A gargoyle on a rooftop - by Adam Paquette; ©Wizards of the Coast
Gargoyles and grotesques are decorative statues in Tamrielic architecture. Stories also tell that when imbued with magic they have been known to come to life as terrible creatures.
A snarling gargoyle; ©Bethesda Softworks
Design [ ] Gargoyles are typically sculpted in stone, bearing wings and often horns. The design of particular gargoyles is largely determined by the vision of the artist who sculpts them, as some will have hulking bodies, while others will be the size of an imp .
History [ ] Quotes [ ] Notes [ ] Sentient
Mortal Cultures
Other Sentients Mythical Sentients
Daedra • Demons • Dragons (Ice Dragons ) • Harpies • Nereids
Animals
Birds
Crows • Eagles • Hawks (Bone Hawks • Felsaad Terns ) • Heron • Pheasants • Ravens • Shrikes
Insects
Ancestor Moths • Ants • Bees • Bliss Bugs • Butterflies (Blue Butterflies • Green Butterflies • Monarch Butterflies • Purple Butterflies ) • Dragonflies • Moths (Luna Moths ) • Shellbugs • Silt Striders • Torchbugs
Mammals Reptiles Sea-Dwelling
Abecean Longfish • Catfish • Clams • Coral • Crabs (Coral Crabs • Mudcrabs ) • Crayfish (Pearlescent Crayfish ) • Cyrodiilic Spadetails • Dhufish • Dories (Radiant Dories ) • Dreugh • Groupers (Eltheric Groupers ) • Histcarp • Krakens • Longfin • Minnows • Nordic Barnacles • Octopodes • Pearl Oysters • Quicksilver Lingwe • Salmon • Silverside Perch • Slaughterfish • River Betties • Whales • Lingweloce
Mythical
Plants
Flowers
Peonies (Stargazer Peonies ) • Poppy
Grasses Herbs Plants
Dragon's Tongue • Salloweed • Snowberies
Fungi
Mushrooms
Mushroom • Bleeding Crown • Blister Pod • Blisterwort • Cairn Bolete • Cinnabar Polypore • Dryad Saddle Polypore • Elf Cup • Emetic Russala • Fly Amanita • Fungus Stalk • Glowing Mushroom • Green Stain • Hydnum Azure • Hypha Facia • Imp Stool • Lavendarcap • Luminous Russala • Mora Tapinela • Namira's Rot • Steel-Blue Entoloma • Stinkhorn • Summer Bolete • Swamp Fungal Pod • Tinder Polymore • Violet Coprinus • White Cap • Wisp Stalks • Worm's Head
Spores
