Changes: Achara

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Achara was a native of Phuket, Thailand and a skilled tattoo artist.

Biography

Following a messy divorce, Jack Shephard traveled to Phuket and encountered Achara on the beaches there. Helping to assemble his kite, the pair sparked a relationship immediately, with Achara handing Shephard a small, rectangular object as a gift. Beginning an intimate relationship, Achara remained mysterious, coming and going from Shephard's hut without explanation. Suspicious and slightly intoxicated, Shephard followed her after one of her strange disappearances and discovered that she worked as a tattoo artist. Asking her to brand him with her work, Achara declared him an outsider and claimed that she could only mark natives. She described the body art as definition as opposed to decoration, claiming to "see who people are" and then tattooing that on them. Forcing her hand, she claimed there would be consequences as she inscribed the phrase "He walks amongst us, but he is not one of us." According to Achara, it signifies that he is a leader, but that being one makes him "lonely, and frightened, and angry". ("Stranger in a Strange Land")

In the following days Achara's brother, Chet, discovered the transgression that had occurred and hunted down Shephard and beat him severely with the help of several Thai men. Sufficiently battered, Shephard was warned that if he ever returned he would suffer greater consequences, watching a sad Achara turn her back on him as she sailed away. ("Stranger in a Strange Land")

Trivia

In Hinduism Achara and Dharma are synonymous and mean "the regulation of daily life." Indeed Achara is often referred to as the Supreme Dharma.

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The mark of Dharma is Achara or good conduct. Achara is the mark of the good. From Achara is Dharma born. Dharma enhances life. Man attains prosperity and fame, here and hereafter, through the practice of Dharma".[1] [2]

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In the May 11, 2007 Lost Podcast, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse joke that the shark swam all the way to Thailand and forced Achara to give it a DHARMA tattoo or it would "bite her head off".
Achara is one of 2 minor characters to have their name appear in a soundtrack title.

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 | Title=Achara
 | Image=Achara.jpg
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-| Appearances={{ep|3x09}}
 | Name=Achara
-| Status=Alive
-| Date of Birth=Unknown
-| Age=Unknown
-| Place=Thailand
-| Profession=Tattoo Artist/Seer
-| Link=[[Jack]]'s lover and artist behind his tattoos
 | Actor=Bai Ling
+| Appearances={{ep|3x09}}
+| Link=[[Jack Shephard]]'s lover and tattoo artist
+| Place=Phuket, Thailand
+| Profession=Tattoo Artist/Seer
+| Family=[[Chet]] - Brother
 }}
+'''Achara''' was a native of [[Phuket]], [[Thailand]] and a skilled [[Tattoos|tattoo]] artist.
-'''Achara''' approaches [[Jack]] on a beach in Phuket, Thailand. She helps him assemble a kite he just bought and the two share a meal afterward. She greets an [[Thai man|unknown man]] with a [[wikipedia:Thai greeting|Wai]] (similar to the Hindi [[namaste]]), and then he gives her a small, rectangular, flat object in a bag on the first day she meets Jack. At his questioning, she mentions her "gift" to him without further elaboration.
+==Biography==
+Following a messy divorce, [[Jack Shephard]] traveled to [[Phuket]] and encountered Achara on the beaches there. Helping to assemble his kite, the pair sparked a relationship immediately, with Achara handing Shephard a small, rectangular object as a gift. Beginning an intimate relationship, Achara remained mysterious, coming and going from Shephard's hut without explanation. Suspicious and slightly intoxicated, Shephard followed her after one of her strange disappearances and discovered that she worked as a tattoo artist. Asking her to brand him with her work, Achara declared him an outsider and claimed that she could only mark natives. She described the body art as definition as opposed to decoration, claiming to "see who people are" and then tattooing that on them. Forcing her hand, she claimed there would be consequences as she inscribed the phrase "He walks amongst us, but he is not one of us." According to Achara, [[Jack's tattoos|it]] signifies that he is a [[leadership|leader]], but that being one makes him "lonely, and frightened, and angry". {{crossref|3x09}}
+In the following days Achara's brother, [[Chet]], discovered the transgression that had occurred and hunted down Shephard and [[fights and attacks|beat]] him severely with the help of several Thai men. Sufficiently battered, Shephard was warned that if he ever returned he would suffer greater consequences, watching a sad Achara turn her back on him as she sailed away. {{crossref|3x09}}
+== Trivia ==
+*In [[Religions and ideologies|Hinduism]] '''Achara''' and '''[[DHARMA Initiative|Dharma]]''' are synonymous and mean "the regulation of daily life." Indeed Achara is often referred to as the '''Supreme Dharma'''.
+{{Quote|text=The mark of Dharma is Achara or good conduct. Achara is the mark of the good. From Achara is Dharma born. Dharma enhances life. Man attains prosperity and fame, here and hereafter, through the practice of Dharma".[http://www.blessingsonthenet.com/information%20centre/information-2.asp?serialno=9&id=S0007&desctitle=Hindu+ethics] [http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Dharma/id/22739]}}
-She becomes [[Jack]]'s lover, having [[sex]] with him many times over a one month period but not telling him much about herself. He becomes suspicious of her nighttime activities and, somewhat intoxicated, stalks her to her workplace, where she says that he is an outsider.  He forces her to confess that she has the power to "see who people are", and then tattoos that information onto them.  Despite being an outsider, Jack forces Achara to break the rules and "read" and tattoo him.  The [[Jack's tattoo|tattoo]] supposedly translates literally to "He walks amongst us, but he is not one of us," according to [[Isabel]] (though this is not accurate Chinese).  According to Achara, it signifies that he is a leader, but that being one makes him lonely and angry.
+*In the [[Official Lost Podcast/May 11, 2007|May 11, 2007 Lost Podcast]], [[Damon Lindelof]] and [[Carlton Cuse]] joke that the [[shark]] swam all the way to [[Thailand]] and forced Achara to give it a [[DHARMA Initiative|DHARMA]] tattoo or it would "bite her head off".
-When Achara's brother [[Chet]] discovers this transgression later, he and a group of Thai men beat Jack severely, and forces him to leave the country and never see Achara again.
+*Achara is one of 2 minor characters to have their name appear in a soundtrack title.
-==Trivia==
-* In Hinduism '''Achara''' and '''[[Dharma]]''' are synonymous and mean "the regulation of daily life." Indeed Achara is often refered to as the '''Supreme Dharma'''.
-:* "The mark of Dharma is Achara or good conduct. Achara is the mark of the good. From Achara is Dharma born. Dharma enhances life. Man attains prosperity and fame, here and hereafter, through the practice of Dharma".[http://www.blessingsonthenet.com/information%20centre/information-2.asp?serialno=9&id=S0007&desctitle=Hindu+ethics] [http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Dharma/id/22739]
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-==Unanswered questions==
-{{NavMinor-Unanswered}}
-* Is Achara connected to the [[DHARMA]] Initiative?
-* When Achara says that she can see who people are, does she mean super-naturally/psychically, or using some sort of psychology?  Or is it just a marketing tactic for her tattoo parlor?
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