Geoff Hardy

Hardy is a minor recurring character in the fourth season. He is portrayed by cast member Cole Vigue and debuts in We Will Rise.

Early Life
Hardy was born on the Ark and at some point became a member of the Ark Guard and fathered a son. Hardy and his son survived the severe damage caused to the Ark by Diana Sydney's Rebellion and the subsequent descent to the ground. He and his son further survived the threat from the Grounders, the Mount Weather War and the War Against A.L.I.E..

Throughout the Series
In We Will Rise, after some of Alpha Station has been burnt by a Grounder named Ilian, Hardy leads a mob of angry Sky People who swarm the prison section where Ilian is being held. As the station was supposed to protect the Sky People from an impending nuclear death wave, (and now cannot be used to ensure their survival), the mob is furious at the destruction wrought to their home. Hardy and the other Arkers break into the lock-up with the intention of lynching Ilian, and Hardy is among the first to attack the arsonist. However, Ilian punches Hardy to the ground when the latter attempts to press his assault too quickly. When Ilian is unable to fight off the rest of the rabble and is overpowered, Hardy gets back to his feet and joins the rest of his people in beating and stomping on Ilian. Chancellor Marcus Kane arrives with a contingent of guardsmen to save the helpless prisoner and forces the mob away from Ilian, threatening to shoot the next person who attempts to harm him. Hardy is unwilling to oppose the Chancellor and signals for his gang to disperse. “Good choice”, says Kane.

Ilian is taken under guard to the infirmary and Hardy beseeches other Arkadians to join him in demanding that Ilian be executed. “He condemned us to death!” Hardy tells an approving crowd, “I want to make sure he doesn’t survive this day! We may have a death sentence coming our way soon but he has one today!” Hardy calls Ilian’s burning of their home a hate crime, and goes on to say to his listeners that he worked hard getting Alpha Station ready to survive the nuclear radiation so that his young son might live, but because of Ilian’s actions his son will now die. The crowd roars their support for Hardy’s cause.

Hardy leads his mob to the locked doors of the infirmary, demanding that they be unlocked, and they are eventually opened by Octavia. Hardy and the other angry Sky People enter the hospital and are confronted by Kane defending Ilian with a pistol. However, David Miller, an Ark Guard who sympathises with Hardy and his followers, stuns Kane in the back with a shock baton. Hardy retrieves Kane’s fallen pistol and advances on Ilian, who is lying tied to his sick bed. But before he gets to Ilian, Hardy is stopped by Octavia who demands that she be the one to kill Ilian – Hardy nods in agreement before untying Ilian and manhandling him away.

Hardy and another Sky Person drag Ilian outside and dump him on his knees before Octavia and a riled up crowd. Hardy and the others step back as Octavia draws her pistol and aims it at Ilian’s head, but before she can carry out the execution, the alarm which warns of the coming of black rain is activated. Hardy and most of the other Sky People run to seek shelter, leaving Ilian and Octavia outside. However, it is a false alarm and Ilian flees Arkadia when Octavia can’t bring herself to pull the trigger.

A few days pass and black rain does eventually fall on Arkadia. Hardy survives but 18 other Sky People are killed. Meanwhile, a large bunker capable of housing all the Arkadians is found in Polis, the Grounder capital.

Personality
Hardy displays a natural tendency to be a leader and a fierce desire to protect his son.