Lost Ones

This article refers to the ink realm species. For other uses, see Lost Ones (disambiguation).

Lost Ones as seen in Bendy and the Dark Revival.

The Lost Ones are a race of ink humanoid entities as well as the ink realm's main population. They are human beings transformed after transferring from the real world to the ink realm.

Characteristics

Physical appearance

The Lost Ones share a similar form to humans, only being made of ink rather than flesh, their faces featuring prominent dripping ink and missing features such as noses, mouths and ears, as well as possessing glowing yellow eyes. In Bendy and the Ink Machine, they appear underweight and have eyes proportionate to those of humans, possessing toes and appearing fairly untextured and smooth. In Bendy and the Dark Revival, they have larger eyes and have more detail than their previous iteration, featuring clear ribs, chests and now lacking toes. They have also gained sexual dimorphism, males having larger feet, hands and featuring pecs whereas females possess hair, rounder eyes, smaller hands and feet and feature breasts.

Intelligence

Their original human personalities appear to remain intact, however, most if not all individuals had their sense of selves and mental stability deteriorate. Most tend to be hostile out of fear or anger towards others, many are miserable and depressed, and some appear to have divine madness. Three unique lost ones exist which do not fit the other categories mentioned. Porter is a friendly adventurer, appearing to be a little odd due to his insanity but still being friendly, Heidi appears to be a grown woman but very clearly age regresses as all she wants is to play and talks in a childish manner. The Patron is the more positive and sane lost one who takes a liking into art.

Due to their mental breakdowns, some Lost Ones appear to have memory loss, implied by some writing in a test tube within the Giant Ink Machine that reads: "I STILL REMEMBER MY NAME", implying that they lost the rest of their memories.

Lost Ones are still very clearly intelligent despite their mental derangement, having created entire cities and areas to live in, such as the Lost Harbor and the Lost City. They’ve also been shown to create societies within the ink realm, such as those who worship Lord Amok and the handprints resembling that of ancient human caves in the Lost Harbor.

Known Lost Ones

Known individuals

• Mad Artist - An insane, hostile Lost One who is addicted to drawing and showing off his arts.
• Lost One (player) - An unnamed Lost One wearing a miner helmet.
• The Patron - An incredibly sane Lost One who is interested in art.
• Porter - A friendly Lost One with the possession of the Flow ability.
• Heidi - A childish but friendly Lost One who loves playing hide and seek.
• Lord Amok - A ruler of the Lost One groups from the sewers location.
• Tyler - One of the hostile male Lost Ones.
• Scott - One of the hostile male Lost Ones.
• Melanie - One of the hostile female Lost Ones.
• Nneka - One of the hostile female Lost Ones.
• Matt - One of the hostile male Lost Ones.
• Matt - One of the hostile male Lost Ones.
• Heather - One of the hostile female Lost Ones.
• Jenn - One of the hostile female Lost Ones.
• Becky - One of the hostile female Lost Ones.
• Hal - One of the hostile male Lost Ones.
• Jane Todd - The Lost One version of Jane Todd.
• Suicidal Lost One - An unnamed Lost One individual who is always banging his head to a wall.
• Seasonal Lost One - Unnamed unique Lost One active on holiday seasons, specifically Winter Abyss and Ink Demon's Eve.
• Ink Jets' Guitarist - An unnamed Lost One individual who plays the guitar for the Ink Jets.
• Invisible Lost One - An unnamed transparent Lost One individual only found out of bounds.

Known groups

• Hostile Lost Ones - Lost Ones gone mad that attack everyone they see that isn't one of them.
  • Amok's followers - The tribe-like followers of Lord Amok.
  • Iridescent Lost Ones - A group of Lost Ones that seem to be experimented on by Wilson.
  • Guests - A group of Lost Ones kidnapped by Alice Angel.
  • Butcher Lost Ones - A group of Lost Ones that reside in Grand Chops and use meat as weapons.
  • Pumpkinhead Lost Ones - A group of Lost Ones only active during Ink Demon's Eve.
• The Ink Jets - A rock band group who can sometimes be found jamming out in Artist's Rest.

Novel individuals

The following contains apocryphal information from the novel continuity which was not canon to the main series' storyline. See Bendy Wiki:Canon for more information.

• Bill Chambers - A young, rich guy who had been consumed by the ink and turned into a Lost One.
• Brant Morris - A young man and a journalist who had been turned into a Lost One after getting exploded into an ink puddle.
• Constance Gray - A science loving gal who was implied to have been turned into a Lost One after learning too much about Joey's malicious plans.
• River Lost One - An unnamed Lost One individual who resides in an ink pool and attacks anything it could get its hands on.

Apocryphal information

The following contains apocryphal information from the novel continuity which was not canon to the main series' storyline. See Bendy Wiki:Canon for more information.

When a human is transformed, they undergo various mental and physical alterations upon becoming a Lost One. Their vision changes to that of a flicking view, like "snapshots". The Lost Ones also have the ability to inhumanly move at a fast phase, the pain or injury they previously had wouldn't carry on to their inky state since the substance of ink would make them not feel the pain. During their state as a Lost One, the creature's memories seem to be unstable and they don't seem to remember or understand everything they do. When in a collective mass, the Lost Ones blur together in the ink, people's thoughts and memories mixing and shifting from one another, screaming in endless agony.

Behind the scenes

The Lost Ones first appear in Chapter 4: Colossal Wonders of Bendy and the Ink Machine, while the enemy versions appear in Chapter 5: The Last Reel. The Lost Ones return in Bendy and the Dark Revival as the most common enemies encountered in all chapters up to date.

Development

The Lost Ones were conceptualized during production of Chapter 4 for Bendy and the Ink Machine. Gavin McCarthy's concept art originally depict the Lost Ones with a visible nose, non-glowing yellow eyes complete with iris and pupils, and deformed arms with a mass of ink drips resembling coat sleeves.

When they were first introduced in Bendy and the Ink Machine, only the male Lost Ones appear due to all sharing the same basic model designs, likely because at the time they lacked any gender-defining characteristics. In Bendy and the Dark Revival, their model designs were given an overhaul and bears some resemblance to Gavin's original concept art, along with introducing new female counterparts.

From the mobile version of Bendy and the Ink Machine, an eye texture can be found in the files, referred as 'LostOnesEyeTexture'. Judging by its file name, it was meant to be used for the Lost Ones' eyes before ending up cut.

Gallery

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  A group of Lost Ones as seen in Bendy and the Ink Machine.

In other languages

Language	Name
Chinese (Simplified)	TBA
French	TBA
German	TBA
Italian	Errante (Singular) Erranti (Plural)
Japanese	TBA
Portuguese (Brazil)	Perdido (Singular)Os Perdidos (Plural)
Russian	TBA
Spanish (Spain)	Ser perdido (Singular) Seres perdidos (Plural)