Josephine Lightbourne

Josephine Ada Lightbourne is a minor character in the sixth season. She is portrayed by cast member Sara Thompson and debuts in "Red Sun Rising".

She was a member of the original team sent to Alpha. She was one of Primes of Sanctum.

Early life
She was born on Earth and in 2045, she and her parents went on Eligius III to Alpha as a part of the first exploration team along with a few other members.

Throughout the Series
In Red Sun Rising, 236 years ago, Josephine was one of the original families to settle on Sanctum as part of Mission Team Alpha. As a taxomy biologist, Josie's primary task was studying and classifying plants and animals on the moon. She found the place to be peaceful and safe and therefore suggested naming it "Sanctum" - the Latin root for "sanctuary." While making out with her boyfriend during their first encounter with the red sun eclipse, Josephine was the first to notice that something wasn't right when all insects stopped moving. She ran back towards their house just as a swarm of bugs started to attack. Unfortunately, she found her father suffering from the eclipse-induced psychosis which caused him to turn against his own family. Mr. Lightbourne started killing people including his own daughter, Josephine.
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Over the years, Josephine and other Primes have been brought back several times using an A.I. technology that transfers the memories and personalities of the Primes into the host bodies of people with Royal Blood.

In The Face Behind the Glass, Josephine's parents, now occupying Russell and Simone Lightbourne bodies as host are desperate to bring Josie back. They had been hoping to bring her back by using Rose as a host when she becomes of age but Rose is kidnapped and killed by the Children of Gabriel. After discovering that Clarke has royal blood, the Lightbournes' take advantage of her when she's paralyzed to bring Josephine back. They insert Josie's A.I. into Clarke, replacing her memories and personality with Josephines. Josephine wakes up in Clarke's body, scared at first. She starts playing with her hair just like the original Josie used to.

Personality
She is a biologist. She also speaks at least two foreign languages: German and Mandarin. In her first appearance she seemed pretty optimistic and generally happy to be where she was. She was also very smart.

Physical Appearance
She had semi-long blonde hair, brown eyes and fair skin, and she was quite slim.

Relationships
In "Red Sun Rising", Josephine is shown to be in a relationship with Gabriel Santiago.

Her parents are Mrs. and Mr. Lightbourne.

Appearances
She also appeared in an old photograph in "Sanctum".

Quotes

 * Josephine Lightbourne: "No insect sounds. 10:1 it's the eclipse. Think about it. Animal behavior on Earth is affected by them, too. Crickets go silent when they feel threatened, right before they swarm."
 * -- Red Sun Rising


 * Delilah: "We call it-"
 * Blythe Ann: "Delilah..."
 * Delilah: "Oh Relax mother, I don't think they'll steal your recipe. We call it 'Jo Juice' after Josephine Prime. Hallowed be her Name."
 * Blythe Ann, Guards and Jae: "Hallowed be her Name."

Notes and Trivia

 * In Red Sun Rising, she is called Josephine Ada Lightbourne by her father. This makes her the second person in the series with their middle name stated in the series.  (The first being Jordan Jasper Green.)
 * "Red Sun Rising", the book found by Clarke Griffin in Sanctum, was written by Josephine.
 * Josephine named Planet Alpha "Sanctum", the latin root for "sanctuary".
 * Her ancestors named a drink after her and call it "Jo Juice". Blythe Ann is supposedly the recipe holder.