When magic and science cross collide a storm is born. Two separate events that were scattered across the globe were happening at a moment that was in tandem with each other.

The first event was delayed for some reason that was unknown to them as something happened and the original plan to do this earlier was knocked off course. That being there was someone or something that was attempting to use a technology that was so advanced it was nearly able to be considered magic. After all, anything that was advanced enough would be almost no different than magic to those unaware of its true nature. Their goal is to petrify the entire human race...and the rest of the swallows as well(reasons unknown for both)

The second was now happening at the same moment as the first event unknowingly thanks to that delay. In Manhattan, a gargoyle that was named Demona used a valuable artifact on display at the museum: Titania's Mirror to summon the trickster Puck, of the Children of Oberon, to serve her. This was someone that knew legit magic. Not anything that was just technology so far advanced that it could be a mistake for magic because of its advancement. This was one hundred percent bona fide magic that was being used. After telling him to rid of a human named Elisa Maza only to discovered he had done what she wanted. She got rid of the human named Elisa Maza by making her into a gargoyle instead. Believing that trickster that was not serving her willingly would do exactly as she wanted. Demona without checking to see the result of her first order, want it to do to everyone else yet something was needed to extend the spell. Taken to a place where he could use as a transmitter to amplify his spell.

At the exact moment Puck used his spell that would transform every human in Manhattan into thinking they were always gargoyles just like how Elisa was now. That when it mixed with the mysterious figure's tech used to petrify all of humanity resulting in merge of magic and science that threw reality out of whack for a moment. Though it was only for a moment yet with the way things were it was already too late to restore things to the way they were before the two events happened. Thus making so that reality had to make do with what it was given rather than what it wanted to happen. Mixing and match various things to get the result that reality was looking for from what it had to work with. Starting with what would happen to humanity, that being they were all turned into gargoyles expanding what happened in Manhattan to the entire globe. Making so that everyone was always a gargoyle to start with.

Though reality had been changed to make so that all humans were now gargoyles and always thought this was the case. This did not really affect the Children of Oberon who were never human in the first place. For them, it was just the original three races that remained as such. It was just gargoyles replaced humans and the New Olympians replaced the gargoyles as merely the Olympians. No longer a hybrid race between humans and Children of Oberon but their own unique race that did not really interact with gargoyles outside of the age of Greek and Roman Mythology.

However, only being active at night did have various changes to the modern world as there were still all the technological advancements and inventions that existed when everyone was still human. However, these things were altered necessarily to fit the fact that they were stone for half of the day of course. Things like actual flight within planes were still possible with planes however global travel was only still possible through boats alone though. The dangers of flying to the other side of the world where it was no longer nighttime was a risk that only the daring was willing to take. There was a large chance that you would never be making it down in one piece as there would be no one left to land the plane once everyone on it turns to stone upon getting there.

Although there are records of gargoyles going around the globe this was more from using ships that could be stopped and kept in place while the sun was to. To ensure the safety of everyone on board though. Things like going around the world in a plane or living in a place where it was daytime half of the years were just things done by risk takers or those that like to live dangerously. Most just lived on their side of the world only communicate with the other side with a one day delay in their replies and response.

This might have made the world a smaller place since a good chunk of the population was stone at the time. It did not affect things as much one would have thought at least not too much. Though the biggest chances would have been to those that were gargoyles from before their change as their lives were totally changed from the fact that humans were always gargoyles as well. Becoming the dominant species on Earth with the idea of gargoyles existing in clans remained the same though. It just eventually clans grew so large that they became city-like and then from there state like. From that point, these state sized clans then banded together and thus the countries of the world started forming one by one. In the end, there were six massive continent size clans(with the city, state, country, and continent names all remaining the same)

Then the sudden attack was supposed to petrify the world and leave all of humanity stuck as statues for the next three thousand and seven hundred years. That was altered to fit instead of a different scenario one that expanded on what happened to the gargoyles currently known as the Manhattan Clan. That being they were turned to stone and stay that way for a thousand plus years. In this new reality rather than this happening in 994 it would instead happen in the modern day and affect the entire planet leaving them stuck in their stone forms for the next three thousand and seven years instead. Awaken once again not through the breaking of the spell but instead how they would otherwise if Puck's magic had not been mixed with the attempt to petrify all of humanity.