{"product_id":"where-the-night-finds-its-guardian","title":"\"Where the Night Finds It's Guardian\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere the World Watches Back series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWTWWB - Mythic - 03\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThey were carved when the city still believed in guardians—when hands shaped \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003estone, and every rooftop carried a quiet vow: you will be \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003ewatched over. Time passed. Belief thinned, then vanished. The voices that once \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003enamed them fell silent, and the sky filled with advancements. But the gargoyles did not forget. They remained—through winters \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003ethat split their stone, through summers that baked the streets below, through the slow, steady erosion of their purpose. Waiting. They wake only at night. Their bodies groan with the weight of centuries, wings loosening dust like breath after a long sleep. They step down from their perches and move along the bones of the city—rooflines, ledges, forgotten heights where no one else walks. They do not wander without motive. They listen. for footsteps that hesitate in the wrong places. For voices that turn sharp in the dark.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eFor the small, weak sounds of something—or someone unprotected. They\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e remember what they were made for. Not the prayers. Not the praise. Their promise. So they keep watch— over alleyways and empty streets, over lost souls and quiet corners, over the times where the city is too desperate to be kind. They gather what is at risk: fear, sorrow, anger left to grow unchecked—and carry it, heavy and silent, so it does not take root in the places that are vulnerable. They cannot leave. Because they are not just part of the city—they are what holds it together in the darkest hour. They are its oldest promise, still being kept. And if you walk home late enough, and the night feels just a little less empty than it should— it’s because something ancient is still choosing to stand between you and the dark.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eMixed media painted on a skateboard \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e31\"h by 8\"w\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tanis Gray Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54897998463267,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/0335\/2099\/files\/9386.jpg?v=1775347825","url":"https:\/\/tanisgray.com\/products\/where-the-night-finds-its-guardian","provider":"Tanis Gray Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}