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Jack Renfield (ジャック・レンフィールド Jyakku Renfiirudo) is one of William James Moriarty's affiliates. He was the one who taught William, Albert and Louis their combat skills and the art of killing.
Appearance[]
Jack is a very tall 6'6 (198 cm), older man with a goatee and long gray hair which is usually tied in a ponytail. In flashbacks, when the Moriarty brothers first met Jack, his hair was shorter and partly black with only a few streaks of silver.
When he initially appears, he wears a black waistcoast with a white kerchief around his neck. Once he officially joins the Moriarty manor, he wears a full black, three-piece suit with a black tie and white pocket square.
Personality[]
Jack is a courteous and well-mannered man, often displaying his butler-like nature. He also has a humorous and cheeky side, often laughing and teasing people like Moran. Despite this, he's dedicated to William and the group's cause, following orders and being serious when the situation calls for it.
Jack is also shown to be somewhat flirtatious and shameless in nature. He was immediately interested when he learned William had Irene Adler join the group and even after learning that Bond identifies as a man, confidently asked to help him study in the bedroom.[2]
Biography[]
Jack served in the British Army during the first Afghan War, where he earned was given the moniker "Jack" (here: pocketknife). During his time in the army, he was also a combat instructor. He later earned the title of "Jack the Ripper" based on his incredible skill in melee combat[3]
After the fire at the Moriarty household,[4] William, Albert, and Louis James Moriarty were taken in by Lord Rockwell, where Jack was working as a butler after the war. The three brothers knew of his past, so they requested his teaching in the art of killing.[2]
Years later, a murderer claiming to be "Jack the Reaper" appears. Even though Jack doesn't care about his nickname, he doesn't want to be remembered that way and contacts William, who also planned to request his presence.
Once William deduces the true culprits and their motive, they make and execute their plan in which Jack would act as "Jack the Ripper" and fake-kill a woman to pause the fighting between the police and the militia. He then flees the scene but keeps both groups, now joined in force, on the chase, so William could hunt down the real murderers.
Sebastian Moran, James Bonde, and Fred Porlock help Jack run around the streets and avoiding capture by the police and militia. Eventually, William manages to find the group behind the recent Jack the Ripper killings and deals with them together with Louis. With a set up explosion going off, this signals Jack and the rest of the group to stop and that the mission was complete.
Trivia[]
- Jack came fourteenth in the first character popularity poll and twelfth in the second poll.
- He likes pancakes and cleanliness.[1]
- He dislikes insects.[1]
- Jack's current worry is that, despite not being a butler anymore, he keeps subconsciously cleaning up after others or doing laundry.[1]
- He is the only other person to have the same height as Sebastian Moran (198 cm).
References[]
      
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   • Mycroft Holmes • Miss Hudson
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 • Charles Augustus Milverton
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