| Origin: Ben manipulated Locke while he was imprisoned, which eventually lead to the destruction of the hatch.
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| Prize: To be the Island's protector and leader of the Others
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| Fuel: Ben continually provoked Locke about him being subordinate to Jack and how Locke had low self esteem. He continued to play with Locke once they knew for sure that he was an Other and began to ridicule Locke about pushing the button and telling him that Ben and his people saw the place as a joke. ("Dave") The doubt that Ben put into Locke ultimately led to the destruction of the Swan. ("Live Together, Die Alone") Once Locke made it to the Barracks, Locke proceeded to be manipulated by Ben to destroy the submarine, even though Locke knew he was being manipulated. ("The Man from Tallahassee") Ben also humiliated Locke when Locke couldn't kill his father, something Ben knew Locke was not capable of doing. ("The Brig"). Once Locke had Sawyer kill his father (Ben didn't know of course), he forced Ben to give him the islands secrets. Ben tells him of Jacob and Locke forces Ben to take him there. Locke meets the mysterious Jacob and doesn't believe him, until he hears him whisper "Help Me". Ben notices this and later the next day Ben tells Locke that he is a compulsive liar and that he was once a member of DHARMA. Ben then shoots Locke and leaves him for dead. ("The Man Behind the Curtain"). Before the people from the helicopter arrived, Ben chooses to join Locke, since Locke shares the same views on the people coming to the Island as he does ("The Beginning of the End"). Once they find Charlotte, Ben shoots her, but she is wearing a bulletproof vest. Locke then tries to kill Ben until he divulges why Charlotte is there ("Confirmed Dead"). Ben continues to taunt Locke on the fact that he is more lost than he has ever been and will refuse to give Locke any answers, which makes Locke extremely angry ("Eggtown"). Ben finally tells Locke that Charles Widmore sent the freighter to the Island and plans on exploiting it, and he also tells Locke who his spy is on the freighter. For this. Ben is allowed to walk free in the Barracks ("The Other Woman"). Once the Barracks was invaded, Locke, Hurley, and Ben went to find Jacob's cabin. Ben acknowledged that it was now Locke's turn to be the Island's protector and stepped aside for Locke to fulfill his destiny ("Enter 77"). Ben then takes Locke to the Orchid and surrenders to Keamy in order for Locke to gain access to the Orchid. Ben escapes Keamy and soon returns to the Orchid to help Locke. He shows him to the main station in the Orchid, but Keamy arrives, and Ben kills him, much to Locke's horror since he has a radio heart rate monitor on that is connected to a lot of C4 on the freighter. Ben then apologizes to Locke for all the wrongs he has done to him and wishes him luck, telling him that he will make a better leader than he was. Ben then initiates the Orchid to move the Island and is banished from the Island forever. ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3") Three years later, Locke makes it off of the Island and is recruited by Widmore to make sure that the rest of the Oceanic Six get back to the Island, and Matthew Abaddon is hired as his escort. When Locke visits Sayid, Ben is alerted by a person watching Sayid and begins to stalk Locke. At a graveyard Ben kills Abaddon, but Locke drives off, although Ben later claimed that he just wanted to talk to Locke and save him from Abaddon (unlikely). After Locke is unable to convince any of the Oceanic Six to come back with him to the Island, Locke tries to hang himself, but is stopped by Ben when Ben tells Locke how important he is and that his conversation with Jack has convinced him to buy plane tickets that he hopes will land on the Island. Once Ben gets Locke down from trying to hang himself, he then tells Ben that Jin is alive and that he needs to see Eloise Hawking. Ben then strangles and murders Locke, later saying to himself that he will honestly miss Locke. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham") Besides Jack, Ben is also the only other person to go visit Locke's corpse when he dies. ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3") Locke appears to have resurrected upon returning to the Island, looking over an unconscious Ben ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham"). Recent events tell us that Locke was indeed still dead upon returning to the Island, as revealed by Illana and her group (The Incident), and that Jacob's Enemy, in the form of Locke, had been leading Ben around the Island and instructing him to kill Jacob.
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| Resolved: No, While Ben tried to apologize on the Island, he eventually turns around and kills Locke (The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham). Locke appears to have been resurrected and forces Ben to face the Smoke Monster to be judged for his actions, namely, letting Alex be gunned down (The Shape of Things to Come). The Monster lets Ben live, after the Monster, in the form of Alex, demands that Ben follow every word Locke says (Dead is Dead). Ben, after this, is obidient to Locke and his leadership, but is troubled when Locke is demanding with Richard and informs Ben that he is going to kill Jacob (Follow the Leader). Locke later orders Ben to kill Jacob (The Incident), to which Ben protests, though continues to follow Locke's authority, as he was told to do. Ben attacked Jacob with a knife under Locke's orders, unkowing that the real Locke is indeed dead, and that it was Jacob's Enemy posing as Locke, ordering this. With the real John Locke dead, the rivalry between Ben and Locke was never resolved.
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