Lore[]
From its rooftop perch, the gargoyle waits until night to cleanse the world, its cleansing rain dissolving the flesh from the bodies of the wicked, and leaving the bones for it to gnaw on.
Name Origin[]
In architecture, a gargoyle is a carved stone grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building, thereby preventing rainwater from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between. The term originates from the French gargouille, which in English is likely to mean "throat" or is otherwise known as the "gullet"; cf. Latingurgulio, gula, gargula ("gullet" or "throat") and similar words derived from the root gar, "to swallow", which represented the gurgling sound of water.