The Owl House follows Luz Noceda, a teenage girl who's always been told she's too weird. On her way to a summer reform camp, she follows an owl through a door and ends up on the Boiling Isles, a world built on the corpse of a giant Titan, where witches and demons live under the rule of a masked emperor. She refuses to go home, talks a wanted criminal into teaching her magic, and discovers that a human can cast spells by drawing glyphs.
Dana Terrace, a former storyboard artist on Gravity Falls, created the series for Disney Channel. It premiered in January 2020 and ran for two full seasons. Disney then shortened the third season to three long specials, which concluded the story in April 2023. The show is known for its expressive animation, its heartfelt found-family story, and its LGBTQ+ characters, including a lead couple at the centre of the plot.
- Creator
- Dana Terrace
- Network
- Disney Channel
- Run
- 2020–2023
- Seasons
- 2 full seasons + 3 specials
- Setting
- The Boiling Isles
The residents of the Owl House
The Owl House is Eda's home, a living building with a demon in the front door. It becomes the home base for a family nobody planned.
Luz Noceda
Human witch apprentice
Luz is a fantasy-obsessed, endlessly energetic teen from Gravesfield, Connecticut. She doesn't have a bile sac, the organ witches use for magic, so she figures out how to cast with glyphs drawn on paper instead. She's brave, impulsive and loyal to a fault, and she struggles with the guilt of lying to her mother and with the fear that she breaks things just by being herself. Her journey from outsider to someone who helps save an entire world is the spine of the show.
- Voice
- Sarah-Nicole Robles
Eda Clawthorne
The Owl Lady
Eda is the most powerful witch on the Isles, a con artist who sells human junk at market and refuses to join any of the Emperor's covens. She's also cursed: without a special elixir she turns into a feral owl beast. She takes Luz as an apprentice almost by accident and becomes her second mother. Her arc is about learning to stop running from her curse, her past and her family.
- Voice
- Wendie Malick
King Clawthorne
Self-proclaimed King of Demons
King is a small, skull-faced demon who insists he was once the feared ruler of all demons and will be again. He's mostly adorable and very funny. In season two he starts to uncover his real origin, and the answer, that he's the child of a Titan, ties him to the history of the Isles themselves. He's Eda's adopted son and Luz's little brother in all but name.
- Voice
- Alex Hirsch
Hooty
House demon
Hooty is the Owl House's door: a long, stretchy owl-shaped demon who loves conversation far more than anyone loves talking to him. He's an irritant and a running gag, but he's also loyal and, when it counts, unexpectedly heroic.
- Voice
- Alex Hirsch
Lilith Clawthorne
Eda's sister · Former coven head
Lilith was the leader of the Emperor's Coven and Eda's older sister. The show reveals she placed the curse on Eda as a teenager, meaning to win a competition, and has carried that guilt ever since. She switches sides in season one's finale, and her slow, awkward reconciliation with Eda is touching and funny.
- Voice
- Cissy Jones
Camila Noceda
Luz's mother
Camila is a nurse and a single mother who sends Luz to camp because she's worried about her. She has no idea where her daughter really is for most of the show. When she finds out, she becomes one of the series' warmest characters and a surrogate parent to more than just Luz.
- Voice
- Elizabeth Grullon
Hexside School and friends
Hexside is the Isles' school of magic, where students are sorted into tracks like abominations, illusions and plants. Luz talks her way into studying all of them, which the system was never designed for.
Amity Blight
Top student · Luz's girlfriend
Amity is the top student in the abominations track, from the wealthy and powerful Blight family. She starts out cold and snobbish, a girl living under her parents' pressure to be perfect. As she gets to know Luz, she becomes kinder, braver and openly in love. Her relationship with Luz is one of the most celebrated parts of the show.
- Voice
- Mae Whitman
Willow Park
Plant witch
Willow is a gentle, steady plant witch who was unfairly placed in a class for weak students. Once she finds her footing, she turns out to be one of the strongest witches at Hexside and a star flyer derby captain. She's raised by two dads and is the friend who keeps everyone grounded.
- Voice
- Tati Gabrielle
Gus Porter
Illusion witch
Gus is a younger student who skipped grades and runs the school's Human Appreciation Society. He's thrilled to meet an actual human, and his enthusiasm and skill at illusions make him a fun foil for Luz. He gets some of the third season's best moments.
- Voice
- Issac Ryan Brown
Edric and Emira Blight
Amity's older twins
Amity's older brother and sister are pranksters who tease her mercilessly and, as the show reveals, care about her a lot. They're comic relief with a softer side.
Boscha
Popular bully
Boscha is a three-eyed flyer derby captain and the queen of Hexside's mean crowd. She's a classic school bully who never quite learns her lesson.
Vee
Basilisk in the human world
Vee is a basilisk who escaped the Emperor's experiments and took Luz's place at camp, disguised as her. She builds a real relationship with Camila, and her story is about getting to choose who you are.
The Emperor's Coven and the Golden Guard
Every witch on the Isles is pressured to join one of the official covens, which limit them to a single type of magic. The Emperor's Coven sits above all of them.
Hunter
The Golden Guard
Hunter is Belos's teenage enforcer, a witch hunter who believes completely in his "uncle's" mission. In season two, he learns he's a Grimwalker: a clone Belos made from the likeness of his brother, Caleb. Hunter breaks free and joins Luz's circle. His story is about rebuilding yourself after you discover your life was a lie, and his bird palisman, Flapjack, is with him for all of it.
- Voice
- Zeno Robinson
Raine Whispers
Head of the Bard Coven
Raine is a non-binary witch, head of the Bard Coven and Eda's ex. Raine joined the coven system hoping to change it from within, and is leading a secret resistance. Their history with Eda gives the show a gentle, grown-up love story.
- Voice
- Avi Roque
Kikimora
Belos's assistant
Kikimora is a small, ambitious demon who serves the Emperor and despises Hunter. She's petty and dangerous, and her loyalty to Belos never wavers.
- Voice
- Mela Lee
Darius and Eberwolf
Coven heads
Darius is the theatrical head of the Abomination Coven and secretly part of the resistance. He becomes an unlikely mentor to Hunter. Eberwolf is the bestial head of the Beast Keeping Coven, who barks rather than talks.
Odalia and Alador Blight
Amity's parents
Odalia is a cold, controlling businesswoman who manages her children like assets. Alador is an abomination expert who works for the Emperor and is mostly absorbed in his job. Both are key to Amity's story, and Alador gets a partial turn in the last stretch.
Villains
Emperor Belos
Ruler of the Boiling Isles
Belos is the masked emperor who forces witches into covens and claims to have been chosen by the Titan. In truth he's Philip Wittebane, a human witch hunter from seventeenth-century Gravesfield, Luz's hometown. He came to the Isles centuries ago, has extended his life with stolen magic and is planning a "Day of Unity" that would drain every witch on the Isles. He's cruel and self-righteous, and he's the show's most frightening villain.
- Voice
- Matthew Rhys
The Collector
Ancient celestial being
The Collector is a childlike being of immense power, one of a race the Titans once fought. Belos has been promising to free them. When that happens, they treat the whole world as a game. The Collector isn't evil exactly, just a lonely child with no idea of consequences, and that's what makes them so unsettling, and so sympathetic.
- Voice
- Fryda Wolff
The Owl House voice cast
| Character | Voice actor | Also known for |
|---|---|---|
| Luz Noceda | Sarah-Nicole Robles | Voice work |
| Eda Clawthorne | Wendie Malick | Hot in Cleveland, The Emperor's New Groove |
| King, Hooty | Alex Hirsch | Creator of Gravity Falls |
| Amity Blight | Mae Whitman | Katara in Avatar, Parenthood |
| Willow Park | Tati Gabrielle | Chilling Adventures of Sabrina |
| Gus Porter | Issac Ryan Brown | Raven's Home |
| Lilith Clawthorne | Cissy Jones | Firewatch |
| Hunter | Zeno Robinson | Voice work in anime and games |
| Emperor Belos | Matthew Rhys | The Americans |
| Raine Whispers | Avi Roque | Voice work |
| Camila Noceda | Elizabeth Grullon | Voice work |
| The Collector | Fryda Wolff | Voice work in games |
Mae Whitman also voices Katara in Avatar: The Last Airbender, and King is voiced by Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch, Dana Terrace's former boss.
All Owl House character names A–Z
A–B
- Alador Blight — Amity's father
- Amity Blight — Hexside
- Belos — Emperor
- Boscha — Hexside
C–E
- Caleb Wittebane — Belos's brother
- Camila Noceda — Luz's mother
- The Collector — celestial being
- Darius — Abomination Coven
- Eberwolf — Beast Keeping Coven
- Eda Clawthorne — the Owl Lady
- Edric Blight — Hexside
- Emira Blight — Hexside
F–K
- Flapjack — Hunter's palisman
- Gus Porter — Hexside
- Hooty — house demon
- Hunter — Golden Guard
- Kikimora — Emperor's aide
- King — Owl House
L–P
- Lilith Clawthorne — Emperor's Coven
- Luz Noceda — protagonist
- Odalia Blight — Amity's mother
- Owlbert — Eda's palisman
- Philip Wittebane — Belos
- Principal Bump — Hexside
R–W
- Raine Whispers — Bard Coven
- Vee — basilisk
- Willow Park — Hexside
What the characters are really about
The Owl House is about people the system rejects. Luz is too weird for the human world, Eda refuses to join a coven, King doesn't know what he is, and Hunter was built to obey. Its villain is someone who decided the people he feared shouldn't exist at all.
- Luz and Eda are the show's central found family: a lonely kid and a lonely adult who choose each other.
- Amity and Hunter both escape controlling parents or guardians and have to work out who they are without them.
- Eda's curse is a gentle metaphor for chronic illness and disability, and the show's answer is adaptation, not a cure.
Fans of the show tend to love Gravity Falls, Steven Universe and the more adult Hazbin Hotel. Luz also has a place in our guide to great female protagonists.
Watch order
- Season 1 (2020) — Luz arrives on the Isles; mostly episodic, ending with a big confrontation with the Emperor.
- Season 2 (2021–2022) — more serial, with major reveals about Hunter, King and Belos.
- Season 3 specials (2022–2023) — "Thanks to Them", "For the Future" and "Watching and Dreaming", which end the series.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the main character of The Owl House?
Luz Noceda, a fourteen-year-old Dominican-American girl from Connecticut who stumbles through a portal into the Boiling Isles. She becomes the apprentice of Eda Clawthorne, the Owl Lady, and finds a way for a human to do magic.
Do Luz and Amity get together?
Yes. Amity starts as Luz's rival, develops feelings for her during season one, and the two become a couple in season two. They're one of the first main same-sex couples in a Disney Channel animated series.
Who is Emperor Belos?
The masked ruler of the Boiling Isles. He's revealed to be Philip Wittebane, a seventeenth-century human witch hunter from Gravesfield who arrived on the Isles centuries ago and built an empire to destroy witches from within.
Who voices King in The Owl House?
Alex Hirsch, the creator of Gravity Falls. He also voices Hooty. Luz is voiced by Sarah-Nicole Robles and Eda by Wendie Malick.
What is Hunter in The Owl House?
Hunter is a Grimwalker, a magical clone Belos created from the likeness of his brother, Caleb. Belos raised him as the Golden Guard. Hunter breaks away in season two and becomes a friend of Luz and her group.
Why was The Owl House cancelled?
Disney cut the planned third season down to three extended specials. Creator Dana Terrace has said the decision was about the show not fitting the channel's brand rather than ratings. The three specials aired from late 2022 to April 2023 and finish the story.