John Korrapati

**John Arjuna Korrapati**, better known as **Jack**, is a secondary character in the *Nevermoor* series. As Jupiter North's nephew, he stays at the Hotel Deucalion when he has breaks from his boarding school. He and Morrigan Crow have a rivalry when they first meet, which slowly becomes a playful friendship.

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## Biography

### Early Life

Little is known at this point about Jack's past. He mentions in *Nevermoor* that he has been living at the Deucalion for the past five years.

It's suggested that Jack has disliked his Witness knack for some time, as noted by Jupiter. He initially seemed to keep it mostly private, and wore an eyepatch to control it.

### Graysmark School for Bright Young Men

#### Year Three (Events of *Nevermoor*)

During mornigtide, Jack attended the Deucalion's celebration and participated in the rooftop tradition with Jupiter. After this, he likely returned to his boarding school. Around summer, he came back to the Deucalion, where he met Morrigan and took an immediate dislike to her. Morrigan in turn disliked Jack, and they began to argue with eachother over a period. At one point, Hawthorne and Morrigan let a shadow escape from the Hall of Shadows.. Jack deliberately encouraged them to take measures to find it, although this wasn't necessary. Jack later revealed that he had been spying on Hawthorne and Morrigan.

For much of the summer, Jack stayed away from Morrigan and practiced the cello. He went to the Nevermoor Bazaar though Morrigan hadn't been allowed to go, causing Morrigan to dislike him further. Eventually, he went back to school but returned in December. At one point he tripped in the middle of the night while getting milk, and Morrigan, having woken up, helped to clean the mess. Unfortunately, Jack wasn't wearing his eyepatach. When he looked up, he saw the wunder gathering around Morrigan and was shocked. Jupiter eventually took Jack and explained Morrigan's situation to him. Jack promised to tell no one about it.

Later, Jack and Morrigan's relationship began to improve, becoming more like friends.

#### Year Four (Events of *Wundersmith*)

In the beginning of the events of *Wundersmith,* Jack is involved with Morrigan's birthday. He continues to spend some of his time at boarding school and some time at the Deucalion, with him spending time at one point trying to decipher information about people entering the Deucalion with Morrigan, using his knack.

He later gave blackpapers to Morrigan in case of an emergency, which he mentioned he got from school and which she could use to contact him if needed.

He also was involved in Morrigan and Jupiters' investigation of positive activities done by Wundersmiths, accompanying them to Jemmity Park.

#### Year Five (Events of *Hollowpox*)

Jack and Morrigan attended celebrations during winter and both commented on Jupiter's high levels of cheer.

Jack was later involved in identifying hollowpox and helping those affected by it.

## Physical Appearance

Jack has warm brown skin, straight white teeth, and —most noticeably— a patch over his left eye. It is mentioned that he had black hair and brown eyes.

## Personality and Traits

Jack is sarcastic, playful and cares deeply about those who are close to him. He usually prefers others not to nose into his private affairs. When he was thirteen, he was been noted to hate his knack, but when the Hollowpox outbreak came, he was proud of his ability to find and help infected wunimals.

He seems to be quite studious, as he spends lots of time practicing his cello and choosing to spend extra time at school. He is shown to be helpful, as we saw when he gave blackpapers to Morrigan in case she needed it, and also when he found the truth about Jemmity park. Jack is a firm Yule Queen supporter and pretends to hate Saint Nick, calling him a fraud and "enslaver of elves".

There isn't much known about Jack's life and his family other than his uncle is Jupiter North.

## Abilities and Skills

### Knack

Jack, like his uncle Jupiter is a Witness. Because he hasn't mastered his knack, Jack wears an eye patch over his left eye to act as a filter so his power doesn't make him insane. Described by Morrigan as a dubious knack.

### Music

Jack has some level of musical aptitude as it is mentioned that he takes cello lessons and plays in his school's orchestra.

## Possessions

* **Eye patch:** to allow Jack to see the world without going crazy due to not having complete control over his knack which, under most circumstances, would make him go insane.
* **Umbrella:**
* **Black Mail:** a paper created by his friend, whose mother is a witch. you can write a message on it whisper someone's name 3 times, and burn it and it will appear in the person's hand
* **Ice Skates**: A pair of forest green ice skates Jack received for Christmas from his Uncle, Jupiter North
* **Sled:** A shiny red sled that Jack received for Christmas from Jupiter North (in the book **Nevermoor**)
* **Cello:** Jack has been said to spend a lot of time practicing with his Cello (and also probably uses it in the school orchestra)

## Relationships

### Jupiter North

Jack and his uncle, Jupiter, have an extremely close bond. They often joke and have fun together and Jack's mannerisms sometimes remind Morrigan of Jupiter. Jupiter was the first to know of Jack’s knack (being a Witness) as they obviously trust each other very much. Jupiter has two recent photos of Jack on his desk.

### Morrigan Crow

At thirteen years old Jack learned that Jupiter bringing another child (Morrigan) into his Deucalion family. When he returned to the Deucalion for the first time after Morrigan arrived, he was quite rude to her and then he tricked her and Hawthorne into chasing the wolf shadow all night. He then teased her about the Yule Queen/ Saint Nick rivalry and when Morrigan took the bait and made the "*blind in both eyes*" remark, Jack was not offended. After hallway scene and the Christmas battle and Jack and Morrigan became good friends.

Jack attended the Wundrous society show trial to support Morrigan. The next year he found Jemmity Park for Morrigan.

Morrigan knew how it must feel for Jack to be a Witness, to see things from the Gossamer which other people can't and make sense of the madness. They often play a game in which Jack tells Morrigan how each visitor at the Deucalion is thinking or feeling.

### Hawthorne Swift

Jack probably dislikes Hawthorne at first because of his initial dislike of Morrigan, and by association, her friends. However, this attitude probably changes as he gets to know Morrigan better.

### Sam

Sam is described by Jack as his friend from the Graysmark school. It is also known that he was born in a very poor borough called Gresham. Sam helped Jack to find Jemmity Park where he used to play as a kid.

### Tommy

Tommy is Jack's friend from his school. He used blackpapers to cheat on tests and eventually got himself suspended.

## Etymology

**John** is the English form of the Latin *Iohannes*, itself a form of the Greek name Ιωαννης (*Ioannes*) which was derived from the Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (*Yochanan*) meaning "YAHWEH is gracious." Jack is derived from *Jackin* (earlier *Jankin*), a medieval diminutive of the name John. Jack is often regarded as an independent name instead of only a nickname.

**Arjuna** (अर्जुन) is a name of Sanskrit (Indian) descent meaning "white, clear." In Hindu texts, Arjuna was the name of a hero, the half-mortal, half-divine son of Indra who bested even his father in combat.

**Korrapati** (కొర్రపాటి) is a location surname. It combines the Telugu పతి (*pati*) meaning "belongs to" with the place, in this case, an area called Korra or Korrapalem.

## Trivia and Behind-the-Scenes

* Mentioned to be in his third year at Graysmark School during the events of *Nevermoor*
* His bedroom at the Deucalion is only a few doors down from Morrigan's

## Gallery

Jack from the NatGeo Kids websiteJack from the NatGeo Kids websiteJack from the cover of Nevermoorfrom the back cover of the Hollowpox Thai edition
## Appearances

* *Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow* (First appearance)
* *Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow*
* *Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow*

## Notes and References

1. ↑ *Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow*, Chapter 12 (*Shadows*) "You've lived here all of five minutes . . . I've lived here five years."
2. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/john
3. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/jack
4. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/arjuna
5. ↑ https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/korrapati
6. ↑ *Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow* Chapter 4 (*Dangerous Levels of Cheer*)