Derek Maza is Elisa's older brother and, like her,
used to be a cop. A helicopter pilot he was offered a better job by
Xanatos as a pilot and bodyguard. Dispite Elisa's repeated warnings,
and even after meeting the Manhattan Clan, Derek took the job.
Shortly afterward while trying to protect Xanatos from his supposedly
"renegade" employee Dr. Sevarius he was injected with a mutagenic
agent. Transformed into a cat-like creature with giant bat wings and
an electric eels's ability to produce and discharge electricity, he
hid from his family and Elisa. With Sevarius supposed to be working
on a cure, he hoped to be back to normal before they realised what
had happened. Unfortunatley Sevarius was "killed" when the Manhattan
Clan burst into the GenUtech labs in order to rescue Maggie, whom
Brooklyn had become smitten with. Derek went into a rage, blaming the
Gargoyles and Goliath in particular for his fate. Taking the name
Talon he decided to help Xanatos destroy the clan. What Talon didn't
know was that Sevarius had faked his death on Xanatos's orders, and
that the not-so-good doctor had been working under Xanatos's
direction the whole time. Xanatos's plan was for the doctor to create
his own little "clan" of gargoyle warriors, loyal to him and willing
to do as he directed. When Talon finally discovered this he
reconciled with Elisa and Goliath and his hatred switched from the
gargoyles to Xanatos. The Manhattan Clan offered to take the Mutates
in, making them part of his clan.Taking his the rest of the Mutates,
Maggie, Scar and Fang, underground into the abandoned subway tunnels
he set up his own little society. The four lived with the homeless
and dispossesed that had no where else to go, with Talon the unspoken
leader. But trouble was brewing. Fang, a rowdy and greedy
personality, began to harrass the humans, shaking them down for food,
trinkets and whatever they had he might want. Aided by two human
bullies and Scar, who was bullied into it, they decided to have a
little coup after finding some high-tech weapons. Fang planned to
displace scar, leaving him to rule over this little underground
kingdom. He managed to capture Talon, but it was only temporary, the
Trio lead by Brooklyn managed to set him free.
Now forced to acknowlege that some one must lead, and the everyone
was looking to him, Talon took up the leadership of the Underground
Clan. He declared the underground a safe haven for all. Later he
extended the saftey of the tunnels to the clones of the Manhattan
Clan, where he hoped to teach them to be indepentent and think for
themselves.