This is all in apparent contradiction with the books' description of the Gargoyle as being made of stone, though it is possible that the gargoyle may be made of stone with a golden varnish.From the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets onwards, the Stairwell Gargoyle in the films was depicted as golden and resembling a griffin (possibly in allusion to the name Gryffindor, etymologically derived from the French for "golden griffin", or a simpler pun between the name Gryffindor and the Gargoyle being a "griffin door" to the Office).
Volunteer members of the Statute of Secrecy Task Force were able to return it to its original time. It is unknown, though probable, whether the Gargoyle was then repaired and reinstated in its duties after the Battle ended for good.ĭuring the 2010s, the Gargoyle appeared as a Foundable during the Calamity. While whether she made a serious attempt to force entry following her initial rejection is doubtful, the Stairwell Gargoyle apparently managed to hold his ground against Umbridge for the remainder of the year.Īt the end of the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger went to the Headmaster's office, and the Gargoyle (who had been a rather battered by the battle) let them in without a password, telling them to move along without worrying about itself. However, she was unable to penetrate the Headmaster's Office, shut out of it by the Gargoyle (presumably backed by the Sorting Hat and Headmaster portraits). Late in the year, Dolores Umbridge proclaimed herself the Headmistress of Hogwarts after Albus Dumbledore was forced to into hiding. The Gargoyle rarely spoke during its duties. The Gargoyle was tasked with guarding the stairway to the Headmaster's Office, only stepping aside if it heard the right password. Like all of the Hogwarts Gargoyles, it is likely that it was carved at some point in the past (before 1992, at any rate) and was enchanted into sentience. The Stairwell Gargoyle was a stone gargoyle, described as large and ugly.
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