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Owen Harper comes from the television show 'Torchwood'. In Adam it is revealed that Owen had a difficult relationship with his mother, and that he left home young. Despite his apparently skewed moral sense in "Everything Changes", in "Ghost Machine", a different side of him emerges when an alien artefact forces Owen to witness the rape and murder of a young woman named Lizzie Lewis in 1963. Unable to do anything but watch, Owen comes out of his vision with a strong sense of responsibility toward Lizzie. Though he's denied backup from Torchwood, Owen tracks down the killer (Ed Morgan), now an old man, and confronts him with the knowledge of his crime. Initially, Owen's intention was just to scare the man, but as Morgan's growing paranoia fuels him into a confrontation, Owen loses his temper, threatening Morgan with his own confiscated knife and coming within an inch of killing him. He is talked down from the brink just in time, thanks to Gwen's intervention.

In "Out of Time", Owen enters a sexual relationship with Diane Holmes, a temporal refugee, and develops an emotional connection to her. He explains he has never felt as strongly for any of his other partners (presumably including Gwen). The accompanying website features suggest that Gwen still harbours feelings towards Owen, which he does not return. Diane leaves at the end of the episode, flying into the Rift. In "Combat" Owen is still despondent over Diane's leaving and breaks off the affair with Gwen. Owen is also shown in this episode to have no fear of death, and to be at that point suicidal, as he says to Jack that he did not want to be saved. In the episode's closing scene, Owen is seen now with the ability to be able to scare a Weevil and unusually make it cower away.

In "Captain Jack Harkness", Ianto and Owen scrap for leadership of Torchwood Three with Jack gone, but Owen clearly states that he is next in command after Jack (and the deceased Suzie). Owen attempts to open the Rift with the pretence of rescuing Jack, but really wishing to find Diane. He is shot by Ianto as he tries, but succeeds anyway. Eventually, Owen opens the Rift, saving Jack and Tosh but ultimately causing apocalyptic results.

In "End of Days", Owen's actions have caused a worldwide disaster as time fractures. Owen is fired by Jack after little provocation, despite protest from Gwen and others. An apparition of Diane Holmes later appears, convincing him to return to the Hub and open the Rift completely, believing he will be able to save her. Supported by Ianto, Tosh and Gwen (each similarly coerced through loss of love ones) Owen overthrows Jack's leadership and shoots him several times in the head. After releasing the demon Abaddon, it is defeated by Jack who had resurrected himself. Jack eventually resurrects a second time, only to forgive Owen for what he had done. In an intensely vulnerable moment for the character, Owen breaks down and cries in Jack's arms after being forgiven.

After Jack's disappearance Owen, along with the rest of the Torchwood Three team, was dispatched on a "wild goose chase" to the Himalayas by Mr. Saxon. Owen comes to Los Angeles to aid another branch of Torchwood, due to a promotion from Captain Jack Harkness, shortly after the episode 'Adam'.*

* - This is written specifically for the game tenebrae_nostro
I am not Burn Gorman, nor am I affiliated with anyone having to do with 'Torchwood'.
This is a RP journal where I role-play Owen Harper, and is used solely for fun.
For more information on the Torchwood fandom, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood

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