Jack Asher is an American mill worker who joined the army after his military father’s death overseas. He rose in rank via battlefield promotions while deployed in Northern Africa and Italy where his unit became involved in operations working to stop Axis occult efforts. His family includes two younger brothers and his elderly mother. Asher originally resisted his father’s insistence that he follow his footsteps and enlist. He left home at an early age, only enlisting after his father’s death and his younger brother’s enlistment.