Goliath and his mentor return to the castle and find their clan has been smashed during the day. When Goliath and his mentor arrive back at the castle, they find it has fallen and their clan has been massacred. The captain tries to stop him, but Hakon won't listen. Hakon asks him why he betrayed his kind, the captain retorts "They're not my kind." Hakon decides to smash the gargoyles.
Castle Wyvern falls to the Vikings, and all the human residents of the castle, refugees and nobles alike, are taken prisoner and led away by the triumphant Vikings. Princess Katherine appeals to the captain, who is revealed to be the traitor. The castle guards try to stop them, but their bows' strings snap, as was intended by the traitor, who opens the castle gates and lets the Vikings in. Goliath and his mentor find the Vikings, only to realize they had followed a decoy group, and realize too late they have been led away from the castle when the sun comes up, leaving the castle wide open for attack by Hakon and the main Viking army. Meanwhile, the traitor cuts the strings of the castle's bows. This meeting causes a fight between the four gargoyles and the humans, which is broken up by Goliath, who banishes the four gargoyles to the rookery. Meanwhile, the clan's watchdog and three of its younger members meet a boy named Tom, who likes the gargoyles. Goliath refuses and instead intends to bring the clan's previous leader with him to finish the job. That night, the captain and Goliath's mate urge him to go after the Vikings with the entire gargoyle clan to finish them off.
The next day, a hooded man rides to the Vikings' camp and offers Hakon a bargain that will deliver Castle Wyvern into his hands. Goliath is shown to be tolerant of this attitude. It's revealed that the human inhabitants dislike the gargoyles, except the captain, due to regarding them as "unnatural creatures" and instead of paying Goliath respect, the Princess insults Goliath, to the ire of both Goliath's mate and the captain. Afterward, the Captain presents Goliath to be honored by Princess Katharine, the ruler of Castle Wyvern. When the sun goes down, the gargoyles come to life and drive the Vikings off, with Hakon bearing witness personally to the awakening of the leader of the Wyvern Clan, Goliath, who makes it clear the Vikings are not welcome in the castle. One of his men expresses misgivings about attacking a castle full of gargoyles this close to sunset, but Hakon angrily silences him before ordering a full-scale charge, with him personally grappling up to the highest turret. In the year 994 AD, a medieval castle in Scotland is attacked by a band of Vikings led by Hakon.
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