Jack Barlowe

**Jack Barlowe** is a first-year rider at Basgiath War College and former rider of Baide.

## Biography

### Fourth Wing

Jack meets Violet and the other cadets on the parapet, after throwing a candidate off the side casually. With this, he makes it his mission to personally kill Violet, no matter the cost. He is later assigned to First Wing Flame Section. On his first day in the RIders Quadrant Jack kills another cadet during the sparring portion of their assessments. This continues to be a trend and he gradually becomes responsible for a large portion of names read on the death roll each morning.

Violet manages to kill him by collapsing an entire mountain on his head, crushing him.

### **Iron Flame**

After being crushed by the weight of a mountain and presumed dead, Jack gets mended bone by bone by Nolon for the next few months in secret. His dragon, Baide, has kept it a secret from the Empyrean that her rider is still alive, much to Violet's and Tairn's dissatisfaction.

Later on, Jack rushes to the turret during his dorm's watch for First Wing after hearing screams. He saves Violet from an assassination attempt by piercing the infantry soldier's throat and pulling her up the edge, much to Violet's shock who expected Eya. Violet is confused and questions Jack about why he did not take the chance to throw her off the tower and kill her. He explains that he has changed after facing down Malek and receiving a second chance in life, which makes both of them even after Violet almost killed him during the events of Fourth Wing. He leaves the tower without further notice.

In the wardstone chamber near Basgiath, he is seen riding Baide for the last time before grabbing her by her horns and pushing a dagger in between the hard scales that protect her neck. Baide ends up falling onto the wardstone before bleeding out, extinguishing the iron flame on top. However, Jack does not die, as it is revealed that he was already a venin in his first year at Basgiath.

## Physical Description

Jack has thick blond brows matching to his blond hair, glacial, or arctic, blue eyes. His face becomes red when he's enraged. He later develops red rims around his eyes.

Jack is described by Violet to have a "monstrous frame" and posesses enough strength to toss another riders candidate off the parapet as well as snap a cadets neck during assessment day.

## Personality

Jack is cocky and impatient. He feels no remorse for tossing other cadets off the parapet into their death and tried on multiple occassions to kill Violet Sorrengail. His aggressive and envious behavior towards others was in pair with his dragon Baide, who is stated to be aggressive. Jack firmly believes in the idea that those lacking strength have no place in the riders quadrant, whether they be humans or dragons. This is why he attempted to kill Andarna during Threshing, assuming her small size made her as vulnerable as Violet.

## Power and Abilities

### Powers

#### Lesser Magic

* Every rider is capable of using Lesser magic once their dragon begins channeling through them after Threshing. With this channeling, riders are able to; open doors without touching them, preternatural speed, manipulating mage lights, and powering ink pens. Lesser magic also allows riders to place runes.

#### Signet- Pain Projection

* are a the strongest, unique, ability that results from the bond between a dragon and their rider. He was first seen using his signet on the mat against Violet, forcing an internal power into her body, causing immense pain that could lead to a death blow.

### Venin Power

Jack is able to channel power from the ground which is enough to survive the death of his dragon and fool them.

## Relationships

### Baide

Jack and Baide complemented each other, as both were remarkable for their aggressiveness, as far as Baide hiding the truth from the Empyrean that her rider was still alive, mended by Nolon. However, Jack later betrays Baide by slashing a dagger between the scales of her neck , leading to her death.

### Violet Sorrengail

Since day one, Jack has had a strong hatred for Violet. On every occasion, he will try to kill her, and when she puts him to shame during Threshing, he starts to despise her even more and make it his mission to eliminate her. Not only is she frail and weak in his eyes, but she also managed to bond one of the largest and most powerful dragons this year, one he thinks should have been his. Coming back after presumed to be dead from the aftermath of Violet using her signet, he seems kind and saves her life from Varrish's second assassination attempt on her, killing the infantry guard and pulling her up from the edge. He reveals his true colors to Violet when slaying Baide in the wardstone chamber, revealing that he has been a venin for a longer time.

## Quotes

"Do you understand how much power is beneath your feet?" - Jack to Nolon

## Trivia

* Violet Sorrengail won a fight on the mat against Jack due to his allergic reaction to oranges.

## References

1. ↑ Fourth Wing, Chapter 3
2. ↑ Fourth Wing, Chapter 8
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fourth Wing, Chapter 2
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fourth Wing, Chapter 4