![[Obsidiana]](obsid6.jpg)
Gender: Female
First Appearance: "The Green"
Other Appearances: None
Obsidiana is the second-in-command of a gargoyle clan based in a rain forest in Guatemala. Her clan protected the trees of the forest from any threat, from forest fires to loggers and farmers. To fulfill this duty, she, and her fellow clan members Zafiro, Turquesa, and Jade, were given magical crystals linked to a Mayan sun amulet that allowed them to remain flesh both day and night.
One day, while the four were on patrol, robbers invaded the Mayan temple that the Guatemalan clan called home, stole the sun amulet, and smashed the sleeping members of Obsidiana's clan, reducing the clan to only the four crystal-wearing gargoyles. From that point on, two of the four would guard the temple while the other two patrolled the forest.
In 1996, the corporation Cyberbiotics made plans to construct a facility in the rain forest protected by Obsidiana's clan. To prevent this, the clan began committing acts of sabotage intended to discourage construction. However, the acting head of Cyberbiotics, Preston Vogel, hired mercenaries Jackal and Hyena, formerly of the Pack, to stop their destructive actions.
Soon after, Goliath, Angela, Elisa Maza, and Bronx, who were on their Avalon journey, came upon Obsidiana and Zafiro as they were under attack from Jackal, Hyena, and a group of armed Cyberbiotics construction workers. The Avalon travelers rescued them, and the two took the travelers to their Mayan temple home and explained their mission and history. Obsidiana took an instant liking to Elisa.
That night, after seeing some of Zafiro's extremism in his protection of the jungle, Elisa tried to convince Goliath and Angela not to go with Obsidiana and Zafiro on their sabotage run on Cyberbiotics, but they were not swayed. During the resulting battle, Obsidiana's wing was hurt. Soon after, Jackal began to burn down the rain forest in a path to the Guatemalan clan's Mayan temple, and Obsidiana's clan and the Avalon travelers stopped fighting Jackal to put out the fire. During the fire-extinguishing actions, Obsidiana lost her crystal pendant, and it was found by Bronx.
The sun rose, and Jackal swooped down, hoping to disfigure Goliath and destroy the other gargoyles, including Zafiro's clan, whom he thought now slept during the day because Hyena had gone to New York City and, he assumed, destroyed the Mayan sun amulet that powered their crystals. Obsidiana's transformation to stone was misinterpreted by him to prove this. Zafiro, Jade, Turquesa, and Bronx took out Jackal, and Elisa Maza gave Obsidiana her pendant back. Fortunately, her brief stone sleep healed her hurt wing.
As a result of these events, Preston Vogel had Cyberbiotics give up on its rain forest operation, and the 'Green' was safe once more. The next night, the Avalon travelers returned to Avalon, with Jade and Turquesa in tow. Jade and Turquesa were to transplant samples of rain forest plants to Avalon to preserve those plant species, while Zafiro and Obsidiana remained to protect the jungle. Presumably, Jade and Turquesa returned soon afterwards. At this time, the four are probably still protecting the rain forest from any threat.
Obsidiana has all the abilities and traits normally possessed by gargoyles, including claws, talons, wings that enable her to glide, eyes that glow red when she is enraged, a prehensile tail, and strength significantly greater than that of the average human. She also can turn into an organic stone-like substance during the day, and she regenerates at a faster rate while in this "stone sleep." Thanks to a magical crystal pendant she wears, however, Obsidiana does not turn to stone by day, and suffers no detrimental effects from her lack of stone sleep.