Owen

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Owen Garcia (欧文)
Species/Race	Human 26
Gender	Male
Affiliation	World Truth Society (vice-president); Abraham family; Divination Enthusiasts Club 5 8 134
Occupation/Role	Seer and aspiring professional diviner 26 134
First Appearance	Chapter 5

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Seer	26	Consumed the Seer potion under Cyril's supervision. The advancement caused a violent, temporary bodily transformation before he stabilized and succeeded; he subsequently began practicing divination and Spirit Vision. 26 33
Clown	101	Consumed the Clown potion despite the Abraham bloodline curse reacting to his surging spirituality. He later demonstrated a Clown's intuitive premonition by sensing Verdu before opening the door. 101 172

Background

Owen studied history at Backlund University and served alongside Cyril as a vice-president of the World Truth Society. After the deaths within the club, he and Cyril were its only surviving members. 5 7

His parents' deaths left him isolated and unfamiliar with close companionship. His father’s posthumous notes introduced him to mysticism, preserved Apprentice-pathway formulas, and concealed much of the family’s history; Owen spent two years seeking further occult knowledge and potion ingredients. 6 7 8

Owen is a descendant of the Abraham family through a branch that separated during his grandfather’s generation. Initially proud of the family’s ancient legacy, he hoped to restore its former glory, though reconnecting with surviving relatives made him understand the scale of the family’s decline and the burden attached to that ambition. 7 8 173 218

Appearance

Owen is a young, blue-eyed man who adopts an overtly classical look to establish credibility as a diviner. 6 172 134

• Wears formal clothing beneath a black robe embroidered with complex symbols and patterns. 134
• Uses a round hat, crossbody bag, and astrolabe as part of his diviner’s presentation. 172 134
• His blue eyes are a noticeable Abraham family trait. 101 172

Personality

Long periods of solitude initially made Owen awkward around others, but he quickly came to trust Cyril as a companion who understood the mystical world. He is earnest, excitable, and romantically drawn to the idea of reviving the Abraham family, even when his inexperience makes him easy to unsettle or mislead. 6 7 8

He is cautious when confronting genuine danger and readily acknowledges the limits of low-sequence Beyonders, yet he repeatedly accepts risky operations when they promise resources or answers. His concern for Cyril remains consistent: he helps plan operations, seeks healing treatment after Cyril is injured, and provides practical support despite being frightened by the situations surrounding them. 13 26 46

Owen values his faith in the God of Steam and Machinery and does not regard belief as something to be casually exchanged, even after relying on another existence’s protection against the full-moon whispers. 38 82

Abilities & Skills

Divination

As a Seer, Owen studies and performs several forms of divination, using both formal techniques and his own accumulated intelligence. 26 33

• Interpreted a Tarot draw of the Justice card as indicating that the person behind an incident held no malice toward Cyril. 33
• Used dream divination to identify the Black Wolf Gang as a profitable target with manageable danger. 33
• Uses pendulum divination to assess danger, including the uncertain threat posed by the pirate-ship treasure. 48
• Possesses Spirit Vision and had mastered common divination methods shortly after becoming a Seer. 33
• Follows the Seer principles of respecting fate and not treating divination as omnipotent. 26

Clown Intuition

After advancing to Clown, Owen can receive intuitive premonitions of nearby people or impending danger. 172 201

• Sensed Verdu waiting outside his home and mentally perceived his appearance before opening the door. 172
• Received a vivid danger warning during an attack, foreseeing his own clothes and surrounding objects turning hostile. 201

Occult Rituals

Owen can perform rituals drawn from Abraham family records.

• Summoned a blue, furry, spherical occult messenger to deliver his letter to the Council of Elders. 171
• Used the Abraham family’s inherited method to initiate contact with the Council after Cyril opened the family’s sealed metal box. 170 171

Bloodline Curse

The Abraham family’s curse manifests most dangerously during full moons. Once Owen became a Beyonder, the Gate’s whispers began to affect him directly, causing agony, loss of control, and grotesque physical changes. 81 101

• Cyril temporarily suppresses the whispers by responding to a specific honorific prayer and drawing Owen into a shadowed dimensional refuge. 81 165
• Owen regards this protection as a possible means of helping the wider Abraham family, prompting his early contact with the Council of Elders. 165 170
• Verdu remains wary of the method because of the Abraham family’s history with dangerous “great existences,” though Owen has safely endured multiple full moons through it. 173

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Fate Crystal Ball — An inheritance from Owen’s father. It interferes with divination and Beyonder intuition, can provide revelations from fate, and imposes minor dangers proportional to the revelation received. 9
• Pistol — Purchased at a Beyonder gathering; carried with fifty regular rounds and ten special rounds. 13
• Slumber Charm — A bone charm capable of putting a target, or an entire room of ordinary people with reduced effect, into deep sleep. 17
• Paralysis Charm — Previously used to paralyze the Highlander gangsters; later stolen from Owen by Jacob’s Wallet during the Black Wolf Gang operation. 6 35
• Citrine Pendant — Used for pendulum divination. 48
• Abraham family badge and sealed metal box — Family heirlooms containing parchments and the means of contacting the Council of Elders. 170 171

Relationships

• Cyril — Classmate, fellow World Truth Society vice-president, partner in multiple operations, and mentor in Owen’s transition to the Seer pathway. Cyril also protects him during full-moon episodes. 5 26 81
• Verdu Garcia — Abraham family Council of Elders member who re-established contact with Owen’s branch. Their relationship begins tensely after Owen exposes family information but develops around their shared concern for the family’s survival. 172 173
• Lawrence — An Abraham family elder and Owen’s mysticism teacher; Owen finds his strict teaching reminiscent of public-school remedial lessons. 218 275
• Father Utravsky — Priest whom Owen approaches for healing treatment after Cyril is shot; Utravsky ultimately provides assistance despite Owen’s initial intimidation. 46
• Owen’s father — Left behind the occult notes, Fate Crystal Ball, potion formulas, and family heirlooms that shaped Owen’s entry into mysticism. 7 9 170

Story Role / Major Arcs

World Truth Society

After surviving the deaths surrounding the original World Truth Society, Owen and Cyril take leave from the university and later re-establish the organization as a mutual-support society for exploring mysticism. Owen enthusiastically imagines it one day rivaling the ancient families. 5 8

Changing Pathways

Owen initially intended to consume an Apprentice potion on a full moon, unaware of the danger posed by his Abraham heritage. Cyril persuades him to exchange his inherited Apprentice formulas for the Seer pathway instead, and Owen successfully becomes a Seer. 7 8 26

Gang and Pirate Operations

Owen assists Cyril in operations against the Blood Axe Gang and Black Wolf Gang through divination, route planning, charms, and backup. The Black Wolf operation yields a share of valuables worth roughly 2,000 pounds, but also exposes him to the True Creator’s lingering corruption. 16 33 38

Later, a Fate Crystal Ball revelation leads Owen and Cyril to infiltrate a pirate ship for Clown and Astrologer potion materials. Owen is affected by the ship’s mental corruption and follows Cyril’s lead in escaping through the Mirror World. 48 51

Abraham Family Contact

After finding a way to endure the full-moon whispers, Owen opens his father’s sealed inheritance with Cyril’s help and writes to the Council of Elders. Verdu’s arrival confirms Owen as the last survivor of his separated family branch and draws him into the Abraham family’s ongoing struggle. 165 171 172 173

Pursuit of Advancement

Owen continues digesting his Clown potion and gathering materials for a Magician potion while being recognized by Verdu and Lawrence as one of the Abraham family’s greatest hopes for future protection. 258