75. Owen Burnett/Puck (Disney's Gargoyles)
Biography: 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.
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. 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.
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.
