Jacob Hargreeves

**Jacob Hargreeves**, originally designated as **Number Eight** is one of the forty-three children who were born on the 12th hour of the first day of October 1989 to mothers without any previous signs of pregnancy. The baby was one of the eight adopted Sir Reginald Hargreeves with the intention of training them to save the world. Ranked by their individual usefulness, Jacob Hargreeves' s Number Eight with the power to manipulate, generate and control pyrokinesis.

## Biography

Jacob was one of eight children adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves. Jacob grew up with the rest of his sibling and he was also trained to save the world, along with his brothers and sisters. Jacob had the power to control, manipulate and generate fire at will, and he was able to turn his entire body into fire, which allowed him to never get cold and allow him to fly as well. Jacob was very close with his adopted sister, Vanya, whom he would always call V a lot. He also had a close sibling relationship with his adopted brothers, Ben and Number Five as well. He also gotten along with Allison, Diego, Luther and Klaus. But he did not get along with his adopted father, Reginald at all.

## Profile

### Appearance

Jacob is extremely attractive with his russet skin, dark black hair and dark brown eyes. Jake has an extremely strong built and is 6'0. Jacob often wears a green and black leather jacket, and he has long black pants and a pair of dark black shoes. Jacob also wears a blue, black shorts and gray shoes. Jacob has the ability called plasma form, which allows him to turn his entire body into fire.

### Personality

Jacob is very laid-back, fearless and brave as well. Jacob enjoy spending time with his siblings very much and he likes to eat hot stuff a lot, and he enjoy training a lot as well. Jacob is very loyal to his family and friends, and he doesn't back down from anyone at all and he will always protect his loved ones and good people as well. During most of his childhood, he would play with his siblings, Vanya, Five and Ben a lot when they were very young and he would also enjoy eating toast a lot as well.

Jacob can sometimes be very hard-headed a lot and he doesn't work well with others besides his family of course. Jacob is shown to respect Luther as the leader and number one of the Umbrella Academy team and he does seem to be happy that Vanya has a superpower like him and their siblings as well. Jacob enjoy swimming lava a lot.

## Power and Abilities

### Power

* **Pyrokinesis/Pyrogenesis** - Jacob has the power to control, manipulate and generate fire at will. He can throw fireballs at his enemies with ease and he can set people on fire with a snap of a finger. Jacob can also turn his entire body into fire called plasma form and he can absorb fire anywhere and at anytime as well. Jacob can also swim through fire and lava as well and his body temperature is very high as well.
* **Immunity to Fire & Heat** - Jacob is unaffected by heat and flames, including his own, even when part of him is aflame and the rest of him is not. His flesh cannot be scalded or burned by any heat source whose level is below that of his maximum output. This allows him to swim through lava with ease.
* **Fire Absorption** - Jacob can absorb any fire source no matter how hot it is. When he absorbs fire, it will increase his power by a lot and his fire will be stronger and more dangerous as well. He will be able to generate almost any type of fire no matter what.

## Relationships

### Family

* The Umbrella Academy - adoptive siblings
	+ Luther Hargreeves - adoptive brother
	+ Allison Hargreeves - adoptive sister
	+ Klaus Hargreeves - adoptive sibling
	+ Number Five - adoptive brother and best friend
	+ Vanya Hargreeves - adoptive sister, temporary enemy and best friend
* Sir Reginald Hargreeves - adoptive father (original timeline)
* Grace † - adoptive mother (original timeline)
* Ben Hargreeves - adoptive brother and best friend (original timeline)
* Claire † - adoptive niece (original timeline)

## Trivia and Facts

* Jacob can swim through lava and fire without getting burned.
* Jacob has a close relationship with all of his siblings.
* Jacob is Heterosexual and he had 2 different girls as well.
* Jacob has a fire form called Plasma form.
* Jacob is very similar to Human Torch.
* Jacob's temperature is very high.

## Gallery

Jacob's Casual AppearanceJacob's Plasma form