Lost Ones

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

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

Physical appearance

The Lost Ones have a similar appearance to humans, only deformed, skeletal, and slimy, composing entirely out of ink. Their eyes glow a yellow and orange color, and they have what appears to be drool-like slime in place of their mouths. Though the female Lost Ones have hair, males are very bald.

Intelligence

Their original human personalities most likely remain almost untouched, but the other side of the Lost Ones have been driven insane and are hostile mostly to anyone who are especially not from their kind. However, there have been lot of notable exceptions, such as Porter and Heidi, who actually mean no harm and have normal sanity.

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.
• 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.
• Santa Lost One - An unnamed unique Lost One individual active on holiday seasons.
• Invisible Lost One - An unnamed transparent Lost One individual only found out of bounds.

Known groups

• Amok's followers - The tribe-like followers of Lord Amok.
• The Ink Jets - A rock band group who can sometimes be found jamming out in Artist's Rest.

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.