Anthony 'Tony' Michael Dominic DeSaxe IV, also known under his family's traditional moniker of Hades, is the former King of Underworld of the Four Legendary Kingdoms and a member of Jack West Jr's team.
History[]
Early History[]
Anthony DeSaxe was born in 1960 as a royal. He and his younger brother Yago became members of the Kingdom of the Underworld (which did not include their French homeland) as part of the ancient group known as the Four Legendary Kingdoms. Because of his membership in the Four Kingdoms, Anthony was taught about the true history of mankind, as well as learning of the trials set by super-ancient beings to test humanity.
As they grew up, Anthony and Yago were close, albeit competitive with one another, but when Yago realised that Anthony would inherit most of their father's titles, wealth and land, he became bitter towards his older brother.
Following his father's death, Anthony became the patriarch of the DeSaxe family, and inherited the title of King of the Underworld, becoming the fourth of the DeSaxe family to do so, and also taking on the King's traditional title Hades from his ancient predecessor. Anthony made efforts to show his younger brother that there was no need for things between them to change, however Yago spurned all of Anthony's offered land, money and other such assets, instead continuing the important role as Governor of Royal Prison of Erebus that their father had arranged for Yago before his death.
As the King of the Underworld, Hades's domain, though the smallest of the Four Kingdoms and comprised primarily of just India, also included the vast meteor crater which housed the Underworld, which had been the setting for three previous Great Games of the Hydra and several myths that the world had come to misinterpret. As the Underworlds' ruler, Hades also became the master of the enslaved race of Neanderthals (referred to mostly as minotaurs by the Four Kingdoms) that resided there. Hades, though firm in his treatment of them, treated them more fairly than most of his predecessors, and even became friendly with the minotaur king, Minotus.
Hades also received a written warning from his father not to attempt opening any of the silver coffins within the Underworld, and to stay out of the occupants' way when they eventually unsealed. Though he heeded the warning not to try opening the coffins, Hades's curiosity led him to having non-invasive examinations performed on them, discovering the Guardians within. As his scans showed them to be made of a dense metal and unmoving, Hades assumed that they were simply a decorative type of statue. Hades' most important asset in the Underworld, however, was the great antennae which would only activate following the third trial set by the super-ancients.
Among the other things Hades inherited as King of Underworld were the Helmet of Hades, one of the three Immortal Weapons crucial to the Trial of the Cities, and a large portion of a tablet that was a part of the Altar of the Cosmos. Regarding the latter, Hades would spend millions of dollars having a super-computer built that could translate the Word of Thoth written upon it, but the project failed, as did his attempts to locate the Oracle of Siwa, Milo Omari, to have him translate it.
As part of his interest in ancient artefacts, Hades would also occasionally discreetly purchase artefacts from the blood antiquities dealer Sunil "Sunny" Malik. While attending a dinner hosed by a previous King of Land, Hades was privileged enough to see the a papyrus written by Zeus, the last King to receive the Mysteries, and saw the translation regarding the last two trials of the ancients.
Meanwhile, the outside world assumed Anthony was just a private and wealthy corporate owner who held the title of Marshal of France. With the $2 billion inherited from his father, Anthony was able to turn this into $12 billion within a few short years thanks to good business deals in mining and shipping ventures; the latter being accomplished through his company of DeSaxe Shipping Co., which both constructed and deconstructed shipping vessels.
By the early 1990's, Hades and his wife had two sons, Dionysius and Zaitan. Around this time he also hired Geoffrey Moles to serve as his butler, bodyguard and executive manager, though the royal considered Geoffrey his friend. Hades also owned an estate in Alsace-Lorraine, where he kept ponies used in polo, and often brought his sons to vacation. He later sold the estate to himself so that the transaction would make it appear as if he no longer owned it, and kept this fact to himself, intending for the estate to be a private hideaway in case he ever needed it, as was also intended for a safehouse in Rome.
Before The Four Legendary Kingdoms[]
During the late 20th century and early 21st century, both the Kingdom of Land and Kingdom of Sea used their agents to undergo missions to complete the first two of the Super-Ancients' tasks, the restoration of the Golden Capstone and the rebuilding of the Machine. Since information and components relating to the two trials had become lost over the centuries, Hades made no effort to take part in either mission, believing that if humanity had lost the knowledge for completing them and failed as a result, then they did not deserve to exist.
Sometime between 2010 to 2011, Hades's wife died, and prior to 2016 the King of Underworld started "keeping" the Vandal Mephisto, who performed acts of cruelty for the entertainment of his master.
Knowing that the time for the third trial, and thus the fourth Great Games of the Hydra, would occur in the next few years, Hades assigned one of his servants, Vacheron, the role of Games Master, in which he would prepare and modify some of the arenas to modern standards for the Challenges the Champions would face.
As part of Hades's ongoing quest to make note of individuals who could prove valuable to him and the other Kingdoms, professors at Caltech passed on to the King of Underworld the impressive papers written by Alby Calvin during his studies there.
In 2016, the Star Chamber within the Underworld opened, allowing the nine Golden Spheres to be retrieved. As this heralded the Diverting of the Hydra Galaxy trial, Hades alerted the other Kingdoms of the development, with the Great Games of the Hydra set to begin within the next 40 days. Having been anticipating that the Chamber would open, Hades made preparations to select his four champions, eventually choosing his son Zaitan, Sachin Singh, Wasim Nasiruzzin and Ravi Mano.
Prior to the commencement of the Games, Hades had the Golden Spheres examined to determine the properties they comprised, and promised Minotus that once the Games were completed he would allow his people their freedom and grant them the Underworld to live in. When Iolanthe Compton-Jones contacted Hades to request permission to select a replacement Champion following the death of one of the Kingdom of Land's selection, Hades agreed to allow it.
The Four Legendary Kingdoms[]
Once the 14 Champions who completed the First Challenge emerged into the arena, Hades greeted them from the viewing balcony and welcomed them to the start of the fourth Great Games of the Hydra, taking particular note of the Fifth Warrior of the ancient prophecy, Jack West Jr. As he continued his speech, Hades was surprised to be interrupted by Jason Chen, who announced his refusal to take part. After allowing Vacheron to execute him, Hades continued his opening speech and then turned the running of the Games to Vacheron.
Hades watched the various struggles of the Champions as they progressed through the water pit of the Second Challenge while being pursued by his warriors Fear and Chaos. Once the last Champion, Jack, emerged from the pit, Hades congratulated the winner who had retrieved the Golden Sphere, Gregory Brigham. In keeping with the ancient tradition of the Games, Hades offered Brigham a reward for winning the Challenge, and nonchalantly agreed to the SAS trooper's request to have Barrett Johnson executed.
During the interim before the Third Challenge, Hades ventured to the cell of Jack and his support team, arriving just after Iolanthe explained the Four Kingdoms and Great Games to them. Jack accused the King of Underworld of taking sadistic pleasure in watching people fight to the death, though Hades claimed that this was not the case and that he was only doing what his duty required. Hades then announced his intent to take Lily away, as she was an Oracle of Siwa whose bloodline was noble enough to warrant her a place among the Royals. Though initially refusing, Jack relented and encouraged Lily to go with Hades, who then put the Oracle under Iolanthe's care.
Proceeding to watch the Third Challenge with the other Royals, Hades took particular interest in Jack as he fought against the Gorkha to avoid being the last in the arena and executed. Hades showed little emotion upon seeing Jack go back for his companion, but was surprised when he also started carrying one of the minotaurs with him to the exit. When Dion asked his father if it was a legal move in the Games, Hades responded that Jack was not breaking any rules that he knew of. Before making the final leap, Jack asked for confirmation that he could keep whatever he brought out the arena - in this case the minotaur - and Hades nodded an approval. With the Challenge won by Brigham again, Hades agreed to fulfill the reward's use to have Tenzin Depon killed.
After the Third Challenge, Hades proceeded to host a banquet for the Royals gathered in his Kingdom. When he spied Lily observing the coats of arms representing the Four Kingdoms, Hades explained his Kingdom's motto and formally introduced himself, taking Lily's lack of formality in defiance of her circumstances in his stride. Hades iterated his role to manage the Games without emotion or favour, and explained his reasons for not taking part in the missions to restore the Golden Capstone or the Machine before bidding Lily a good evening. During the dinner, Dion suggested to his father that the heiress of the Oracle of Siwa would make a fine queen for him, especially since it would merge Lily's lineage with the Kingdom of Underworld's, a suggestion Hades took into consideration.
The next morning, Hades joined the rest of the Royals in watching the Fourth Challenge, and upon witnessing Zaitan retrieve the first Golden Sphere he clapped at his son's success. When he saw Lily prepare to shout a warning to Jack about Mephisto's looming ambush, Hades warned her that it was not for them to interfere. Thinking quickly, Lily surreptitiously knocked a champagne glass out of another Royals' hand so that when it smashed the sound alerted Jack to the danger. When Hades glanced at Lily she feigned ignorance.
Before the progression moved on for the Fifth Challenge, Hades hosted a lunch for the Kings and their remaining Champions, which in his case was only Zaitan. During the lunch, Hades asked his son and the other winner of the Fourth Challenge, Victor Vargas, what they would like as their reward for retrieving one of the Spheres. When both requested exemption from the Fifth Challenge, Hades approved of their knowledge regarding the difficult Challenge, and informed the gathering that once the Fifth Challenge was completed they would move to the Summit Temples, asking that the Champions not hate him for testing them since he only sought to find the world's greatest heroes.
After the Fifth Challenge began, Hades watched as Jack brought down Fear and took his armour, before calling out to the King of the Underworld to reveal his realisation about the Labours that had been based on the Great Games and coming to realise what he had to do to win. Though Vacheron offered to punish Jack's insolence, Hades was impressed with Jack's display of courage and requested that the Fifth Warrior do what he must. When Jack initiated an escape for his and Schofield's support team, however, Hades impassively ordered Vacheron to respond to this action.
When Jack was brought back before the Royals after sending his friends on, Hades watched silently as Vacheron prepared to execute him. Schofield, however, announced his desire to use his reward for winning the Fifth Challenge to have Hades spare Jack's life. To ensure Hades agreed, Schofield backed him into a corner by suggesting that refusing to agree would show he was not as powerful as he claimed. Once Hades asserted that Schofield was prepared to take the risk lest Jack end up killing him later on, the ruler of the Underworld agreed.
With that, Hades went with the rest of the procession to the Summit Temple to watch as the first five Golden Spheres were set into place within the mountain's obelisk. Before proceeding to the observatory for the remaining Challenges, Hades, as the Underworld's host, made several announcements regarding the ascension of several of the member of the Four Kingdoms, among them an agreement with Orlando Compton-Jones to arrange a marriage between Iolanthe and Vacheron (a reward for the latter's service over the years and during the Games), and granting Dion his request to give Lily to him to marry upon the completion of the Great Games.
Hades watched the final Challenges as they took place in the observatory, in which he once again clapped for his son's victories as Zaitan bested Renzin Depon and Brigham in single combat. When Jack managed to kill Zaitan, Chaos and the Hydra in the Eighth Challenge, all of the watching Royals glanced nervously at Hades to gauge his reaction to his son's death, and Hades simply bowed his head in silence to mourn his son. When Jack was faced with Cerberus, Hades was impressed with Jack's knowledge and humility when he requested permission to being his warrior to him, as the final Challenge dictated. Thus with Hades's permission, Jack brought Cerberus before the ruler of the Underworld and won the Great Games.
Hades and the rest of the Royals soon went back to the Summit Temple in order to watch Orlando receive the Mysteries while the Hydra galaxy was diverted, placing the final four Golden Spheres into position himself. However, when the minotaurs suddenly turned against the Four Kingdoms, Hades was stunned as he watched Jack keep Orlando from receiving the Mysteries. As the members of the Four Kingdoms began fleeing, a despondent Hades mused at the turn of events, believing he had failed in his duty. Jack, however, asked for his help in completing the remaining trials, having seen that Hades was the only King during the Games who was not acting selfishly by doing his duty, and revealed that Dion and Zaitan had conspired to kill him. Inspired by Jack's declaration that they save the world the right way, Hades agreed to help him uncover the lost information regarding the final two trials, joining him, Lily and Iolanthe as they began making their way down the mountain.
When they came across Dion after reviving Schofield, Hades questioned how his son could have turned against him, and Dion responded that Hades was a person who should inspire fear in others. Before Dion could kill them, he was shot by Alby, who had arrived with Minotus. After Minotus explained to Hades his need to act in the face of Dion and Zaitan's plans (which Alby had told him about), Hades relayed his gratitude and agreed to uphold his promise to give Minotus and his people their freedom.
After Minotus secured a chopper for them to depart the Underworld in, Hades left the Underworld to his former minions. After learning that Orlando and Ricardo Mendoza were still alive and planning to locate the three secret cities for the knowledge needed for the remaining trials, Hades affirmed that they had a little time until the next trial began, and so Jack led Hades and the others back to his farm to gather themselves and rest. When she saw Hades disembark from the Sky Warrior, Zoe didn't know what to make of him.
The Three Secret Cities[]
Over the next few days at the farm, Mae took the time to ask Hades some questions about the role the Four Kingdoms had played in manipulating the course of history. During one such discussion, Hades mentioned to Alby how his scouts had noted his potential, and requested that at some point he and Lily discuss her Oracle heritage.
Three days after leaving the Underworld, Hades received a voice mail from Geoffrey, his butler warning him that the new Kings had held a conclave to have him forcibly abdicated from the Four Kingdoms for failing to produce a King of Kings and for siding with Jack. In addition to all of his assets being liquidated, Yago had been tasked with capturing and imprisoning him and Jack at Erebus. Because of the important artefacts he kept in his Saxony Tower penthouse's vault, Hades brought this up to Jack and his team, showing them the photo of the Zeus papyrus and adding that the Helmet of Hades was needed for the Trial of the Cities.
As they were en-route to New York in the Sky Warrior, Hades received some messages, including one from Minotus calling for aid after a "bronze man" emerged from one of the silver coffins, and another from Yago, to inform him of his assignment, taunting him with the words, "I'm coming for you, brother dearest". Hades then proceeded to inform Jack and his team about what he knew regarding the Immortal Weapons, the silver coffins, and his relationship with his brother.
Upon landing in New York, Hades led Jack, Lily and Mae his penthouse at Saxony Tower, meeting with Geoffrey on the helicopter pad. Opening his vault, Hades showed the group the Helmet and the tablet belonging to the Altar of the Cosmos, the latter of which Lily translated for them, to Hades' amazement, learning that it contained most of the instructions for the Trial of the Cities. When Jack asked about the missing chunk of the tablet, Hades told him that the Fraternal Order of St. Paul supposedly had a charcoal rubbing of the full tablet. Unfortunately, Geoffrey reported the arrival of assailants entering the penthouse, and Hades led the group into a panic room. From there, Hades and the others could do nothing as Orlando, Mendoza and Malik took the Helmet and tablet and discussed their next plan of action before departing.
As they prepared to leave themselves, Hades and the others were confronted by Yago and his men at the elevator. Despite Hades's attempts to plead with Yago about the importance of surviving the trials to prevent the Omega Event, the Slave King was resolute in his completing his task and barely concealed his contempt for his brother. However, they were interrupted by the arrival of a pair of V-22 Ospreys outside the penthouse, commanded by the Knights of the Golden Eight. As the Knights stated their intention to kill Jack and capture Lily West, they warned Yago that though he had been tasked with capturing Jack and Hades, they would only allow him to take the former King. Yago quickly acceded to their demand and set to depart with his brother, and before the elevator closed, Hades mouthed to Jack and Lily to run.
Hades was escorted by his brother to Erebus, and was soon entombed in liquid stone and set in place upon the Wall of Misery.
A few days later, Jack was brought to Erebus, and Hades could do nothing but watch as the Australian was entombed and set in place on the Wall next to him. Hades asked Jack he had a plan to escape, but when Jack relayed his hope that his friends would have one, Hades grimly told Jack to give up any idea of ever being rescued since no one ever had before.
After a few more days had passed, Hades awoke as Zoe, Pooh Bear and Stretch were caught trying to free Jack by Yago and his men. Soon after Aloysius Knight brought down Yago and his men and Jack was freed from his slab, Jack asked his friends to get Hades free as well. As the team decided to go and rescue Lily and Alby from the Knights of the Golden Eight, Knight asked Hades if Malta had any Challenger 2 tanks that they could use. When Zoe questioned if they should release the other prisoners, Hades dissuaded the notion by pointing out Rubles' crimes as an example of all of the prisoners. Instead, they set Yago in a stone slab of his own and left him on the Wall of Misery before departing.
During the team's assault on Aragon Castle, Hades stood alongside Zoe as she drove a second supertanker into the castle's underwater seagate to distract the Knights from Jack and Knight's approach. Once the Knights were forced to retreat and Alby was secured, Hades helped to pack up some of the Knights' documents before preparing to make his way with Alby and Zoe to his safe-house in Rome. As Jack set out to locate the Trident of the Sealord, Hades pointed out that it had long been lost and unlikely to be found so quickly, but none-the-less continued to help by researching potential references to the location of the Tomb of Poseidon.
Once at the Roman safe-house, Hades spent some time going through the Knights' documents with Zoe and Alby before taking his leave to rest and recover from his ordeal in Erebus, likely soon hearing about how Lily had been sacrificed on the Altar of the Cosmos to complete the trial.
The Two Lost Mountains[]
In the next few weeks after the Trial of the Cities and Pooh Bear's discovery that it was Alexander's body in the sacrificial pool at the Altar of the Cosmos and not Lily's, Hades and the rest of the team relocated to the former Underworld king's estate in Alsace-Lorraine since it would be big enough to accommodate them as they began using facial recognition software to comb the world's security cameras in the hope of finding Lily, while also preparing for the Trial of the Mountains.
During this period, Hades accompanied Jack and Zoe on a trip to the now-abandoned Gallerie dell'Accademia to see if the Order of the Omega had left anything informative behind. During their search, Hades noted the true name of High Brother Ezekiel, confirmed that the Omega monks had used liquid stone to entomb their enemies, and translated a note stating that the Omega monks were trying to find something known as the statue of the serpent.
Hades was among those who remained at the estate with while Jack and the others went to Moscow to rescue Lily, and while they awaited their return, heard about the people in the Russian capital being send into a collective sleep, which was soon followed by a similar incident in Rome, both caused by the Siren bells under Sphinx's control. After the team's return, Hades joined in the discussion of what must needed to happen during the Trial of the Mountains, with Hades speaking up to comment on how whomever sat on the ultimate throne within the Supreme Labyrinth would avert the Omega Event and become the world's ruler, the nature of performing a Fall at an iron mountain, explaining the moon pedestal's involvement, and providing some details on the Vatican globe's history.
As Jack decided to head to the first iron mountain at Mont Saint-Michel, Hades was picked to join his team. While preparing to leave and saying farewell to Mae, Hades asked how she had managed to raise Jack so well, and after hearing Mae's response reflected that he had failed being a brother to Yago and a father to Dion and Zaitan. When Hades mused that Jack was likely going to die going against Sphinx's forces, Mae reassured him that Jack should not be counted out as long as he has his friends beside him.
Once they arrived at Tombelaine island, Hades was told to remain with Nobody and their seaplane while Jack and Iolanthe used an undersea tunnel to reach the Mont. However, while listening to them converse with Bertie de Montreuil over the radio, Hades heard the old Jesuit mention that Dion was at the Mont with Sphinx's preparatory forces, he snuck off without Nobody noticing and headed into the tunnel. After unknowingly setting off a laser tripwire, Hades headed up to the nave and sent his son a text message asking to meet with him. When Dion arrived, Hades apologised for his failings as a father and for making Dion into what he was. When Dion spat that he was over-stating his role, Hades asked for his son's forgiveness, which Dion refused and summoned the Golden Knights to apprehend him.
Brought before Sphinx after the upstart had successfully performed the Fall, Hades told him that he had stolen his son, though Sphinx taunted him that it hadn't been hard as a result of of Hades's expectation of loyalty, and informed him that Dion was now his son and heir. Once the Trismagi asked Yago and Dion for their opinions on Hades's fate, both the former king's brother and son quickly declared death, leading Sphinx to order a silver guardian to decapitate him. Even as the silverman gripped his head roughly, Hades defiantly began telling Sphinx that he would not win and that Jack would beat him before his head was violently wrenched from his body. As Jack and Iolanthe watched in horror from a nearby balcony, Sphinx had the silverman throw him into the shaft, and so Hades's his head and body were tossed aside to fall into the shaft.
As a result of Hades setting off the tripwire, Sphinx was aware of Jack and Iolanthe's presence and asked if they had enjoyed the show. Though the Trismagi further taunted them on Hades's demise, Jack pointed out that Hades had made his peace before he'd died.
Personality[]
The current holder of the title of Hades, Anthony DeSaxe is a complex man who maintains a fine line between fulfilling his duties and non-empathetic cruelty. Most often inscrutable, forcing himself to see the world in black and white, Anthony does well not to let his emotions show when he is surprised or angered. Like the other members of the Four Legendary Kingdoms, Anthony displays some signs of arrogance and disregard for those beneath his exalted status, however, compared to the other Kings, Anthony is clearly the most reasonable among them. Indeed, he feels more inclined to serve his duties as best he can rather than indulge in selfish desires.
He is noted to be very wise, as comes from his time ruling the Underworld, where its importance throughout history has helped him to focus his mind on the lessons of the past. Unlike some of his predecessors, Anthony understands the importance in how he treats his underlings, even his Minotaur slaves, as Minotus noted that he was firm but fair. Anthony also recognises the difference between insubordination and courage, being impressed with Jack's announcement that had realised what he had to do to win the Games. Anthony was also willing to relent when Jack suggested that they save the world the right way instead of how he and the other Kings had been going about it.
After learning of his sons' betrayal, Hades was deeply hurt, and started to reflect upon how he had not done enough as both a father and as a brother, though he hid these feelings as he tried to help Jack and his team with the trials. By the time he managed to meet Dion again, Hades was humble enough to admit his failings and ask for forgiveness from his son. Though Dion's refusal beat him, Hades was still able to offer some defiance towards Sphinx, whom he saw as having stolen his sons from him, and now believed, after seeing the loyalty Jack had inspired in his friends - a sentiment that he now shared - that the Australian would beat the Trismagi in the end.
Skills[]
- Ancient Knowledge: As a (former) high-ranking royal in the Four Legendary Kingdoms, Hades has been taught many things regarding the true history of mankind. In particular, he has a vast array of knowledge regarding the Underworld's history and the Great Games of the Hydra, as well as some insight into the subsequent trials of the Ancients' and the Omega Event.
- Multilingualism: As the King of Underworld, Hades likely required the need to speak multiple languages aside from his native French. He is able to speak French and English fluently at the very least, and is also able to read Romanian and ancient Greek.
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Assets[]
Current Assets[]
- Saxony Tower: A skyscraper in New York containing Hades's private penthouse and the vault in which he keeps his most valuable possessions.
- Rome Safehouse: A secret residence that Hades required located in Rome for the event that he should need to go into hiding.
- Estate: An expansive horse farm located in Alsace-Lorraine near Lembach. Once used as a vacation home, Hades's later sold it off, though this was a ruse to allow him to keep the estate as a private hideaway.
Former Assets[]
- Kingdom of Underworld Territory: One of the four long-lasting kingdoms of royalty that have existed in secret since the earliest ages of mankind, which Hades inherited from his father upon succeeding him on the Underworld's throne. However, after being excommunicated from the Four Kingdoms, the realm of the Kingdom of Underworld was taken from Hades and granted to Dion.
- Underworld: The ancient realm controlled by the Kingdom of Underworld. For a few decades, Hades maintained control of the site of the legendary Great Games of the Hydra and everything else in it, such as the slave army of minotaurs. However, following the completion of the fourth Great Games, he relinquished it to Minotus and his people.
- Helmet of Hades: The helmet of the Three Immortal Weapons, which was held by the Kingdom of Underworld for millennia. Hades kept it in his vault at Saxony Tower, but while attempting to retrieve it after being excommunicated from the Four Kingdoms, it was taken by Orlando and his team for his own use in the Fourth Trial.
Trivia[]
- Hades is the first main antagonist in any of Reilly's novels to change his ways and join the main protagonist in subsequent appearances (not including Jack and Wolf's brief alliance during The Five Greatest Warriors due to Wolf's continued actions against his son later).
- The other ceremonial names that Anthony goes by include:
- The Adversary of Light
- The Accuser
- The Fallen One
- The Keeper of the Temple
- The Prince of the Grigori
- Iblis
- Shaitan
- Thanatos
- Sataniel
- Ruler of the Nightlands
- Ba'al Zevuv
- Beelzebub
- Hades notes himself to be a fan of the South Park interpretation of Satan, among other modern cartoon comedies.
- Matthew Reilly describes Hades as Jack's second, darker, mentor figure.
- Hades is the fourth major recurring protagonist in the Jack West Jr Series to be killed off, following behind Wizard, Lachlan Adamson and Julius Adamson.