Lalah Wilson-Mqwebu

Lalah Wilson-Mqwebu is one of my favorite characters in AWNTS to write, and has become, I think, a favorite among readers. She's definitely the level headed one of the group, the dose of common sense I think the viewers wanted to give the castaways. In the real world, she was a business woman, married to her wife Nandi Mqwebu, with three children. After a fight with her wife in Australia, she boarded flight 815 to go home and be with her children.

Lalah's time on the island has been hard since the discovery of her wife's passport among the dead. She believes herself to be a widow, but attempts to remain strong for the other passengers. Among the survivors she's become a mother figure and trusted by the others, and her friendship with Jay Langdon is one of the strongest on the island. Well, that was, until she discovered a gun among his belongings.

In the upcoming chapter, Lalah will be joining Iris and Nikki on her first trek into the jungle, heading back, once again, to the cockpit of the plane.