i'm guess he's widmore's version of herb albert,
grooming youngfellas through space and time...
maybe he was a slave on the black rock and
richard albert was a slave trafficer??!?
non aging ghostly sea dogs!
once again i have solved the mysteries of lost
I think alpert might be a time traveller, so instead of being a highlander he just jumps through time to all the places he has cropped up before.
Heard they wanted Daniels to be Mr Ecko.