Jack Wilson

**Jack Wilson** aka **The Beast** is a former member of the ASIS. Jack also hails from Earth-217. He was a hero turned enemy and later again ally of Christopher Chance/The Emerald Archer. Jack turned evil after being injected with a serum that controlled his thoughts and mind. Soon after Charles McLance/Saltire defeated him and locked him in prison on the island. Jack eventually returns to the side of good and continues to the heroes as a reformed man.

## Jack Wilson

### Occupation

MercenaryASIS agent (formerly)

Member of the ASIS unit (formerly)

## Biography

### Early Life

Wilson was an Australian Special Intelligence Services operative who went on numerous missions with partner Billy. Jack also married a woman named Adeline Kane, with whom he had a son, Max Wilson, and picked Billy to be his son's godfather. Jack always kept secret about his real job from his son, telling him he was a pilot for an Australian airline

At some point during Max's childhood, Adeline gave birth to a second son, Grant. However, the boy's existence was kept secret from Jack, as she didn't want him to be a part of the murderous secret agent world. They also had a daughter named Lily.

### Life on Ko Pha Ngan

In 2006, Jack and Billy were tasked with rescuing Yut Fei, a former Chinese military commander purposely shipwrecked on Ko Pha Ngan by his government to conceal a massacre that had been perpetrated eight years earlier. However, their plane was shot out of the sky while en route to the island's airstrip, and the two were captured by men working for Edwin Fyers, a mercenary who had been hired to take Yut Fei hostage for unknown reasons. Fyers asked both Jack and Billy to join his cause, but while Jack refused, his friend accepted Fyers' offer. Jack was held a prisoner in Fyers' camp for almost a year until Yut Fei managed to free him. The two took refuge in the wreck of Jack’s plane. They planned to escape the island by stealing a supply plane that made regular stops on the island's airstrip, but before they could do so, the two were separated.

Jack caught a young Charles McLance, who had been shipwrecked on Ko Pha Ngan, searching through his hideout. When Jack threatened to cut out his voice box unless he revealed who he was. Charles explained that Yut Fei had sent him, which caused Jack to loosen his grip on the shipwrecked billionaire. Charles showed Jack the message Yut Fei gave him and deduced that he sent Charles to him to help him take the airstrip. He threw Charles a few swords and tested him on his weapon skills. He found Charles to be an unskilled fighter. Charles claimed he wasn't a fighter, accidentally killing a man and taking his uniform. When Jack demanded to know where Yut Fei was during it, Charles told him he ran after he got captured.

Viewing him as a liability, Jack attacked Charles and knocked him unconscious. He bound Charles to a chair by his wrists. When Charles woke up, Jack explained to him that he had to kill him. When Charles begged him to spare his life, Jack refused and assured him he'll kill him in a way that he wouldn't feel a thing. Just before he could, Charles freed himself by dislocating his thumb. He went on to punch Jack in the face, convincing Jack that he was worth keeping alive and then officially introduced himself.

They spent 3 years together on the island.

### Life after the island

Jack eventually became and enemy of Charles after being injected with a drug. Charles eventually defeated him and imprisoned him on the island,

Wilson was incarcerated in a DELTA. supermax on Ko Pha Ngan. Charles visited him and talked to him. Jack however argued that Charles isn't a hero and will always be a murder since he created him, which Charles acknowledges and that if it weren't for Jack he wouldn't be alive today. However it's also because of Jack, despite all he'd done, his plot is what made him not a killer but a hero and thanks him. As Charles is walking out Jack angrily scolds him for believing he won't escape and yells to him that he keeps his promises as Charles leaves, continuing to yell at him as he leaves.

### Unlikely partners

In May 2017, Jack was recruited by Charles to face Prometheus and his team. As Charles arrived, Jack expressed his gratification for the former's return. Wilson expressed that the mental side effects of the drug were completely gone and he was back in his right mind, expressing guilt over his vendetta against Charles. Charles offered Jack information on his son Max’s whereabouts in exchange for help freeing Charles’ friends and son. Jack donned his Beast armour and set out with Saltire.

## Abilities

* **Peak of human physical condition:** Jack is in exceptional physical condition for a man of his age. His reflexes allowed him to catch an arrow shot at him by Christopher Chance. Even while having relied on the drugs powers for years, upon being cured, Jack still proved to be an incredibly resilient and physically powerful fighter, as he was able to quickly recover from the side-effects of the cure, which knocked out just about any other member of his army, and still managed to challenge and injure Christopher quite badly and despite being ultimately battered, he was able to withstand the beating Christopher put on him without any lasting injuries. After retraining himself on The island, Jack appears to have regained his physical prowess, as he was able to easily knock out Charles and Ariana with a single punch and break out of Charles’ pummel-hold and overpower and restrain him.

"*Don't forget who taught you how to fight, kid.*" —Jack Wilson to Charles McLance

* **Master hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist:** Jack is proven to be a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist, likewise he was able to effectively mentor Charles and Christopher in his ways of combat and survival. He was able to spar with Charles to a stalemate in combat, although it can be implied that Jack held back a little. He also soundly beat and killed his former partner Billy, who was also a master combatant with enough skill to fight on par with Yut Fei. His fighting style incorporates Escrima, Muay Thai, Karate, Silat, Boxing, Jiu-Jitsu and Judo. While augmented by the drug, Jack’s combat skills became far deadlier, due to his physical prowess being dramatically enhanced, which allowed him to one-sidedly pummel Charles in their final brawl on the island, with Charles only surviving due to Jack being trapped by rubble, and in the present, he was able to easily defeat Charles, Rex Taylor and Henry Watson simultaneously, despite all three being seasoned combatants. However, even while cured of the drug and struggling to remain conscious, Jack proved that he retained an immense amount of combat prowess despite having become reliant on his powers, as he was able to fight on par with and even at times dominate Charles before being eventually defeated. A year after being imprisoned on the island, Jack has retrained himself to regain much of his combat skills, as he was able to knock out Charles and Ariana in mere seconds when he had them off-guard. In a second encounter, he was able to take on and separate Ariana and Charles at the same time and easily broke out of Charles’ hold and quickly overpowered and restrained him, only being defeated when Ariana pulled a gun on him and shot him in the arm, as he has been retraining himself (off-screen) and that his combat skills will eventually return to the way they used to be, before he became too reliant on his powers. By the time Charles recruited Jack against Adrian Matthews and his allies, having spent 2 years on the island, Jack has regained all of his former combat skills, as seen when he is able to swiftly overwhelm The Siren and easily defeated Talia's acolytes whose training were nearly identical to the League of Darkness in mere seconds as well as swiftly and easily take out numerous members of the Jackals without sustaining any injury and while holding back, fight evenly with and eventually beat his son Max Wilson, forcing Max to resort to trickery to defeat him. Jack is also one of the most deadliest combatants in the entire multiverse.
* **Master Swordsman:** Jack is a highly skilled swordsman, as he was able to cut down multiple armed mercenaries in mere seconds. He has explicitly stated his weapon of choice are swords. He killed his former partner, Billy, in a sword-fight, who was also a master swordsman. In the present day, while amplified by the the drug, Jack was able to kill three of Sebastian's bodyguards in a matter of seconds. However, even without the drug, he remained a formidable swordsman, matching Christopher’s bow with his sword. It has been seen that the years he spent imprisoned in Ko Pha Ngan without properly practicing his sword-fighting skills has not reduced their efficiency, as Jack was able to swiftly cut down multiple students of Talia on multiple encounters when helping Team Saltire against Adrian Matthews and Talia's forces, who had training similar to the League of Darkmess and later did the same to nearly 20 members of the Jackals and also fought on par with Max in their sword fight and managed to gain the upper hand while holding back, only being overpowered by his son through trickery. Besides his prowess at close range, he was also shown to be able to kill a guard by drawing his sword and throw it in one single motion.
* **Master Marksman**: Jack is an excellent marksman, as he took out many soldiers with his sniper rifle and was able to take out several soldiers with only two handguns. He was also able to easily shoot down many members of the Jackals using a single rifle before they could attempt to fire.
* **Stealth/Infiltration:** As a former member of the ASIS, Jack is well versed in stealth and infiltration. Jack was able to steal a file from the archives without being seen on the security cameras. Jack was able to stalk Charles without getting noticed. Charles was able to enter McLance Mansion and then enter the Command Centre, without being seen, noticed or making any alarms go off.

## Appearances

### Saltire

#### Pre-Season 1

* “Defender” (flashbacks)
* “Trust But Verify” (flashbacks)
* “Salvation” (flashbacks)
* “Sacrifice” (flashbacks)

* ”Caledonia” (flashbacks)
* ” The Calm” (flashbacks)
* ”identity”
* ” The Society of Justice”
* ”New Recruits”
* ”World on Fire”

### Season 1

* ”A Samaritan”
* ” The Calm Before the Storm”

### Season 2

* ”Fallout”
* ”War Pt 2”
* “Fallen Warrior”
* ”The Trials of Charles McLance”

### Season 3

* “The Beast Returns
* ”Promises Kept”
* “A Crisis”

### Season 4

* “Reminiscence”
* ”Back to the Future
* "Purgatory"
* "Past and Future"
* "Ko Pha Ngan"

### Season 5

* ”Future Burdens”
* ”Heroes Join Forces Part 2”
* ”Aces, Charles”