Jacob Kane

"I am not about to stand around and let Gotham cry out to be saved by someone who hides behind a mask."

- Jacob about Gotham's reliance on vigilantes.

Jacob Kane is the commander of Crows Security. He is the father of Kate Kane and Beth Kane, the former husband of the late Gabi Kane, the husband of Catherine Hamilton-Kane and the step-father of Mary Hamilton.

Early life
Jacob and his wife Gabi Kane had two daughters, Kate and Beth Kane. After Gabi's death and Beth's apparent death in January 2003, Jacob continuously mourned for them, unaware that he was drifting away from his only daughter Kate.

The tragedy left Jacob and Kate broken, sometime during Beth's disappearance, Kate had a nightmare, and Jacob hugged her tightly, even though she had a bed, she slept in the living room in case Beth called, she then made her father promise they'll never stop looking for Beth, later, Jacob brings Kate waffles, but Kate doesn't want to eat them, she says that they should instead be looking for Beth, however, her father points out that they've been looking for months and deserve a break, however, Kate tells her dad she feels like this was all her fault because Beth went to check on their mom, but instead of helping, Kate climbed out, she feels like she could have tried harder to save her sister, but was scared that if she stepped too far, she'd fall down too. Later, Jacob tucks a blanket over a sleeping Kate and sees a map of the area where the car went off the bridge, and the places they have already checked for Beth.

Jacob breaks into tears and walks away with it, he crumbles it just as he sees Kate is awake once more and is seeing him crying, Jacob calls her over and holds her tightly, he tells her that investigators found skull fragments on a nearby farm and had them tested, and they belong to Beth, Kate correctly doesn't believe it, as she had already checked the farm on multiple occasions and calls Jacob a traitor for giving up before walking away.

Sometime prior to 2008, Jacob married a new wife, Catherine, and met his new step-daughter Mary.

Becoming head of Crows Security
At some point, Jacob was promoted as the head of Crows Security, when Kate was expelled was Point Rock Academy just one week before graduation, Jacob suggested that Kate leave Gotham City to travel around the world and train under combat and survival specialists. Sometime after Sophie Moore, Kate's ex-girlfriend, graduated from Point Rock, Jacob welcomed her into the Crows.

During the switching off of the Bat-Signal event at the Gotham Art Museum in 2018, Jacob deployed the Crows, but failed to capture even just one member of Alice's gang, resulting in the death of two Gotham police officers and the kidnapping of Sophie, the next day, he finished briefing the Crows on the suspects of last night's incident, when he was surprised by the sudden presence of Kate, she asked for Sophie's whereabouts and offered her assistance to the Crows, but her father disagreed and left to answer a call, later, at Kate's welcome home party, Jacob was approached by Kate and, given security footage from Wayne Enterprises that was live during Sophie's kidnapping and learned that the gang's hideout was in Burnside Orphanage, Jacob ordered his men and was about to talk to Kate, when she suddenly disappeared. When the Crows got on the scene, the criminals were already gone, and they were unable to locate Kate, but her bike was found hidden in bushes, leading Jacob to deploy half of his agents to look for her.

The following day of Friday, Kate suddenly showed up at Crows Security, informing Jacob of Alice's personal vendetta against him, they got into an argument that ended with Kate feeling unwanted by her father, that night, the Movie in the Park event was ongoing, when Jacob suddenly felt unpleasant about the abandoned building across from the park and learned from another agent that Agent Dodgson was already covering it, he was conversing with Mayor Akins, when he got a sudden call from Alice, and gave him a choice to either save the film viewers from the bomb in Dodgson's truck or Sophie, who was standing on the edge of a plank, she gave him time to choose and ended the call. Later, he got a glimpse of a new bat vigilante, who managed to save Sophie's life.

The next day, Jacob briefed the Crows on their two new main targets; Alice and Dodgson, he disregarded targeting the new Bat, as he knew Bat wannabes would die sooner or later in some spectacular fashion, speaking from experience. When he got home, he was confronted by Kate and confessed his true feelings towards his daughter as the overprotective father that he was, which was why he didn't let her join the Crows, as he had lost too much of his family to even lose Kate, but he offered her a position in the Crows to which Kate refused.

Personality
Jacob was once a loving husband and father to his wife, Gabi Kane and his two daughters, Kate Kane and Beth Kane however, after the car crash that killed his wife and (supposedly) one of his daughters, Beth, Jacob became overprotective of his another daughter, Kate. Because Jacob was overcome with grief over the loss, his relationship with Kate became strained, despite trying to give her a good future and accepting the type of individual she has grown to be.

Abilities
"Crows represent order, security, safety."

- Jacob Kane


 * Expert tactician/Leader: As the head of Crows Security, Jacob is a highly skilled tactician and a capable leader
 * Expert hand-to-hand combatant: As the head of Crows Security, Jacob is a highly skilled combatant.
 * Expert marksman: As the head of Crows Security, Jacob is highly proficient in the use of guns.
 * Skilled musician: Jacob taught his daughter Beth Kane how to play Bach's "Cello Suite No. 1, Prelude".

Equipment

 * Guns: Jacob primarily makes use of a pistol wielding it quite effectively.

Trivia

 * Jacob taught Beth how to play the cello where "Bach's Cello Suite No. 1, Prelude" is their special song for each other.
 * Jacob hates hospitals.

Behind the scenes

 * In the DC comics, Jacob "Jake" Kane is a high-ranking officer in the U.S. Military, and the father to Kate and Beth Kane. Despite his difficult relationship with his daughter, he uses his military access and expertise to assist Batwoman in her war on crime.