![[Owen Burnett]](owen.jpg)
Gender: Male
First Appearance: "Awakening" Part II
Owen Burnett is the mortal guise of Oberon's Puck, a disguise based on the aspect of the human Preston Vogel. As Owen, the Puck was in the employ of Titania's human husband, Halcyon Renard, at Cyberbiotics when he met the young David Xanatos. Intrigued by Xanatos, the Puck made him an offer: one boon from Puck, or a lifetime of service from Owen Burnett.
Xanatos chose Owen.
It has never been made clear if Xanatos knew that Owen is the Puck at the time the bargain was struck, nor at what point prior to "The Gathering" Xanatos learnt of Owen's dual identity--if he knew prior to "The Gathering" at all.
Owen has served Xanatos ever since, in whatever capacity Xanatos requires of him-- including majordomo, confidant, and even nanny. He appears to have no ties outside of the Xanatos household, excepting his liaisons with the Renard family through Anastasia (Titania). He has no hobbies, no pastimes, no quirks, no eccentricities. He is solemn, confident, collected, and has the very refined accent of a BBC newsreader who has lived abroad for decades.
Owen is of medium build, tall for a human, and wears spectacles. For the last third of the series, his left hand and forearm are stone, due to his thrusting it into the Cauldron of Life, ostensibly to prove his loyalty to Xanatos. Owen is completely loyal, competent, discrete and capable. While on the surface he seems utterly unflappable, he has lost his composure on-screen twice-- In "City of Stone" when he realized which spell Demona was casting, and in "The Gathering" when he learned Titania had taken Oberon to husband again.
When Oberon recalled his Children to him, the Puck was torn. While he was loyal to Oberon, he was also loyal to David and Fox Xanatos. Hoping to postpone the Gathering, Owen installed devices in and around the Eyrie Building to protect the newborn Alexander Xanatos from fay intervention. The devices failed. Owen confronted Oberon, first as Owen, then in his true form of the Puck. Oberon beat him, though not without significant losses.
Owen's punishment was to remain wholly and completely human, without access to his true form, unless instructing or protecting Alexander Xanatos. He was also banished from the Isle of Avalon.
Owen and the Puck are one and the same. Although their demeanors may seem incongruous, the faces they show the outside world represent two extremes; the frivolous, mischievous, playful Puck and the dour, cold, crisply British Owen. But there are moments when the spark of hobgoblin can be seen in Owen's cool gaze, and when the Puck can burn with cold clear focus. Never mistake the face that looks out for the sole true aspect.
In Greg Weisman's Master Plan, Owen would have continued serving Xanatos and go on to serve Alex. By 2198, Owen would have been the Chief of Staff to Secretary General Alexander Fox Xanatos IV. When the Space-Spawn invade and abduct Alex along with the rest of the world leaders, Owen will resign his position and place all of the Lexington-Xanatos Corporation's resources at the Resistance's disposal.
Owen Burnett is a normal but extremely physically fit human male in his thirties. He is skilled in unarmed combat including martial arts training.
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