Jackson Kenner

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## Biographical Information

### Born

* February 20, 1990  (New Orleans, Aged 22)

### Occupation

* Leader of the New Orleans Werewolves (Formerly)
* Alpha of the Crescent Wolf Pack

### Species

* Werewolf  (Triggered/Originally)
* Evolved Werewolf
* Spirit  (Currently)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Richard Xavier Dumas † (Maternal Grandfather)
* Mary Dumas † (Maternal Grandmother)
* Unnamed Father †
* Unnamed Mother †
* Unnamed Uncle †
* Scott Delgado  (Former Brother-In-Law)
* Hayley Marshall (Former Wife; Widowed)
* Luke Martin (Paternal Cousin)
* Stella Marshall-Kenner (Daughter)

## Supernatural Information

### Significant Kills

* Unknown  (first kill)
* Two Strix members

## Appearance

### Played By

* Nathan Parsons

**Jackson "Jack" Kenner** was a major recurring character on *The Originals*. He first appeared in the third episode in his wolf form, while his human form appeared in the thirteenth episode of the first season. He was an Evolved Werewolf, alpha and member of the Crescent Wolf Pack. Jackson was the husband of Hayley Marshall, father to Stella Marshall-Kenner, and the paternal cousin to Luke Martin.

In Season One, Jackson was among the many Crescent werewolves who were cursed to stay in their wolf forms at all times except the night of the full moon. On that night each month the wolves returned to their original human forms for a brief time. When Jackson learned of Alex's return to New Orleans, he was drawn to her. He served as her wolf bodyguard against those who intended to harm both her and her then-unborn children. Later Alex was finally able to convince the witch who cursed the Crescent pack, Céleste Dubois, to break the curse and set them free. Afterward, Jackson returned to his role as Alpha to the Crescents and helped Alex adjust to life in a werewolf pack.

In Season Two, Jackson worked closely with Hayley and Alex in an effort to stop Esther and Finn Mikaelson and finally unite all of the werewolf clans under their leadership. In *The Brothers That Care Forgot*, Jackson and Hayley gave a speech to the werewolves to announce their intention to perform The Unification Ceremony that would allow Hayley to share her hybrid control over her transformation with the entire pack. Jackson eventually married Hayley in *I Love You, Goodbye* which led him to become an Evolved Werewolf, along with the rest of the Crescent Wolf Clan who were in attendance at the ceremony.

As of *Fire with Fire*, Jackson, along with, Arielle, Hayley, Alex, and the other Crescent wolves, have once again had the Crescent Curse placed on them by a witch (in this case, Dahlia, under Klaus Mikaelson's instruction), and are trapped in their wolf form at all times except the night of the full moon.

In Season Three, Jackson began working closely with, Arielle, Hayley, Alex, and the Mikaelson family in order to ensure their safety in New Orleans. Despite his complicated marriage with Hayley, he proved his love for her and that he was willing to stand by her no matter what. However, in *A Ghost Along the Mississippi*, Jackson was kidnapped by the Strix, along with Hayley and Alex. Shortly after their abduction, Hayley and Alex was forced to watch Jackson be tortured and executed by Tristan de Martel. Unfortunately, Jackson's death was a part of Tristan's revenge scheme against the Mikaelson family. Before Jackson died, he made it clear to Hayley and Alex that he was willing to stand by them no matter what. Jackson's death left a huge impact on both Hayley and Alex.

**Jackson** was a member of the **Kenner Family**, by marriage **Labonair Family**, **Petrova Family**, and **Lescheres Family**.

## Early History

Jackson was a member of the Kenner family, one of two royal families within the Crescent Wolf Pack. Out of a desire to bridge the gap that had formed between the pack, his parents, and the heads of the royal family, the Labonairs, decided to put their children in an arranged marriage. Thus Jackson was betrothed to Hayley, then known as Andréa. However, Jackson's grandfather Richard Xavier Dumas hated that Logan and Lilith were intent on making peace with the vampires, so he killed Hayley's parents, resulting in Andréa being adopted by the Marshall family and leaving her hometown.

Not long after, the vampires attacked the werewolves and many were killed. The vampire convinced a witch to put a curse on the pack, which trapped the surviving Crescents who had triggered their werewolf genes in their wolf forms. Their only respite being the night of the full moon, when they were briefly able to transform back into humans for a few short hours.

While growing up, Jackson was like most kids with the werewolf gene - very angry, and when he ultimately killed a human and triggered his werewolf gene, he only became angrier because it also triggered his Crescent Curse, which forced him into his wolf form full-time. Jackson eventually calmed down when the pack's former alpha was killed, forcing him to step up and become the new alpha to protect his people.

## Personality

Jackson was headstrong and had no problem saying what was on his mind. He also cared for the well-being of the werewolves and protected them no matter what, even if it means he gets hurt instead. This was especially true of those in his family, as he will fight to the death for his blood relatives such as Aiden and Mary along with his wife Hayley, his in-laws Arielle, Alex, Ariana, along with Alex's twins, Jack and Hope.

He was also a born leader and has tremendous pride as the Alpha of his pack; despite this quality, he rarely jumped to conclusions before he learned all the facts, as evidenced by his insistence that the werewolves not blame the vampires for the Bayou bombing until they knew for sure who did it; similarly, Jackson later insisted that the vampires (who had accidentally killed several visiting Alpha werewolves after Finn Mikaelson cast a spell on them that increased their bloodlust to ravenous levels) not be blamed by the rest of the wolves for the deaths, as he knew that they were under the influence of dark magic at the time.

However, this quality was sometimes be forgotten by Jackson when it come to those he cared about, as he had no qualms immediately blaming Klaus for his closest friend/relative Aiden's death, when in reality he had been killed by Dahlia; he still did not actually have any evidence that Klaus did kill Aiden.

Jackson was intelligent, as he was able to figure out that it was Francesca Guerrera who was behind the Bayou bombing.

## Physical Appearance

Jackson was a male werewolf with light olive skin, brown eyes, and curly dark brown hair. As a wolf, he had white and black fur with shades of brown, and had the typical glowing yellow eyes that comes with lycanthropy.

## Powers and Abilities

Jackson possessed the standard powers and abilities of an Evolved werewolf.

## Weaknesses

Jackson had the typical weaknesses of an Evolved werewolf.