Garet Jax
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| Garet Jax Shannara character |
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| Other names | The Weapons Master |
| Race | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Hair colour | Dark |
| Eye colour | Gray |
| Loyalty | Himself, Jair Ohmsford |
| First appearance | The Wishsong of Shannara |
| Birth | Unknown |
| Death | Killed fighting a Jachyra at the Croagh |
Garet Jax is a fictional character from Terry Brooks' fantasy novel The Wishsong of Shannara. He is known as the Weapons Master, and it is said that no matter what weapon you choose, even your hands and feet, Garet Jax is better with it. He claims to have never lost a fight, and all who have seen him fight stand by that statement. He is seeking the one opponent who can finally defeat him in a battle.
[edit] Biography
Garet rescues Jair Ohmsford from a band of Gnome Hunters, defeating them in a blinding display of combat skill and speed, killing six of them and knocking out their leader. The eighth Gnome flees for his life, and the last of them, Slanter, doesn't even attempt to fight, saying that he was only working with them because he had to. The three then travel together to the Eastland, to Cullhaven.
Along the way, Garet receives a vision of him fighting a creature of flame, and knowing that this is the one creature who could very well kill him. This is the main reason that convinces him on to join Jair in his quest to save his sister Brin.
At the Croagh leading to Heaven's Well, where Brin will be found, Garet, Jair and Slanter are stopped by a Jachyra, a lethal creature from the Old World. Garet realises that this fiery-red monster is the battle promised him in his vision, and orders Jair and Slanter to go ahead and save Brin while he fights the Jachyra.
When Jair and Slanter return, having saved Brin, they find Garet Jax sitting against a wall, his sword still held in his hand and looking like he might even be sleeping, but on closer inspection they realise the Weapons Master is dead. Of the Jachyra there is no sign, given that the magic that brought it to the Four Lands has been destroyed, but Jair is convinced the Weapons Master slew his foe before succumbing to his wounds. Because of the collapse of the Croagh, Garet Jax's body was never recovered. However, Jair thought that this seemed appropriate, that Garet Jax should be where no other mortal could go, that he should be no different in death than in life.
Some believe that Garet Jax is really Stee Jans
