Have you considered telling the story from the point of view where a grandfather is explaining to his grandson how the gargoyles came to live in the same kingdom as the humans? Maybe the amulet's power is in the fact that it does keep the gargoyles alive and they are bound to serve whomever has it in their possession. Could even be a lead in to a longer story of how it is stolen by someone who wants to overthrow the rightful human leader and set themselves up in his/her place. And of course either the grandson or another boy/girl ends up going on a quest to retrieve it from the thief.
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