Castle Wyvern

Castle Wyvern
Background information
Shows	Gargoyles
Other information
Owners	Prince Malcolm (deceased) Princess Katharine (formerly) David Xanatos
Inhabitants	Katharine (formerly) Magus (formerly), Tom (formerly), Mary (formerly), Captain of the Guard (formerly), Wyvern Clan (formerly), Demona (formerly), Goliath, Hudson, Brooklyn, Broadway, Lexington, Bronx, Angela, David Xanatos
Visitors	Hakon, Elisa Maza, Macbeth

Castle Wyvern is a castle featured in the animated television show Gargoyles. It is a castle that was originally located in Wyvern Hill, Scotland, and was later moved to Manhattan, New York.

History

Castle Wyvern was constructed on a cliff above the caverns of where a clan of gargoyles dwelled. The clan agreed to defend Castle Wyvern and its inhabitants from attack by night in exchange for protection by the humans of Wyvern by day. From at least AD 971 to AD 984, the castle was ruled by the human Prince Malcolm, who was advised by the wizard known as the Archmage until he attempted to take over, whereupon Malcolm banished him. After Malcolm's unrelated death some time later, the castle was ruled by Malcolm's daughter, Princess Katharine, who was advised by the Archmage's former apprentice, the Magus, and Wyvern's Captain of the Guard. Unlike her father, Katherine had nothing but contempt and disdain for the clan of gargoyles protecting the castle, which eventually led to the female gargoyle who would be known as Demona's and the Captain of the Guard's betraying Castle Wyvern to a group of Vikings led by Hakon. The castle's inhabitants were all captured and taken away by the Vikings, and all the Wyvern Clan - save seven gargoyles - were massacred. The castle was visited four times more in the following hours by various people, including Goliath, the gargoyle who would be known as Hudson, Princess Katherine, the Magus, Tom, Mary, and the gargoyle who would be known as Demona - before it was abandoned.

In 1994, Castle Wyvern was moved from its original location to rest atop the Eyrie Building in Manhattan by industrialist David Xanatos. Upon its move atop the Eyrie Building, its interior was modernized, although the original structure of the castle was preserved. The incredibly tall building stretched higher than the cloud cover, and fulfilled the terms of the spell that cursed Goliath's clan in stone - they would remain so until the castle rose above the clouds. Thus, the clan awoke.

Castle Wyvern remained the home of Goliath's clan until they were driven out by Macbeth. From then on it was the home of Xanatos and his family. By the time Goliath, Elisa Maza, and Bronx had disappeared on the Avalon journey, Xanatos added concealed laser cannons in several of the castle's towers. They were used against the trio and Talon, who were going to ask Xanatos what he knew of the Avalon travellers' disappearance, but the four destroyed the lasers.

After the Hunter's Moon events, the Manhattan Clan lived in Castle Wyvern once more, sharing it with their new and unexpected allies, the Xanatos family. On Halloween of the same year, Xanatos hosted a party where the gargoyles were introduced to a polite society, as costumed guests, in a three-part plan to reveal the clan to New York.

Trivia

• While Castle Wyvern is, of course, fictional, it is modelled after a real castle; Tintagel Castle in Cornwall, the legendary site of King Arthur's conception, and, in modern versions of the Arthurian legend, birth.
• Although it is said the original structure of the castle was preserved, its exterior appeared to be rebuilt in order to accommodate the structure of the Eyrie Building.

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Media Gargoyles • Marvel Comics • SLG Comics • Video Game (Remastered) • Disney Heroes: Battle Mode • Gargoyles (live-action series) Characters Gargoyles: Goliath • Hudson • Brooklyn • Broadway • Lexington • Bronx • Demona • Angela • Coldstone • Coldfire • Talon • Delilah • Burbank • Claw • Maggie the Cat • Fang • Brentwood • Hollywood • Malibu • Thailog • Gabriel • Boudicca • Una • Leo • Griff • Zafiro • Jade • Turquesa • Obsidiana • Kai • Sora • Yama • Golem • Fu-Dog Heroes and Heroines: Princess Katharine • Magus • Tom • Elisa Maza • Owen Burnett • Puck • Alexander Fox Xanatos • Matt Bluestone • Diane Maza • Carlos Maza • Fara Maku • Tea Gora • Peter Maza • Derek Maza • Beth Maza • Duncan • Halcyon Renard • Oberon • Titania • King Arthur • Lady of the Lake • Nessie • Big Daddy • Shaman • The Emir • Anubis • Rory Dugan • Mr. Dugan • Cu Chullain • Coyote the Trickster • Petros Xanatos • Taurus • Boreas • Talos • Minotaur • Grandmother • Natsilane • Cagney • Margot Yale • Brendan Quarters • Nokkar Villains: Captain of the Guards • Hakon • David Xanatos • Street Thugs • The Pack • Fox Xanatos • Coyote • Tony Dracon • Macbeth • Banquo • Fleance • Gillecomgain • Anton Sevarius • Taro • Preston Vogel • Archmage • The Weird Sisters • Banshee • Puck • Proteus • Anansi • Odin • Raven • Jackal • Hyena • Wolf • Dingo • Ekidna • Matrix • Street Thugs • Kiron • Helios Clans Wyvern Clan • Demona's Clan • Manhattan Clan • Steel Clan • Labyrinth Clan • Avalon Clan • London Clan • Mayan Clan • Clan Ishimura • Iron Clan Episodes Season One: Awakening • The Thrill of the Hunt • Temptation • Deadly Force • Enter MacBeth • The Edge • Long Way to Morning • Her Brother's Keeper • Reawakening Season Two: Leader of the Pack • Metamorphosis • Legion • A Lighthouse in the Sea of Time • The Mirror • The Silver Falcon • Eye of the Beholder • Vows • City of Stone • High Noon • Outfoxed • The Price • Revelations • Double Jeopardy • Upgrade • Protection • The Cage • Avalon • Shadows of the Past • Heritage • Monsters • Golem • Sanctuary • M.I.A. • Grief • Kingdom • The Hound of Ulster • Walkabout • Mark of the Panther • Pendragon • Eye of the Storm • The New Olympians • The Green • Sentinel • Bushido • Cloud Fathers • Ill Met by Moonlight • Future Tense • The Gathering • Vendettas • Turf • The Reckoning • Possession • Hunter's Moon Season Three: The Goliath Chronicles: The Journey • Ransom • Runaways • Broadway Goes to Hollywood • A Bronx Tail • The Dying of the Light • And Justice for All • Genesis Undone • Generations • For It May Come True • To Serve Mankind • Seeing Isn't Believing • Angels in the Night Objects Grimorum Arcanorum • Eye of Odin • Phoenix Gate • Three Keys to Power • Cauldron of Life • Mayan Sun Amulet • Stone of Destiny • Titania's Mirror • Oberon's Mirror • Seline's Orb • Excalibur • Scrolls of Merlin • Scroll of Thoth • Praying Gargoyle Locations Castle Wyvern • Scotland • Manhattan • New York • New York City • Clock Tower • Eyrie Building • Labyrinth • Avalon • Queen Florence Island • Loch Ness • Cairn na Chullain • London • Kara Digi • New Olympus • Knight's Spur • Eyrie Pyramid Cast Greg Weisman • Keith David • Jeff Bennett • Bill Fagerbakke • Frank Welker • Roger Rose • John Rhys-Davies • Justin Shenkarow • Lacey Chabert • Tim Curry • Clancy Brown • Salli Richardson See also The Disney Afternoon • Team Atlantis • Gargoyle • William Shakespeare • Raven's Illusions • Stone Dragon • Phoenix • Gargoyles (live-action film)