Coal the Gargoyle

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"**HAHA SUCKER!!!**"
—Coal after stealing a coconut from a swampmaid known as Marshy
**Coal the Gargoyle** is an original character designed by **Frostbite\_Carno** Coal the Gargoyle resides in the Jonah's mythical Ark universe, in an AU of Noah's Ark, where Noah has a twin brother who goes on to save the creatures no one else wants to, and that would be the fantasy creatures and mythical beasts you find in lore and fairytales, including Mermaids, Trolls, Sirens, dragons, unicorns and many more.

Coal is one member of a trio of gargoyles who like causing mischief

## Appearance

Coal greatly resembles outdated retro depictions of pterosaurs. He has two bat-like wings, with four clawed fingers on each hand, he has three toed feet sharp claws on the end of each toe, and has a sickle claw on his right foot, and he has a long thin tail with a quadrilateral barb at the end. He also has some other bat-like features like very large ears he uses for hearing. He has a beak that is slightly elongated and lacks teeth, though the edges of the beak are serrated making it look like he has teeth. His beak also has a cere at base of the bill much like a pigeon, and he has a big round head with big eyes that have horizontally shaped pupils. He has osteoderms along his spine from his forehead to the base of his tail, that have additional spikes on them, he also has a stony texture to his skin, and has tarsal scutes running down his forearms, fingers, feet, and toes. He often walks on his knuckles in a hopping sort of movement.

He is very very dark gray in color, and his claws and irises are also dark grey, his scleras are white.

## Personality

He is a bold, cocky, smart, daredevil gargoyle with a cruel sense of humor. He is prone to losing his temper, especially when mocked by his companions, and often resorts to violence if provoked too much. Despite this, he does listen to authority of what Copper has to say the majority of the time, who is the leader of the group. Like most gargoyles, Coal is bumbling, humorous, and driven by hunger.

Despite this, deep down he does have kinder qualities that sometimes show through his interactions with his little gang, and he may show kindness to an individual if they show kindness to him more then once.

## Abilities

* **Living Statue:** Coal can lock his joints into place in any given pose, giving him the ability to stand completely motionless
* **Camouflage:** Coal can change the color of his skin to blend in.
* **Climbing & Leaping:** Coal is extremely agile, and an expert climber, able to climb effortlessly and with great speed, along with being able to leap great distances.
* **Flight:** Being born with functional wings, Coal has the gift of flight
* **Spitting Lava:** Coal can spit streams of lava from his mouth.
* **Pyrokinesis**: Coal capable of producing flames, he could light a candle simply by snapping his fingers if he wants.
* **Ocular illumination**: Coal has the ability to project light from his eyes when in dimly lit areas, sometimes appearing orange or red when he does so.
* **Darkvision:** Coal can see in the dark
* **Prehensile tail:** Coal is able to use his tail to grasp things.
* **Echolocation:** Coal can produce sound waves at frequencies above human hearing, called ultrasound. The sound waves emitted by him bounce off objects in his environment. Then, the sounds return to his very large ears.

## Relationships

### Family

* **Unnamed Parents:** Parents
* **Nelman the Gargoyle:** Adoptive Brother

### Allies

* **Nelman the Gargoyle:** Adoptive Brother
* **Copper the Gargoyle:** Leader
* **Robin the Ropen:** an individual who has peaked his curiosity and he wants to learn more about her

## Trivia

* Coal was created on May 17th 2022
* I always like to imagine if my OCs had voice actors/actresses, who they would be, and for Coal it would be Shia LaBeouf
* When Coal sneezes, lava shoots out of his mouth and nostrils instead of snot and mucus.
* This is Coal's theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2hA8g1cNvQ

I noticed there was no weaknesses thingy in the template and the rules say we can't add new ones so I'm just gonna do it in trivia

* **Weaknesses:**
* **Water**: Coal's greatest weakness is his inability to float, let alone swim, in water due to his molecular structure being much denser than the average human or animal. This causes him to instantly sink like a stone.
* **Aquaphobia:** Coal has an instinctive aquaphobia, and is naturally terrified by bodies of water, especially the ocean.
* **Sensitive Hearing:** Having such good hearing comes with a cost, super loud sounds can hurt him and really throw him off