Editing Jaks

|groups={{tag|Bridge Four}}, {{tag+|army|Sadeas}}

|died=[[Battle of the Tower]], {{Rosharan date|1173|9|6|4}}{{book ref|sa1|68}}

|profession={{cat tag|Bridgemen|Bridgeman}}

|residence=Alethi warcamps

|universe=[[Cosmere]]

|introduced=[[The Way of Kings]]

'''Earless Jaks''' was a member of [[Bridge Four]] on [[Roshar]].{{book ref|sa1|23}} He was killed during the [[Battle of the Tower]].{{book ref|sa1|68}}

== Appearance and Personality ==

Like many of the other Bridge Four members, Earless Jaks did not take kindly to [[Kaladin]]’s leadership at first, and was openly hostile towards him.{{book ref|sa1|23}}{{book ref|sa1|27}} He gained respect for Kaladin over time, becoming a willing part of the team.{{book ref|sa1|64}}

== Attributes and Abilities ==

Jaks had some level of artistic ability, as he was chosen to paint designs on carapace armor designed by [[Leyten]].{{book ref|sa1|64}}

== History ==

It is not known how Jaks became a bridgeman or how he lost his ears—in fact, it is not clear if he was actually earless, or if it was just a nickname.

When Kaladin got the squad assigned to stone gathering duty (while secretly gathering [[knobweed]] sap), Earless Jaks approached him with [[Dunny]], towing a wooden sled bearing a large stone. As they loaded the boulder into the wagon, Earless Jaks scowled at Kaladin. When Kaladin complimented him, Earless Jaks just glared at him and stalked off.{{book ref|sa1|23}} His contempt for Kaladin continued during chasm duty, joining in when [[Sigzil]] and [[Moash]] gibed the bridgeleader.{{book ref|sa1|27}}

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|He cares about looking important. Even if he was in the army, I’ll bet he spent his days cleaning out latrines.

|Earless Jaks taunting Kaladin during chasm duty{{book ref|sa1|27}}

}}

After Kaladin performed an advanced kata, Earless Jaks was presumably among the bridgemen who gained a newfound respect for Kaladin.{{book ref|sa1|27}} He questioned Kaladin's plan to escape the warcamps, but was presumably among the bridgemen who agreed to learn how to fight after realizing that there was no good alternative.{{book ref|sa1|27}} After Bridge Four secured [[Parshendi]] carapaces and Leyten fashioned armor from them, Earless Jaks purchased blue and white paint and drew designs on the new armor.{{book ref|sa1|64}}

Jaks died in the [[Battle of the Tower]] alongside [[Malop]] and [[Narm]].{{book ref|sa1|68}} Kaladin lamented that he couldn’t save the three of them, although he tried his best to focus on the fact that the others had survived.{{book ref|sa1|73}}

[[Kaladin]] remembered him along with [[Malop]], [[Beld]], [[Pedin]], [[Rod (Roshar)|Rod]], [[Mart]], [[Goshel]], [[Nalma]], [[Dallet]] and the squad, and [[Tien]] while trying, and failing, to say the [[Immortal Words|Fourth Ideal]] of the [[Windrunners]].{{book ref|sa3|118}} Kaladin remembered failing Jaks and other members of Bridge Four when [[Moash]] confronted him in [[Toralin Roshone]]'s manor.{{book ref|sa4|8}}

==Trivia==

*Some early versions of ''[[The Way of Kings]]'' had a typo that spelled his name as "Earless Jacks".

<references /><!-- sa1: 23, 27, 43, 55, 64, 68, 73, sa3: 118, sa4: 8 -->

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