Others (Lost)

The Others or the Hostiles (also known as Them and the Natives) are a group of fictional characters who inhabit the island in the American television series Lost; most of whom serve as the antagonists to the series' main characters. According to Sayid Jarrah, there are at least 50 living in the Barracks.^[1] Wizard Magazine rated them the 98th greatest villains of all time.^[2]

In the storyline, the term "The Others" was coined by Danielle Rousseau and adopted by the survivors of Flight 815 to describe the often antagonistic group of island dwellers seen as "the enemy," who had been already living on the island for many years, long before the existence of the Dharma Initiative on the island in the 1970s and the 2004 crash of Flight 815. The Others do not appear to have a name for their group themselves, though the man that they take orders from, Ben Linus, has described them as "the good guys." Linus appears to take orders from Jacob, although no other member of The Others has met or seen Jacob. The Dharma Initiative, on the other hand, referred to the Others as "the Hostiles." Desmond referred to them as "the Hostiles" in Live Together, Die Alone, last episode of the 2nd season, to Sayid Jarrah on the beach.

The Others are mysterious and secretive, refusing to explain themselves to the crash survivors, while still killing, terrorizing and kidnapping them for unknown purposes. This has resulted in a long-running conflict between the two groups. Recently, however, they have been portrayed as less antagonistic since both sides wanted to defend themselves from the freighter people. John Locke is the leader of the Others after Ben was banished from the Island by using the Orchid.

Appearance and motives

In their early dealings with the crash survivors, the Others took on the guise of primitive but cunning jungle-dwellers, at least while on the Island- Richard Alpert has been able to travel to the United States since the 1950's, and seems to have formed a Mittelaponos Laboratories during this time, where he attempted to recruit John Locke while he was in High School as well as eventually recruiting Dr Juliet Burke as well. Since their victory over the DHARMA Initiative, the group became comparatively technologically advanced and for a time acquired means of regular contact with the outside world by submarine and live televisual link.

The Others are difficult to track; they leave hardly any footprints and their trail is almost impossible to follow. Their appearance is sometimes heralded by strange, barely audible whispering.

The exact motives of the Others remain unclear, though from the point of view of the Flight 815 survivors, their interactions have regularly appeared malevolent and manipulative. They have kidnapped children, including Danielle Rousseau's infant daughter Alex, whom Ben brought up as his own daughter. The reasons for this are connected to the fact that the Others have not been able to successfully give birth on the island, as the mother is always killed by her immune system reacting against the baby for an unknown reason. At least some members of the group visit other parts of the world and experienced outside lifestyles, cultures, and belief systems and still choose to remain on the island for a reason that is not yet been explained. At times, some others appear to be quite willing to sacrifice a lot for their cause, such as when Bea Klugh encouraged Mikhail to kill her rather than be held hostage. The group are seen to be interested in those who are regarded as being "special" on the island, for example Walt Lloyd who sometimes appeared places he couldn't have been, and John Locke, who re-gained the use of his legs despite being previously paralyzed from the waist down.

Those who are members of the Others have either been recruited, as in the case of Juliet Burke, or joined the group having been on the island already (by choice or by kidnapping). A number of adult survivors from both the tail section and fuselage were kidnapped. During their encounters with the crash survivors, the Others have killed, or attempted to kill several survivors. There have been frequent references in each group where a person from the other group is referred to as "one of them". The hostility between the two groups has continued, leading to a battle at the survivors' beach camp which saw many Others killed and injured by the survivors, breaking their control over the island. ^[3]

The end of season 4 saw the return of the Others, led by the seemingly ageless Richard Alpert, who took Kate and Sayid hostage in There's No Place Like Home Part 1. In Part 2 & 3, after Ben was forced to leave the island by moving it, Locke became the new leader for the Others.

Residence

In the beginning of season 3, the Others were revealed to be living in a rather pleasant suburban-like village of houses, complete with furniture, indoor plumbing and even electricity. The Others have many conveniences of modern living, such as ovens, relatively new books, and CD players. The village even has a book club. ^[4] According to blueprints in DHARMA Initiative operations manuals at The Flame, the name of the village is "The Barracks", and was originally constructed by DHARMA to house its employees. The Others took over the Barracks after the so-called "Purge" resulting in the destruction of DHARMA. ^[5] The Barracks are surrounded by a sonic defense perimeter capable of generating a sonic pulse directed at any intruder, including the Monster, which cannot penetrate it.

Since the Purge, the Others have occupied or utilized many of the DHARMA Initiative's research stations. Most notable was the Staff, where the operating theatre was used to try to deliver babies of the Others' pregnant women. The Pearl was used to monitor the crash survivors in the Swan station, while the Hydra was used to house the captured Jack, Kate and Sawyer while Ben forced Jack to operate on his tumor. Mikhail Bakunin was based for a period of time in the Flame, which allowed contact with the outside world, while the Looking Glass housed another two Others who maintained the jamming of transmissions off of the island.

In addition, the Others had branched all over the world recruiting members, from Kiev, where Mikhail was recruited, to Canada, where Bonnie and Greta were supposed to have been re-located, and to Miami where Juliet was recruited.

References

v • d • e Lost
Production	Cast • Episode list • Music • Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4 • Season 5
Main characters	Ana Lucia • Ben • Boone • Charlie • Charlotte • Claire • Daniel • Desmond • Hurley • Jack • Jin • Juliet Kate • Libby • Locke • Michael • Miles • Mr. Eko • Nikki and Paulo • Sawyer • Sayid • Shannon • Sun • Walt
Supporting characters	Alex • Bernard • Christian • Ethan • Keamy • Rose • Rousseau • Tom
Groups	Dharma Initiative • Hanso Foundation • Oceanic Airlines • The Others
Miscellaneous	Awards • Find 815 • Lost Experience • Lost: Missing Pieces • Lost: Via Domus • Mythology

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