Jason
First appears in Book 3: Death's End, chapter 56 (Broadcast Era, Year 7 Yun Tianming’s Fairy Tales)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 3: Death's End
- Ch 56Jason is an elderly man from the Common Era, a former lighthouse engineer and the only inhabitant of Mosken, who built a lighthouse there.
- Ch 56Jason is a boat captain and lighthouse builder who woke from hibernation in the Deterrence Era after being treated for a terminal illness; he recognizes Cheng Xin as the Swordholder.
- Ch 56Jason believes Death is the only lighthouse always lit, and that since the apocalypse cannot be avoided, people should enjoy the present.
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 56Expedition into the Moskstraumen
After Palermo decoded He'ershingenmosiken as Helseggen and Mosken, the group went to Mosken. They recalled Poe's maelstrom story and crossed into the Moskstraumen, where their boat was caught.
- Book 3 · Ch 56Voyage into the Moskstraumen
Jason takes Cheng Xin's group into the whirlpool, shares a flaming cod supper and talks of death; the helicopter then lifts them out and the boat is swallowed by the eye.