Jack Vessalius

Name: Jack Vessalius

Gender: Male

Age: 25 years old

Height: 180 cm

Birthday: January 19

Blood Type: O

Likes: Girls, climbing trees

Dislikes: None in particular

Talents: Singing, dancing, piano, music box crafting

Weak Points: Noble customs and formal aristocratic etiquette

Hair: Blond

Eyes: Emerald green

Voice Actor (CV): Daisuke Ono

Jack Vessalius was born about 100 years before the main story as the third son of the Vessalius family, then a low-ranking noble house.

He was the child of a mistress, which put him in a socially vulnerable position even within his own family.

Before meeting Lacie, Jack lived in near-homeless conditions, almost completely cast out from comfort and privilege.

To survive and give himself purpose, he worked as a music box craftsman, a skill at which he excelled.

His encounter with Lacie completely changed his life, giving him hope and something to cling to in a world that had rejected him.

From that moment on, he became deeply fixated on her, to the point of obsession.

Lacie herself stated that Jack did not truly love her in the way people assume.

According to her, his eyes reflected nothing, as if he saw neither her nor the world clearly, revealing the unsettling emptiness at the core of his attachment.

Jack has a bright, outgoing personality and is notably fond of women.

This flirtatious, cheerful side strongly resembles his descendants Oz Vessalius and Oscar Vessalius.

He has blond hair and emerald green eyes, just like Oz Vessalius.

He usually wears his long hair in a braid, giving him a distinctive, somewhat gentle appearance despite the darkness in his past.

Among nobles, he is often seen as a charming and approachable figure, easy to talk to and quick with a smile.

However, people with sharp intuition sense something uncanny beneath his friendliness.

Such perceptive individuals have compared him to “still water,” suggesting a calm surface hiding a deep, unfathomable depth.

Jack dislikes this description, feeling as though these people see right through him, exposing the parts of himself he would rather hide.

Because of his role in the Tragedy of Sablier, he is known among nobles as the “hero who saved the country.”

Yet Jack himself despises being called a hero and rejects that label with pain and sorrow.

He cannot accept praise for an event that ended with him killing his dear friend Oswald Baskerville.

To him, the title of hero only reminds him of his crime and hypocrisy.

Publicly, Jack Vessalius is remembered as the man who stopped the Tragedy of Sablier.

This reputation became the foundation for the later rise and prosperity of the Vessalius family.

However, the truth of the Tragedy is far more complex and tragic than the noble society knows.

Jack’s actions directly led to the death of Oswald Baskerville, his closest friend and the head of the Baskerville family.

Despite his inner torment, history in noble circles turned him into a “savior of the nation.”

This distorted recognition weighs heavily on Jack, amplifying his guilt instead of bringing him pride.

During the chaos of the Tragedy, the power of The Intention of the Abyss collided with the power of the black rabbit Alice.

Jack, being the closest person to the point of impact, was struck by the resulting shockwave.

This shock shattered his soul into fragments.

Because of this, the Abyss rejected him as something abnormal and would not allow him to properly return or reincarnate.

He was removed from the “Hundred Cycle,” a metaphysical cycle of reincarnation and return.

His physical body continued to live for 25 years, repeatedly progressing and regressing between life and death in a grotesque, unstable state.

Eventually, through the completion of the seal’s cycle—referred to as the “full turn of the mark”—Jack managed to enter the lowest layer of the Abyss.

This led him into the final confrontation tied to the Tragedy and its lingering consequences.

After the final battle, the remaining fragments of his soul, already broken and exhausted, were consumed and vanished completely.

In the end, nothing of him remained in a stable, independent form.

Lacie is the pivotal person in Jack’s emotional life, the one who first gave him hope when he was on the verge of giving up on everything.

Meeting her pulled him out of a life of despair and wandering.

From that encounter onward, Jack’s life effectively began revolving around Lacie.

He developed a deep, obsessive attachment that even he did not fully understand.

Lacie, however, recognized that something was off about his feelings.

She interpreted his fixation as empty and ungrounded, noting that his eyes seemed to reflect nothing at all.

This idea—that Jack’s devotion might be hollow—is central to understanding his unsettling nature.

His obsession with Lacie is both the source of his motivation and a sign of his distorted inner world.

Oswald Baskerville, also known as Oswald, was Jack’s closest friend and one of the few people Jack truly cherished.

Jack was one of the rare individuals to have friendly ties with the secretive Baskerville family.

Their bond formed a crucial emotional anchor for both of them.

Despite this, the tragedy that unfolded forced Jack into a position where he ultimately killed Oswald.

This act is the core of Jack’s guilt and self-hatred.

No matter how many nobles praise him as a savior, he cannot forget that his “heroic” deed was built upon betraying and killing his friend.

Jack recorded the truth about Alice, the other figures connected to the Tragedy, and his anguish over killing Oswald.

He entrusted these writings to Rufus Barma, the Duke of Barma at that time.

These memoirs became a hidden record, preserving the reality beneath the heroic legend.

Through them, Jack attempted to at least leave behind a confession of sorts, even if the world continued to misunderstand him.

Jack is officially considered deceased in the current era of the story.

However, due to the shattering of his soul during the Tragedy of Sablier, he exists in a very unusual way.

At first, fragments of his soul resided within the memories of Alice.

From there, his consciousness was able to linger and influence events indirectly.

Later on, his soul fragments came to dwell within the mind of Oz Vessalius.

Within Oz’s inner world, Jack can speak directly to him and even guide his actions.

In emergencies, Jack is capable of seizing control of Oz’s body, effectively “possessing” him.

When this happens, Jack can act and speak in the physical world as if he were still alive.

Despite Alice not being physically present, Jack has demonstrated the ability to draw out the power of the black rabbit Alice.

This unusual connection between him, the Abyss, and Alice’s power remains one of the major mysteries surrounding his existence.

Due to his fragmented soul and rejection by the Abyss, Jack stands outside the normal flow of life, death, and rebirth.

His entire posthumous existence is defined by instability, interference, and gradual erosion.

By the time the final conflict ends—and after he reaches the deepest layer of the Abyss—his remaining soul fragments are worn down.

Once they are completely consumed, Jack ceases to exist even as a lingering presence.

Within common society, Jack’s name is not widely known.

Most ordinary people have no idea who he truly was.

Among the nobility, however, Jack Vessalius is famous as the “hero who stopped the Tragedy of Sablier.”

He is regarded as a mythic savior whose deeds allowed the nation to survive a catastrophic event.

This heroic reputation greatly contributed to the later prosperity of the Vessalius family.

The family’s elevated status and influence can be traced back to the legend of Jack’s actions.

Jack himself cannot stand being called a hero.

He knows better than anyone that the story told about him is incomplete and twisted.

He feels strong resistance and deep sorrow whenever people praise him under this title.

For him, those words only highlight his inner contradictions and the blood that stains his hands.

He has even said, “Do not call me a hero,” rejecting the label outright.

That plea encapsulates his struggle between the image the world sees and the reality he knows.

Among those who know of him more personally, he sometimes goes by the humorous nickname “orange hero.”

The nickname adds a casual, teasing tone to his reputation, contrasting sharply with the weight of his actual past.

Jack possesses a variety of artistic and physical talents that reflect his lively nature.

He is an excellent singer and dancer, able to move with natural grace and charm.

He can also play the piano skillfully, adding to his cultivated yet free-spirited image.

His love for music extends to the crafting of music boxes, a craft he practiced professionally in his earlier life.

As a former music box craftsman, he has a delicate sense of sound and mechanical precision.

These skills once sustained him during his days of poverty and are a symbol of his gentler side.

On a more casual level, he enjoys climbing trees, which suits his energetic and childish streak.

This simple hobby emphasizes that beneath the legends and tragedies, he still has a playful, human side.

He dislikes formal noble customs and strict aristocratic etiquette.

Such rules remind him of the rigid world that marginalized him in his youth and never truly accepted him.

Beyond his everyday talents, Jack also possesses extraordinary abilities tied to the Abyss and Alice.

Even without Alice being physically present, he can draw out the power of the black rabbit Alice, something very few can do.

This power is especially significant when he is acting through Oz Vessalius’s body.

In such moments, he can wield terrifying strength and influence far beyond that of an ordinary human.

Jack Vessalius is the contractor of the Chain known as the “black rabbit Oz.”

This Chain is deeply connected to Alice and the Abyss, and is steeped in the core mysteries of the story.

Through this contract, Jack can access powers that would normally be unreachable to a regular human.

These abilities play a key role in the events surrounding the Tragedy of Sablier and everything that follows.

His unique connection to both The Intention of the Abyss and Alice’s power makes him a singularly unusual existence.

He is not just a historical figure, but a living knot of contracts, memories, and broken souls.

In noble circles, Jack’s legacy is that of a shining savior and a cornerstone of Vessalius influence.

His name is passed down as the symbol of a single man stopping an unimaginable disaster.

In truth, his life is a blend of deep affection, obsession, betrayal, and regret.

He loved Lacie in a way that may have been empty, and he killed Oswald Baskerville despite calling him a friend.

Those who perceive his true nature liken him to still water: calm, beautiful, and quietly disturbing.

Beneath that calm surface lies a fragmented soul, rejected by the Abyss and trapped outside the cycle of life.

Jack Vessalius stands as both hero and sinner, savior and destroyer.

His story is not just about stopping the Tragedy of Sablier, but about the cost of that “salvation” and the man who could never forgive himself for it.