained permission from them to build fortified homes for themselves atop the cliffs where gargoyles kept their rookeries. By day, the humans in such a fortress would watch over the gargoyles in their sleep, and protect them from harm, while at night, the gargoyles would protect the humans' home from attackers. And for a while, this strategy worked.
But it did not last long. As time wore on, the humans who had initially formed these alliances came to fear their gargoyle protectors, considering them unnatural creatures and savage beasts. Tensions grew between the two races, and usually, they ended with the humans turning on their former protectors and destroying them. The numbers of gargoyles grew steadily fewer. At last, humans came to abandon these alliances altogether (for the most part), and the surviving gargoyles fled into the wilds to hide. By 1994, there were only eight gargoyle clans left in the world. Beyond this general course of gargoyle history, a few specific events stand out. The earliest recorded event in gargoyle history took place during the reign of Caesar Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD), the first Emperor of Rome. By Augustus's day, there were few gargoyles living in the lands taken up by the Roman Empire, largely because there was so little wilderness left in it for them to hide in, but occasionally, gargoyles were brought before the Emperor.
At that time, gargoyles' garments did not turn to stone with them in the daytime, and so when a gargoyle awakened from stone sleep at sunset, his or her garments would be torn asunder by the process, rendering him or her naked. Augustus, a man with strong "family values" and very desirous of restoring high standards of morality to Rome, was displeased by this, and had one of his advisers, a powerful wizard, cast a "spell of humility" over the entire gargoyle race, causing their clothes to turn to stone with them henceforth.
At about this time, the legendary Irish hero Cu Chullain was accompanied on many of his adventures, including his defeat of the Banshee, by a gargoyle beast which came to be known as the "Hound of Ulster" (although later on, the name came to be applied to Cu Chullain himself and the gargoyle beast came to be forgotten). About five hundred years later, King Arthur Pendragon of Britain also made the acquaintance of gargoyles, although the medieval romancers who wrote about him and his knights likewise ignored their part in the history of Camelot. [6] Few humans were as willing to accept gargoyles as these two legendary heroes had been. And so, by the dawn of the High Middle Ages in the 11th Century, gargoyles had become so rare that humans believed them to be extinct (and few mourned that). Indeed, in Europe the 11th Century saw the end of one of the last alliances between humans and gargoyles, that formed between King Macbeth of Scotland (1040-1057) and Demona, which ended in 1057 when Demona betrayed Macbeth to the forces of Malcolm Canmore, bringing about the destruction of Demona's Clan as well as Macbeth's downfall. The Age of Gargoyles was at an end.
In spite of this, humans vaguely remembered that gargoyles were protectors, and although it did nothing to change their opinions about living gargoyles, they still placed gargoyle-like sculptures atop their castles and cathedrals, believing that they would protect these places from demons and evil spirits. So some measure of the true legacy of gargoyles remained. In 1996, humanity as a whole suddenly became aware of the existence of living gargoyles once again when Goliath and the Manhattan Clan were revealed to the public in New York City by the Hunters, and most of them were terrified. Most of the human citizens of New York called out for the gargoyles to be destroyed or captured and locked away, and some of them even joined an organization of gargoyle-hunters called Quarrymen.

Manhattan Clan

The Manhattan Clan is an offshoot of the original Wyvern Clan. In 1994, approximately one thousand years after the Wyvern Massacre and sleep spell was cast on the surviving gargoyles at Wyvern Hill, David Xanatos bought and transported Castle Wyvern to the top of the Eyrie Building in New York City, thus breaking the spell by raising the castle above the clouds and waking Goliath, the clan's leader, and the four other surviving gargoyles and the single gargoyle beast.
Over the next two years, the clan would encounter many enemies. Though Xanatos and Demona were always their primary threats, and they often battled ordinary criminals and street thugs, they were also often at odds against the Pack, Tony Dracon, and Thailog. The Mutates and the Clones were originally enemies, and Fang and Brentwood continue to be. However, the others, collectively known as the Labyrinth Clan, are now allies of a sort. Similarly, Macbeth and Vinnie Grigori were enemies of the clan for a time, but are now allies. Other human friends of the clan include Matt Bluestone, Halcyon Renard, Jeffrey Robbins, and Doctor Sato.
The Manhattan Clan is also on very good terms with gargoyles worldwide, including the Mayan Clan, the Ishimura Clan, the London Clan, and especially the Avalon Clan, which is something of a sister clan to the Manhattan gargoyles. In late 1996, a trio of Hunters came to New York on their quest to kill "The Demon" and all gargoyles. They were drawn there by the numerous gargoyle sightings in the city and soon discovered the existence of the Manhattan Clan. In the ensuing conflict, the Hunters destroyed the Clock Tower, whereupon the members of the clan were forced to accept an offer from Xanatos to return to live at their ancestral home, Castle Wyvern atop the Eyrie Building, feeling their safety was at risk anywhere else. The clan did not entirely trust Xanatos, but felt that they had few other real options. It was during this time that the Manhattan Clan was revealed to the people of New York and images of them were broadcast around the world. Though the clan had never made any attempt to hide themselves, they also did not purposefully want to reveal themselves either and their secret was exposed against their will. They are the first clan to be widely known of world-wide and thus they are also the first confirmed existence of gargoyles in most people's eyes.

Manhattan Clan Goliath	Manhattan Clan Hudson	Manhattan Clan Brooklyn	Manhattan Clan Broadway	Manhattan Clan Lexington

Manhattan Clan Angela	Manhattan Clan Coldstone Othello	Manhattan Clan Coldfire Desdemona	Manhattan Clan Katana	Manhattan Clan Tachi

Manhattan Clan Bronx	Manhattan Clan Fu-Dog

Ishimura Clan

The Ishimura Clan is probably one of the most ancient clans still in existence in 1996. Throughout the centuries, the Ishimuran gargoyles fought alongside Japanese samurai. Before and during the Shogunate, the clan taught humans (both samurai and peasants) the ways of Bushido and worked closely aside humans. Teaching the samurai Bushido probably led the clan to becoming one of the earliest to adopt the use of names. Gargoyles of the clan were given their names during a Naming Ceremony. The gargoyles of Ishimura live in an old temple in the village, perching on its roof in the daytime. They face inwards in their stone sleep, as a gesture of trust towards the humans with whom they live. From time to time, they still teach the local humans bushido, the code of honor that they themselves practice.
One such pupil was Taro, but he was a poor student. When he grew up and became a wealthy businessman, he decided to exploit the gargoyles for his own benefit; duping Yama, a dissatisfied member of the clan, into helping him, he abducted the entire clan (alongside Goliath, Angela, and Bronx, who were visiting Ishimura with Elisa on the Avalon World Tour) and took them away to a nearby theme park that he had just built to be put on display there (it is unknown whether or not the eggs from the Ishimura rookery were also moved). Fortunately, Elisa and Hiroshi, the police constable at Ishimura, rescued the Clan. Afterwards, the humans of Ishimura decided to strengthen their covenant with the gargoyles all the more, and to take regular bushido lessons from them.

Ishimura Clan Kai	Ishimura Clan Sora	Ishimura Clan Yama Banished	Ishimura Clan Nashville	Ishimura Clan Red Beast

London Clan

By the 20th Century, the London Clan was a very large clan. Since their rural estate Knight's Spur can only sustain so many gargoyles, the clan initiated a plan to keep its numbers limited. Mated pairs only were allowed to produce two eggs over their lifetimes instead of the usual three. Males and females are kept isolated from one another during the females' third heats. This system continues to be used by the clan and has kept their numbers stable over the years. Clearly, they were one of the more successful clans, but in many ways, they had lost the "Gargoyle Way". While members of the London community, they no longer took any interest in protecting anything beyond their own clan and property. One exception to this was Griff. When the Nazis attacked the city in 1940 during the Battle of Britain, Griff was apparently the only member of his clan that felt they should fight in the War even before the fight reached the clan's store or estate. A time-traveling Goliath arrived from 1996 and joined Griff in his efforts to aid the Royal Air Force. From the clan's point of view, both Griff and Goliath were killed in an aerial battle with the Luftwaffe and were honored with a memorial near the Thames River.

London Clan Leo	London Clan Una	London Clan Old Pog	London Clan Constance "Coco"	London Clan Staghart

London Clan Griff	London Clan Lunette

Mayan Clan

The Mayan Clan has been living in ChacIxChel since at least the 10th Century, and probably for some time before that. Their existence in Guatemala almost certainly predates the arrival of humans there. This clan formed an alliance of some sort with the local Mayan people, and in 990, a human wizard created the Mayan Sun Amulet and the four pendants it powers to insure that the Pyramid would have gargoyle protection throughout the day and night. Several centuries later, the Mayan Clan would witness the arrival of European humans to the region. The arrival of the colonists was devastating for the native humans and gargoyles.
In 1993, tragedy struck the clan. One day, while the clan was frozen in their stone sleep, a group of poachers came across the Pyramid. For some unknown reason the four pendent wearers were all away at the time, leaving the home of the clan completely unguarded. The poachers raided the Pyramid, stealing the Mayan Sun Amulet, and worse, destroying all the members of the sleeping clan. The four pendent wearers returned home later to find the near complete destruction of their clan.
Fortunately, for whatever reason, the poachers did not destroy the 20-40 eggs in the rookery, so despite only having four members left, the clan is poised for a comeback when the eggs hatch in 1998. Some of these eggs contain gargoyle beasts as well. After the massacre, the four remaining gargoyles made a rule that at least two of would remain awake and at the Pyramid at all times to safeguard it, the others would venture into the forest to stop anyone from doing harm to it. Though they never kill or hurt any humans, they do their best to frighten them away. They do not even allow a few trees to be cut down by locals, remarking that "there is no such thing as a few trees..."
In 1996, Cyberbiotics began an operation near ChacIxChel. Though the exact nature of this venture is unknown, it clearly involved the clearing of large tracts of forest, a fact that brought the Mayan Clan into conflict with the corporation. The remaining gargoyles of the clan began harassing the human workers and doing their best to hinder their efforts. To deal with the gargoyle problem, Preston Vogel hired Jackal and Hyena as mercenaries to eliminate the issue. Fortunately, on May 24, 1996, Goliath, Elisa, Angela, and Bronx arrived in Guatemala on the Avalon World Tour and were able to assist the Mayan Clan in their protection of "The Green". Thanks to their help, Jackal and Hyena were soon after defeated, and Cyberbiotics abandoned their operations in the area. Despite objections to the Mayan Clan's fanatical protection of the forest, Elisa felt sympathy for the clan and their cause and so came up with a plan to save at least some of the rare plants. When the travelers left for Avalon they took in tow a raft carrying many herbs, trees and flowers to be planted on the island.

Mayan Clan Jade	Mayan Clan Obsidiana	Mayan Clan Turquesa	Mayan Clan Zafiro

Other Gargoyles

These are unaligned (or rogue) Gargoyles, or those from a specific clan.

Former Wyvern Clan Demona	Former Wyvern Clan Coldsteel	Avalon Clan Gabriel	Avalon Clan Ophelia	Avalon Clan Boudicca

Mutates & Clones

Mutates are beings that have come into contact with tailored mutagenic formulas. This process grafts DNA from another species into the individual's genome giving them selected traits from that species while still keeping the basic form and intelligence of the subject. So far, all mutates have started out as humans; the one known attempt to mutate a gargoyle was prevented from coming to pass. The creation of the first mutates (called the Mutate Project) began with the expertise of Dr. Anton Sevarius working at Gen-U-Tech Systems under the orders and supervision of David Xanatos. After the successful testing of the first batch of mutates, Sevarius went on to make several more, first as an employee at Gen-U-Tech and later as a freelance scientist.
The process of mutation involves a mutagenic formula finding its way into the body's tissues. The most common and easiest way is by directly injecting the formula into the blood stream via a syringe or dart. Sevarius has also managed to devise an airborne mutagenic formula in the form of the CV-1997 Carrier Virus, though this was never successfully tested. After being exposed, the subject quickly begins to feel the effects of the mutagen. Pain, nausea and sweating have been observed in the earliest stages of injection into humans. For the first day or so after injection, the body rapidly incorporates the new DNA into the existing genome. Depending on the makeup of the formula, certain traits can appear fairly quickly. Within the first week, the subject has almost been completely mutated, though it has been observed that the mutation can and does continue for several weeks more until the DNA is fully integrated and the subject's physical form stabilizes.
Cloning is the process of creating new individuals (clones) that are genetically identical to other individuals, or otherwise creating new individuals by using the genetic material of one or more template individuals. Clones are not to be confused with mutates which are created through a different process. Cloning is most often carried out by the geneticist Anton Sevarius, who frequently clones gargoyles. Notable clones include Thailog (a clone of Goliath), as well as Burbank, Malibu, Brentwood, and Hollywood (who were cloned from other members of the Manhattan Clan). Delilah, though not technically a "clone" in that she is not a genetic copy of any one individual, was nevertheless "cloned" from the genetic material of Demona and Elisa Maza combined. These clones, with the exception of Thailog, joined the Labyrinth Clan in October 1996, and are occasionally referred to collectively as the Clones. Additionally, the thylacines Natasha and Benjamin were presumably produced by cloning.

Labyrinth Clan

In 1996, Demona staged her own capture in order to steal the genetic material of four members of the Manhattan Clan: Hudson, Brooklyn, Lexington, and Broadway. During this time, Demona attempted to persuade her daughter Angela to join her in her quest against humanity. To accomplish this, Thailog and Demona (working with Anton Sevarius), devised a plan for her to be captured by the Manhattan Clan, and to be kept as a prisoner in the Labyrinth so that she could collect DNA samples from each clan member using robotic mosquitoes. After several months, Thailog came to free Demona, who in turn freed Fang, who was a prisoner in the cell beside her, saying that he was annoying, but he might come to be of some use.
Goliath and Talon tracked Demona and Thailog to an abandoned fun house on Coney Island, whereupon the clones revealed themselves to their prospective genetic donors. After Goliath and his clan were captured, Thailog ordered Demona to kill Angela, a command she refused to fulfill. At this point, Thailog revealed that he suspected that she would betray him and brought to light his gargoyle-human hybrid clone of Demona and Elisa Maza: Delilah. Demona released the Manhattan Clan, and after a struggle, the Manhattan gargoyles defeated their clones. Meanwhile, Demona fought Thailog atop a roller coaster which caught on fire and collapsed; both appeared to have perished in the crash, but in fact they survived.
As the Manhattan Clan was unsure of what to do with the clones, and did not wish to accept them into their clan, Talon volunteered to take them to the Labyrinth and teach them to think for themselves "and use verbs." ("The Reckoning") On Halloween of 1996, Thailog returned to the Labyrinth and attempted to take command of the clones as part of his plan to stage a fight with the Manhattan clan and once again extract DNA samples from them. The clones once again fought with their counterparts under Thailog's orders, but in the end they chose for themselves what they wished to do. Delilah, clearly the most articulate and thoughtful of the clones, chose to return to the Labyrinth, and her "brothers", Burbank, Malibu, and Hollywood, decided to go with her. Brentwood chose to follow Thailog and left the Clan.

Labyrinth Clan Talon	Labyrinth Clan Maggie The Cat	Labyrinth Clan Claw	Labyrinth Clan Delilah	Labyrinth Clan Burbank

Labyrinth Clan Malibu	Labyrinth Clan Hollywood	Labyrinth Clan Michael Peter Maza

Other Mutates & Clones

Thailog Clan Thailog	Thailog Clan Brentwood	Former Labyrinth Clan Fang

Trivia

• A lot of these are from Marvel or just rip-offs of the X-Men. Seriously.