Demona

Demona was the name of one of the primary villains on the TV show Gargoyles. She was voiced by Marina Sirtis.

Demona's tale is a sad story. The tragic nature of her long life made her such a compelling character and one of the most well rounded cartoon creations ever.

Demona was a member of the Scotland clan at Castle Wyvern in AD 994. She and Goliath were lovers, his "angel of the night," and when Goliath was made leader of the clan, she became his second in command. Prior to that, she had been a student of the Archmage and thus had training in the magical arts. She was there when the Archmage was defeated by Goliath (or so it was thought at the time).

Stubborn and resentful of the human's condescending attitude towards her clan, she conspired with the Captain of the Guard to betray the castle to the Vikings. She had wanted the Vikings to slaughter the humans during the day and have the Gargoyles be away at the time. That way her people could have the castle and be free of the humans once and for all. Unfortunately, Goliath refused to send the Clan away. Demona alone fled and escaped the slaughter of the Gargoyle Clan. Overcome with grief, she could not face Goliath right away. When she returned later, she found Goliath and the few surviving Clan members had been turned to stone. As far as she was concerned, it was all the result of human treachery.

Alone for a few years, Demona had an encounter with Gilcomgaine as a child--an encounter that would prompt him to become the Hunter in later years.

Eventually, Demona formed a new clan from the few surviving Gargoyles left in Scotland. She fought alongside a young Macbeth to kill Gilcomgaine.

Later, when she was old and growing weaker, she entered into a bargain with Macbeth. Thanks to a magic spell cast by the Weird Sisters, she had her youth restored and was granted immortality--she could only be killed by Macbeth, and if one killed the other, they both died. Macbeth is the one who gave her the name Demona and they were allies for several decades. Eventually, Demona betrayed Macbeth, fearing that he was about to do the same to her. She betrayed him to English forces who betrayed her in turn, killing the last of her clan.

Demona would not enter into another alliance with a human for almost one thousand years. During that time, she amassed a great fortune and created a formidible arsenal of magical spells and artifacts.

In 1994, Demona allied herself with David Xanatos, telling him about the spell put upon Castle Wyvern. This led to Xanatos bringing the castle to Manhattan, waking up Goliath and the rest of the clan.