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'''Zeff''' is a trainer for the [[Reckoners]]. He is the chief trainer at the [[Coop]], and personally trains [[Jax]] and [[Paige]]. He dies at the hands of [[Wingflare]].
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 will occasionally break these rules without receiving punishment. Zeff seems to only bring up Rule 2 when he doesn't want to answer.{{book ref|lux|7}}
Zeff has hard, unforgiving eyes, and has skin that looks like old stone. He has a weathered look to him, and and is likely well into his middle years. He wears a cowboy hat and drives an old once-blue pickup truck. He has a gruff Southern accent. He is harsh and unforgiving, and is a demanding task master. He is very observant, and nothing escapes his attention.{{book ref|Lux|9}}
== History ==
=== Training Jax and Paige ===
Zeff is in charge of Jax’s training at the Coop. He is harsh with Jax, and makes him spend hours upon hours on The Post. He takes Jax’s [[Shiloh|sword]] away from him, and says Jax can have it back when he knows how to use it.{{book ref|Lux|5}} He shows Jax the motivator workshop, but says Jax can only work there once he reads all of the many books on motivators and science that they have there.
Zeff puts Jax through many “no-flinch games” where he puts Jax in tough situations and doesn’t let him flinch. One such exercise included having Jax lie down on the ground and having mice crawl all over him. Zeff says that the fundamentals of being an assassin are not flashy skills like being able to shoot or use a sword, but more subtle ones, like being able to sit in a bush for days without moving. Jax wants to learn to use his sword, but Zeff teaches him martial arts instead. He also makes Jax do what he calls “peaches training”, in which he makes Jax do regular exercises, but with a backpack full of peaches on his back.{{book ref|lux|7}}
A girl named [[Paige]] arrives at the Coop, and Zeff begins training her along with Jax. He introduces them to each other, antagonizing them by describing to each of them how Epics murdered their families. When Zeff realizes that both of them care for others more than themselves, he declares that when one of them messes up, the other will bear the punishment.{{book ref|Lux|7}} At long last, Zeff starts teaching Jax swordplay. He only teaches Jax how to block strikes, and says that he can attack once he has blocked 100,000 sword strikes. After a long time training with practice swords, Jax lashes out at Zeff out of frustration and anger, striking Zeff hard in the ribs. Jax says that he has blocked the required 100,000 sword strikes. Zeff simply corrects Jax’s stance, and they continue training as if it hadn’t happened. That night, Zeff tells Jax that he has broken Rule Three: You are weak. Zeff makes Jax stand on the post, and that night, he returns Shiloh to him, polished and sharpened.{{book ref|lux|8}}
== Relationships ==
=== Abigail ===
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