Jack Hayford

**Jack John Hayford** is the **Traveler**, creator of the time machine Traveler and savior of Earth. After witnessing his parents' murder at a young age, Jack was taken in and raised by his aunt Lucy and uncle Rob. Determined to change history and save his parents, Jack spent his child and pre-teen years becoming intellectually gifted in engineering and physics, managing to build an operational time machine. He went back in time to try and prevent his family's deaths, although after failing in several attempts to save them, Jack accepted the fact that his parents dying was a set point in time, one that cannot be changed. Afterwards, he began using the Traveler as a leisurely activity, spectating significant events in global history.

After accidentally altering the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Jack's attempt at fixing the timeline led him to be chased after by future government agent Geoffrey Priceson and after his death, Thomas Coleman. He would learn that by the 2090s, his time machine would be copied and used by the government; Jack would remedy his mistakes with the Lincoln assassination and secure the correct flow of history, all the while settling on good terms with Coleman and the future government. A catastrophic side effect of his meddling in 1865 would be in the form of twins Harriet and Travis Lees, the latter of whom would steal the Traveler and bring Adolf Hitler to 2090, with plans to destroy the world and restart with a new Nazi civilization. Jack and his allies would defeat Hitler, Travis and the Neo-Nazis; afterwards, Jack and his family would go back to their normal lives, the former also beginning a relationship with Harriet.

Later, Jack would face and defeat Hitler's ghost and finish off the threat of the Neo-Nazis. Shortly after this, these battles and her already decreasing mental state caused Harriet to go insane and become a recurring dangerous threat to Jack and his family and friends. Despite having his aunt, uncle and Coleman, Jack felt he needed more secure and strong support in his adventures, leading him to create the robot Primal. Unfortunately, Primal would develop into a rogue A.I. and attempted to cause the genocide of humanity, which Jack and his allies countered. He would receive the help of classmate Hannah Johnson, who Jack would learn had the ability to see visions of the future. They would defeat Primal and end his unsuccessful annihilation, although shortly later Jack would be targeted by rogue agent Rick Carlio, who blamed Jack for the death of his daughter during the final battle with Primal. With Coleman's help, Jack would survive and reconcile with Rick.

Over the next year, Jack would go on many more adventures, along with growing his friendship and closeness with Hannah. Jack would soon learn of the existence of his long-lost older brother Jim, who he would meet and befriend. Around this time, Jack made the unfortunate decision to travel back to the sinking of the Titanic, where he would he start and end a brief romance with Lizzie Daggett as well as meet Lucifer, who warned Jack of the impending war between the two. Barely surviving and making it back to 2022, Jack would develop post-traumatic stress disorder, sullying any interest in using the Traveler.

Shortly afterward, Jack would be roped into conflicts regarding the multiverse, first teaming up with an alternate version of himself to track and subdue four beings from his world that were mysteriously brought to Jack's universe. From there, he'd be accidentally taken to the Perfect World, where he met up with and joined the Travelers. Together, they defeated the tyrannical Sir Brown and his army; after, they managed to overcome Shift and destroy the Perfect World, sending all of its inhabitants back to their rightful homes across the multiverse. Not too long later, Jack once again joined the Travelers to help the fight against Sir Brown's underlings, George Jones and Everik Ivanov, who would be thwarted. Returning home, Jack was able to fully overcome his trauma regarding the Titanic and began preparing for his war with the Devil.

Jack would eventually learn that Jim was planning to kill and rob him of their parent's inheritance money. When confronted by his older brother, Jack, with Hannah's help and no other choice, was forced to kill him. After this, Jack and Hannah confessed their feelings for each other and began a relationship. Over the next half-year, Lucifer's attacks grew more bold and violent as Jack learned of his true plan to conquer and rule over the universe. Around this time, Harriet attempted to murder Hannah, with Jack killing her and finally putting an end to her campaign against his loved ones. Receiving a plethora of help from God, Jack and his allies stood strong and fought against Lucifer, culminating in a final battle for the universe in 2094 where the Devil was killed. The victory was short-lived as Jack and God would learn of Lucifer's monsters and that they were released from Hell and causing havoc throughout the universe. Making the tough decision, Jack left his family, friends and life on Earth in order to hunt down and kill all of the Devil's spawn.