Owyn Goldleaf was born in Caislean to the moderately wealthy Goldleaf family. He began writing poetry at a young age, and quickly became known for the quality of it. During his late eighties he spent a short while in prison due to protesting against the increasingly xenophobic rhetoric being used by then-Queen Luciel I, before then being exiled and permanently relocating to the Greater Mor'Koc area, where he would meet a fellow expat named Imelda who he would marry.
His most famous work, the epic poem Elegy to the Age of Peace and Reason, was written during the battle over Thamragh off the coast of The New Republic of Bēti which he was able to see from where he was staying while in exile in Ādīsi Geneti at the time.
He died in his home in Hommlett in 3A 17 from pancreatic cancer, and was survived by Imelda and their son Leon. His granddaughter Bronwyn currently resides in his former home with her wife Willow.