Benjamin Linus

Ben lies. All the time. To everyone. It's his nature. When the survivors capture him, he says his name is Henry Gale. False. He's the leader of the Others. The most dangerous man on the island.

Ben arrived as a child with the DHARMA Initiative. His father hated him. Richard Alpert recruited him to the Others. Ben orchestrated the purge: the extermination of all DHARMA members. Including his father. With gas.

Ben manipulates Jack, Locke, Sawyer. He moves the island. He kills. But beneath the monster, there's a broken man. Alex, his adopted daughter, dies before his eyes. He couldn't do anything. Ben will eventually choose redemption. Slowly. Painfully. By becoming Hurley's right hand.