JOHN LOCKE.

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John Locke was born to Emily Annabeth Locke and Anthony Cooper on May 30. His mother was 15 years old when an unknown driver hit her, forcing an early delivery. Three months premature, John survived numerous illnesses; his nurses called him a miracle. John's mother, Emily, ran out of the hospital ward upon learning that John was to be let out of his incubator for the first time and that she could hold him. Emily said she couldn't do it, possibly referring to having to raise a child. While John's grandmother discussed adoption with a nurse, a man named Richard Alpert smiled at baby John from an adjoining room.

John soon entered foster care. At one point he had a foster mother named Florence, a foster sister named Melissa, and an unnamed foster brother with whom he played mousetrap. When John was five, Richard visited him, saying he ran a "school for very special children" like John. He noticed John had drawn black scribbles attacking a stick figure. He laid several items on a table and and asked John which already belonged to him. John picked a knife and Richard left in a hurry, saying John was not ready to join his school.

Another of John's foster sisters, Jeannie, fell from monkey bars and broke her neck fatally. Jeannie's mother blamed her own negligence for Jeannie's death, but when a Golden Retriever took up residence in Jeannie's bedroom, she believed that Jeannie's spirit had returned to say the accident had not been her fault. Five years later, she died and the dog vanished forever.

As a young child, Locke joined the Cub Scouts, eventually becoming a Webelos - where he learned skills such as identifying birds and tying knots.

Teenage John's love of science attracted bullying. At one point, Richard approached a teacher who once freed John from a locker with a Mittelos Laboratories "summer camp" invite. John turned it down, favoring sports over science. When the teacher said John could not do those things, John responded with "Don't tell me what I can't do." 

As an adult, while working as an assistant manager in a superstore's toy department, Locke noticed his mother Emily stalking him. She told him he was "immaculately conceived," paving the way for his special "destiny," but an investigator discovered John's living father's identity, and a medical record of his mother's psychiatric problems.

Acting on the information, Locke visited his father, Anthony Cooper, who invited the eager Locke on hunting trips, where the two appeared to bond. On one visit, Cooper was on a dialysis machine and revealed his kidney failure. Compassionately, Locke soon offered his kidney, and before their surgery he called their encounter an act of fate. When Locke awoke post-surgery, Cooper was gone.

The traumatized Locke was visited by his mother, who confessed his father had arranged their earlier meeting and all subsequent events to con him into giving away his kidney. Enraged, Locke drove to his father's house, but the guard denied him entry.

Locke then joined an anger management group where he trivialized members' problems by comparing them to his own. He started a relationship with another member, Helen Norwood, who appeared to understand his frustration. Locke was also in the habit of parking outside his father's new, gated residence. At one point, his father confronted him and told him to go away. Locke nevertheless continued this stalking, until Helen caught him and made him promise to get over Cooper.

During this time, he started a home inspection company called "Welcome Home". He happened to inspect a house for Nadia, the childhood sweetheart of Sayid, whom he'd meet later after the plane crash. Concurrently, Locke and Helen were living together, and he was preparing to ask for her hand in marriage, but suddenly, Cooper faked his death. After attending the internment, the couple were visited by several gangsters Cooper had conned. Cooper revealed himself to Locke and asked his son's help in retrieving money from an account. Locke agreed for $200,000. Helen discovered his involvement, arriving at the scene of Locke delivering the money. In desperation and in the face of Helen's outrage, he proposed, which she rejected, leaving him on bended knee and in devastation.

Two years later, Locke joined a commune of farmers (including Mike and Jan) in Humboldt County, California who secretly grew and sold marijuana. He invited Eddie, a hitchhiker into this "family," not knowing he was an undercover police officer. Locke learned Eddie's true identity, but could not bring himself to shoot him. When arresting the commune's occupants, Eddie seemed to notice Locke but did not approach him.

Having been conned by his father and rejected by the woman he loved, Locke entered a state of depression, began therapy, and started receiving government assistance. In 2000, he was approached by Peter Talbot, whose mother was engaged to Anthony Cooper. Suspicious, Locke contacted Cooper, threatening to expose him as a conman. Cooper initially agreed, but later had Peter killed. Cooper denied responsibility and said Mrs. Talbot had called off the wedding. When Locke asked to verify this information, Cooper directed to a phone in front of a glass window. As Locke reached for the phone, Cooper pushed him out the window, dropping him eight stories, breaking his back, and paralyzing him from the waist down. He appeared dead until Jacob approached him and touched his shoulder. Locke gasped and opened his eyes.

In the hospital, Locke felt unable to enter his wheelchair, and broke down in tears at the sight of his immobile legs. In rehab, an "orderly" named Matthew Abaddon told him to go on a walkabout, even though John could not walk.

Locke had stubbornly refused to allow his disability to affect the way he lived his life. He eventually decided to take Abaddon's advice and go on a walkabout tour in Australia to give himself a challenge. However, when he got there, the travel agent denied him access, because of his paralysis. He was left heartbroken, abandoned, and alone, as he watched the other people happily leave.

With no other options, he prepared to return to California aboard Flight 815. Much to his embarrassment, he had to be carried on to the plane by flight attendants. He was seated at the end of the row, in seat 24D. He briefly encountered Rose at the airport, not knowing that later he would share a knowing moment with her about the healing properties of the Island.

After the the crash of Flight 815, Locke was shocked to discover that he had regained his ability to walk. At first, he walked gingerly, unable to comprehend what was happening. However, within seconds, he was running to Jack's aid. Being able to walk again profoundly affected Locke, who, due to his self-expressed outlook as a "Man of Faith", believed that it was his destiny to be on the Island, and that everything was happening for a reason.

Locke was the first survivor to see the Monster on the island; he was out tracking boar after separating from fellow survivors, Michael and Kate, and the Monster came through the trees and appeared in front of him.

The next day, Locke saved Jack - a fellow survivor and surgeon - from falling off a cliff. The two conversed about Jack's possible hallucinations, and Locke compared the situation to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. He also said that everything on the Island is happening for a reason. Lastly, Locke told Jack, "I looked into the eye of this Island, and what I saw... was beautiful."

While checking out the caves, Jack and Kate found two bodies which Locke called "their very own Adam and Eve." Later, Locke and Charlie talked about Charlie's heroin problem. Locke offered Charlie his guitar in exchange for his drugs, and Charlie handed over the heroin.

Soon after this incident, Locke was responsible for beating Sayid unconscious and destroying his makeshift radio equipment which was being used to discover the origin of the distress signal. Locke kept this behavior a secret for a long time until he eventually admitted to Sayid what he had done.

During a trail hunt around the Island for the recently abducted Charlie and Claire, he threw a flashlight towards Boone, which he failed to catch and landed on a metal surface under the soil. This led to the discovery of a hatch, an event which would turn out to be pivotal in the lives of the survivors of Flight 815. He kept it secret from the rest of the castaways, and wanted Boone to do the same. However, Boone was not quite as strong-minded as Locke; he was prepared to tell all to Shannon, his sister. Locke drugged Boone, to stop him from doing so and to convince himself to give up all other attachments.

It was with Boone, also, that he discovered Claire, after her escape from the Staff. Locke showed his caring side when he built a cradle for Claire as a birthday present, out of materials he found on the Island.

Later, when the first raft was burnt, Locke gave a rousing but dishonest speech to the group blaming the Others ( people who had been on the island before them ) even though he suspected Walt. He was eventually able to get Walt to confess to him. But Locke did not tell anyone else in the camp that Walt was responsible for burning the first raft.

But Locke still wanted to get into the hatch. After spending a long time trying to think of a way to get into it, he constructed a trebuchet in a failed attempt to shatter the hatch door's window and ended up becoming injured when shrapnel from the mechanism got lodged in his leg. Following this event, Locke had a vision. In it, he saw a Beechcraft crashing, as well as his mother pointing in its direction, and a blood-stained Boone. Also, he was confined back in his wheelchair, unable to move. The dream also mentioned a woman from Boone's past who had died from a fall.

This dream was a sign, as, with Boone, he managed to track the plane to its resting place in the canopy. His legs had appeared to steadily cease to function, reducing him to a crawl. This meant that Boone was required to climb up to the plane. Unfortunately, though, the plane tipped and fell, nose first, to the ground, and Boone was mortally injured. Locke returned to the camp with Boone's injured body, but fled back to the hatch without telling Jack the true nature of Boone's injuries. Because he did not know the real problem, Jack was unable to save Boone, who died.

At the hatch, Locke explained that the Island told him what it wanted, and what he was to do next. He begged, and sobbed, pounding the door with his hands. After he did this, a light appeared in the window, before disappearing just as quickly. This seemed to re-affirm Locke's faith.

Locke returned to the camp at Boone's funeral, still wearing a shirt stained with Boone's blood. He was confronted violently by Jack who demanded some sort of explanation. He was calmed down however, and soon after, he told everybody about the hatch. However, the death of Boone and his numerous deceptions cost him much of his credibility. Jack never fully trusted him again.

When Jack, Kate, Hurley and Rousseau traveled to the Black Rock ( an old, stranded ship ) to recover dynamite to blow the hatch open, Locke was also part of the team. During this trek, Locke was seized by the "Monster" and was almost pulled into a pit by its smoky tendrils. The "Monster" was only repelled by Kate throwing dynamite into the pit, which caused the "Monster" to flee. During this event, Locke had asked Jack to allow the "Monster" to pull him in, as he believed nothing would happen.

When they eventually reached the hatch, armed with the dynamite, Locke was the one who lit the fuse, despite Hurley's protests. The hatch door was blown open, and Locke and Jack stared down into the hatch wondering what could be inside.

Upon entering the newly opened hatch ( discovered to be the the Swan Station of the DHARMA Initiative ), Locke was briefly held captive by Desmond, the operator of the station. Desmond explained to Locke that his job was to enter in a set of numbers and push the button every 108 minutes to prevent a catastrophic event from happening. When Desmond then fled, Locke continued to do this job, which he believed was extremely important. He believed the button was so important that he helped establish a rotation of the castaways for pushing the button, so it could be done efficiently.

( Threads will by default be set post crash up until this point in canon. Anything after will be plotted only / on a request basis. )

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