[[folder: Ultima ]]  [[WMG: The Gargoyles were weeks away from
defeat when the Avatar created the truce.]] They were running
out of the two items that made them "Balrons." An Yelm potion,
their "sleep breath" was LostTechnology to them; and what gave
them such utter power and strength in battle; silver serpent
venom; wasn't feasible anymore since it killed any who ingested
it and they just did not have the numbers to justify
WeHaveReserves. Hence the supposed previous invincibility of
their attack; and their total lack of threat in gameplay. These
two factors also are what lead them to creating a gate to summon
the False Prophet to kill him. They were desperate.  [[WMG:
Gargoyles were created/altered by Mondain to be the vessels for
Daemons to become Balrons. TimeTravel freed most of them.]]
Supposedly ''Ultima 6'' explained that what we thought were the
most evil of the random monsters in 1-4 were a "simply
misunderstood" race whose sleep powers were due to a potion they
carried around, and super strength fr