Funny thing he doesn't even speak German. He lives with his wife Babette in Blacksmith, along with the four children they had from previous weddings: Denise, Steffie, Heinrich and Wilder. None of them have been conceived by Jack and Babette together. Both of them are animated by a strong fear of death that seems petty until the day a cloud of deadly toxins leaks into the world, killing people. It's the AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT (*thunder roars*. Exposed to the fumes while filling the gas tank of his car, Jack will have to face the fact that he is slowly dying. His doctor affirms that death is within him and that it's a question of time. Jack will try then by any means to ready up and silence this terrible fear.