Jacob

Jacob (Season 3)

**Jacob** was a supporting character and major antagonist in The Gaming Council. He was the second-in-command of the Empire of Respect until his rebellion in mid-2025.

## Synopsis

### History

Jacob fought as a soldier for Disrespect in the Millenium War, serving as a medic on the frontlines. While taking cover, he ran into Yosef. Despite being opposite sides, he treated Yosef's wounds and the two became close friends. Jacob told Yosef that he now owes him - A promise that Yosef would fulfill years later. Jacob betrayed Disrespect, helping Yosef to win the Millenium War for Respect. After the war ended, he returned to Yosef's home to find it aflame. Yosef left to live in solutitude while Jacob began climbing his way up the ranks of Respect.

In 2002, Jacob met Maya while travelling in Europe. She tells him of an ancient song about two sides, the black and the white, who fight for power - however, it is unclear which is good and which is evil. Jacob and Maya quickly fall in love - However Maya passes away of an unknown illness not long after. Jacob keeps her treasured dagger, and promises one day to find her homeland again to watch the sunset.

By the time of the Empire Expansion, Jacob had worked his way to second-in-command to The Fella.

### Season 2

#### *Chapter 3*

Jacob appears in a video recorded by Ganon. Larry brings Frank to him, and Jacob co-erces Frank into betraying the Gaming Council.

#### *Chapter 6*

Jacob appears on a monitor, communicating with the participants of the Killing Game. He acts out of character, and appears to purposefully sabotage Respect by revealing too much information and doing nothing when DeMille traps Respect.

#### *Epilogue*

In the Season 2 Epilogue, Jacob is seen watching re-runs of the Killing Game broadcast. Eric enters the room and Jacob questions him on why he put his own father, Arthur Birling, into the game. Jacob tells Eric that his father is dead and gives him a video tape of his final moments, saying that The Fella is trying to hide it from him.

### Season 3

#### *Shard Map Arc*

Danny comes to Jacob and gives him the report about the missing shard map and says that Eric let Mike, the perpetrator, go. Jacob decides to let this slide, to Danny's frustration. Jacob then goes to the crime scene and questions a Todd and a local police officer, learning the names of the injured men taken to Brumley Hospital and heading there himself. He meets with Digby Hansen, the brother of the deceased Agent who originally stole the map. Jacob learns that the version of the map that was stolen was incomplete, only having one location.

Later, when Jacob tries to access the completed version of the map, he finds that all the data has been stolen by a hacker under the name of Agent Banana. To get the map back, Jacob decides to dispatch a squad to Cuba to raid Arnold's Base. He calls in his old friend Yosef to be the commander of this squadron.

Jacob calls the council of Agents of Respect to announce his intention to form his own private army, acting seperately to Neil's forces. He argues that overwhelming presence of Respect's Army in Cuba will destabilise the peace in the area, and hence a smaller taskforce of soldiers should be deployed instead. Yosef is introduced to the Agents of Respect as the new commander, and Danny is forcibly partnered with him. Neil reluctantly goes along with the idea, warning Jacob that he's on thin ice.

Jacob calls Eric to his office and asks him for help sorting through letters addressed to Lord Respect. Eric learns of the atrocities the Empire has committed worlwide, however Jacob says he has no intention of breaking Eric's faith to Respect. Jacob says that now Eric has learned the full truth of the Empire, he needs to be the one who decides whether he should live for the greater good or live to be selfish.

#### *Crown Jewels Arc*

After the conflict at Arnold's Base, Yosef and Danny return to Jacob with the completed map. Jacob then orders them to track down the shard in Japan. Styrbjorn, a former Agent of Respect, then appears at Respect HQ. Despite his troubled history with Danny, Jacob orders Styrbjorn to join Yosef's squadron so that Yosef can keep an eye on him.

At the Gulag, Jacob and Styrbjorn command the army from outside the gates. Styrbjorn tells Jacob that the new weapon is ready, and Jacob tells Yosef to send them Constantine's co-ordinates when he has them. When Yosef expresses concern that the Gaming Council have been trapped in the Gulag for a week, Jacob tells him that soldiers should always be prepared for danger and orders the squadron to press on regardless.

Styrbjorn asks Jacob what he's going to do about Neil's plotting against him. Jacob responds saying he has a trump card - Eric Birling, who he describes as a 'blank canvas'. Jacob says he's lost all faith in Respect, and he hopes that Eric will one day save the world he's grown to love.

#### *Changing World Arc*

Neil challenges Jacob to a game of chess - Winner takes all. Thus begins the Respect Civil War.

Jacob calls Yosef to his office for a confidential matter. Jacob confirms with Yosef that the shard at the Gulag was a fake, and gives him a document with 'evidence' that suggests Neil was the one who laid the endless maze trap.

Jacob next shares this evidence with Danny, who immediately catches on that it's forged. Danny questions why Jacob wants him to turn against Neil, but Jacob just flips the question - "Why does Neil want you to turn against me?" Danny is left unsure of what Jacob is planning to do.

Jacob walks in on Eric searching for the tape, which Neil took from him. Eric confesses that he murdered someone, however Jacob responds by saying, "you don't have to be insane to kill someone, you just have to believe you're right." Jacob tells Eric it's entirely up to him to decide what's right and what's wrong - as long as he has an informed perspective. Jacob reminds him to watch the tape, and from there decide how he'll live his life.

Neil enacts the final phase of his plan. He sends assassins after Jacob's final supporters - Yosef and Eric. Jacob responds by sending his own assassin to kill Lord Respect. All three assassins fire.

Yosef blocks the bullet and defeats the assassin. Neil arrives and says Jacob sent the assassin. Yosef joins Neil's side. Jacob stops the assassin after Eric and tells Eric to run as fighting is about to break out.

In the morning, Neil commands the Respect Army to seige the Respect HQ, where Jacob has holed himself up and littered the fortress with traps. It's one man against an army. Neil arrives at Jacob's office and they have one final showdown to settle things. They agree to both fire their guns at the same time, leaving the victor down to fate.

Jacob is fatally wounded and Neil leaves him to die. As he bleeds out, he thinks of Maya and his promise to take her to see the sunset of her homeland once more. With renewed hope, Jacob leaves to try and save the world that Maya loved even as his life slips away. He heads to where Respect is in stasis to try and unplug the pod and prevent the soul transfer. However, Eric was hiding there the whole time. Eric, in a state of panic and desperation, strangles Jacob to death. Lord Respect reawakens and takes back his throne.

#### *Desert Arc*

Yosef finds a letter left from Jacob when searching his office, alongside Maya's dagger. The letter says that Jacob did what he did to uphold his promise to Yosef - He called when he had found a way to let Yosef see his wife again. Yosef takes the dagger and resolves himself to solve the mysteries of Jacob's motives.

## Trivia

* Despite being a main antagonist of Season 3, Jacob never met the Gaming Council in person.
* Jacob's first appearance in Season 2 Episode 12 is part of a fake video, as revealed in the finale of Season 2. Jacob was never an Agent of Disrespect, and hence could not have conspired with Larry. The video was forged.
* Despite being opposed to Respect, he admires Lord Respect's methods, specifically the Killing Game.
* Maya's song - The Song of the Ancients from NieR Replicant - returns during Jacob's final showdown with Neil.

## Gallery

Jacob's Season 3 Character ArtJacob in the cinema, S3 OP2Jacob, S3 OP2Jacob, S3 OP2Jacob talking to Eric, S2 EpilogueJacob and Neil playing chess, S3E6Jacob's flashback with Maya, S3E7Jacob's final showdown with Neil, S3E7Jacob's Death, S3E7Jacob, S3 ED7
## Appearances

* **Season 2**
	+ Episode 12
	+ Episode 26
	+ Epilogue
* **Season 3**
	+ Episode 1
	+ Episode 2
	+ Episode 3
	+ Episode 5
	+ Episode 6
	+ Episode 7