Owen Hobbad

**Owen Hobbad** is Adam Peterson's friend and roommate within his main story route who serves as the second love interest. He is the ex-partner of Fiona, whose relationship with remains friendly after their breakup. He is also one of the members of Safeplanet who made a cyber attack on Carter Corp as the "Man in the White Mask" also known as both "Mask" or "Masque" .

*"Ah! That's the second reason why Adam will probably want to kill me. I just wanted to warn you that I was going to seduce you."*
-Owen Hobbad

*"For me, it's putting the other person's needs and feelings before mine. So if you're happy with Adam, that's what matters the most to me."*
-Owen's thoughts on love

## Appearance

At first glance, Owen was seen as a person who you have to take care of yourself to not get hurt, but is actually quite comprehensive and straight with certain things, like when he says to the player that she just wants to have a roll with Adam and leave him, thus hurting his feelings .

His distinguished trait is a scar on the right side of one of his eyes and dark hazel eyes. He has dark auburn hair below the ears and a medium brown skin, as well as a thin beard. He also has a tribal tattoo on his left chest.

Owen has three outfits within his portrait; his first outfit where he shows his bad boy image unlike the Ortega brothers, he wears a black leather sports jacket with belts on each side, a charcoal gray short sleeved undershirt, black jeans and shoes. He also wears a silver loose necklace on his neck.

His second outfit is his casual outfit which consists of a beige long sleeved sweater shirt with the sleeves fold into cuffs, light orange torn jeans which reveals his knees and shoes. He also wears two black necklaces on his neck, one is from his neck and the other one is loose with four light blue beads and a black, blue and silver watch on his left wrist.

When he was with Fiona after Adam went surfing with the player on the beach, Owen only wears a pair of gray and black stripped swim shorts with the waistline being black with white linings in each sides. His tribal tattoo on his left chest was finally exposed which reaches through his left shoulder and the tattoo resembled a crescent axe. He also wore sweatpants with the same color as his sleeping attire.

As the "Man in the White Mask" when they made a cyber attack on Carter Corp, Owen wears a white mask which conceals his face as the player recognized him from his dark hazel eyes and his facial expression, but it was never shown on screen.

## Personality

Owen has a very gruff exterior within his personality during his introduction upon meeting with Adam and the player. He has a strong character and authoritarian, although knowing him a little is kind and direct with the things around Adam, since he cares for him to have a soft and shy personality at certain times. He and Adam are not exactly as good as friends as both are only pretending to be good friends to meet with the player but in later chapters they were indeed friends but are conflicted due to their interests with the player. In the near end of Chapter 2, Owen was revealed to be a smoker as he smoked cigarettes while he was with his ex-partner Fiona to call Adam after he had surfed with the player at the beach. The player also describes Owen as a taciturn with a sinister agenda.

In Chapter 5, it was revealed that Owen is one of the members of Safeplanet after the player immediately recognized him as the man in the white mask who threatens all the employees including her during the cyber attack at Carter Corp. as the player recognizes him from his evil expression and his dark hazel eyes especially when Colin recovers the pirate video made by them in his office.

However in Chapter 6 onward, Owen reveals that he has feelings towards the player after the incident between both of them. He gives her a farewell kiss before leaving the party which implies that he was upset for being heartbroken but not knowing that Adam had saw them which makes himself jealous. He was the only person that gave the player some friendly advice about Adam and his family before Adam catches up to them as he shows his friendlier side towards the player. His friendlier side became more apparent in the bad ending when the player decides to make friends with him which he gladly agreed after she and Adam had already ended their relationship. In the final chapter of the story, he always gives some advice to the player regarding Adam's sacrifice to his group and calmly accepts the player's apology after being interrogated by the authorities because of their relationship. Although in the bad ending, he shows Owen his calm side when the player decided to make friends with him.

In Ryan's story within the third and final season which takes place three years after both seasons, he seems to be neutral towards the player and Ryan as well as their group being involved on Ryan's assassinations and decided to help them on their investigation along with Parker Sparke.

In Colin's story within the second season which takes place in six months, Owen is revealed as a co-manager along with Adam in their aquatic sports shop named Green Surf Lodge and also befriended the player due to her friendship with both Adam and Colin. Prior to the mini concert by Nightmareden and being introduced to Malaïka, Owen also reveals both her and the player that he is a junior world champion in surfing during his teenage years and Adam confirms it when the player asks him about his accomplishments. In Chapter 8, Owen is a nice businessman when it comes to business as female customers came by to buy their wares. But it was disrupted by Adam due to his mood swings sustained from his drug addiction, leading him to have a massive fall out with him and Owen had decided to make a surf business on his own after he had disgusted Adam for intaking prescription medication due to his drug addiction. Despite his plan to have his own business however, Owen remains concerned to his friends and learning that Adam was hospitalized due to drug overdose, causing him to inform Colin and the player about Adam's condition. In the end of Chapter 10, Owen decided to help both Colin and the player after learning of Josh's true motives for making a robbery set-up with the Creep at their store in the beginning.

## Season 1

In the bad ending he went to the player's apartment to check on her after Adam had gone on the run from the cops. He was jealous to see Matt on the player's couch and she called him out on being jealous. He then pushed her against a wall and the two began to make out in her kitchen before she pushed him away. Months had gone by and the 2 hadn't talked since but he was usually seen watching the player leave work which bothered her and she texted him to please stop. While she was at Starlite he texted her back saying that he would leave her alone from now on which broke her heart. She then left Starlite and rushed to his apartment which shocked him when he saw her. She told him that she needs time and she doesn't know what she can give him at the moment but asked if they can be friends. He gladly agreed and said they can be friends for now which symbolizes that they will start something in the future.

## Season 3 (Ryan's Route)

Owen alongside Derrick, Fiona and Adam made their second appearance at the first chapter taking a night surfing on the beach as they meet Ryan Carter and his new family. In Chapter 5, Owen let the player and Parker Sparke speak with Derrick at his apartment which happens to be the main headquarters of Safeplanet, regarding about one of their members named Yannis, an assassin who had attempts to assassinate Ryan. Owen didn't like the player at first and found her untrustworthy and suspicious, and the feeling was clearly mutual, but as time went on, Owen and his friends began to like the player and started to trust each other, and deem each other as trust worthy allies.

## Season 2 (Colin's Route)

Owen is revealed to be a co-manager along with Adam of their aquatic sports business named Green Surf Lodge in Montauk, New York and he also befriended the player who visits their shop often. Before Adam, Doris and the player set up their mini concert for its grand opening, Owen meets Malaïka when the player introduced her and he reveals that he has a girlfriend who is competing in a surfing competition in Hawaii and his accomplishments of becoming the junior world champion in surfing. Adam manages to find and he scolded him to check the sound equipment and also confirms Owen's accomplishments in his teenage years. He then goes on stage to check the equipment for their concert. Owen also helped Colin surprise the player when he came back from his tour. Throughout the chapters, he was the one handling Adam's shop when he was hospitalized only they break away in Chapter 8 when Adam is displaying his violent tendencies on his drug addiction. He also informs both Colin and the player about Adam getting hospitalized from a drug overdose. In Chapter 8, he returns the money to Adam after his own business is a success. At the end of Chapter 10, Owen also learns of how Josh acting nice during the interview and knowingly of his shady acts. He decided to help both Colin and the player to stop Josh and his true motives and realizing his obsession to the player as both he and Colin teams with the player who decided to become an accomplice in dealing against Josh.

## Allies

* The Main Character (Adam)
* The Main Character (Ryan)
* The Main Character (Colin)
* Adam Peterson (sometimes)
* Derrick Tremblay
* Fiona
* Lisa Parker
* Colin Spencer (Colin's route)
* Parker Sparke (sometimes)
* Malaïka
* Doris

## Enemies

* Josh
* Ryan Carter
* Colin Spencer (Adam's route)
* Adam Peterson (sometimes)
* Mr. Peterson
* Matt Ortega
* Parker Sparke (sometimes)
* Creep

## Trivia

* His personality and the tribal tattoo on his left arm is later shared by Mike Stover in Blue Swan.
* He bears a resemblance to actor Jared Padalecki, mostly known for his role as Sam Winchester from the Supernatural series. He and Matt also bear a slight resemblance to Kyo Kusanagi from the The King of Fighters series.
* He's the only love interest whose last name is never revealed in the story.
	+ It was revealed in a survey released by the official Is it Love? Facebook page that his last name is Hobbad.
* He and Lana Escobar are the only characters whose last names aren't revealed in the story, but were revealed through various other ways.
* He has gained a cult following in fans over the years.
* Many fans have wanted him to have his own story that would be a continuation of Adam's story so his and the player's relationship can evolve.
* He never had feelings for Fiona, which is why he wasn't hurt when she was trying to get with Adam.
	+ He does however have genuine feelings for the player, which is why he tries to hide his hurt when she chooses Adam over him.
* Lisa Parker supported and even encouraged the player wanting to pursue him in his ending even though she and Owen had never met in Adam's route, which would make her his ally.
* According to Adam, Owen once put underwear in the oven to dry it.
* His favorite genre of music is country, and he dislikes heavy metal and rock music.
	+ But despite his hatred for for heavy metal music, he supports Adam's band, Nightmareden.
* Depending on the player's choices, she will admit that she would have probably ended up with Owen if she had met him first.
* He looks like and often acts like Caleb, a character from the series Hero from the popular mobile app game, Choices.
* His age was revealed to be 25.
	+ This makes him one of the few love interests to be the same age as the player.
	+ It's unknown if he is 25 or 28 in season 3 of Ryan Carter's story route.
* Although he never directly talked to Matt, he had disdain for him after seeing him in the player's apartment due to jealously which would make him his enemy.
* He, Jake Stewart and Julian Devolt are the only love interests that are confirmed smokers.
* In chapter 7, there is a writing error where the player says that Adam could misinterpret Colin's presence in her apartment rather than saying Owen's presence in her apartment.
* There is a theory that Owen will get a story route sometime after Mark Leviels' season 1 ends or after Colin Spencer's season 2 ends.
	+ It's possible that we will get a mini-series instead.
* Owen is possibly right handed due to him wearing his watch on his left wrist.
* Owen claims that he has a girlfriend in Colin's route which has created a speculation of theories from some fans.
	+ One of the theories is that he is lying and is actually single.
	+ Another one being is that his girlfriend in this route is Fiona since she is a surfer and has not appeared in Colin's route yet.
	+ One theory is that his girlfriend is actually a teaser and reference to the future main character of a possible Owen story route. Owen will more than likely get his own story route one day, so the future main character being referenced now isn't that far fetched.
	+ One theory created by a fan is that his girlfriend is actually the main character from Adam's route, in an alternate timeline where she either met Owen before Adam, or chose to be with Owen instead. The former would be more likely though since Adam never mentions her in Colin's route.
* Giorgio Maccini bears a resemblance to him in the secret image he appears in from Ryan Carter's story route.
* In his Halloween chibi form, Owen cosplays as Eric Draven, the main protagonist of the 1994 film, The Crow and was portrayed by the late Brandon Lee who is the son of the legendary martial artist, Bruce Lee.
* He shares the same portrait stance with Aiden Williams from Mystery Spell.
* Apparently Owen's nose is crooked and possibly broken, possibly after fight according to the main character when she remarks about his appearance.