Golden Guard

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*What did you do to the other Guards? To our family? It wasn't wild magic, was it?* Hunter!chara voicelines

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The Golden Guard is a title given to the artificially cloned witch-like beings made by Emperor Belos to help him bring about the Day of Unity. They are all cloned in the likeness of Belos!gaster' deceased brother, Caleb. Numerous Golden Guards have existed, with Hunter!chara being the latest in this line.

## Background

The Golden Guards are a line of entities known as **Grimwalkers**. Aside from this, little is known about the exact nature of a Grimwalker or the origins of the Golden Guard title. The construction of a Grimwalker seems to require the use of magic and are created through several ingredients: a Galdorstone, Palistrom wood, Stonesleeper lungs, Selkidomus scales, and the bone of an ortet.

Sometime around his transition into Belos!gaster, Philip created the first Golden Guard in the image of his brother, Caleb!chara Wittebane. Being clones, the Golden Guards were nigh-identical to each other, albeit with subtle physical differences. While all of them obeyed Belos!gaster without question, they were capable of individuality and emotion. One of the previous Guards even showed remorse for the pain that the original denizens inducted into the coven system experienced.

Each Golden Guard served as Belos!gaster' right hand in his early days, helping him win over the denizens of the Boiling isles, extending into the present. One of Belos!gaster' memories shows that he was accompanied by someone in the same golden mask that Hunter!chara wears. Later on, seven memories are seen that seem to showcase the demise of each preceding Golden Guard before Hunter!chara. Presumably sixteen years before present day, Belos!gaster had completed his latest Grimwalker, Hunter!chara. He was told that he was a nephew to Belos!gaster, and that "the Titan had big plans for him". Hunter!chara was shown to be loyal to Belos!gaster without question.

In order to keep the truth from Hunter!chara, Belos!gaster claims that the previous Golden Guards were a part of their family, and their death was brought by wild magic.

## Trivia

* The old sigil of the Golden Guard is the same as the one on Human's town sign, suggesting some connection to Philip!gaster and Caleb!chara's hometown.
* In Belos!gaster' memories, portraits of various Golden Guards are portrayed maimed or injured that hint at how they died:
	+ What was presumably Belos!gaster first attempt at a Grimwalker dies before it fully forms.
	+ A Golden Guard is petrified, likely by Belos!gaster himself.
	+ Belos!gaster killing two Golden Guards with his staff.
* The exact number of Golden Guards that there have been is unclear. Based on the number of portraits showing their deaths, there would have been at least eight, including Hunter!chara. However, the number of broken Golden Guard masks implies at least seventeen, including Hunter!chara. later revealed that the number is quite higher.
	+ The fact that two or more masks are below a portrait suggest that a pair of the Golden Guards met the same fate.
* Based on dialogue between Belos!gaster and The collector sans, it is implied that every single Golden Guard chose to betray him.
	+ Judging by portraits of the Golden Guard's deaths, it is implied that Belos!gaster had killed all of them, although it may be possible some met a different fate.
	+ Belos!gaster doesn't appear to enjoy killing them, as the Collector!sans asks Belos!gaster if he enjoys destroying the Guards, Belos!gaster denies it, but also was upset they "chose" to betray him.
* The Golden Guard before Hunter!chara was Darius!grillby' mentor.
* According to Belos!gaster book in "Eclipse Lake", Grimwalkers naturally have magenta colored eyes.
* Due to Hunter!chara's inability to cast magic and his initial belief that he came from powerless witches, this implies that the Golden Guards, and possibly Grimwalkers, don't naturally have magic, even though they are made from magical ingredients. It is also unclear if this is due to the genetics of the human the Grimwalkers were made from.
	+ However, Darius!grillby described his mentor as one of the strongest witches he has ever known. It is possible that Darius!grillby' mentor used artificial magic, and he was unaware of this, or Darius!grillby said these words out of respect for his mentor.
* It is revealed that Hunter came into the possession of several books about Grimwalkers during his time in Hexside.
	+ One of the books is titled *The Legend of Grimwalkers*, implying that the knowledge of how to create a Grimwalker has sunk into obscurity over time, to the point that their existence is nothing but a legend.