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This article is about the character Jack Vessalius.
You may be looking for the pocket watch he created; or, Pandora Hearts Chapter 66 "Jack".
Humans... are such weak beings... both I... and Glen.

—Retrace XXVII: Get out of the pool

Introduction

Jack Vessalius (ジャック=ベザリウス, Jakku Bezariusu) is a character from Jun Mochizuki's Pandora Hearts. He was the only human survivor of the Tragedy of Sablier, an event in which Glen Baskerville ordered all humans within the former capital of Sablier be murdered. Though the two had once been best friends, Jack killed Glen, for which he would be praised as a hero. Subsequently he spearheaded a period of reconstruction in which power was distributed to what would come to be known as the Four Great Dukedoms. Pandora, a government organization dedicated to research of the Abyss, was founded under his guidance. However, Jack died to wounds sustained during the Tragedy soon after. A prophecy foretold that he and the Baskervilles would return a century later, its words baring during Oz Vessalius's Coming-of-Age Ceremony. As Jack's descendant, Oz is declared by Pandora to be his reincarnation, his body being found to contain Jack's soul.

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Born twenty five years before the Tragedy of Sablier, Jack was a bastard child of the minor noble house Vessalius and one of its maids. His mother was expelled from the Vessalius estate following his birth, and though his father promised to legitimize Jack someday, Jack and his mother lived in poverty well into his teens. After years of physical and emotional abuse, Jack fled his mother to live on the streets. There at age fifteen, he met Lacie, who saved him from the brink of starvation and asked that he find a way to survive. Deeply moved by Lacie's actions, Jack sought desperately to meet her again, committing unspeakable actions he felt were necessary to his goal. While Jack was legitimized as a son of the Vessalius house around the age of seventeen, this was a hollow victory—his actions had driven him past his own conception of humanity, and he grew to despise Lacie for saving him. In no way was his obsession discouraged, however. Instead, he came to believe his hatred for Lacie was his only true emotion, her existence the only thing binding him to the world.

At age twenty three, Jack and Lacie finally reunited, Jack having successfully snuck onto the Baskerville estate. He was apprehended by Lacie's elder brother, Oswald, but granted permission by the presiding Glen Baskerville to return to their estate as frequently as he wished. Jack, Lacie, and Oswald formed a tenuous but nonetheless emotional friendship over the next few months, until Lacie one day asked Jack to leave the estate for a week. When he returned, Oswald announced that he had killed Lacie, causing Jack to enter a month long fugue state. This would end with a visit from the former Glen Baskerville, now called Levi, who informed Jack that Lacie had borne children and offered to introduce them to him. Levi died soon after, but Jack felt a renewed sense of hope and began to visit the Baskerville estate again. He and Oswald, now Glen, resumed their friendship.

One day, Jack discovered a fragment of Lacie's memories preserved by the Core of the Abyss, in which Lacie declared that she loved the world. After ascertaining that Oswald no longer had any will to recover Lacie's soul, Jack became determined to drag the world Lacie loved into the Abyss. Over the course of a few months, Jack would form several alliances, manipulating Oswald, Lacie's daughter the Intention of the Abyss, and Baskerville brothers Gilbert and Vincent in order to reach his goal. His efforts would finally bear fruit in the Tragedy of Sablier, in which Jack Illegally Contracted the Chain Oz the B-Rabbit and destroyed the "Chains" distinguishing the material world and the Abyss. Though Jack had wished to bring the entire world into the Abyss, Oswald limited the scope of the destruction before Jack killed him. When Jack went to ask the Intention of the Abyss for more power to destroy the "Chains," he instead met her twin sister, Alice. Always distrustful of Jack, Alice attacked him before committing suicide so as to prevent him and her sister from meeting. Alice's soul then took Oz's powers, using them to kill Jack and destroy her sister's memories.

However, the Core of Abyss was too thoroughly disgusted with Jack to permit him a true death and thus salvation in the Hundred Cycles. He was instead cursed to age circuitously, backwards from his age at "death" into an infant, then back again indefinitely. Horrified by his condition, Jack extensively falsified the circumstances of the Tragedy before faking his own death. After approximately one hundred years of this cycle, the last remnants of his soul soon to be burnt out, Jack encountered Xai Vessalius and manipulated him to do his bidding. He utilized Xai's sense of duty to the Vessalius Dukedom to have him swap Jack's body which harbored Oz's soul with his stillborn son. He acted in a deliberately suspicious manner to have Xai discover his true nature and actions before anyone else and thus cast Oz into the Abyss during his Coming-of-Age Ceremony. And he carefully orchestrated Oz meeting Alice to regain his B-Rabbit powers, and Alice pursuing her lost memories to regain the fragments of his soul held within those memories. All of this in service of eventually regaining the power he needed to fulfill his ultimate goal of casting the world into the Abyss.

Appearance[]

Jack wears white skin-tight pants with a long green and gold coat and a white ruffled blouse. He uncannily resembles an older, adult Oz with long golden hair that is braided and reaches down to his thighs. He has long golden eyelashes and emerald eyes like Oz's, but has a different aura. He wears white gloves over his hands, and in most instances is shown with a pair of equestrian white and black boots. He has a pair of deep magenta/blue/purple earrings (the variations of watercolors makes the true color appear differently each time) that Lacie gave to him, the right one having been kept and later worn by her for the four months after their reunion, while the left was worn by Jack for the eight years since their meeting. Oswald gives Jack the right earring that Lacie had worn when he tells him of her death.

Personality[]

Jack is just like Oz, seemingly always happy and overly optimistic. He can be serious on occasion, but is usually highly active and cheerful. He appears to be kind and simple, but is actually clever and highly manipulative. Something else to note about Jack in particular is that he can give a sharp gaze that appears as if he is looking right through someone and at their true selves.

He harbors a grudge against his family because of his difficult years growing up, but hides this when he is with other people. Lacie is the only person whom he's ever confessed it to. He worships Lacie, and places her above everything else, including his life. His obsession with Lacie, especially after her death, eventually leads to the Tragedy of Sablier, the near destruction of the world and subsequently many of the events that occured years later.

In his grief, after Oz showed him bits of Lacie's memories and feelings at The Intention of the Abyss's request, he realized that Lacie was not going to be coming back to their world. So he reasons that he'll just have to bring the world to her. He now seeks to 'send' this world to Lacie so she won't be lonely, completely disregarding the fact that Glen explained that she was destroyed and does not exist anymore. His soul is shattered during the tragedy, excluding him from the 100 year cycle, and he fears that he will eventually be wiped out of existence.

Recently, it has been revealed that Lacie is the only person that stirs emotions in him such as hate and loathing. These emotions made Jack feel alive, and he is now convinced that the only way he can "live" is to be near her side.

It's possible that Jack is something of a psychopath, considering he appears to have no true feelings for other people, despite the fact that he is very good at pretending he does. Several other people have described Jack as seeming empty and like water. Another thing that supports this is the fact that Jack claimed he was "in love" with Lacie, but it seems that his love for her is based on the fact that she taught him to make his life matter to himself, and how he only cares that she died because of his lack of emotions now.

Abilities and Powers[]

Jack is able to possess and fully control Oz's body and B-Rabbit's power freely. This is because Oz has current possession over his body and was Jack's former chain.

  • Jack is an exceptional sword fighter, though he is weaker than Glen.
  • Jack is very good at lying and manipulating others for his own intentions. He managed to convince Alice (Intention) to forget about Oz and help him with his plan. He also used Miranda and Vincent to open the Door to the Abyss so he could form a contract with the chain strong enough to destroy the world: Oz the B-Rabbit, which The Intention of the Abyss created for the task.
  • Jack may have become intimately involved with members of high class families through years as a valet in order to gain higher status and enter the Vessalius dukedom. (assumed)
  • Jack is also able to summon the chains supporting the world with Oz's power.
  • Because Jack formed a contract with Oz the B-Rabbit, he is able to use his destructive power for whatever he wants. However, it appears that Jack is the only contractor to use his chain's power against their will.
  • While in the Cheshire's Domain, Jack was able to transport Oz to another location closer to Alice.
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  • He is able to play a few instuments, some highly unusual, and he must have played 'Lacie' for Alice or her sister Alice (Intention) on the piano in their room.
  • He is also good at making music boxes, and made the pocket watch that Oz carried around for most of the series.

Quotes[]

  • "Be careful. You're being watched by the Intention of the Abyss."
  • "Humans...are weak, aren't they? Me, and Glen, too."
  • "Here I've shown you all my memories...and yet it seems you still missed the point... No, rather it's that... You're refusing to see the truth..."
  • "I'll show you.. Just how wrong that statement is...This body... Does not belong to Oz Vessalius...nothing can belong to someone like you. You can achieve nothing, you can't become anything...you can't, you just can't!"
  • "You are nothing, you are nothingness...because you destroy everything!"
  • "So, Glen, won't you lower that sword... before I kill your cute little servant?"
  • "What’s wrong Glen? Why don’t you hurry up and drop that sword? I really don’t want to.... hurt you like this."
  • "No that's just a big misunderstanding, Alice. B-Rabbit is MY chain! The one who should leave this body... and disappear ...is you, Alice."
  • "SWITCH PLACES! SWITCH PLACES WITH THE WILL OF THE ABYSS RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE USELESS!"
  • "PLEASE HURRY UP AND STOP GLEN'S CHAINS! IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT PLEASE... GRANT THE B-RABBIT ENOUGH POWER TO SHATTER THOSE CHAINS AGAIN!"'
  • "Whenever it snows... I am reminded of those days....the day that you found me....and the day that I finally found you...-and I lost you again, Lacie and this time... Its for good"
  • "This world that Lacie loved so much...I will let it sink into the Abyss! So that Lacie who has become one with the Abyss...won't have to be lonely ever again."
  • "I saved the two boys from being inflicted by meaningless violence. The reason why was simple. Vincent had the same red eyes as Lacie. When I brought them back to the estate, and asked them about their situation, I realized something. The circumstances of these two corresponded with the characteristics of the Baskervilles that Levi told me about. I informed Glen about that, and the next day, the Baskervilles came and took those two to Glen’s estate."
  • "To me... This world is like a dark night that swallows everything. But since you came into my life... And you were so kind to find me... I don't need friends or status anymore. I only need... To have you by my side! Lacie!

Appearances[]

Manga Appearances
Anime Appearances
Light Novel Appearances
Omake Appearances

(*) - Denotes that the character did not appear physically, but as a part of another character's memories.

Trivia[]

  • "Jack" is a diminutive of the names "John" or "Jackson." It has historically been used as a term to refer to any man of the common people or lower classes.[1]
  • Jack is based directly off the Knave of Hearts[2] from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,[3] as "knave" is another word for "jack" in terms of playing cards.
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Jack's profile in 24 + 1: Last Dance

  • His likes are, in order, women, tree climbing, and Lacie. He dislikes having his true nature be seen through.
  • His skills include songs or poems, dancing, piano, music box making, and seeing through lies. He is weak when it comes to the customs of high class society.
  • Mochizuki's comment on him is that though she had several ideas for the scene of Jack's final moments, she believed that him disappearing abruptly without having learned a thing was the most appropriate.
  • Apart from the deific entities of the Jury, Jack is the oldest character in Pandora Hearts; having lived continually for nearly 1 1/2 centuries. Furthermore, Jack is the only human character to have achieved his unnatural age without the use of time travel through the Abyss.
  • Whenever appearing in omake, Jack is almost always seen with a mikan, which is treated as his character symbol.

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Main: AliceGilbert NightrayOz Vessalius
Vessalius: Ada VessaliusAda's CatsJack VessaliusMrs. KateOscar VessaliusRachel CecileSara VessaliusXai Vessalius
Nightray: Bernard NightrayBernice NightrayClaude NightrayEchoElliot NightrayErnest NightrayFred NightrayHansLeoMrs. FinnRaymond NightrayVanessa NightrayVincent Nightray
Rainsworth: EmilySharon RainsworthShelly RainsworthSheryl RainsworthXerxes Break
Barma: Arthur BarmaCalum LunettesGrunerMiranda BarmaReim LunettesRufus Barma
Baskervilles: CeliaDugFangGlen BaskervilleGlen Baskerville (♀)JuryLacieLeviLilyLottieNoiseOswald
Abyss: The Core of the AbyssThe Intention of the Abyss
Other: Flower GirlThe GeneralHarris WatsonHeadhunterIsla YuraJyantaMariePhillipe WestRytasTurnerWilliam West
Chains: AlbusB-RabbitBandersnatchCardsCheshireThe CookDemiosDodoDormouseDuldeeDuldumEquusFawnFlower Girl's ChainGrimGryphonHedgehog ChainsHumpty DumptyThe Intention's DollsJabberwockLacie's ChainLarsLeonMad BabyMad HatterMarch HareOwlRavenRocking-Horse-FlySnap-Dragon-FlyTove
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Objects: Arthur Barma's Memoirs"Chains"Doors to the AbyssJack Vessalius' Pocket WatchKeys to the DoorsSilent Clock TowerStone Seals
Events: Coming-of-Age CeremonySuccession CeremoniesTragedy of Sablier
Miscellaneous: AngelsChildren of Ill OmenLacie (Song)Holy KnightStatice

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