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Zeff pushes his trainees to their limits. His favorite form of punishment is "The Post," a post outside the Coop on which trainees are forced balance for hours under the sun.{{book ref|lux|5}}
Zeff has three rules at the coop. Rule 1: "No excuses, ever." Rule 2: "I am God. You do what I say, and no questions." Rule 3: "You are weak."{{book ref|lux|5}} These rules are enforced inconsistently: Jax
== Appearance and Personality ==
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Zeff has hard, unforgiving eyes, and has skin that looks like old stone. He has a weathered look to him,
== History ==
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Zeff was put in charge of
Zeff put Jax through many
A girl named [[Paige]] arrived at the Coop after several months, and Zeff began training her along with Jax. He introduced them to each other, antagonizing them by describing to each
At long last, Zeff started teaching Jax swordplay. He only taught Jax how to block strikes, and says that Jax could attack once he had blocked 100,000 sword strikes. After a long time training with practice swords, Jax lashed out at Zeff out of frustration and anger, striking Zeff hard in the ribs. Jax said that he has blocked the required 100,000 sword strikes. Zeff simply corrected Jax’s stance, and they continued training as if it hadn’t happened. That night, Zeff told Jax that he had broken Rule Three: "You are weak." Zeff made Jax stand on the post, and that night, he returned Jax’s
Two years passed, and Zeff taught Jax and Paige stealth, acrobatics, observation, and firearms. Despite how he downplayed guns, Zeff was an extremely good shot. Though Jax initially struggled, he eventually got better at firearms. Paige, however continually remained the better shot. Zeff made Jax fight older kids who were five or more years older than him. In addition, Zeff made Jax fight outnumbered, sometimes facing two or more enemies. Jax and Paige started working together, fighting side by side. From then on, Zeff let them fight together, but made the bouts even more unfair, making them fight up to six or seven enemies at once, or making them
Months later, [[Prof]] came to visit the Coop. Zeff locked Jax and Paige in the kitchen, saying that he was too embarrassed to present them to Prof. Zeff met with Prof, initially unaware that Jax and Paige were eavesdropping on his conversation. He praised
The same day, Prof called a meeting with all the Reckoners at the Coop. [[Abigail
=== El Paso ===
Zeff and
▲Zeff and [[Jax (Reckoners)|Jax]] drove eight hours to El Paso, where signs of [[Epic]] fighting were clearly visible. On the battlefield, [[Dean Knighthawk|Knighthawk]] had set up multiple buildings, as well as a mechanical clean-up crew. They met with Knighthawk, as well as a man who Knighthawk introduced as “[[Perrick|The Californian]]”, who said he was a California [[Reckoners|Reckoner]]. Jax started talking with Knighthawk about motivators and Lux, inadvertently giving away valuable information. Zeff tried to get Jax to stop talking by glaring at him, but Jax didn’t get the hint. Knighthawk moved to his lab to work on a motivator, asking Zeff to come with him. Zeff stole a sample of DNA from [[Lawrence Robert|Mitosis]], and went back to retrieve Jax. He found that Jax had revealed even more valuable intel to the Californian. Saying that he needed Jax’s help unloading crates, he pulled Jax outside. He angrily berated Jax, furious about how much information he revealed. He said that he doesn’t know who the Californian was, but that was not a Reckoner. They left quickly, and started driving towards Arlington to join Abigail and the other Reckoners.{{book ref|lux|11}}
=== Arlington ===
On their way to Arlington, Zeff got a call from Abigail. Gunfire and explosions sounded over the line, and a panicked Abigail reported that they were being overwhelmed by soldiers from Lux, called [[Ravens]]. Their group had been discovered, and they were losing people quickly. Abigail told them that the Ravens weren’t dying, their wounds being healed by an unknown Epic. Zeff and Jax drove towards Arlington at max speed, and they soon saw Lux up ahead. Lux started moving away from the Arlington, and Abigail called and said that Lux was leaving, though there were only a few Reckoners still alive. Lux suddenly changed course, heading straight for Zeff and Jax in their truck. Zeff tried to shake Lux, but it followed them, tracking them with precision. Zeff drove into Fort Worth, and they ditched the truck, grabbing their gear. Ravens touched down in the city, and started fanning out to find Zeff and Jax. They tried to fight some of the Ravens, Jax having moderate success with his [[Motivator#Boomerang|boomerang]] watch, but the Ravens were immortal. They were chased down a street, fighting as they ran, but Zeff got shot, falling in the street. The wound was bad, and he ordered Jax to leave him and find cover. [[Wingflare]] arrived, and ripped a hotel out of the ground with her powers. When Jax refused to leave him, Zeff activated the boomerang motivator on Jax’s wrist, smashing the device as Jax teleported away. Jax was transported to a nearby building, unable to return to Zeff.{{book ref|lux|12}}
Wingflare held the hotel over Zeff, and said that if he told her where Jax was, she would let him live. When he refused to tell her, she ordered the Ravens to go search for him. She then ordered Zeff to start running. She said that if he ran fast enough, she would let him live. Zeff got to his feet, standing defiant. He refused to run, telling Jax over their radio that
== Relationships ==
=== Abigail ===
Zeff is currently unmarried,{{book ref|lux|7}} but he and [[Abigail Casey|Abigail]] are in love. Abigail is the only one who can bring out Zeff’s soft side, and his gruff demeanor completely changes around her.{{book ref|lux|10}}
=== Jax ===
Zeff trains Jax at the Coop.{{Book ref|lux|7}} Zeff is very harsh and tough with Jax, but that strictness grows out of a desire for Jax to be strong. He has Jax's best interests at heart, though Jax often doesn't see it. {{book ref|lux|12}} It’s only much later that Jax grows thankful for Zeff’s intensive and sometimes strange training methods.{{book ref|lux|36}} When Zeff is shot and badly wounded in the street, Jax doesn’t want to leave him, but Zeff uses Jax’s boomerang watch against his will to save him.{{book ref|lux|12}}
== Notes ==
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