Abigail Griffin

Abigail “Abby” Griffin is a major character in the first, second, and third seasons. She is portrayed by starring cast member Paige Turco and debuts in the season premiere.

Abby is the Chief Medical Officer and a former Council member on the Ark. She is currently Chancellor of Arkadia, but struggles with leadership due to the rebellious actions of her daughter, Clarke Griffin.

Abby was on the Council when they chose to send the 100 to Earth. She had been monitoring them throughout Season One. Her doubts about the project grew, but returned when she saw the kids were alive. She makes risky decisions, but in the end she is always righteous in what she does and she is willing to face the consequences of her actions.

Early Life
Not much is known about Abby's early life, only that she was born on the Ark and at some point married Jake Griffin and gave birth to her daughter, Clarke. It is also known that she was made Chief Medical Officer and a member of the Council on the Ark prior to the Pilot.

Before the series started her husband discovered an error with oxygen levels on the Ark and, knowing that it meant that life would stop being sustainable on the Ark, thought the people had a right to know. Abby disagreed with this and so did the Chancellor, Thelonious Jaha. Jake was going to go public with this knowledge anyway, but only Abigail, Clarke, and Wells Jaha (Clarke's best friend whom she had told in confidence), knew about it. Abby accidentally condemned Jake before he was able to release the video recording that he made because she told Jaha, hoping he would convince Jake not to go through with it. Instead, Jaha arrested Jake and had him floated immediately. After watching her father being sucked into space, Clarke was put in juvenile lock-up, also known as the Sky Box, because of her knowledge of the error. Abby allowed Clarke to think it was Wells who had turned her father in, causing problems in both relationships.

Abby was part of the organization and running of the program that sent 100 delinquents from the Sky Box, including Clarke, down to Earth, although is was revealed in the Pilot that Abby did not have the final word about who was sent down to the ground, and it was Kane who made the final decision to include Clarke in the 100.

Throughout the Series

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Personality
Abby is a strong willed individual who tries to fight for what is right for others and her family.

Physical Appearance
Abby has brown hair and brown eyes. She is often seen wearing jeans and a leather jacket.

Relationships

 * -|Clarke Griffin =

Clarke Griffin
Clarke Griffin is Abby's daughter. Before Clarke is sent down to Earth in the Pilot, Abby tells her to be safe and that she loves her. After, Abby closely watches over Clarke's vitals. While on Earth, Clarke learns the truth about her mother's involvement in her father's death in "Earth Kills". This causes a rift between Clarke and her mother. To punish her mother for her father's death, she takes her wristband off, letting Abby believe her to be dead. When Raven Reyes makes contact with the Ark in "Contents Under Pressure", Clarke confronts her mother and tells her she knows the truth. Abby tries to apologizes explain his death was never supposed to happen. Clarke truly believes she will never be able to forgive her mother for turning in her father. When Clarke believes her mother to be dead in the Exodus ship crash, she is devastated.

When they are reunited in "Human Trials", Clarke is happy to see her but their relationship is strained. Clarke goes behind Abby's back to the point of usurping her authority on numerous occasions. Abby often disagrees with the decisions Clarke makes in regards to the people. Tensions escalate in "Coup de Grâce" when Clarke tells her mother that even though Abby is the Chancellor, Clarke is the one in charge. In "Resurrection", when Abby finds out that Clarke knew ahead of time about the bombing of Tondc, she is appalled that her daughter would do such a thing and begs her to not forget they are the good guys. By "Blood Must Have Blood (Part 2)", Abby has come to realize the difficult choices her daughter has had to make are not so different than the choices she made on The Council and tells her daughter that maybe there are no good guys.


 * -|Jake Griffin =

Jake Griffin
Abby loved her husband Jake dearly. When Jake announced that he wanted to go public about the fact The Ark was dying, Abby tries to convince him not to because she knows he will be floated. She turns to their friend, Jaha, in the hope that he will talk him out of it, but her telling Jaha of her husband's plans leads to Jake's execution. This devastates both Abby and also her daughter Clarke Griffin. However, while Abby knows the truth about Jake's death and blames herself, Clarke thinks it was the fault of Wells Jaha, who she told Jake's plan to in confidence. When Wells tells Clarke the truth, she is angry at her mother, but when the Exodus ship Clarke thinks Abby was on is crashed by Mount Weather, Clarke is distraught. When the two reunite in "Human Trials", Clarke shows no anger towards her mother because she is so relieved to find Abby is alive. While Clarke may not have completely forgiven Abby, their relationship is mostly healed.


 * -|Marcus Kane =

Marcus Kane
On the Ark, Abby and Marcus Kane constantly had opposing views. Kane saw Abigail as a threat to his goals and frequently had her arrested and even almost floated her once due to his strict rule-following and her bending of the rules. Later, in "The Calm", he seems to start caring for Abby, saving her life when he is exploring the other deck to look for survivors. On Earth, Marcus was the first person to follow Abby out of the Ark ship once it landed.

In "The 48", they go out looking for the The Camp of the Delinquents and Clarke together. When Abby gives guns to the Delinquents to help them escape and look for Clarke and the others, Marcus sentences her to shock-lashing in "Reapercussions" before passing along the Chancellorship to Abby. In "Resurrection", Abby finds Marcus trapped under rubble after the missile on Tondc, pulling on a piece of metal to make noise and she grabs his hand to stop him. Abby tries to help him and he tells her to leave him and go find Clarke until Abby explains that Clarke got out as she already knew about the attack. When rocks fall down and trap them both further, they talk about how their actions on the Ark have influenced Clarke and the sins they have to answer for. Later, after they are captured by Mount Weather and Abby has her bone marrow extracted, they return to Camp Jaha, holding hands.

Killed Victims

 * Jake Griffin (indirectly)
 * 49 Sky People housed in Mount Weather (indirectly)

Notes and Trivia

 * In the book series, Abby and Jake are named Mary and David.
 * Abby has never killed someone (directly)
 * In Contents Under Pressure, due to Abby's invaluable medical expertise, she is given another exemption by The Council instead of being floated. She was charged with:
 * Theft of medical supplies (to save Chancellor Jaha's life after he was shot)
 * Illegal salvaging (of Mir-3)
 * Unauthorized ship launch (of Raven's pod)
 * Pirating The Ark comm systems (to play Jake Griffin's video about the oxygen problem)