Kelian's Faction theory on Lost

Perhaps Abaddon was on the Black Rock as well as Richard Alpert. That would explain two separate factions both interested in the island and the "chosen one," which so far they seem to be.

Take it a step further:

Abaddon, Alpert and perhaps Widmore or someone controlling him (since I believe he would also count as a faction) could all be from the same period and be looking for their individual chosen ones. The chosen ones could be known by an item that was theirs - such as the knife for the hunter, the book of laws for the leader and the compass for the navigator (these are just on the fly examples using the objects shown to Locke).

Abaddon (or his controlling faction) gets Locke (knife) because he is the hunter:

- This would explain why Alpert seemed disgusted when Locke picked the knife.

- This could be why Locke has a constant desire to be the hunter as seen in high school (wanting to be physical) and at the pot farm (choosing hunter over farmer).

- Abaddon finds Locke while at the hospital to try to encourage him to take his place as the hunter and to put him in a position to get on the island (going to Australia on a walkabout.


Widmore gets Desmond as the navigator (compass) or investor(sand like grains) or could be another substance - did it look like gold granules that you would pan out of the water kind of?:

- This would explain one reason why he was compelled to accept the very strange gift of a boat and take the challenge.

- When it gets down to it Desmond's actions opened the island for Widmore's people to reach it.

- It is possible that Widmore or his compatriots had control of the island during the Dharma days. I am saying this because of the dharma logos on the freighter.

- Widmore had the Black Rock diary and perhaps a picture of the BR in his bedroom (?). So, he has an obvious stake or interest in the fate of the ship.

- I haven't decided if Widmore is the leader of the faction or the chosen one of a faction whose leader we may not be sure of - perhaps of the Others during the time of the DI.

- The DI seemed to show up pretty unexpectedly when Ben was born. It could be that they were waiting to get control of Ben, so that Alpert or Abaddon couldn't have him. After all, since Alpert was at Locke's birth they may have a way to detect possible "chosen one" births or it may be familial lineage that they are monitoring.

Alpert gets Ben (the Book of Laws) as the leader:

- Ben proves leadership by following the orders to kill the DI and his father.

- He also continues to show leadership with the others and doesn't start to incur the wrath of the island (his cancer) until he starts to have problems with leadership in his camp. I believe this could be when Juliet comes to the island and he acts so strange making the others somewhat wary of him. Obsession often brings down leaders.

The Island chooses who it favors at the time and represents destiny (remember Ben's line about destiny?). The island may be represented by Jacob.

Now, perhaps Alpert wants to change Locke from the hunter to the leader in order to strip Abaddon of his chosen one and/or replace Ben. Therefore, he has Locke do the same deed as Ben. Only, Locke takes even more of a leadership role in the death of his father by designating the task to another who he knows will do his dirty work (Sawyer) and using manipulative tactics. At this point, the island (who may not be seeming to favor Alpert's group as much) sees Locke as it's new chosen one and whoever he belongs to (Abaddon or Alpert) will be the ruling faction of the island.

Now, as far as Black Rock I was thinking:
Widmore (financier/investor of BR - may have ruled during Dharma days which also takes heavy investment)
Abaddon (slaves being transported)
Alpert (ship crew)

So, all this could be the playing out of an ancient battle over the island. It's probably not the first time that the island had controlling factions and it probably won't be the last. I believe the island represents almost an obsessive type of destiny. It may be that the old spirits of the island (Jacob, the whispers) are waging a never ending war by trapping anyone who enters their domain into the cycle of battle. In fact, the statue may represent an ancient race that once played one of the same roles now played by Alpert, Widmore or Abaddon.

I am going through the episodes now and working on refining the theory quite a bit. I'm thinking the whispers could be the disembodied voices of anyone who died on the island, but particularly the original civilizations. Notice that the island seems to be constantly working to split up groups. Even the plane splits into three. The obvious example is the split between the John and Locke camps. However, if you go deeper even the work of the Dharma project seems to pit groups against each other. After all, they had people spying on another group and then writing notes. It is obvious that nobody cared what they had to write since the tubes were flying off into the jungle in a heap, so the whole thing just seems like a project in creating or studying conflict/ human group behavior.

Furthermore, I've noticed that not all the "ancient" looking architecture and art jives stylistically. Some is Egyptian (hieroglyphics) and some is Greco-Roman (columns and "foot" statue). I doubt that all of it would be made by a single civilization. Egyptians had a less realistic figures that tended to be in a stiff sideways position. Whereas, the Romans had more realistic and relaxed poses. (I know there was mixing after the spread of the Roman empire, such as the Fayum masks, but I doubt the writers would go that deeply into it just to trick the audience).

I am also tossing around the idea that the electromagnetism not only effects time but may be the means to make the disembodied inhabitants either manifest in a corporeal way or inhabit dead bodies. We know now that Christian, for example, is solid since he could hold Aaron. I love rational science, so the Ghost Hunter-like EMF causing manifestation idea almost goes against my very nature.