Guardian

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Tom in 994

Tom as Guardian of the Eggs in 1996

Tom - A young Scottish peasant boy who befriended the Wyvern clan.

History

Tom was born in the year 986. In 994, he and his mother Mary, along with a number of other Scottish peasants, were driven to Castle Wyvern to take shelter from Hakon and his Viking band. There he met the gargoyles for the first time, and was delighted and fascinated by them. He befriended the trio, but Mary disapproved of his reaching out to them and pulled him away from them, leading to the fight between the trio and the human refugees that resulted in Goliath sending the trio and Bronx to the rookery. Tom was captured by the Vikings when Hakon took Castle Wyvern, alongside all the other humans, but rescued by the clan.

After the Magus turned Goliath to stone, Tom left Castle Wyvern with Princess Katharine, the Magus, and the eggs to go to Kenneth II’s court. Because of Tom’s bold willingness to keep the eggs safe, Katharine appointed him Guardian of the Eggs. At court, Tom witnessed the murder of King Kenneth by Constantine (afterwards Constantine III), and because of this, had to flee to Avalon alongside Katharine, the Magus, and the eggs, to be kept safe from the usurper.

Here, Tom grew up, and in time, fell in love with Katharine and she with him; they lived together almost as husband and wife, and together (with the Magus) raised the young gargoyles of the Avalon Clan, which Tom continued to call the "Eggs", as foster-parents. Every century, Tom would venture into the outside world to see if the gargoyles had been awakened from their stone sleep as yet; at last, in 1995, he came to New York, where he met Goliath, Elisa, and Bronx, in time to warn them of the Archmage’s attack. Tom helped defend the Avalon Clan from the Archmage and his forces.

When Oberon returned to Avalon to reclaim it, Tom helped Elisa, Katharine, and the Avalon gargoyles construct the iron bell that would defeat him, and then rang it again and again to weaken him until he was ready to listen to their terms. As of this time, Tom still lives on Avalon.

Characterisitics

In his role as Guardian, Tom wears a suit of armor and a cape and carries a sword. The face shield of the helmet looks somewhat like Goliath's face and the cape has the appearence of folded gargoyle wings. There is also a gargoyle motif on the chest of the armor.

Production Background

Voice Actor: BJ Ward, Gerrit Graham