Vashkoda writes...

You just revealed that the Xanadu clan is the other contemporary clan. You also previously mentioned that Brooklyn would find Fu-Dog in China during his travels. Which makes me wonder.....

1a) Does the Gate bring Brooklyn to present-day (or at least what would be the present relative to the "Gargoyles" show time-line) China? b) If not the present, around which period would it be (ancient, medieval, future, etc), on each (if there's more than one) of the occassions Brook would travel to China?

2a) Is Xanadu the only Chinese location the Gate brings Brook to? (assuming it even takes him to Xanadu). 2b) Does Brooklyn find Fu-dog in Xanadu, or in another Chinese clan?

3a) Around what age would Fu-dog be when Brook first finds him? (I think you said he wasn't a puppy) b) Did Fu-dog leave a mate or any progeny behind when he left with Brooklyn?

4) Do the Ishimura, Korea, and Xanadu clans know about each other?

5) In the contest, you didn't give credit for listing Beijing as the home of the Xanadu clan, even though that's where Kublai Khan had his capital--which is the place some believe Coleridge's "Xanadu" referred to. So my question is--where (approximately) in China *is* Xanadu?

6) Dragons play a big role in Chinese (and many other) mythologies. Are these legends simply based on gargoyles and their beasts--who may resemble dragons, on fey who chose to assume dragon form, or on a separate species all-together?

Lexy writes...

(Questions on Yama and Sora)

1) In "Bad Guys" you had planned on Yama being part of the crew. But I doubt that will occure exactly that way if the regular "Gargoyles" series ever comes back. So..
Did you plan on having Yama try to redeem himself in some other way?

2) You mentioned that Sora was going to be one of the females included in the Manhattan Rookery. Why did she go all the way there to lay her egg? Was it do to some clause in Bushido? (I personally don't think that gargs have a hang up on dishonor being passed down ..but thought I'd ask)

Sam writes...

Hello,
I was just curious, biologically, how old was everyone in the mini clan back in 1996? Thanks alot!

Ambrosia writes...

Yay, the clan contest is over!

Okay, I've wanted to ask you this ever since I realized that Rome wasn't a clan location: You had said that it was the Magus of Rome who cast the "clothes turning to stone" spell because the emperor was sick of naked gargoyles running around. So... what happened to the Roman clan? Did they die out?
Thanks!

Todd Jensen writes...

A fresh question about the now-solved clan contest:

When you first began this one in 1997 (I believe), you mentioned that the 14 clans consisted of the six that we already knew, two currently-existing ones that were hinted at in the series, two more currently-existing ones that were not hinted at anywhere in the series, two future clans that would be brought about through the long-term goals of cast members, and two future clans (established post-2158 originally, although it's obviously going to be a different year now) that were foreshadowed in the series.

Now, the eight clans on the confirmed list besides the six on-stage ones are: New Olympus, Korea, Xanadu, Paris, Loch Ness, New Camelot, Wyvern, and Queen Florence Island.

New Olympus we know is one of the two present-day hinted-at ones (since the New Olympians mention knowing gargoyles). Korea, obviously, is one of the two present-day not-hinted-at "you-can-only-guess-it-if-you're-psychic" ones, since Korea was never mentioned in the series. So that brings the number down to six.

Now, obviously the New Camelot and Wyvern clans don't exist yet, and they both fit the description for the earlier "pre-2158" future clans: New Camelot would be a fulfillment of King Arthur's long-term goals, and Wyvern would fit in with the "nostalgia" element that you mentioned one of these clans having. So that leaves us with four: Loch Ness, Paris, Queen Florence Island, and Xanadu.

Here's where the question creeps in: which one of these four is the remaining contemporary unhinted-at-one? Now, it's obviously not Loch Ness (since Sevarius speculates about a clan there in "Monsters" and even initially believes Angela to be part of it before he examines her genetic structure and discovers that she's Goliath and Demona's daughter) or Queen Florence Island (partly because we know that there aren't any gargoyles now, and partly because Raven's illusionary clan would obviously count as a foreshadowing). So that narrows it down to Paris and Xanadu.

But both, one can argue, are also "foreshadowed" - Paris via "Sanctuary" and the opening flashback of "Hunter's Moon Part Three" (where Demona kills Charles Canmore at Notre Dame), and Xanadu in "Her Brother's Keeper" where Xanatos has an upstate retreat with the same name. So which one of these is the "unforeshadowed" one?

Todd Jensen writes...

Now that the clan contest is over (and congratulations, Vashkoda!), I thought that I'd ask you about one of the particular clan-answers.

It seems clear now that you're placing New Camelot in Antarctica. What I'm curious about is: why there? While Antarctica does have some advantages for being the site of Arthur's new home (it's out of the way, and isn't part of any nation-state), it's also one of the most inhospitable places on the planet. Wouldn't the harsh cold be something of a problem for making it Arthur's permanent base of operations (well, the gargoyles there would be able to weather the cold, but it might not be so great for any human members of the court)?

Joey Aspenwall writes...

Ok.
I just want to know the manhatten clan gargoyles ages. Sorry if im rude, stupid or anything, i just wanna know their ages.

Todd Jensen writes...

Were the ancestors of the London clan the gargoyles whom Arthur was acquainted with during his reign? I assume that they were in Britain already at the time because of Griff's "hatchling riddle" about Excalibur in "Pendragon" (the episode) - not to mention the fact that their presence in Arthur's kingdom would explain those references in the legends to lions, unicorns, and griffons in Arthurian Britain - but I just wanted to make certain.

Adam writes...

14 CLANS

1. Manhattan
2. Labyrinth
3. London
4. Ishimura
5. Guatemala
6. Avalon
7. Xanadu, China
8. Loch Ness
9. Wyvern, Scotland
10. Paris
11. New Olympus
12. New Camelot, Antarctica
13. Queen Florence Island
14. Korea

Vashkoda writes...

Avalon, London, Manhattan, Labyrinth, New Olympus, Wyvern (Scotland), Xanadu (China), Queen Florence Island (Canada), New Camelot (Antarctica), Paris (France), Loch Ness (Scotland), Guatemala, Ishimura, Ecuador

(though don't the Galapagos Islands belong to Ecuador? So I guess it isn't that one, but heck, why not be sure)

Bud-Clare writes...

1. What were the names of the four members of the Guatamalan clan before they were given the pendants? (It's odd that I'd ask you a question that I don't really expect you to have an answer to. Consider it definitive prove that the universe is a silly place.)

2. Will they revert to their old names when they "retire"?
(2b. Am I correct in assuming that, unless they die, they'll eventually pass their pendants on to younger gargoyles?)

Vashkoda writes...

I dunno if I caught something in Fred's score or not. Prob' not, but oh well:

Avalon, London, Manhattan, Labyrinth, New Olympus, Wyvern (Scotland), Xanadu (China), Queen Florence Island (Canada), New Camelot (Antarctica), Paris (France), Loch Ness (Scotland), Guatemala, Ishimura, Korea

Melissa writes...

14 Clan Contest

Avalon
Manhattan
Labryinth
London
Ishimura, Japan
Guatemala
Xanadau, China
Wyvern, Scotland
Loch Ness
Paris, France
New Olympus
Queen Florence Island, Canada
New Camelot, Anarctica
Tibet

Bruno (M20AVV@bol.com.br) writes...

Hi Greg, brazilian congratulations for your great job. And thanks for be so kind with us. That's my first question, and the first time that I actually 'write' in english. Then I'm so sorry for any errors.

The 14 Clans:

1. Manhattan
2. Labyrinth
3. London
4. Ishimura
5. Guatemala
6. Avalon
7. Xanadu, China
8. Loch Ness
9. Wyvern, Scotland
10. Paris
11. New Olympus
12. New Camelot, Antarctica
13. Queen Florence Island
14. New Orleans, USA

See ya.

Demona Taina writes...

Well, I might as well try it again. :P
Here are my fourteen guesses for the clan contest..

1. Manhattan, New York
2. Labyrinth, Underground
3. London, England
4. Ishimura, Japan
5. Guatemala, South America
6. Avalon
7. Xanadu, China
8. Loch Ness, Scotland
9. Wyvern, Scotland
10. Paris, France
11. New Olympus
12. Castle Moray, Scotland
13. Queen Florence Island
14. Space-spawn Homeworld

Let's see how well I do this time. :P

Vasy writes...

Let us see

1. Manhattan
2. Labyrinth
3. London
4. Ishimura
5. Guatemala
6. Avalon
7. Xanadu, China
8. Loch Ness
9. Wyvern, Scotland
10. Paris
11. New Olympus
12. New Camelot, Antarctica
13. Queen Florence Island

14. Another place in Antarctica

The Mighty Thor writes...

I not then....

1. Manhattan
2. Labyrinth
3. London
4. Ishimura
5. Guatemala
6. Avalon
7. Xanadu, China
8. Loch Ness
9. Wyvern, Scotland
10. Paris
11. New Olympus
12. New Atlantis
13. Queen Florence Island
14. Space-spawn Homeworld

Aris Katsaris writes...

And my final attempt for now (I think it's the first time I post four guesses in a row)

1. Manhattan
2. Labyrinth
3. London
4. Ishimura
5. Guatemala
6. Avalon
7. Xanadu, China
8. Loch Ness
9. Wyvern, Scotland
10. Paris
11. New Olympus
12. New Camelot, Antarctica
13. Queen Florence Island
14. The afterlife

(okay, that was a joke :-)

Aris Katsaris writes...

one more guess...

1. Manhattan
2. Labyrinth
3. London
4. Ishimura
5. Guatemala
6. Avalon
7. Xanadu, China
8. Loch Ness
9. Wyvern, Scotland
10. Paris
11. New Olympus
12. New Camelot, Antarctica
13. Queen Florence Island
14. Tokyo

Aris Katsaris writes...

Still hunting. :-)

1. Manhattan
2. Labyrinth
3. London
4. Ishimura
5. Guatemala
6. Avalon
7. Xanadu, China
8. Loch Ness
9. Wyvern, Scotland
10. Paris
11. New Olympus
12. New Camelot, Antarctica
13. Queen Florence Island
14. Andes

Aris Katsaris writes...

Hunting for the elusive 14th Clan... :-)

1. Manhattan
2. Labyrinth
3. London
4. Ishimura
5. Guatemala
6. Avalon
7. Xanadu, China
8. Loch Ness
9. Wyvern, Scotland
10. Paris
11. New Olympus
12. New Camelot, Antarctica
13. Queen Florence Island
14. Nepal

Vashkoda writes...

More clan guesses (I guess you intentionally left out an answer to my question of whether the last clan's location could be found on a current world map). =/

Malta, Monaco, Luxemberg, Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, Moldova, Serbia, Lithuania, New Olympus, Labyrinth, Avalon, Manhattan, Paris

The Mighty Thor writes...

Clan guesses

1. Manhattan
2. Labyrinth
3. London
4. Ishimura
5. Guatemala
6. Avalon
7. Xanadu, China
8. Loch Ness
9. Wyvern, Scotland
10. Paris
11. New Olympus
12. New Camelot, Antarctica
13. Queen Florence Island
14. New Atlantis (Aqua gargoyles clan)

o please, op lease

Joey Aspenwall writes...

Clan guesses!

1. Manhattan
2. Labyrinth
3. London
4. Ishimura
5. Guatemala
6. Avalon
7. Xanadu, China
8. Loch Ness
9. Wyvern, Scotland
10. New Olympus
11. New Camelot, Antarctica
12. Queen Florence Island
13. Space-spawn Homeworld

that is all i can think of

Frederick writes...

Ascertained 14 Clans:
1) Isle von Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
2) Isle von Avalon
3) London, United Kingdom
4) Ishimura, Japan
5) Guatemala
6) New Olympus
7) Xanadu, China
8) Labyrinth, New York, New York, USA
9) Paris, France
10) Wyvern, Scotland, United Kingdom
11) Loch Ness, Scotland, United Kingdom
12) Isle of Queen Florence, Canada
13) New Camelot, Antarctica
14) Gargoyle Islands, Alaska, United States
and yes, that place exists too
dfdz

Frederick writes...

Ascertained 14 Clans:
1) Isle von Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
2) Isle von Avalon
3) London, United Kingdom
4) Ishimura, Japan
5) Guatemala
6) New Olympus
7) Xanadu, China
8) Labyrinth, New York, New York, USA
9) Paris, France
10) Wyvern, Scotland, United Kingdom
11) Loch Ness, Scotland, United Kingdom
12) Isle of Queen Florence, Canada
13) New Camelot, Antarctica
14) Weisman Lake, Colorado, United States
and yes, that place exists
dfdz

Frederick writes...

Ascertained 14 Clans:
1) Isle von Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
2) Isle von Avalon
3) London, United Kingdom
4) Ishimura, Japan
5) Guatemala
6) New Olympus
7) Xanadu, China
8) Labyrinth, New York, New York, USA
9) Paris, France
10) Wyvern, Scotland, United Kingdom
11) Loch Ness, Scotland, United Kingdom
12) Isle of Queen Florence, Canada
13) New Camelot, Antarctica
14) Queen Mab Mountain, Australia
dfdz

Frederick writes...

I am crazy (verrückt)
Ascertained 14 Clans:
1) Isle von Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
2) Isle von Avalon
3) London, United Kingdom
4) Ishimura, Japan
5) Guatemala
6) New Olympus
7) Xanadu, China
8) Labyrinth, New York, New York, USA
9) Paris, France
10) Wyvern, Scotland, United Kingdom
11) Loch Ness, Scotland, United Kingdom
12) Isle of Queen Florence, Canada
13) New Camelot, Antarctica
14) Hudson Bay
dfdz

joey aspenwall <iam_he@hotmail.com> writes...

Both, please.

this comes from my previous question you asked me a question when i asked you the manhatten gargoyles ages.

Ed writes...

Are any humans besides Elisa aware that there is a clan of gargoyles in London?

Ed writes...

Do the any of the other clans know where the un-guessed clan is? :)

Vashkoda writes...

Multiple guesses of a general region are meant to refer to different clans within that region, not to the same clan.

(Hm, I should have remembered that if Guatemala itself was specific enough for a guess, it's likely there are no other clans there. I guess this applies to NO and Avalon, too)

1) France
2) France
3) England
4) England
5) Atlantis
6) Ys
7) El Dorado
8) Lumeria
9) Laputa
10) Underwater
11) Underground
12) Manhattan
13) Avalon
14) New Olympus

Vashkoda writes...

All right, you asked for it. ;) Multiple guesses of a general region are meant to refer to different clans within that region, not to the same clan.

1) New York
2) New York
3) New York
4) Japan
5) Japan
6) China
7) China
8) Canada
9) Canada
10) Guatemala
11) Guatemala
12) Scotland
13) Scotland
14) Scotland

Graymonk writes...

CLAN CONTEST

Wow! we're really closing in on the answer. Let's see if I can't narrow down which clan on Aris' record breaking post is incorrect (and maybe pimpoint what country the last clan is in).

1) London, England
2) Guatemala
3) Ishimura, Japan
4) Xanadu, China
5) New Olympus
6) Loch Ness, Scotland
7) Avalon
8) Manhattan, U.S.A.
9) Labyrinth, U.S.A.
10) New Camelot, Antarctica
11) Wyvern, Scotland
12) Paris, France
13) Space Spawn Homeworld
14) Egypt

P.S. Thankyou for posting the link to Zot! Online. I always wondered what happened to Zot, Peabody and the rest.

Shari B writes...

Guess at the 14 clans:
1 - London, England
2 - Ishimura, Japan
3 - Guatemala
4 - Lemuria
5 - Xanadu, China
6 - New Olympus
7 - Loch Ness, Scotland
8 - Avalon
9 - Manhattan
10 - Labyrinth
11 - New Camelot, Antarctica
12 - Wyvern, Scotland
13 - Paris, France
14 - Queen Florence Island, Canada

Ed writes...

Wow, Aris just broke 13. Let's see if I can get further from the clues in the last batch...

1. Manhattan
2. Avalon
3. London
4. Ishimura
5. Guatemala
6. Labyrinth
7. Loch Ness
8. Wyvern, Scotland
9. Queen Florence Island
10. New Olympus
11. New Camelot, Antarctica
12. Paris
13. Xanadu, China
14. Madagascar

Ambrosia writes...

Clans contest:
1. Manhattan
2. London
3. Guatemala
4. Ishimura
5. Avalon
6. The Labyrinth
7. New Olympus
8. Paris
9. Wyvern, Scotland
10. Loch Ness
11. New Camelot, Antarctica
12. Xanadu, China
13. Queen Florence Island, Canada
14. Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Thank you!

Bråndeewine writes...

Hmmmm..... In light of recent developments....

14 Clans:

1.Manhattan, New York
2.Avalon
3.London, England (just outside of it)
4.Ishimura, Japan
5.Guatemala
6.New Olympus
7.Xanadu, China
8.The Labyrinth (New York)
9.Paris, France
10.Wyvern, Scotland
11.Loch Ness, Scotland
12.Queen Florence Island, Canada
13.New Camelot, Antarctica
14.Crystal Caverns, Antarctica

Kelly L Creighton/Kya White Sapphire writes...

okay well here's my two cents. or rather, my friend Blake's two cents. ^_^

The 14 Clans Contest:
Manhattan, USA
Labyrinth
London, IK
Ishimura, Japan
Guatemala
Avalon
Xanadu, China
Loch Ness, Scotland
Wyvern, Scotland
Paris, France
New Olympus
New Camelot, Antarctica
Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
Queen Florence Island

Jherti writes...

Clans Contest:

1.) Manhatten, USA
2.) The Labyrinth, USA
3.) Avalon
4.) Guatemala
5.) Ishimura, Japan
6.) London, England
7.) Xanadu, China
8.) Paris, France
9.) Camelot, England
10.) South Pole, Antarctica
11.) Loch Ness, Scotland
12.) Wyvern, Scotland
13.) New Olympus
14.) Montreal, Canada

Frederick writes...

Ascertained 14 Clans:
1) Isle von Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
2) Isle von Avalon
3) London, United Kingdom
4) Ishimura, Japan
5) Guatemala
6) New Olympus
7) Xanadu, China
8) Labyrinth, New York, New York, USA
9) Paris, France
10) Wyvern, Scotland, United Kingdom
11) Loch Ness, Scotland, United Kingdom
12) Isle of Queen Florence, Canada
13) New Camelot, Antarctica
14) Galapagos Isles
dfdz

Frederick writes...

Ascertained 14 Clans:
1) Isle von Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
2) Isle von Avalon
3) London, United Kingdom
4) Ishimura, Japan
5) Guatemala
6) New Olympus
7) Xanadu, China
8) Labyrinth, New York, New York, USA
9) Paris, France
10) Wyvern, Scotland, United Kingdom
11) Loch Ness, Scotland, United Kingdom
12) Isle of Queen Florence, Canada
13) New Camelot, Antarctica
14) Alaska
dfdz

Frederick writes...

Ascertained 14 Clans:
1) Isle von Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
2) Isle von Avalon
3) London, United Kingdom
4) Ishimura, Japan
5) Guatemala
6) New Olympus
7) Xanadu, China
8) Labyrinth, New York, New York, USA
9) Paris, France
10) Wyvern, Scotland, United Kingdom
11) Loch Ness, Scotland, United Kingdom
12) Isle of Queen Florence, Canada
13) New Camelot, Antarctica
14) Iceland
yea i didnt suicide after all.

Frederick writes...

Alright, I just realized that a ton of people beat me to the punch on the submissions for 13 full, so, frankly, curses!
Time to guess for 1 full pt, i.e. the last one:
14)Russia
14)Israel
14)Germany
14)Bermuda
14)Galapagos Isles
14)Phillipines
14)Ecuador
14)The City of Lost Angels, CA, USA
14)Berlin
14)Korea
14)Alaska
14)Tierra Del Fuego (southern tip of South America)
14)Iceland
If any is correct, say something and i'll do something probably
OK i just figured a nice trend in the locations of the clans so im gonna flood the queue with more answers.

dfdz,
Frederick

Frederick writes...

Ascertained 14 Clans:
1) Isle von Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
2) Isle von Avalon
3) London, United Kingdom
4) Ishimura, Japan
5) Guatemala
6) New Olympus
7) Xanadu, China
8) Labyrinth, New York, New York, USA
9) Paris, France
10) Wyvern, Scotland, United Kingdom
11) Loch Ness, Scotland, United Kingdom
12) Isle of Queen Florence
13) New Camelot, Antarctica
14) Russia

Alright, this better net at least 13 full, because research is quite annoying. If not, I will suicide.
I probably should not post 1 big one, because then I help others know the good ones, but oh well. I don't really need a gargoyles prize anyway, so in the spirit of communism, I say, someone get this done, the state does not care who. Everyone else will be shot. =) Das ist alles.
And yeah, Germany wasn't communist. So what.
Nazism actually denounced communism.
ok tschüs
dfdz,
Frederick

Frederick writes...

tyca auf Deutsch ist:
dskw(danke sehr, komm wieder) which is 'thank you very much, come again'
if you do not want the 'very much,' then omit the 's.'

dfdz,
Frederick

one other experiment:
Eins) Isle von Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
Zwei) Isle von Avalon
Drei) Iwo Jima
Vier) Ishimura, Japan
Fünf) Guatemala
Sechs) New Olympus
Sieben) Galapogos Isles
Acht) Labyrinth, New York, New York, USA
Neun) Paris, France
Zehn) Wyvern, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elf) Loch Ness, Scotland, United Kingdom
Zwölf) Great Wall of China
Dreizehn) Xanadu, China
Vierzehn) London, United Kingdom

Adam writes...

1. Manhattan
2. Labyrinth
3. London
4. Ishimura
5. Guatemala
6. Avalon
7. Xanadu, China
8. Loch Ness
9. Wyvern, Scotland
10. Paris
11. New Olympus
12. New Camelot, Antarctica
13. Queen Florence Island
14. Cyberbiotics' Air Fortress (I would say Fortress 2, but I think they may have gone through a few more versions before 2158)

Adam writes...

14 CLANS

1. Manhattan
2. Labyrinth
3. London
4. Ishimura
5. Guatemala
6. Avalon
7. Xanadu, China
8. Loch Ness
9. Wyvern, Scotland
10. Paris
11. New Olympus
12. New Camelot, Antarctica
13. Queen Florence Island
14. Budapest

Adam writes...

14 CLANS

1. Manhattan
2. Labyrinth
3. London
4. Ishimura
5. Guatemala
6. Avalon
7. Xanadu, China
8. Loch Ness
9. Wyvern, Scotland
10. Paris
11. New Olympus
12. New Camelot, Antarctica
13. Queen Florence Island
14. Timedancing Clan (no discrete location)

With a tip of the hat to Aris Katsaris, who figured out that we all kept getting those two halves because we were separating one complete answer into two parts.

Bråndeewine writes...

...in case my previous guesses didn't win this due to Camelot not being in England....

14 Clans:

1.Manhattan, New York
2.Avalon
3.London, England (just outside of it)
4.Ishimura, Japan
5.Guatemala
6.New Olympus
7.Xanadu, China
8.The Labyrinth (New York)
9.Paris, France
10.Wyvern, Scotland
11.Loch Ness, Scotland
12.Queen Florence Island, Canada
13.New Camelot
14.Crystal Caverns, Antarctica