Mallory (or 'Hamlet') lore page:

Golden Guard OC (the Owl House)

Story

Early days:

He's a fairly late Grimwalker, made about 50 years prior to the events of the show, very very early days as Belos as Emperor, by this time Belos has almost perfected grimwalker creation, every time they become a closer and closer copy. This time he took a risk, using one of the more valuable of Caleb’s bones, his Jaw, to attempt to make a much closer copy. However, something went wrong during the creation process maybe the timing was off, maybe the ingredients where out of balance, whatever it was the outcome was an imperfect Grimwalker.

About half his left-side wasnt able to form properly, unable to maintain its shape. Belos made the quick design to use his palisman eating magic(/curse) to pretty much hold him together and stop him from falling apart entirely. He wasnt meant to last very long, Belos doubted he would even survive a week, but he did and as time went on his body became more stable, but an imperfect Grimwalker wouldn't do and Belos was determined to try again as soon as he could. But the Grimwalker creation process was long, gruelling and complicated. So, he assumed the role of Golden Guard in the meantime. He wasn't given a name, not at first, for he wasn't going to be in the role long enough to need one.

He is missing his entire left arm, which he wears a wooden prosthetic. He can't move it but i can be posed, it's pretty uncomfortable. To help his hte left side of his face maintain it's shape he has a mask coverning it.

In the first few weeks of his life, he is sent on a solo mission outside of the castle to gather supplies, on this first mission, he discovered a small pile of strange items that slipped though from the human realm amongst these items was a very battered copy of Willam Shakespeare's' Hamlet'. He already was beginning to gain a fondness for reading so decided to take the book with him.

Once back at the castle, curiosity got the better of him, and by nightfall he had read the entire thing. This quickly became a routine for him, during daytime he would do his duties as the Golden Guard and by night he would read the book, keeping it hidden on his person, tucked into his belt under his armour. He swiftly got very VERY obsessed with the story. He decided to adopt "Hamlet" as a name for himself, although never announcing it properly, it gave him identity.

Over the next few months Hamlet really works hard as Golden Guard, but things didn't quite go as originally planned for Belos. Due to an increase in rebel active he wasn't able to make a new Grimwalker, nor did he really want to get rid of Hamlet without a proper reason. Stright away and Hamlet had been surprisingly up for the task, so he decided to use Hamlet as his Golden Guard, for the next while. So, he decided he now needed a name and was named "Mallory." Mallory very pleased to be given a name, and the main focus of his life shifted back to being the Golden Guard and away from the play. However, he knew this could not last forever, he knew his time was limited, so he became very focused on proving himself. However, as time went on the magic used to prevent his body from falling apart began to spread, and it was slowly destroying him.