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Sir Owen of Jesslaw was a knight in the realm of Tortall. He fought in the Scanran War alongside Keladry of Mindelan.

Biographical Information

Early life

Not much is known about his early life, except that his mother was killed by bandits when he was young, prompting his hate for them and his dream of ridding Tortall of them. He learned his tactless ways from his father, according to his cousins. This made Fief Jesslaw a sort of madhouse.

Page Years

Owen of Jesslaw entered page training in 453 HE[1], a year after Keladry of Mindelan. He was sponsored by Roald II of Conté, the Crown Prince of Tortall. He became friends with Kel when she stopped Joren of Stone Mountain and his friends from bullying Owen, after the boy had ventured into a library on his own. He joined the study group that Kel's friends had formed, that took place in Neal's room. After the incident in the library, Kel decided to move the group there to keep Joren from harassing new pages there. Owen was very excited by this prospect and skipped along on the way to the library.

When the pages had to serve during the banquet for Midwinter, Owen was one of those targeted by the sabotage set up by Joren and his cronies. When Master Oakbridge assigned Owen to wait on a table of young ladies that included Kel's sisters, Owen was afraid, saying that he would rather be assigned anywhere else due to his fear of girls who giggle. Owen wanted to fight Joren, but was stopped by Kel, who said that if they picked a fight, they would just look bad.

During summer camp, when Wyldon had split the pages into groups, Owen was in Kel's group, along with Faleron of King's Reach, Neal, and others. While hunting, they stumbled into a band of bandits, and were forced to run to a cliff where they claimed to await Lord Wyldon's party. After the fight, when Wyldon mistook Kel's nausea, Owen defended her, saying that she was only sick from the climb, and not from the fight. He also said that without her, they would be dead, and that she "saved their bacon". Throughout his time as a page, Owen was a staunch supporter of Kel, a good friend, and incredibly loyal to her.

After Kel had rescued Lalasa Isran, missing the big exams completely, everyone was sure that she would either quit or redo her four years as a page. Owen was crying when she came into the mess hall, but smiled tearfully when Kel joked that she would have another year with him. When the Lord Magistrate revealed that Kel would be permitted to take her exams, as outside forces that were not under Kel's nor Wyldon's control prevented her from being on time, Owen cheered along with his cousins, Warric of Mandash and Iden of Vikinson Lake, and other first-years whom Kel helped during her time as a page.

Squire Years

Owen became a squire in 457 HE, the year of the Grand Progress. This made it so finding a knight-master for Owen was nearly impossible, as no one was in a hurry. Knight in the Progress simply gallivanted around, not wanting nor needing a squire, and knight who weren't claimed that a squire would slow them down. As Owen wanted desperately to become a bandit hunter and to gain field experience, this wasn't boding too well for him. He was assigned to be Sir Myles's squire until he found a knight-master. This meant paper shuffling and doing errands. He said that even though Sir Myles was a good enough fellow, he wanted a proper knight-master. As Myles only needed him for some work, Owen was mostly at the beck and call of the Master of Ceremonies, which annoyed and frustrated him to no end.

After Wyldon of Cavall resigned from his post as training-master, due to two failings that year, Kel suggested to him that he take on Owen as his squire. Wyldon agreed and Owen was ecstatic, even though Wyldon promised to break him to bridle. He went north with Wyldon to do what he could against Scanran raids.

In 460 HE, at the start of the Scanran War, Owen was still a squire to Lord Wyldon. When he met Kel and company at the fort, Kel was amazed to see how much Wyldon had changed him from his jolly, rough and tumble ways. She was pleased to see that Wyldon hadn't completely broken him to bridle when Owen neglected to spirit Duke Baird away immediately, instead content to say hello to his friends. After Wyldon assigned Kel to the care of refugees, Owen was ashamed for not finding out and warning Kel earlier.

After the Scanran raid on the refugee camp, Haven, Owen went after Kel into enemy territory with Tobeis Boon, Kel's new servant. Everyone tried to convince Owen to return to Wyldon, as he would break faith both with the Crown and his knight-master for doing this. Owen refused.

Owen proved to be a valuable warrior on this trip, showing his growth as a squire and as a fighter. At the battle of Castle Rathhausak, against Blayce's minions, Owen fought well. His favorite horse, Happy, died in the fighting, which made him distraught, as he was a gift from Lord Wyldon.

After they returned to Tortallan soil, Owen, Neal, and Kel met with Wyldon, kneeling before him. When Wyldon asked if they had anything to say for themselves, Owen confessed that he got Happy killed and that he was sorry for breaking faith with his knight-master, although he'd "do it again under the circumstances". Wyldon said that he was sorry for the loss of the horse, but he'd be sorrier if Owen was killed, as he took pride in his young squire. This surprised all three of them.

Traits and Characteristics

Owen is described as having a very jovial temperament, even in dire straits. He is loud, boisterous, and not afraid to get into a fight with someone older, bigger, and more experienced than he is. This had made him a legend among the pages. He is determined and willing to fight for what and who he believes in.

Physical Description

In Page, he was described as being short and chubby with a round face, and blond hair. In Lady Knight he was described as stocky and strong.

Appearances

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