Duncan Baird

Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond Hume/Marcus Kane)

**Marcus Kane** was a major character in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth seasons. He was portrayed by starring cast member Henry Ian Cusick and debuted in the series premiere. In "The Old Man and the Anomaly" and "What You Take With You", he was also portrayed by Greyston Holt.

Kane was a senior Council member on the Ark serving temporarily also as Chancellor pro tempore, and Chancellor of Camp Jaha and later Chancellor of Arkadia. Kane was on the Council when they decided to send the 100 to Earth and when they decided to cull 320 Ark citizens to save oxygen.

Once the Ark came to Earth, Kane helped establish Camp Jaha as its first Chancellor before passing along the Chancellorship to Abigail Griffin when he left on a mission to seek peace with the Grounders. After his return to Camp Jaha, he often sided with Clarke Griffin and worked as an emissary between the Sky People and the Grounders.

After Abby decided to step down as Chancellor, Kane was expected to be elected the new Chancellor of Arkadia, but he lost the impromptu election to Charles Pike. Seeing Pike's tyrannical way of running things, Kane lead a small rebellion against the new Chancellor. However Kane was captured and sentenced to death by Pike but managed to escape to safety. He and his group later secured Pike's capture. Kane then accompanied the arrested Pike to Polis but discovered that A.L.I.E. had taken over most of the city. He was forced into taking the chip after A.L.I.E. threatened Abby's life. He was later freed after Clarke activated A.L.I.E's kill switch. Following Pike's death, Kane became the Chancellor of Arkadia.

Throughout the fourth season, Kane tried to maintain the peace between the Thirteen Clan and the Grounders while he developed a romantic relationship with Abby. After the discovery of the Second Dawn Bunker he betrayed the *Skaikru* alliance with the *Azgeda* and attempted to hand King Roan over to *Skaikru*'s new ally, the *Trikru*, in order to secure the bunker for the two clans. However he failed and was arrested. After the majority of Sky People were being evicted from the bunker he convinced Thelonious to not rebel against the Grounders, stating that he already saved humanity, which included 1,100 Grounders. As a result, Kane and Jaha started the Second Culling in order to stop the riot and secure the survival of humanity and all survivors became *Wonkru*, one clan with Octavia Blake as their leader.

During the fifth season, he and Abby left *Wonkru* and joined Charmaine Diyoza and the Eligius prisoners in the Shallow Valley. Kane struggled to help Abby with her drug addiction while he helped Diyoza, giving her advice and information about Octavia. He successfully convinced her that prisoners need *Wonkru* to survive and Diyoza started bringing defectors to the valley. The two of them successfully escaped to the valley's caves after McCreary's faction defeated Diyoza's. Kane and Charmaine then betrayed *Wonkru*'s attack plans to McCreary in an effort to prevent Octavia from controlling the valley and also to negotiate a settlement between the two warring factions. However McCreary refused any sort of compromise. During the Battle for Eden, a psychologically unstable Eligius prisoner, Michael Vinson, almost killed Kane, leaving him in a coma.

During the sixth season, Kane suffered from the injuries left by Vinson. He was put into cryo after throwing up blood during a heated argument with Octavia. He was later reborn in the young body of a Sanctum Guard named Gavin through a Mind Drive while his original body died. However, he was unable to bring himself to live in such a state and chose to die. At his request, Kane was floated by Indra from *Eligius IV* after a final goodbye with Abby.

## Contents

* 1Early Life
* 2Throughout the Series
* 3Personality
* 4Physical Appearance
* 5Relationships
* 6Appearances
* 7Quotes
* 8Killed Victims
* 9Notes and Trivia
* 10Gallery
* 11See Also
* 12References

## Early Life

Marcus Kane was born on the Ark to Vera Kane. As a young boy he would donate his rationed water to The Last Tree however he eventually stopped doing that and distanced himself from his mother's religious group. He later becomes a senior member of The Council, and first in line of succession during Thelonious Jaha's Chancellorship.

As a Councilman, Kane works closely with the Guard on the strict enforcement of the Ark's laws. His responsibilities include the close monitoring of every citizen of the Ark, even of his fellow Council members. Kane's sole goal is the survival of the human race, and thus he considers that friendship and mercy are luxuries which they simply cannot afford.

When Jake Griffin decided to defy the Council about the air shortage and go public, Kane pressed charges against him and included his daughter, Clarke Griffin, in those charges.

Kane appears to have had a special relationship with Callie Cartwig before the events of Season One.

## Personality

At the beginning of the series, Kane is a pragmatic individual, cold and willing to do whatever he deems necessary to "save the human race". Rather than seeing himself as overly dedicated or mean, he saw others as lacking what it takes to do what needs to be done. He cared little for the lives of individuals, only for the survival of the human race as a whole.

After the Culling of Section 17, however, Kane is filled with regret and remorse over his actions as he learns that humanity had actually survived on the ground and that he could have prevented those deaths if he waited just a day or two. This personality change would gradually develop over the course of the next season and a half.

Marcus becomes very selfless and willing to sacrifice himself. He stands up and begins to offer to leave himself behind on the Ark to allow the remaining humans to make it to Earth in ***We Are Grounders (Part 2)***, though Thelonious Jaha is already launching the ship before Marcus can do that. In ***Fog of War***, when Jaha and Marcus are informed they must kill the other to stop the bloodshed, Marcus never considers hurting Jaha to be an option. When Thelonious refuses to kill Marcus, Kane slits his own wrists with the knife.

While he is extremely dutiful and obedient he learns from Thelonious that on special occasions the Chancellor must know when **not** to follow the rules and laws but break them and doing what he thinks is best. Kane takes this lesson at heart and a few days later he disobeys Jaha's direct order to abandon him and instead he stays and clears the rubble, saving his Chancellor and friend. Later on he would do the same by leading the resistance against Chancellor Pike.

Though he is no longer "cold", Kane often thinks logically rather than emotionally; one example is that he attempted to betray the Azgeda in order to ally with the Trikru and save his people in the process. What he believes is right is, more often than not, helpful for more people, such as his suggestion to turn in Finn to the Grounders and establish safety for the remaining Arkadians, though he is written off as unfeeling for his objective approach.

He often shows regret and remorse whenever he is compelled to make a sacrifice for the greater good of his people. Kane's philosophy is to sacrifice the few to save the many but he does not believe the cause always justifies the means. Especially when one loses their humanity in order to achieve their goal, no matter how noble this goal is.

## Physical Appearance

Kane is a tall man in his forties with wavy dark brown hair and eyes, and tan skin. He appears to have an authoritative presence.

In Season 3, Kane has grown facial hair. In Season 5, after the 6 years and 7 days jump, his hair is longer to his shoulder and is slicked back.

## Notes and Trivia

* Though initially portrayed in "Pilot" as power-hungry, throughout Seasons One and Two, he has become self-aware and regretful of his actions, showing remorse for his decisions on the Ark and taking full responsibility for the choices he has made.
* Kane's plot line focuses on redemption.
* "Earth Kills" is the first episode he doesn't appear in.
* "Praimfaya" is the first season finale he doesn't appear in.
* "Eden" is the first season premiere he doesn't appear in.
* On multiple occasions, Marcus has decided that killing himself in order to help others is the best option to solve life or death issues, often putting himself up for sacrifice. This is shown when he tries to manually launch the Ark down to Earth at the end of Season One, and when Lexa forces him and Jaha to fight to the death.
	+ This is finally fulfilled in "What You Take With You."
	+ It is implied that due to his actions including the Culling on the Ark, and giving the battle plans to Paxton McCreary that led to the massacre of *Wonkru* at the gorge, Kane became guilt-ridden and suffers a suicidal depression, and later commits suicide in Season Six.
* It was originally suspected he ordered the attack on Thelonious Jaha, though it was revealed in "His Sister's Keeper" that it was Commander Shumway who really did.
* Some fans have theorized that Kane could be Octavia's or Bellamy's father, but Jason Rothenburg tweeted that these theories are false.
	+ Kane was originally Octavia's father but the writers opted not to go that route.
* He was the first Chancellor of Arkadia. Following the death of Charles Pike, he became the Chancellor of Arkadia again.
	+ He was never been elected as Chancellor. However, he became Chancellor twice; following of Thelonious Jaha's sacrifice left behind in the Ark and Charles Pike's death.
* Marcus is the first person born after the Nuclear Apocalypse to be reborn in another body using the Mind Drive.
	+ However unable to live like that Kane committed assisted suicide afterwards.
* Henry Ian Cusick is still credited as main cast in opening credits of Season Six although he only appears at least 3 episodes. This marks season 6 for a season with the least amount of appearances.
	+ The last episode he appeared as Marcus Kane was when he was going to kill himself. Kane was seen in his old body (Henry Ian Cusick) while the character's most appearance on that episode was portrayed by another actor.
* He is the eighth main character to die in *The 100*. The seven preceding ones are Wells Jaha, Finn Collins, Lincoln, Roan, Jasper Jordan, Thelonious Jaha, and Monty Green.
* He was the first major character to die in Season Six. The second was Abby.
* He is the second major character to die by commiting suicide. The first was Jasper.
* Kane was the second Sky Person to become a Nightblood, before being reborn in the body of a Sanctum Guard named Gavin.

**Desmond David Hume** was a Scotsman who spent years on the Island. He had a number of unusual experiences there with electromagnetism, sending his mind repeatedly through time.

Before coming to the Island, Desmond's life seemed to be defined by failure. He was fired as a monk, sadly broke up with his girlfriend Penny Widmore, dishonorably discharged from the Royal Scots Regiment, and regarded with contempt by Penny's father Charles Widmore. In an attempt to regain his honor, Desmond entered Charles Widmore's sailing race around the world and consequently became shipwrecked on the Island.

Desmond spent three years in the Swan station until he discovered his partner Kelvin was secretly planning to escape. He confronted and accidentally killed Kelvin, and his negligence sparked the incident which crashed Oceanic 815. He left the Swan when the Oceanic survivors discovered it, and he joined them after a failed escape attempt as a charismatic, helpful member of the camp. He and Locke tried to test whether the Swan was a hoax, leaving Desmond to turn its fail-safe key to prevent disaster.

The resultant implosion gave Desmond premonitions. He predicted a parachutist's arrival and Charlie's eventual death. He traveled to the parachutist's boat and escaped it after making contact with Penny. He and the Oceanic 6 then encountered Penny's boat, which led them to rescue. Desmond and Penny married and had a son, and they hid from Charles Widmore till a dream convinced Desmond to seek him out. Widmore returned Desmond to the Island, where the Man in Black and Jack both used him to deactivate the Heart of the Island.

After his death, Desmond was the first to recall his life and he embarked on a mission to help his friends remember theirs. Eventually, he succeeded in awakening his friends and, along with them and Penny, moved on.

## Contents

* 1Before meeting the survivors
	+ 1.1Background
	+ 1.2Monkhood
	+ 1.3Relationship with Penny
	+ 1.4The Royal Scots Regiment
	+ 1.5Charles Widmore's sailing race
	+ 1.6Stranded on the Island
	+ 1.7Crashing Oceanic 815: Days 1–44
* 2With the survivors
	+ 2.1Days 44–67 (Season 2)
	+ 2.2Days 68–91 (Season 3)
		- 2.2.1Mind travel to 1996
		- 2.2.2Return to 2004
	+ 2.3Days 91–108 (Season 4)
* 3After the Island: 2005–2007 (Season 5)
* 4Return to the Island: 2007 (Season 6)
* 5Flash sideways
	+ 5.1Before his awakening
	+ 5.2Recruiting the others
* 6Supernatural abilities
* 7Trivia
	+ 7.1General
	+ 7.2Name references
* 8Unanswered questions

## Before meeting the survivors

### Background

Not much is known about Desmond's early life. Desmond did not graduate from university because he had to support his three brothers after the unknown death or disappearance of their father. Desmond once mentioned (to Jack) that he had almost become a doctor. For a time, he served as a set designer for the Royal Shakespeare Company. ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")

### Monkhood

Desmond began dating a woman named Ruth in 1988 for six years. Ruth said the closest thing Desmond came to a religious experience in that time was when Celtic won the Scottish cup in 1989. Later that year, a week before their wedding date, Desmond woke up on the street after a night of drinking, fueled by wedding fears. Brother Campbell, a monk at a monastery in Eddington, Scotland, offered him help, which led Desmond to believe he had a calling to become a monk too. Desmond entered the monastery. He impressed and surprised Campbell by keeping his vow of silence, earning status as a novice monk and the title "Brother." Ruth's brother Derek tracked Desmond down at the monastery and punched him, leading Desmond to seek out closure with Ruth. Ruth didn't buy Desmond's claims of a spiritual experience and told him he was just running away because he was scared. After this rebuke, Brother Campbell found Desmond drinking the wine that the monastery vineyards produced. He told Desmond that he did not think that he should be a monk, and obviously was meant for a greater purpose. As Desmond was getting ready to leave, he met Penelope Widmore, who introduced herself as she was picking up several crates of wine for her father, Charles Widmore. They flirted, and she offered to take him back to Carlisle with her. ("Catch-22") Although he wasn't a monk for long, Desmond would continue calling people "brother" in affection and habit.

### Relationship with Penny

Desmond and Penny quickly fell deeply in love. Desmond dated her for two years prior to meeting her father, who was apparently unaware of their relationship. Eventually, Penelope moved into Desmond's flat (he being too proud to move into hers). During this period, Desmond's "best mate" was a physics professor named Donovan.

One day, in late 1995 or 1996, Desmond was drinking while painting his flat. He fell off of the ladder hitting his head on the floor, and was splayed out in the red paint which pooled underneath him and splattered on the walls. Just after, Penny came home and seeing him on the floor went to help him. Soon after this, he told her that he would go to her father's industry to ask him for a job. Later that day, he went to Widmore's office and after a brief discussion was eventually offered a job. However, Desmond replied that he was not there for a job but to ask for Penelope's hand in marriage. Widmore expressed his unfavorable opinion of Desmond, saying that he was worth less than a shot of MacCutcheon whiskey.

He came out of the building angry, and tossed his tie to the ground. As he passed by Charlie Pace singing Wonderwall by Oasis, it started to rain, and when he met with Penelope, he told her that he was angry because of how Widmore treated him, also telling her he'd lost his tie.

The next day, he visited a jewelery store to buy a ring. However, he had second thoughts, and left without buying anything. Later, he met with Penelope and a photographer asked if they'd like a photograph taken. They agreed. Penelope selected a background she liked. After it was taken two copies of the picture were given to them. (Official Lost Podcast/February 20, 2007) However, when Desmond noticed that he couldn't pay for even one photograph, he said to Penelope that he couldn't be with her. Penelope left crying, and their relationship ended.

Penelope then moves out, and Desmond enters the Royal Scots Regiment. ("Flashes Before Your Eyes") ("The Constant")

### The Royal Scots Regiment

During his recruit course in 1996 at Camp Millar (north of Glasgow, Scotland), Desmond woke up from what he thought was a dream, in which he was in a helicopter in a storm. In reality, his consciousness was time traveling to December 24, 2004. Desmond continued to uncontrollably leap back and forth between 1996 and 2004. Confused when in the future, 1996-Desmond received instructions from the 2004-Daniel Faraday to meet him at The Queen's College Department of Physics in Oxford in 1996. After Desmond convinced Daniel that he had been to the future, 1996-Daniel Faraday explained that unless Desmond found a "constant," something familiar and meaningful in both time periods, he (Desmond) would likely have a brain aneurysm and die. Desmond decided that Penny would be his constant. ("The Constant")

Learning that Penny had moved and changed her phone number, he met with Charles Widmore in London to get new contact information for her. Charles relented, giving Desmond Penny's address, confident that Penny would reject Desmond once and for all. Desmond took 2 days leave from the Royal Scots to visit Penny, explaining to her that he needed her new phone number but that he wouldn't call her for eight years. Confused and upset, Penny reluctantly gave Desmond the number. Desmond left Penny's house to return to the Royal Scots smiling contentedly, knowing that in the future he will have made a connection with her, saving his life. ("The Constant")

Desmond managed to reach the rank of a lance-corporal before being dishonorably discharged and serving time in the Southway Garrison military prison for failing to "follow orders". His exact offense is still unknown. At his release, Desmond reclaimed his belongings, including his copy of Charles Dickens's *Our Mutual Friend*; the book he chose to be the last thing he read before he died, and thus did not check it in prison, to "avoid temptation." ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")

While he was in the Army, Desmond did a six-month detail disarming munitions, a skill he would later have to put into use on the freighter. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 2")

### Charles Widmore's sailing race

Outside the Garrison, Charles Widmore waited for Desmond's release. Widmore revealed that he had intercepted all of the letters that Desmond had sent to Penelope from prison. Widmore then attempted to bribe Desmond into keeping away from his daughter. Widmore felt certain Desmond would agree to the arrangement, since he believed Desmond to be a coward. Desmond, however, declined, and entered himself in a world sailing race sponsored by Widmore in order to prove his worth. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")

Desmond then traveled to America, where the race was set to begin. He arrived, however, short of money and a sailboat. Desmond met Libby Smith in a café, where she insisted on buying him coffee. During their conversation, Desmond confided in her his shortcomings for joining the race. Libby then surprisingly revealed her ownership of a boat, the *Elizabeth*, which had belonged to her late husband David. Upon her insistence, Desmond eventually accepted Libby's offer of the boat, promising to win the race "for love". ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")

As Desmond prepared to train by running stairs at an L.A. stadium, Penelope approached Desmond and revealed her success in locating him by employing her great resources. "With enough money and determination you can find anyone," she explained. Penny asked him if he had read his beloved book yet, and inquired as to why he did not write to her. To evade her questions, Desmond confronted Penny with his knowledge that she is getting married, adding that he will be back in a year, after winning her father's race, and he hoped Penny would wait for him. Penny believed his choice to enter the race was just another example of cowardice. Desmond insisted that he is running to get his honor back. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")

Moments later, Desmond met Jack Shephard, while training at the same stadium. During their short conversation, Desmond suggested that Jack is running the stadium stairs because of frustration having to do with a woman. Jack confided in Desmond about his patient, Sarah, whom Jack had no hope of fixing. Desmond pointed to the possibility of miracles. Sarah's subsequent unexpected healing suggests that possibly Desmond was right. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith") Since Flight 815 crashed on September 22, 2004, and since Desmond has been on The Island for three years, this would put the start of the solo race around the world some time during 2001. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")

Whilst racing across the Pacific, Desmond's boat was hit by a strong storm, during which Desmond wrapped his book in plastic, before getting knocked unconscious and falling off the deck. Soon after, he washed up on the Island's shore. ("Live
Trivia
General
Desmond was the twentieth character to ever have a flashback.
Since at the time of "Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1" he was a minor character, he was the third minor character to have a flashback.
Desmond's episode count as of "The End" is 46.
Desmond appeared in five episodes as a guest star prior to being promoted to main cast.
During Season 4 and 5, even though part of the main cast, Desmond appeared in less or the same amount of episodes as some of the recurring characters. In season 4, Frank Lapidus appears in more episodes and Martin Keamy in the same amount of episodes as him, while in season 5 Richard Alpert and Phil appeared in more episodes and Ilana, Pierre Chang and Stuart Radzinsky appeared in the same amount of episodes as him.
According to their stories, Juliet and Desmond both arrived on the Island in 2001.
Desmond has never met Walt, Richard and Pierre. However, he has met the rest of the main characters.
Desmond did see Pierre on stage at the concert in The End. He also saw Pierre on the Swan Orientation film.
Despite both characters being around since season 2, the first dialogue spoken between Desmond and Ben occurred near the end of the season 5 episode "This Place Is Death".
In "The Constant" Daniel references an off-screen event where he meets Desmond before he boards the helicopter. It's likely Desmond met Charlotte as well as Daniel because she was present at the time.
Desmond met Ilana, Ana Lucia, Charlotte, Miles, Christian, Shannon and Boone in the flash-sideways timeline.
Desmond has visited five of the ten known DHARMA Initiative stations: the Swan, the Pearl, the Hydra, the Looking Glass and the Lamp Post. Desmond, Kate and Jin have visited the most stations. However since Desmond isn't a survivor and Jin is dead, Kate has visited the most stations from the survivors.
In order to purchase a boat for the race, Desmond needed $42,000. (Numbers)
Desmond's order number, 42, is called out at Mr. Clucks when he meets Hurley in the alternate timeline (Season 6). (Numbers)
On their first encounter, Desmond and Jack parted with Desmond saying "See you in another life, yeah?" ("Man of Science, Man of Faith") ("Orientation") As Jack and Desmond parted ways again, it was Jack who said "See you in another life, Brother." ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 3") The next time Jack said it in (The End), the two were precisely to meet in another life, the flash-sideways timeline.
The record Desmond put on before he heard the explosion from the blowing open of the Hatch is "Make Your Own Kind of Music". ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
The performance of Oasis's single "Wonderwall" places the known start of Desmond's timeline no earlier than 2 October 1995 when "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?", the album containing the song was commercially released. The song contains the lyrics "because, maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me"; Desmond saved Charlie's life repeatedly before Charlie finally sacrificed himself in "Through the Looking Glass, Part 2".
According to the producers, in Desmond's original timeline prior to his consciousness's travel back to 1996, he did not get hit with the bat, and might possibly have had a different origin for the photograph. (Official Lost Podcast/February 20, 2007)
Desmond is a fan of Celtic football club. Immediately before Desmond was caught drinking by Brother Campbell, he was singing the Celtic song, "It's A Grand Old Team". His ex-fiancée remarked that his only religious experience during the six years they dated was Celtic winning the Scottish Cup. ("Catch-22") Celtic are traditionally associated with Scottish and Irish Roman Catholics, while Protestants support their arch-rivals, Rangers.
A noteworthy game in which Graybridge came back from two goals down in the final two minutes of the game to win helped trigger Desmond's memories of the future during his trip to the past. ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
Desmond's address was shown on an envelope in "Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1". The town he lived in, Halstead, exists, though the street does not, and the post code, which began with CO8, does not correspond with Halstead, the post code for which begins with CO9.
An alternate ending scene for the Season 4 finale was shot featuring Desmond in the coffin to detract spoilers from leaking.
Desmond was the man who caused the survivors to be stranded ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2"), but he was also the man who caused the survivors to be rescued by calling Penny. ("The Constant") ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 3")
Desmond is the only character who notices the time flashes without time traveling, likely due to him being "special". ("Because You Left") Other past characters, such as Danielle and Ethan, do not notice the flash.
Desmond holds the record for the longest streak of episodes for a main character to not appear, eight. He was absent from "LA X, Part 2" through "The Package".
Desmond is one of the 3 main characters alive at the end of the series who debuted in Season 2. The others were Bernard and Ben.
Although, Bernard was already mentioned in Season 1, Season 2 was his first appearance.
Desmond is one of 22 main characters to have their names appear in a soundtrack title.
Desmond is one of nine male main characters alive at the end of the series, not counting the flash sideways.
The wine bottles Desmond loads onto Penny's truck at Moriah Vineyards bore the number "1989" on the wooden packing crates. 19+89 = 108, the sum of The Numbers.