Editing Gargoyles

[[File:Gargoyles-by-Enuryn.jpg|thumb|Gargoyles with a [[Gargoyle Bossels|Gargoyle Bossel]] by [[Fanworks/Enuryn|Enuryn]]<br/>(commissioned by [[Pirateaba]])|354x354px]]
Gargoyles are monstrous creatures with a thick stone skin that frequent mountainous areas such as the [[High Passes]].

== Appearance ==
They look vaguely like a bird crossed with an ogre. The hulking giant beasts have a skin that looks like stone but slides around like flesh. Their wings don't allow them full flight, but they can make enormous jumps and glide with them.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/12/18/1-08-r/ Chapter 1.08 R] shows [[Ryoka Griffin]] barely escaping a pack of Gargoyles</ref>

However, they have blood flowing through their body, and they have a spine and a brain which can be smashed.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/05/14/6-16/ Chapter 6.16] shows the [[Silver Swords]] fighting against six Gargoyles, killing three of them before the rest could flee.]</ref>

== Behavior ==
They are carnivorous - besides their ambush tactics, they sometimes also hunt actively and can devastate settlements.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/05/14/6-16/ Chapter 6.16]</ref> As Ryoka found out, they have a sense of smell.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/04/14/2-12/ Chapter 2.12]</ref> Also, they live in nests.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/04/21/4-30/ Chapter 4.30]</ref>

Higher up the High Passes food chain are [[Gargoyle Bossels]], which are bigger and more intelligent, and lead clans of Gargoyles.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/04/26/8-82-pt-1/ Chapter 8.82 pt.1]</ref><ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/08/06/interlude-the-competition/ Interlude - The Competition]</ref> The conclusion of Gargoyle evolution is called a Suzerain of Stone.<ref name=":0">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/08/30/9-12/ Chapter 9.12]</ref>

==Powers and Abilities==
Gargoyles are considered a Gold-rank threat due to their proclivity to pose as pieces of the landscape until their prey wanders by and then ambush them. Although not nearly as dangerous as many Gold-rank monsters, their tough skin, ability to ‘spit’ stone shrapnel and their tendency to hunt in packs makes them too much of a threat for Silver-rank teams to handle. Their innards are as fragile as those of other creatures however, and once their stone skin breaks, Gargoyles fall quickly.<ref name=":Glossary">[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/10/19/glossary/ Glossary]</ref>

=== Enemies ===
Besides adventurers, there are other creatures that are dangerous to Gargoyles. While [[Eater Goats]] are typically easy prey for them, the goats are fearless and even eat them if they have them overpowered.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/01/29/5-55-g/ Chapter 5.55 G]</ref> Goblins are able to overpower Gargoyles - the [[Redfang]]s were known to have often dealt with them,<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/02/09/5-58/ Chapter 5.58]</ref> even luring them into traps with Eater Goats<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/11/10/5-36/ Chapter 5.36]</ref>. Even [[Pyrite]] could claim to have killed one once.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/12/22/5-48-g/ Chapter 5.48 G]</ref>

As far as most humans know, Gargoyles are the most dangerous creature in the High Passes, but this is in fact only true in some of the areas - lower altitudes and the outer areas. The ''Inner'' High Passes have more fearsome monsters.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/08/28/5-15/ Chapter 5.15], [https://wanderinginn.com/2018/11/27/5-41/ Chapter 5.41]</ref>

== Products ==
Gargoyle hides can be tanned and used to craft armor. It requires a high level [Tanner] or [Armorer] to work with unless one knows the method, like [[Dwarves]] and [[Goblins]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/09/04/9-13/ Chapter 9.13]</ref>

== Trivia ==

* Gargoyles can found in [[Izril]] and [[Terandria]].<ref name=":0" />
*They are called ''Thungen'' in their tongue.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/12/11/interlude-the-first-and-last-of-us/ Interlude - The First and Last of Us]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Monsters]]
[[Category:High Passes]]