Malphas is a minor character in The Owl House. He is the master librarian at the Bonesborough Library.
Appearance[]
Malphas is a large, humanoid, bird-like demon who towers over both Luz and Amity in size. He has bluish-gray skin, a hunched back, and a bird-like face with glowing yellow eyes. He also has two tassels hanging off his beak and a pair of large, gray wings he can use to cloak himself. He appears to have two small horns on his head. He is primarily seen riding on top of a large book with the word "Staff" on its binding. He wears a black cloak with a purple top, along with a pair of reading half-moon glasses. His hands have four clawed digits.
He, like a majority of the library staff, has a gold medallion with a symbol of a book. When his appearance is obscured by his wings, he gives the appearance of having one eye.
Personality[]
Malphas is a kind and reasonable individual, but can be incredibly intimidating and strict when he needs to be. He seems to be rather talkative.
Background[]
As Master Librarian, Malphas is charged with hiring various library employees and is the only librarian authorized to enter the Forbidden Stacks; anyone who trespasses in the Forbidden Stacks will either be fed to the bookworms or fired. One of his employees, Amity Blight, was given the task of reading books to children as well as a private study where she could spend time away from her family.[1]
However, Malphas caught Luz and Amity sneaking around inside the Forbidden Stacks, a place that was off-limits to anyone but himself. He is extremely disappointed in Amity and she is fired on the spot, taking away her staff/library card. Later, he is approached by Luz who convinces him to give Amity her job back in exchange for completing trials for Malphas, a few of which include categorizing man-eating bugs and taming a paper dragon.[2] Luz succeeds and Amity is then reinstated as a staff member and given her card back.
Sightings[]
| Season 2 | ||||||||||||
| The Owl House Main Theme: | Absent | |||||||||||
| The Owl House Credits Theme: | Absent | |||||||||||
| 1. "Separate Tides": | Absent | 11. "Follies at the Coven Day Parade": | Absent | |||||||||
| 2. "Escaping Expulsion": | Absent | 12. "Elsewhere and Elsewhen": | Absent | |||||||||
| 3. "Echoes of the Past": | Absent | 13. "Any Sport in a Storm": | Absent | |||||||||
| 4. "Keeping up A-fear-ances": | Absent | 14. "Reaching Out": | Absent | |||||||||
| 5. "Through the Looking Glass Ruins": | Debut | 15. "Them's the Breaks, Kid": | Absent | |||||||||
| 6. "Hunting Palismen": | Absent | 16. "Hollow Mind": | Absent | |||||||||
| 7. "Eda's Requiem": | Absent | 17. "Edge of the World": | Absent | |||||||||
| 8. "Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door": | Absent | 18. "Labyrinth Runners": | Absent | |||||||||
| 9. "Eclipse Lake": | Absent | 19. "O Titan, Where Art Thou": | Absent | |||||||||
| 10. "Yesterday's Lie": | Absent | 20. "Clouds on the Horizon": | Absent | |||||||||
| 21. "King's Tide": | Absent | |||||||||||
Behind the scenes[]
Name and basis[]
Malphas' name and appearance are inspired by the Goetic demon of the same name from the Ars Goetia. In demonology, the demon is described as a Great President of Hell who appears as a raven or crow that grants his conjurer buildings and the destruction of enemies.
Voice[]
Malphas is voiced by Fred Tatasciore, who also voiced another librarian of the Bonesborough Library, Gary.[1]
Debut[]
Malphas debuted and only appeared in "Through the Looking Glass Ruins".
Foreign voice actors[]
| Language version | Actors | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 German
|
Christian Wolf |
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dana Terrace, Rachel Vine, Zach Marcus (writers) and Aminder Dhaliwal (director) (February 28, 2020). "Lost in Language". The Owl House. Season 1. Episode 7. Disney Channel.
- ↑ Dana Terrace, Molly Ostertag (writers) and Bo Coburn (director) (July 10, 2021). "Through the Looking Glass Ruins". The Owl House. Season 2. Episode 5. Disney Channel.