Jacob

Jacob was a mysterious figure of authority of the Island who, according to Ben, was "in charge" of the Island. The Man in Black, Jacob's fraternal twin, mockingly stated Jacob "protected" the Island from "nothing". Ageless and possessing Supernatural abilities, Jacob was born on the Island and recently resided inside the statue of Taweret until his death in 2007. Capable of coming from and going to the Island, Jacob appears to have had some subtle ability to foresee the future and guide events, purposefully encountering several individuals who later would become survivors of Oceanic Flight...

* In "The Incident, Part 1", Jacob is seen Membaca Everything That Rises Must Converge before his first encounter with Locke off the island. The cover of this book illustrates a flying merpati which is shot down sejak an arrow. A literal meaning would be that Jacob must die (converge) after his rule over the island (rise). It is his destiny to die, that is why he willingly accepts it and shows no opposition to Ben knifing him.
* He carried out an elaborate scheme to manipulate his nemesis into the act sejak providing him with the tools he needed: the body of a dead leader with which to infiltrate the...

* Jacob is not dead because of the actions of the losties in the 1970s. The bomb goes off in 1977 doing everything that Jack and Daniel predicted, in which Oceanic 815 never crashes. Even though Locke could still be on Ajira 316 and make it to the island, he would not have been the Others' leader and therefore would have had no power over Richard, the Others atau anyone else.
o Jacob planned the events in 1977 so that he could prevent his own death in 2007. He's known about his enemy's plan to kill him, and has been trying to change the events in the past sejak manipulating the "Variables" (Jack,...

* In "The Incident, Part 1", Jacob's last words were "They are coming." He berkata this to the false Locke who is the Man in Black from the opening. Jacob knew of the loophole and "touched" the lives of the Oceanic survivors and specific others for them to play a key part in the coming war over the island. This war has been alluded to sejak Bram, "Jeremy Bentham" and Charles Widmore.
o When Jacob is talking with Nemesis, he states that "it only ends once". The coming war will be very big, something we haven't experienced in the series so far, and it will be a fateful battle. Every single conflict,...