In 1994, a wealthy multibillionare named David Xanatos (Jonathan Frakes) bought the castle and transported the whole structure to Manhattan, where he placed it on top of the Eyrie building which he owned. A further misunderstanding during the clan's retaliation on the invaders and rescue of their hostages left the clan frozen in stone by a magic spell that would only be broken when the 'castle rises above the clouds.' For a thousand years, the castle laid abandoned and the clan condemned by this curse. The uneasy alliance was shattered when human prejudice provoked a betrayal that allowed the castle to be sacked and most of the resident clan destroyed, leaving only six adult survivors and a rookery of unhatched eggs. One Scottish clan made an alliance with humans to help protect a castle by night if the humans would protect their stone forms by day. These creatures existed as stone during the day, but become flesh and blood at night.

In the Dark Ages, there was a race of heroic warrior monsters known as Gargoyles.

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