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— Jack Baker
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Jack Baker is a major antagonist in the survival horror video game Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Formerly a good-hearted family man, Jack and his wife and son fell under the influence of an insanity-inducing mold, turning them into violent serial killers.
Jack and his family lived on a plantation in Dulvey, Louisiana. After a storm caused a tanker to run aground near the Baker estate, Jack welcomed survivors into his home, including a girl named Eveline and her guardian, Mia Winters. Unbeknownst to the Bakers, Eveline was a bioweapon who controlled a psychoactive mold that infected the Baker family, making them monstrous and violent. Only Jack's daughter, Zoe, retained her sanity.
For three years, Jack and his family, under Eveline's influence, kidnapped victims to spread the mold. Mia's husband, Ethan, arrived at the estate to find his wife. He encountered a mutated Mia and was captured by Jack. Ethan escaped, fended off the Baker family, and collaborated with Zoe to develop an antidote for the mold. After several intense battles, Ethan injected Jack with the antidote, seemingly killing him.
However, Jack survived and mutated into a monstrous entity known as the Swamp Man. At the same time, Jack's estranged brother, Joe Baker, arrived at the estate and encountered Zoe, whom Ethan and Mia had been forced to leave behind. Zoe was on the verge of succumbing to the mold, but Joe concocted another dose of the antidote to cure Zoe and used an experimental weapon to destroy Jack for good.
Battle vs. Pyramid Head (by Pygmy Hippo 2)[]
Baker Family House
Fog floated outside of the windows after the Bakers finished dinner and went off to their own parts of the estate. Jack Baker hunched over the phone, seemingly in a trance until a loud screeching filled the air of the silent main house. Jack turned around to see Silent Hill's most notable resident dragging his Great Knife towards him, Pyramid Head. "Well, look at that! Looks like we have company!"
Baker swung his Shovel at the Pyramid, sending the creature's neck backwards as it groaned before swiping at his foe with the Knife. The cut sliced through Jack's stomach but no blood or organs came out, the Molded just laughing at the wound as Head raised his Great blade with two hands. Baker moved backwards to avoid most of the overhead swing but still had a slight cut down his entire body, his glasses falling to the floor.
"Now that was a hit! I'd be honored to add you to the family!" Pyramid Head ignored his target's words but was stabbed in the gut and thrown into the nearest wall. Silent Hill's resident groaned in pain as Jack tackled him through the wall and raised the Shovel for the finishing blow. The hilt was chopped in half by the Great Knife swing and a Tongue-like Appendage stabbed through Baker's arm.
He laughed again before ripping the Appendage out of his arm and Pyramid's Head before picking up his Woodcutting Axe from the rubble. Pyramid Head had gotten up however and now grasped the Great Spear with two hands to block the Axe. Jack used his superior strength to pull the Woodcutting blade back to him but was stabbed in the chest with the Spear.
The tip came out his back but once again, the Molded didn't bleed and just swung the Axe onto the Head of his opponent. The metal actually split a little bit from the blow but this merely angered Pyramid who ripped the Great weapon out and stabbed Baker through the bottom of his skull, Jack Baker finally dropped the Woodcutting Axe and fell over.
It seemed that the wound was too much for even his healing factor and Pyramid Head abandoned the Great Spear before retrieving his Great Knife. After spending several minutes chopping through Molded, he found himself in a room that almost looked like an arena. Pyramid lumbered through but heard the gate close as Jack Baker, completely healed and now holding his Chainsaw Shears, faced him.
Head did another overhead swing that Baker caught in his Chainsaw, the blades screeching against the Knife. Jack laughed as he prepared to slice through the metal...but it held. And the Shears stalled. Jack Baker looked on in disbelief as a huge Pyramid slammed into his face, the size of it caving his skull in as he stumbled backwards. The Great Knife finally hit its mark with an overhead swing and Baker collapsed to his knees.
The Molded's body swelled up as he yelled in agony, his healing factor not enough to counter the horrific injuries he had suffered. Head stared at the sight for a while in curiosity before swinging the Knife sideways with one hand. Jack's upper body exploded into gore and the Great blade scraped along the ground as Pyramid Head searched for the next member of the Baker Family.
Winner:Pyramid Head
Expert's Opinion[]
Pyramid Head had the superior primary and secondary weapons but Jack Baker had the better special weapon and the X-Factors. But his Molded state of being was a blessing and a curse, it enhanced his physicality at the cost of his experience and reduced his tactics to walk at victim menacingly. Unfortunately Pyramid Head's Great weapons had more than enough power to put him down.