Amelia Moorhead

**Amelia Nadine Moorhead** is a member of the Others, as well as the aunt of Ethan Rom and Elinor Goodspeed. Amelia took over the upbringing of her nephew and niece after the death of their parents, who were members of the DHARMA Initiative (one of them even being their leader), and she treated her guardian duties with full responsibility.

## Before the Island

### Childhood

Amelia was the firstborn child of Colonel Romain Moorhead and his wife, opera pianist Norene Downing. The family lived in Wishaw, Scotland, but when the girl was four, they moved to the United States.

Like her mother, Amelia aspired to become a musician, but at the age of six, just a few days before the birth of her younger sister, the girl suffered an injury to her fingers, which forced her to stop studying music.

### Marriage

At the age of 16, Amelia met a young soldier named Roger Cunningham. He was six years older than her, a military colleague of her father, who had no family. This and the special friendship that connected the men allowed Roger to show up in Amelia's house on a regular basis whenever he went on leave, even if the head of the family was currently absent. He tried to become a good helper for Amelia's mother in the absence of her husband, in order to somehow repay the warm welcome and kindness that they provided over and over again, and did not even notice how every action he took made a young teenager fall in love with him. Fortunately, the feelings turned out to be mutual, and at 19, Amelia was proposed to by Roger, celebrating the wedding a year later.

## On the Island

### With the Others

In 1951, the same year they got married, Roger was sorted into a platoon that was going to participate in a special operation in the South Pacific. Although neither he nor Amelia fully understood why a young soldier like him was being sent on such a responsible (according to descriptions and all the secrecy) mission, it soon became clear that this was mostly due to his pre-military activities. Before being enlisted, Roger was a physics student, and his knowledge turned out to be significant for the operation conducted by the U.S. Army.

With all her desire, Amelia could not do anything to make her husband stay at home. Realizing this, she decided to act much more desperately and, enlisting the support of her father, began to press his superiors to give her permission to follow Roger and his platoon. None of them really hoped for success, but, fortunately, at the last moment one of the members was dismissed, leaving the team without a chemist. Thanks to her studies at the university and the recommendations she received from former teachers, Amelia made sure that she got this place, becoming the first woman of her age to join the ranks of a special unit of such appointment.

They set out in June 1951 and were at the gathering place in early August. None of the platoon members knew for sure where they were and how to find their way back to the mainland, but each of them was warned about the enemies ("the Hostiles") living on the island. The platoon was unlucky enough to meet them less than a month after their arrival, right in the middle of carrying out their very first nuclear test. Fourteen people were instantly killed, and four others, including Amelia, her husband and two other soldiers, Jones and Mattingly, were captured by the Hostiles and forcibly taken to their camp. There, at a meeting with their leader, all four were given a chance to give out all available information about the operation, as well as the possible arrival time of the submarine that was supposed to bring them home. Neither Jones nor Mattingly even listened to the proposal and were taken away, never again catching the eyes of the Cunninghams. Amelia was going to follow their example. Although she was afraid of death (and this, in her opinion, was exactly what awaited them after the refusal), she understood full well that her betrayal would ruin far more lives than she would save. To her great surprise, Roger held a different opinion and without much hesitation agreed to tell the Hostiles about everything they knew. As Amelia found out later, he wanted to do everything to keep her alive, and the sacrifices made in the name of this did not bother him much.