Plot
In 994 A.D., Goliath and the few remaining gargoyles help defend the Scottish castle where they live. In exchange the human occupants protect the gargoyles during the day, since they turn to stone from dawn to dusk. The gargoyles are put under a spell, and they remain in stone form for one thousand years. When they wake up they find that their castle has been moved atop a skyscraper in New York city, thanks to billionaire Xanatos. He wants their help, but the gargoyles are leary of treachery. Meanwhile Goliath forms a friendship with Elisa Maza, a police detective who is investigating Xanatos.
Keywords: betrayal, castle, curse, edited-from-tv-series, gargoyle, manhattan-new-york-city, medieval-times, new-york-city, superhero, turned-to-stone
Owen Burnett: It may prove difficult to find the necessary manpower, this castle has a bad reputation, the locals consider it haunted.::David Xanatos: You know the answer to that Owen. Pay a man enough, and he'll walk barefoot into hell.
Soldier: Taking a castle full of gargoyles near nightfall. This is crazy, and Hakon knows it!::Hakon: No my friend. That's not crazy. Questioning my sanity when I'm in earshot, that's crazy!
Demona: Humanity is our enemy, Goliath. I thought you learned that a millenia ago.
[first lines]::Elisa: Claw marks? What could be strong enough to put claw marks in solid stone?
Plot
In the middle of a battle with the Quarrymen, Goliath blacks out for a moment. When he awakens, he's human and married to Elisa and has two children. Though he's been granted his secret yearnings, there are other unforeseen consequences. He still remembers his life as a gargoyle. Will he choose the life he has or his old life?
Lexington (officially Lexington-Fayette Urban County) is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region. In the 2010 Census the city's population was 295,803, anchoring a metropolitan area of 472,099 people and a Combined Statistical Area of 687,173 people.
Lexington ranks tenth among US cities in college education rate, with 39.5% of residents having at least a bachelor's degree. It is home to the headquarters of Tempur-Pedic, International, Lexmark International, the Kentucky Horse Park, Keeneland race course, Red Mile race course, Transylvania University, the University of Kentucky and Bluegrass Community & Technical College.
Lexington was selected as the site of the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games.
Lexington was founded in June 1775 in what was then Virginia (17 years before Kentucky became a state in 1792). A party of frontiersmen, led by William McConnell, camped on the Middle Fork of Elkhorn Creek (today called Town Branch and rerouted under Vine Street) at the location known today as McConnell Springs. Upon hearing of the colonists' victory in the Battles of Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775, they named their campsite Lexington after Lexington, Massachusetts. Due to the danger of Indian attacks, permanent settlement was delayed for four years. In 1779, Colonel Robert Patterson and 25 companions came from Fort Harrod and erected a blockhouse. Cabins and a stockade were soon built, making the fort, known as Bryan Station, a place of importance. Colonists defended it against a British and American Indian attack in 1782, during the last part of the American Revolution.