David Xanatos
Billionaire responsible for breaking the Magus' spell over the Gargoyles. Determined, practical and brilliant, he searches for eternal life and comfort, and finds something altogether different.- Affably Evil: Impeccably polite to his enemies. He seems to legitimately like Goliath most of the time, although the feeling is almost never mutual... even to this day.
- Amazon Chaser: For Fox. You can see them sparring.
- Anti-Hero: After his sort-of-Heel–Face Turn. He's still an amoral machiavellian bastard, but one who's willing to at least partially work with the gargoyles rather than always against them and whose Pet the Dog relationship with his family is much more pronounced. But he's also still an...
- Anti-Villain: Type I.
- Arch-Enemy: To Goliath initially, and others.
- Badass Bookworm: This CEO is no pencil pusher.
- Badass Normal: He can hold his own with Goliath and even Oberon with his own gadgets and know-how.
- Beard of Evil
- Berserk Button: Quite subtle, but Hudson's needling him about being terrified of growing old does seem to push a few key places.
- Big Bad
- Brainy Brunette: He's highly intelligent.
- The Chessmaster
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: "A man's gotta make a living." We seldom see what that actually means though.
- Deadpan Snarker
- Determinator: "Nothing terrifies me, because nothing is beyond my ability to change."
- Enemy Mine
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Is extremely protective of his son Alexander and loves his wife Fox (who herself wasn't exactly a hero).
- Evil Genius: He personally built the technology his billion dollar company sells.
- Evil Virtues: Ambition, Hard Work, Love, Patience, Responsibility, Resourcefulness, Determination, Loyalty, Honor. (Yea, for being a Big Bad, he has a lot of these.)
- Fascinating Eyebrow
- Fiction 500
- Friendly Enemy: He rather likes the Manhattan Clan, although the feeling isn't mutual (although they eventually stop thinking of him as a pure evil, so that's worth something).
- Graceful Loser: Xanatos always takes losses well and considers revenge beneath him.
- Happily Married: To Fox.
- Heel–Face Turn: Kind of. It's less that his personality changes and more that his priorities shift.
- The Illuminati: A Thirty-Three.
- I Love You Because I Can't Control You: His feelings for Fox.
- Immortality Seeker: "What good are all the riches in the world if Fox and I can't can't enjoy them forever?"
- It's Personal: Explicitly averted. Xanatos spent enough money to build a skyscraper expressly to free the gargoyles, funds advanced robotics, cloning and bio-engineering facilities without showing any concern for the costs involved, and spends not a cent on revenge, ever.
- The Man Behind the Man: Behind the Ultra-Pack
- Manipulative Bastard
- Marry for Love
- Missing Mom: According to Greg Weisman, Xanatos' mother is deceased, and his father Petros is unfortunately a widower.
- Nothing Personal: "You are taking this much too personally."
- Papa Wolf
- Powered Armor
- Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: How he originally freed the gargoyles. Money is never an object to him.
- Self-Made Man
- Tranquil Fury
- Villainous Friendship: Owen is the closest thing he has to a best friend.
- Villain with Good Publicity
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: He thought he could impress his dad by being a Self-Made Man, but it's not until he shows himself as a Papa Wolf that he finally gets his dad's praise.
- Wicked Cultured: As a billionaire, he enjoys the finer things in life, such as living in an authentic Scottish castle. As for how he became a billionaire....
[[Owen Burnett/Puck
Xanatos' right-hand man and confidant. Smart, capable and loyal — the perfect employee. He's actually Puck, a trickster spirit that became Owen for kicks, and because Xanatos is "many things, but never boring."- Affably Evil: So polite he borders on The Stoic.
- Battle Butler: To Xanatos. Be it fighting, carrying out plans, Owen does it quickly and efficiently.
- Creepy Monotone
- Deadpan Snarker
- Disability Super Power: A fist made of stone hurts more than one made of flesh and bone. Xanatos remarks that he makes "Good use of his handicap".
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul
- Punch-Clock Villain: He's not really evil; he just works for Xanatos.
- Sealed Inside a Person-Shaped Can: Owen is the can.
- Secret Identity: He's Puck.
- The Stoic
- Straight Man
- Taken for Granite: Has a stone arm after dipping it in the Cauldron of Life.
- The Trickster
Fox
Xanatos' true love and equal. Formerly Janine Renard, she legally changed her name to Fox.- Action Mom
- The Chessmaster
- Cunning Like a Fox: Duh, even if Xanatos overshadows her.
- Dark Action Girl
- Deadpan Snarker
- Evil Redhead
- Eyepatch of Power: Not exactly an eyepatch, but that blue tattoo covering her right eye comes close.
- Fiery Redhead
- Half-Human Hybrid: Daughter of Queen Titania
- Happily Married
- Mama Bear
- Marry for Love
- Meaningful Name: As pointed out in Cunning Like a Fox, it's a given, but her given name is also meaningful. "Renard" is the name given to the fox character in old French animal tales. There has been talk about the coincidence of Goliath having a nemesis named "David." When you consider that "Janine" is a feminine version of "Jonathon"...
- Übermensch
Alexander Fox Xanatos
Xanatos' and Fox's son. Bruno
The head of the Xanatos Enterprises Security Force.- Badass
- Mauve Shirt
- Mook Lieutenant: If he's not the outright chief of Xanatos Enterprises' Security Forces, he's still high-ranking.
