Contents 1 Cleaned this up a bit to save on space 2 Characters in General 3 List of Characters 4 Desmond 5 Jennifer Gale 6 Alphabetical Order 7 Info in a table 8 Where is co-pilot? 9 crash deaths 10 animals 11 The Others' Extras 12 Warning, may have to condense this season 13 Mikhail's status 14 Danielle's Status 15 Jin's status 16 Man In Black and Matthew Abaddon 17 Major Cleanup 17.1 List of Changes 17.2 Additions Still Needed 18 Reliability of the encyclopedia 19 Merge, make index?

Cleaned this up a bit to save on spaceEdit

• This page was getting a bit overly long with everyone including all flashback characters for that person in an inconsistent way (some have really obscure nonspeaking background characters on their list, while others don't), and this was getting redundent to the other list at Portal:Flashback_Characters, so I pared it down a little. What I did was provide a link to Portal:Flashback_Characters which will give the comprehensive FB char list for that individual. I have an "Important relations" list, which I'm hoping we can keep short, and only include blood relatives, step-relatives, important relations by marriage or former lovers of special note (this would mean that relationss that are important as Kelvin/Desmond and Kate/Edward Mars are left out but refered to the FB list). It cuts down a lot on the space, which was becoming a problem with new episodes popping up. But if people feel strongly about loosening up on the guidelines for who is included as "important", we could still discuss it... let me know how you feel... I just don't want to see people like Kim on Locke's list, since he is less than a footnote in his life story. --PandoraX 11:41, 2 November 2006 (PST)

Characters in GeneralEdit

• Anybody ever notice that almost every single character in Lost is apparently an only child? A few, perhaps, we are uncertain about (Sawyer, for example), but all indications are that pretty much every main character with a few exceptions (for example, Desmond I believe) is an only child. The statistical chances of that must be very, very small. Is this significant? Only children looking for families and finding them on the island? --Lost.Sole 09:57, 17 May 2008 (PDT)

List of CharactersEdit

• I put this list together at Aurora-glacialis's request. The general idea of this article is to show the relationships between the island inhabitants, especially how the flashback characters relate to them. I group the characters on the island into their most logical group (Yes, I realize some of the Dharma people may not be on the island, but I had to put them somewhere.) Under each person are their known occupations, their status (alive, deceased, missing, or unknown), and an alphabetical list of flashback characters. It's a good start. There's still much to add, and it will obviously need to be kept up to date as more episodes air. -- Elvis 14:47, 28 March 2006 (PST)

Thought it might be worthwile to know how the deceased became that way so added that to the status--Tricksterson 07:58, 29 March 2006 (PST)

Thanks Elvis. It was more a suggestion than a request ;-) - Good work. Are the Characters in any particular order? Otherwise I'd like to arrange them alphabetically, but I don't want to destroy an arrangement that has some meaning. --aurora glacialis 11:19, 29 March 2006 (PST)

• There is a method to the madness. First the characters are split into their "group" (middle section survivors, tailenders, others, etc.). then within each group, believe it or not, they are already alphabetical -- by last name (or first name if the last name isn't known). -- Elvis 02:44, 30 March 2006 (PST)

• Just curious, are we going to consider other "canon"/"official" sources like 'The Diary'? If so, just for example, would we add Larry?

I think it probably makes sense to include them somewhere. How about a sub-section for "Characters in other media" so that it's clear they didn't come from the TV show? I didn't read the books or visit all the websites so I won't be much help there. -- Elvis 10:47, 17 April 2006 (PDT)

Desmond Edit

Should he be in with the Dharma Initiative people? We don't know he isn't what he says he is so I didn't move him but put a possible next to his status. For the same reason I edited Henry Gale's occupation because we don't know that he is what he says he is.--Tricksterson 08:06, 29 March 2006 (PST)

Yeah i think we can only go with what we know at the moment and not what we suspect. Until its written in stone (and possibly even after) we can't be sure that the writers wont do something to turn our perception on its head. Just classify by what we know or best guess otherwise we might have a rather large Misc. section :) --MRNasher

Jennifer Gale Edit

Why is she listed as deceased? If the $20 note is authentic, it would seem that she didn't travel with Henry, and is likely safe at home. AndFound 14:01, 6 May 2006 (PDT)

I removed her. There is no evidence "Jennifer Gale" ever existed as the story came from the faux Henry. the $20 note doesn't indicate if "Jenny" is the real Henry's wife or just his girlfriend/friend/etc.--Isotope23 12:37, 25 May 2006 (PDT)

Alphabetical Order Edit

How about ordering the names alphabetically? :) I'll do it if no one else does... --ShivaTalk 23:10, 11 July 2006 (PDT)

Info in a table Edit

I did it because to my mind it's better to (quoting the article) "give a quick overview of the island inhabitants and their relationships" since it's more compact this way. The only thing is it could be unpleasant to view under a low screen resolution. That's why you can reverse this edit if you think it needs to be done. -- SGC.Alex 00:30, 12 July 2006 (PDT)

Where is co-pilot? Edit

He exists? --dusuarez 15:16, 21 August 2006 (PDT)

The co-pilot's body falls out of the cockit when Jack breaks the lock on the door. He rolls down the front of the plane and scares Jack, Kate, and Charlie. So yeah, he's dead.

--Chris 15:17, 21 August 2006 (PDT)

Why this information don´t appear in Body Count article?

--dusuarez 15:25, 21 August 2006 (PDT)

The Body Count article only covers survivors of the crash. The co-pilot was already dead, as far as we can tell.

--Chris 15:27, 21 August 2006 (PDT)

Discussion moved to Talk:Body_Count#What_was_happen_with_co-pilot.3F

crash deathsEdit

Request for additional characters from Beechcraft?

• If you include characters who died upon crashing (e.g. co-pilot from Flight 815, and Gary Troup, above), or from injuries shortly after crashing, then we should include the drug smugglers and Eko's brother from the Beechcraft such as Yemi. -- ^Contrib¯ _Santa_ ¯  ^Talk 20:28, 23 August 2006 (PDT)

animalsEdit

• If we are going to include Vincent the dog, then what about Kate's Horse or Boar#Sawyer's boar? -- ^Contrib¯ _Santa_ ¯  ^Talk 20:30, 23 August 2006 (PDT)

The Others' ExtrasEdit

• Should we also include all of the extras seen as part of the party of The Others? We see them walking on the hillside, as well as some clear views at the Pala Ferry Pier and the false tent village. Presumably, we'll see even more live Others in S3. -- ^Contrib¯ _Santa_ ¯  ^Talk 20:30, 23 August 2006 (PDT)

Warning, may have to condense this seasonEdit

This page had a good run for a while as a single list (with other info) for major characters, but I'd argue it may have to become a portal/redirect page soon. We already have very thorough pages on the survivors, the tailies, the Others etc, at this point, so I think we may soon have to just post the subheading and under it See main article:

--PandoraX 18:34, 31 December 2006 (PST)

Mikhail's statusEdit

Mikhail is, if anything, presumed dead, not "presumed alive". He was shot through the chest with a spear gun; then a grenade exploded while he was holding it; and even if he impossibly survived that, he was dozens of feet underwater, with no nearby Others who could rescue him or treat his injuries. The idea that he might have survived is pure fan-speculation, and is less plausible than the survivors of characters like Naomi and Charlie, who we list here as deceased. -Silence 15:04, 26 July 2007 (PDT)

Danielle's Status Edit

Isn't Danielle dead now since she was shot in the last episode??? Her and Carl were both shot by unknown assailants next to Alex. I suppose she might not be dead but it seemed like a pretty for sure thing.

I'd say they are definitely dead, but should we be listing Keamy as their killer? All we know is that, at best one of the mercenaries killed them. --  >: BLEF █   12:20, 20 May 2008 (PDT)

Jin's status Edit

As of The Little Prince, Jin, to my mind, should be considered alive rather than 'presumed dead', shouldn't he? LOST-Jerry Smith|talk|contributions 16:54, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Man In Black and Matthew AbaddonEdit

Why aren't the man in black and Matthew Abaddon on this page?! Surely they're pretty important characters?

Major Cleanup Edit

List of ChangesEdit

• Changed all "deceased" statuses to red and all "unknown" statuses to orange
• Removed flashback characters section for all supporting characters who don't have one
• Removed ? as last name placeholder because, let's face it, we're never going to learn some of these people's full names. There's no point in making things look messy on here.
• Removed some Dharma Rep guy.. if we don't have a name for the person, don't put them on here.
• Removed unknown status for Dharma initiative people. All but a handful of Dharma employees joined the others, the rest were assuredly killed in the purge (you don't survive a gas attack and walk off into the jungle)
• Removed Black Rock slaves/crew (replaced with names of known individuals)
• Removed canonical book/game and deuterocanonical survivors - don't really see any point to them, plus we have no way of knowing their status and since they weren't in the show, I don't think they're necessary to be on this list. In fact, why don't we remove any characters that we don't see on-screen?
• Changed Desmond's status to alive (Sayid told Jack at the end of The Candidate that Desmond was still alive)
• Changed Lapidus to unknown. Even though he was hit by a flying door underwater in the sub, he might have gotten out or been pulled out. I'd love for him to show up in the finale and go "Surprise!"
• Added MiB, Mother, Claudia, Jonas Whitfield, Ignacio, Eloise Hawking, Charles Widmore, and Anthony Cooper.
• Kept Vincent because he is important

Additions Still NeededEdit

• Ajira Flight 316 characters
• Widmore's crew

Uzerzero 23:22, May 17, 2010 (UTC)

Reliability of the encyclopedia Edit

Since there seems to be the first threads of an edit war between me and Get A Klugh, I think it might be a good idea to take it here.

Just how reliable should we consider the Lost Encyclopedia? If it directly conflicts with the show, we usually favor the show, but what about when it brings up something the show never addressed? For example, according to the show, it's unclear whether Cindy and the kids are alive, but the encyclopedia (apparently) claims they're fine. Do we accept the encyclopedia, which is clearly unreliable in other areas, as fact? —烏Γ ^{(kaw at me)}, 19:44, November 21, 2010 (UTC)

No edit wars desired. =) Maybe a good compromise would be to list their fates as "Unknown" with a footnote that the Lost Encyclopedia refers to them as surviving the mortar attack. However, the same logic should be applied to other minor characters...for example, the DHARMA Initiative characters who weren't explicitly killed on-screen should all be listed as "Unknown," because any of them could have evacuated the island prior to The Purge...we just don't know for sure. Likewise, Steve and any redshirts who were seen fleeing during the flaming arrow attack should also be listed as "Unknown," since they were never seen killed on screen (nor were their corpses ever found) and all we have to go on is the mere ASSUMPTION from Rose and Bernard that they died. Get A Klugh 20:45, November 21, 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough - in fact, that's almost exactly what I was planning to do from the start. I just never got around to finishing up the list for DHARMA and the arrow people. And of course, the fact that I never actually read the encyclopedia, nor do I ever intend to, kinda threw me off a bit there. *offers a handshake* —烏Γ ^{(kaw at me)}, 21:27, November 21, 2010 (UTC)

Merge, make index? Edit

Wow, I think I've never seen this page before.

It's not in the best state. It's too long to work as an actual overview, and it duplicates information from other pages. Can we rework this as an index of more detailed character lists? Like List of Oceanic Flight 815 survivors, List of Others, etc?

And perhaps could we move that index to Category:Characters, which lists character lists and lists every character in alphabetical order? --- Balk Of Fame ♪ talk 07:55, April 27, 2012 (UTC)

I fixed your link BoF. --Station7 13:43, April 27, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! --- Balk Of Fame ♪ talk 16:40, April 27, 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. --Station7 17:11, April 27, 2012 (UTC)

I think I knew the page was here, just not that it was in the state that it is in. Not sure why we chose to present the page as it is, instead of just a list of characters. It would be better suited as an index of the other pages. What do you mean when you say move it to Category:Characters though?--Baker1000 16:21, April 27, 2012 (UTC)

I meant that Characters should contain a list of all characters - and we already have such a list, on the Category:Characters page. Category pages can contain content as well as listing the articles in the category. So what if we made Characters a redirect for Category:Characters?

The page's body could contain a list of our several character lists - which are conveniently located in this nav box, whose heading links to Characters. Then, the page could move on to the content that's already on Category:Characters - First a list of all the subcategories of characters and then the master list of all characters. --- Balk Of Fame ♪ talk 16:40, April 27, 2012 (UTC)

I understand your point and I agree with you BalkofFame. --Station7 17:11, April 27, 2012 (UTC)

I agree too. Why didn't I know you could put regular content on category articles? Maybe I just never tried, or didn't think we'd need to. I think I'll let you make the changes, as you came up with the suggestion. :)--Baker1000 19:29, April 27, 2012 (UTC)