Lexington

Lexington

Lexington is one of the gargoyles of the Wyvern clan and later the Manhattan Clan, and a member of the trio.

History

Like his rookery brothers Brooklyn and Broadway, Lexington was hatched in the Wyvern Clan rookery in the year 958. He and they became close friends during their childhood, thus forming the trio. They and Bronx survived the Wyvern Massacre of 994 thanks to their having been confined to the rookery for getting into a fight with some of the humans, and so were not found and shattered by the Vikings. Lexington and the others, however, were afterwards turned to stone by the Magus, and remained in stone sleep for a thousand years, finally awakened when Xanatos moved Castle Wyvern to the top of the Eyrie Building.

Lexington was fascinated by the modern world, and particularly its technology, and remains so still. Even before his long sleep, he was intrigued by complex mechanical devices, such as the catapults that Hakon and his Vikings used to attack Castle Wyvern. Upon his awakening, he eagerly investigated the technological devices of New York in the 1990’s, such as Vinnie’s motorcycle (with disastrous consequences for both the motorcycle and Vinnie). He also learned how to build his own, constructing a motorcycle for Brooklyn out of spare parts and rebuilding the Pack’s helicopter to make it more effective.

Lexington has since become the clan’s technical expert, who works out how to disarm advanced security systems, access information from computers, and so on, whenever the clan needs his help with such things.

Alongside Lexington’s passion for things mechanical, he holds also a deep grudge against the Pack. Shortly after the clan awoke in New York, Lexington (alongside Brooklyn and Broadway) became fascinated with the Pack, and believed them to genuinely be the valiant heroes that they played on television. He therefore sought them out, hoping that they could become new friends and allies to the gargoyles. The Pack pretended to accept his friendship, however, in order to lure him and Goliath into a trap for the fun of hunting them. Lexington was crushed at the discovery of how they had betrayed them, and hated them with a vengeance ever since. Indeed, his grudge against them has been so bitter that it has led him to occasionally forget his priorities, and endanger himself or his fellow clan members.

Lexington’s feud with Fox has ended, however, thanks to a third keystone in his life; his close friendship with Alexander Xanatos. Lexington and Alex first developed their rapport when Alex temporarily possessed him in order to use his body and vocal organs to cast "soul transference" spells involving the Coldtrio; Lexington warmed to Alex as a result and this process deepened further after the clan moved back into the castle. For Alex’s sake, therefore, Lexington has made peace with Fox. His current attitude towards Dingo is unknown, although it is safe to assume that he still dislikes Jackal, Hyena, and Wolf, the three unreformed members left of the original Pack.

At some point in the future, Lexington will play a part in the founding of the Lexington-Xanatos Corporation. The details for this are as yet unknown, however - beyond the fact that the LXM robots, which this corporation will be manufacturing by 2198, are modelled after him in appearance.

Future Tense

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"Future Tense" Lexington

The most nightmarish part of Goliath's journeys in Avalon was the part-prophetic vision Puck sent him into, a blasted 2036 version of Manhattan in which Brooklyn had marshalled the humans, gargoyles and mutates of the city under his control in an attempt to fight Xanatos, who had wrecked and conquered the city and was trying to take over the world. Lexington was decked out in numerous cyborg replacements and armor, and was truly a cybergoyle. He exhibited a resentment and hatred of Goliath for his abandonment. Unfortunately for Goliath and the others, Xanatos had died years before, and Lexington was the one who had conquered the city and set in motion an unstoppable plan of world conquest.

Lex lured them to the castle where Broadway, Brooklyn, Demona and Angela were destroyed and very nearly killed Goliath in his Xanatos guise, but in an act of supreme will Goliath survived the incredible damage inflicted on him and destroyed the Xanatos form. After finding out that Lex was the true mastermind, Goliath tried unsuccessfully to stop his plan of world conquest, and escaped from the castle with Puck, who he thought was Elisa. These events made Goliath resolve finally to go home and to see that they never came about, and he sent the Gate into the timestream without a mind to guide it to prevent Puck or anyone else from ever gaining it again.

Characteristics

Lexington is the smallest of the trio, and because of this and his large eyes, looks younger than he really is. His most distinguishing feature is his wings, which are attached to his arms in a web-like structure, evocative of the wings of a flying squirrel. His wings are pierced, which allows him to wear a loincloth. He has khaki-colored skin, and a hairless head. Greg Weisman has revealed that Lexington is in fact homosexual, though no one, including Lex himself, is aware of this yet.

Lexington received his name in 1994, soon after his awakening in New York, naming himself after Lexington Avenue. A common nickname of his is "Lex".

Behind the Scenes

Voice Actor: Thom Adcox