instructs Hurley to take Jack there in a successful effort to show how important the latter is to his plan. Jacob constructed the list in a way that could correspond to certain numbers, just as he did in a cave that had more recent revisions. The Man in Black later showed Sawyer this cave in his elaborate plan to kill the candidates. It is later revealed that the candidates can't be killed by the Man in Black due to Jacob's rules so the former improvised his plot by manipulating the candidates into killing themselves which became partly successful with the deaths of Jin, Sun, and Sayid. Jacob's spirit finally vanished after he had Jack succeed him. Development The producers, particularly Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, have implied that the character was inspired by Aslan from the Chronicles of Narnia, showcasing his god-like powers and kind nature. Much like Aslan, Jacob serves as an almost eternal guardian of a fantastical realm—in this case the Island instead of Narnia. Lindelof also stated that he and co-creator J. J. Abrams had planned for the concept of light and dark to eventually be personified by Jacob and Man in Black, referencing the scene in Pilot, Part 2 where Locke explains the game of backgammon to Walt Lloyd. In addition, Christ can be seen as the prototypical model for the character of Jacob which was also the case for Aslan. In the episode, "What They Died For", Jacob appears before a burning bush and Jack accepts his responsibilities, mirroring Moses from the Book of Exodus. Another similarity can be attributed to Zoroastrianism where Jacob can be seen as Ahura Mazda and the Man in Black is that of Angra Mainyu ("the Angry Man"). Curiously enough, that phrase is used by Jacob's assistant, Dogen, who explains the nature of the Man in Black to Sayid. References Sources Lost (TV series) characters Fictional Italian American people Fictional characters who can teleport Fictional ghosts Fictional twins Fictional orphans Adoptee characters in television Male characters in television