Jack is a mentioned NPC and the late mentor of Hugo Vlad and Von Lycaon.

Profile

Jack was a phantom thief who knew grealty about the injustice in the world and would bring fairness to it with his actions.^[3] In his later years, Jack taught the young Hugo Vlad and Von Lycaon his craft. Despite his age; and health later on, Jack continued to go on heists with his students.^[4] Jack would pass away due to an unkown illness he had been dealing with for a long while.^[1]

History

Prior to the events of Zenless Zone Zero, Jack was the mentor to a young Von Lycaon, teaching him the art of thievery. After coming across Hugo Vlad, a young noble who had recently ran away from his home and abusive family, Jack took him under his wing, feeding the two, despite having little income; and teaching Hugo valuable life lessons and how to be a phantom thief. Jack also explained to them the injustice of the world and how they should strive to bring fairness to the world whilst not judging the lives of others' or taking life, believing it to be sacred.^[3]

Sometime during his later years, Jack had been diagnosed with an unknown illness, which he kept a secret to his two students, and continued to go on heists with them, even though he was unable to keep up with them.^[4] Before his death, Jack spoke with Lycaon privately. He explained how despited Hugo being a gifted child, he would draw his power from evil due to a curse that ran in his lineage - a curse that fate branded him with. He warned Lycoan about the "seed of evil" inside of Hugo, that he must not let it take root and ensure the noble-blooded student doesn't go down a path of evil, even if it means having to "choke" him.^[5] Unbeknowst to both of them, Hugo had overheard the entire conversation, leading to him feeling confused about himself.^[6]

Sometime after his private chat with Von Lycaon, Jack sucummbed to his illness, passing away peacefully in his sleep. He had left instructions for Lycaon and Hugo to follow after his death and was buried somewhere in the Outer Ring.^{[Note 1]}

Commission and Event Appearances

Phaethon's Story Episodes

• Bury Your Tears With the Past (A)
  • Episode 5: Destined to Meet Again
  • Episode 10: Before Taking the Stage
  • Episode 11: Destiny at Your Fingertips
• Bury Your Tears With the Past (B)
  • Episode 9: Applause for the Mockingbird

Story Commissions

• Bury Your Tears With the Past (A)
  • Fateful Reunion
  • Who Stares into the Abyss

Trivia

Etymology

• In the Russian, Vietnamese and Portuegese versions of the game, Jack is given the honorifics of Дядя Dyadya, "Uncle", Lão "Old man" and Velho "Old" respectively, each being used when talking to an older male in a respectful manner.

HoYoverse Shared VA

• Jack shares the same English voice actor, Justice Washington, with Seed Sr..

Gallery

Cutscene Stills

Video

Other Languages

Language	Official Name
English	Jack
Chinese (Simplified)	老杰克 Lǎo Jiékè
Chinese (Traditional)	老傑克 Lǎo Jiékè
Japanese	ジャック Jakku
Korean	잭 Jaek
Spanish	Jack
French	Jack
Russian	Дядя Джек Dyadya Dzhek
Thai	Jack
Vietnamese	Lão Jack
German	Jack
Indonesian	Jack
Portuguese	Velho Jack

Change History

Notes

References