Purpose: Gauge the interest of fans
of Gargoyles and Medieval times. Comments and Suggestions more than welcome in
this creative process!
Prologue: 1095 A.D. The first
crusade is about to begin, and while armies on both sides are gathering their
forces to prepare for war, men of the church realize that a hidden pursuit of
the war is for their enemies to gain the holy grail and use as a weapon against
them. Knowing that the secret would be best kept if they sent it to
England, the French forces and men of religion call for a wizard. (in the
sequel we discover that the wizard is Merlin, for while most people believe
that the legend of king Arthur is a English myth, it was actually a myth built
on the combination of a few legends that came from France-this is actually true
and not my creation, King Arthur was a legend that was inspired by French
medieval stories) The wizard gathers natural elements from the earth,
descends into the bottom chambers of Castle Antioch in England, casts a spell
and creates the gargoyles.
The story jumps to 1201 A.D. and the
fourth crusade has not yet occurred but there is conflict all over Europe.
The Knights Templar has been assembled decades earlier to protect
travelers on the road to Jerusalem, and the Christian power has spread so far
that it has reached the lands of the Danes. Angered at the threat of
being conquered, the Danes decide to raid castles and villages in England (this
is also based on historical context). They attempt this not just in hopes
to cripple their enemy, but also because they've heard whispers that the grail
is in Castle Antioch or a neighboring kingdom. Over a hundred years
later, the same pursuit for the grail begins again and the Danes seek to invade
the Castle, only this time, in the midst of their siege, the sun sets, and the
gargoyles awaken. Shocked to see their existence is true, the Danish army
eventually is repelled and they regroup. While this occurs, the new Pope
sends a group of Knights Templar with a Saracen Muslim from France to England
to analyze this new threat and access the gargoyles abilities to still protect
what they were created to guard over. While this all unfolds, each
gargoyle was born with the power over a natural element, be it water, land,
earth, air, or fire, and they are named after said element. There are
only two gargoyles who were given names by humans, and that is two leaders of
two sets of gargoyles: Romulus and Abraham. Romulus however is the
central character. When the templars and the Saracen arrive, they see
that the grail's secrets are safe, and the gargoyles defend it proudly, though
they don't tell the templars where it is. The action in the story rises
and eventually results in a long drawn out battle between the Danes and their
wizards, against the English forces from the Wenmark, the gargoyles and the
Knights Templar. It appears that the Danes have been crushed, but soon
after Romulus returns home with his soldiers, his castle gets sacked while he
is away. The people of Antioch were betrayed by the Princess's wizard and
trusted advisor, Vackel, but it turned out that Vackel was more than what he
seemed. Romulus, with six other gargoyles still left alive under his
command, follow the Danes, find their camp and come face to face with Vackel, but
quickly they discover that Vackel never existed, but instead the wizard had
always been Rumplestilskin. It turns out that Rumplestilskin was Merlin's
last pupil, but Merlin forsook him, labeling him as a product of pure evil.
Acquiring the help of the Danes was just a plot for Rumple to overcome
the gargoyles, spurn his old teacher, and find the grail to use for his own
benefit. The conflict culminates where Romulus uses his powers over fire
to overwhelm Rumple's magic, but right as Romulus thinks he's obtained victory,
Rumple rises into the sky, and transforms into an incredibly large and
terrifying dragon. He flies back down and the gargoyles stand there,
waiting to give him one last stand.
Then blackout.
Rumplestilskin as the villain as
opposed to the creator of the gargoyles as you mentioned for a few reasons.
Reading his fairytale, he was always depicted as a villain and even in the show
once upon a time, though he's had his good moments, he was also a villain who
even almost killed his own grandson because he was a threat, And before
once upon a time, there was a movie called Rumplestilskin and it was a bit of a
horror flick where Rumple was terrifying. He has literally become iconic
as a villain.
Moral of the Story is that whether a
being be Christian, Muslim, Danish, or even just between human, animal, or
gargoyle, what is good is good, and helping one another needs to remain key.
