One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled. It was a time of darkness. It was a world of fear. It was the age of gargoyles. Stone by day, warriors by night, the gargoyles were betrayed by the humans they had sworn to protect and were frozen in stone for a thousand years. Now, in Manhattan, the spell is broken, and they live again. They are defenders of the night. They are Gargoyles Foreword by series creator Greg Weisman.