Owen MacLeod was to be the protagonist in Highlander: The Game. Owen was an ancestor to both Connor and Duncan MacLeod. He was captured and enslaved by Romans 2,000 years ago, and was forced to compete as a gladiator. He suffered his first death during this period. Methos, then in Rome, became his mentor. He taught Owen about The Game. The premise of the game was that Owen embarked upon a quest to recover these fragments and restore the stone in an attempt to gain the power to overcome his foe.