Assassin (Gargoyles)



The Assassin was a masked human who appeared in only one episode of The Goliath Chronicles, working alongside Demona in "Generations". His name and origin are unknown; even the title "Assassin" appears only in the episode's credits.

History
The Assassin made his first appearance in "Generations" when he attacked Demona as Demona was attempting to free Angela, Goliath, and Brooklyn from a Quarrymen ambush. He wore a suit that enabled him to cloak himself, rendering him invisible to the naked eye, and was armed with a gun capable of firing a wide range of projectiles, including lasers, tranquilizer darts, and possibly nets. Besides this, the Assassin also showed an odd affinity for theatrical metaphors and evil laughter. After continuing his campaign against the gargoyles, he finally succeeded in capturing Goliath with the help of the Quarrymen.

The Assassin and the Quarrymen moved the captured gargoyle to a barge, where the Assassin's "real" plan was revealed: working side-by-side with Demona, he planned to lure the rest of the clan to the harbor, where they would arrive too late to stop the Assassin from killing Goliath, spurring the clan to welcome Demona back into their fold. It wasn't long, though, before he announced that his true intentions were to kill all of the gargoyles - apparently his lifelong goal, although he gave absolutely no explanation as to why.

The Assassin never got to embark upon his unexplained killing spree. Goliath broke free of his chains just as he was about to shoot Angela and Demona, and managed to defeat him.

Role in Ultima
In Ultima, the Assassin was broken out of prison by Kang the Conquerer, who recruited him into the Conquerer Armada as a lieutenant of the robot army. The reason why the Assassin wanted to kill all the gargoyles was because he was one of Jon Canmore's relatives who's family was killed by Demona in one of her mad schemes of power. Swearing revenge on Demona, and therefore all gargoyles, the Assassin decided to join the rest of the Quarreymen in their goal of gargoyle extinction. Although most of the Quarreymen ended up getting recruited into the Organization as Demona's goons, the Assassin was the only one who refused to ally with a gargoyle and betray their own mission. Kang recruited the Assassin in order to have an agent with which he could use to take down both the Society and Organization without them knowing. However, even he feels that the Assassin's stereotypical evil laughter and theatrical metaphors, most likely a side effect of going insane, gets really old at times.