Nelman the Gargoyle

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"**soo....can we grab something to eat now oorrrrr.....?**"
—Nelman to Copper and Coal after they finish trolling a couple of swamp dwellers.
**Nelman the Gargoyle** is an original character designed by Frostbite\_Carno. Nelman 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.

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

## Biography

Nelman was abandoned as an egg and found and raised by another family of gargoyles. Other then that, his backstory is mostly unknown as of now.

## Appearance

Nelman is very canine in appearance, resembling a xoloitzcuintli in some ways, but has has a very long neck with long torn ears and small horns on his head, making him look like a lanky giraffe. He has a long spiked head with his head and snout looking like a pigs, and has tusks like a wild boar, making him a somewhat swine-like. He has tough scales, large osteoderms, and a long thick tail, making him look a very draconic. He has a noticeable large scale at the base of his neck on his left side, and has tarsal scutes lining his legs. His skin is smooth and marble-like, and smells like wet cement.

He is dirty gray in color and his skin has a bit of a sheen to it, and he has very faint greenish-blueish stripes running down the length of his body. His scelera are darker grey, and his irises are lighter grey.

## Personality

Nelman is a very nice guy and loyal to his friends, While Friendly and sometimes even helpful, Nelman still has a penchant for pranks ranging from annoying to infuriating, though he doesn't go to some of the extremes that his gang does. He enjoys tripping people with his tail while camouflaged and other forms of amusing havoc. He likes causing mayhem with his two buddies Copper and Coal, and finds it hard to control his laughter whenever they start roasting each other. he is quite clueless, simple-minded, and at times unintelligent, which often leads to misunderstandings between him, Copper and Coal, who express frustration at his stupidity, and often gets his friends into trouble by accidently ratting them out. However, he is a loyal follower and usually does whatever as long as there is food involved, and Copper and Coal do view him as a valuable member of their team. and did I mention he loves food? the dude eats like a pig....Oh and that's not a Simile btw, I mean that *literally.*

## Abilities

* **Living Statue:** Nelman can lock his joints into place in any given pose, giving him the ability to stand completely motionless
* **Camouflage & Cloaking:** Nelman can change the color of his skin to camouflage, and can completely cloak and blend in with his surroundings to avoid detection. As long as those who stay under the cover of him will remain hidden as well.
* **Climbing:** Nelman is extremely agile, and an expert climber, using his sharp claws and long neck to climb effortlessly and with great speed, along with being able to leap great distances.
* **Mimicry:** Similar a macaw, Nelman is able to mimic literally any sound flawlessly. Including the voices of other people.
* **Sonic Squeal:** Nelman can release piercing squeals like a pig that can disorient humans and mythicals alike.
* **Prehensile Tongue:** Nelman doesn't have hands but he has a ridiculously long tongue like that of an anteater, which is longer then his body that he can use to do lots of things.
* **Regeneration:** Nelman has the power to unlimited body parts, if a part of him ever gets cut off, he can regrow it almost instantaneously. However he can never grow more body parts then he already has, just replace ones that have been lost. Sometimes he will eat his own tail out of boredom or gluttony.
* **Ocular illumination**: Nelman has the ability to project light from his eyes when in dimly lit areas.
* **Darkvision:** Nelman can see in the dark
* **Semi-prehensile tail:** Nelman is able to use his tail to grasp things, but not very well and often drops things.

## Relationships

### Family

* **Unnamed Biological Parents:** Biological Parents
* **Unnamed adoptive parents:** Parents
* **Coal:** Adoptive brother

### Allies

* **Coal:** Brother
* **Copper:** Leader

## Trivia

* Nelman was created on May 17th, 2022
* I always like to imagine if my OCs had voice actors/actresses, who they would be, and for Nelman it would be Justin Roilland.
* One of Nelman's favorite ways of trolling people is by doing shit like this
* This is Nelman's theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJei6DTSrDo
* Nelman's favorite food is ham.

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**: Nelman'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. despite the fact he is probably tall enough to walk along the bottom of most small bodies of water, he is the most terrified of it of the 3.
* **Aquaphobia:** Nelman has instinctive aquaphobia, and is naturally terrified by bodies of water, especially the ocean.

## Gallery

Nelman being stalked by a feathery beast known as.... PIGEONS..... By my good friend Proffessorpuffnadder on Deviantart for Inktober (dude is about to get shit on by pigeons 💀)Nelman Toying with Bubby before eventually getting caught and she grabs him by the head and starts slamming him around. She is surprisingly strong.Nelman hanging off a tree.Early Nelman Sketch