▁that ▁would ▁be ▁loyal ▁and ▁ob ed ient ▁to ▁him . ▁To ▁that ▁end , ▁he ▁tried ▁several ▁attempts ▁throughout ▁the ▁series ▁to ▁do ▁that ▁such ▁as ▁res ur rect ing ▁G oli ath ' s ▁brother ▁Cold stone ▁and ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁dead ▁g argo yles ▁from ▁the ▁Wy vern ▁Cl an ; ▁en list ing ▁the ▁services ▁of ▁a ▁" fre el ance ▁gen etic ist " ▁named ▁Dr . ▁Anton ▁Se vari us ▁to ▁craft ▁unw itting ▁human ▁subjects ▁towards ▁gen et ically ▁creating ▁his ▁own ▁cl an ▁of ▁g argo yle - like ▁mut ates ▁from ▁humans , ▁one ▁of ▁whom ▁was ▁El isa ▁Maz a ' s ▁younger ▁brother , ▁D erek ; ▁creating ▁a ▁clone ▁of ▁G oli ath , ▁and ▁perfect ing ▁the ▁Ste el ▁Cl an . ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁he ▁also ▁discovered ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁the ▁Ill umin ati ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁member . ▁ ▁When ▁his ▁attempts ▁to ▁create ▁his ▁own ▁g argo yle ▁cl an ▁failed , ▁X an atos ▁instead ▁changed ▁his ▁goal ▁to ▁acqu iring ▁imm ort ality ▁through ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁sor c ery ▁and ▁magic , ▁even ▁involving ▁himself ▁with ▁children ▁of ▁Ober on , ▁including ▁Ober on ▁himself ▁— ▁the ▁form id able ▁Lord ▁of ▁the ▁myst ical ▁island ▁of ▁A val on . ▁ ▁X an atos ▁would ▁meet ▁an ▁equal ▁in ▁Fox ▁and ▁marry ▁her . ▁It ▁was ▁on ▁this ▁occasion ▁that , ▁by ▁inv iting ▁G oli ath ▁to ▁the ▁wed ding