Bellamy Blake

Bellamy Blake is a major character in the first, second, third, and fourth seasons. He is portrayed by starring cast member Bob Morley and debuts in the series premiere.

Bellamy was manipulated into attempting to assassinate Chancellor Jaha as part of a larger plot to gain control over the Ark, an action he later shows remorse for. In return for shooting Councilor Jaha, Bellamy is able to sneak onto the drop ship by posing as a guard so that he can protect his younger sister Octavia. Bellamy is not part of the original 100.

At first, Bellamy and Clarke struggled for leadership of the Delinquents but eventually settled as co-leaders after the murder of Wells Jaha and Charlotte's suicide. As a leader, Bellamy is willing to make difficult decisions to ensure the survival of his people. He and Clarke work well together after their initial hostility. After most of the Delinquents are captured by Mount Weather, Bellamy tries to find them and eventually infiltrates Mount Weather, working closely with Maya Vie to keep the Delinquents safe and help them escape from the Mountain Men. Together Bellamy and Clarke made the difficult choice to irradiate Mount Weather in order to save their people. When Clarke leaves on her own unable to come to terms with her actions, Bellamy remains behind at Camp Jaha with the rest of the Delinquents.

In season 3, Bellamy is a guard at the newly renamed Arkadia. After previous interactions with the Grounders over the course of Seasons 1 and 2, the harsh restrictions placed on Arkadia as well as the death of his girlfriend Gina at the hands of the Ice Nation, Bellamy falls in with Charles Pike. Pike has a negative view of Grounders after the Ice Nation attacked and killed many of Farm Station after they crash landed on Earth, and shows great interest in Bellamy and uses him to gain further support within Arkadia using Bellamy's guilt over his failure to protect his people and trauma after Mount Weather. However after seeing how far Pike was willing to go and at the prospect of the deaths of his friends, Bellamy joins a rebellion against Pike and helps secure Pike's capture. Despite his attempt to stop it, Bellamy is unable to prevent the execution of Lincoln by Charles Pike. Bellamy later helps defeat A.L.I.E. and her army of chipped soldiers, protecting Clarke Griffin while her mind is in the City of Light.

Early Life
Aurora Blake, Bellamy's mother, was forced to keep her second pregnancy a secret because of the one child law on the Ark. A young Bellamy watched his mother give birth to his sister and helped to keep her quiet after the birth. After the child was born, Aurora told Bellamy to name her. He had learned about the Roman emperor, Augustus, and named his sister after the emperor's sister, Octavia. Aurora told Bellamy that Octavia was his responsibility. He told her he loves her very much and promises to keep her safe, no matter what may happen.

Since Octavia was an illegal second child, she had to be kept hidden in their room, never venturing out. Bellamy would tell her stories and play with her, and tell her about the Ark. Their mother would also read them mythology, which Octavia loved. Octavia would also help Aurora, who was a seamstress on the Ark. In order to find out about the surprise inspections ahead of time, Aurora was sleeping with an Ark Guard and she was also trying to get Bellamy a position on the guard. During these inspections, Octavia was forced to hide under the floorboards and wait quietly until they were done. Bellamy told her to tell herself, "I am not afraid."

Octavia was finally exposed a year before they were sent to Earth. Bellamy had become an Ark Guard Cadet and was able to get duty during the Unity Day masquerade party. He sneaks Octavia out of their room for the first time in her life so she could attend and promises her that he'll keep her safe and deliver her home before their mother even knows they're gone. The party is disrupted by a solar flare alert, requiring everyone to show ID. Since Octavia didn't have ID, they knew they would be caught. Bellamy tells her to go straight back to their room and hide while he creates a distraction but Octavia doesn't know how to get back. Commander Shumway notices that Bellamy has his shock baton out and starts to question him. Bellamy begs Commander Shumway to let her go, but he refuses, stating Bellamy is not a guardsman yet. Octavia tries to run but is easily captured. Octavia is imprisoned and their mother executed. Bellamy loses his position as a Guard Cadet and is demoted to janitor.

Over the next year, Bellamy is unable to see Octavia in lock-up. He is approached by Commander Shumway who tells him that 100 prisoners are being sent to the ground, among them his sister. He offers Bellamy the chance to go to Earth and protect Octavia but only if he kills the Chancellor. Bellamy accepts the deal and stows away on the dropship.

Throughout the Series

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Physical Appearance
Bellamy is of mixed race, with thick dark brown curly hair and brown eyes. He has freckled olive skin and appears to be in his late teens or early twenties. He has a lean, muscular build and appears to be physically strong. He is considered physically attractive.

He isn't seen smiling very often and has a frown on his face for much of the second season. When he does smile though it is very genuine and lights up his entire face.

Personality
Bellamy takes charge of the group as soon as they reach Earth. He has been protective of his little sister Octavia Blake since childhood and he wants the best for her. Eventually, this protection extends over all of the Delinquents. Bellamy is a natural leader, though he struggles with himself and his actions. He's ashamed of how he got on the drop ship; this information is eventually revealed in Twilight's Last Gleaming and His Sister's Keeper. He speaks his mind and can be aggressive, going as far as to torture Lincoln for information in Contents Under Pressure. Although he can be aggressive, he has a softer side as well, but has a difficult time expressing it (as shown in the episode Earth Kills). This softer side becomes more prominent over the course of the first season as he takes on the role of protector of the Sky People/Delinquents.

Relationships

 * -|Aurora Blake =

Aurora Blake
Aurora was Bellamy's mother. Bellamy seemed to have a very close relationship with his mother when he was young. On occasion, Aurora would have Bellamy recite why he could never tell anybody about his mother's second pregnancy. Bellamy was present when his mother gave birth to her second child and was allowed to name his sister. As Bellamy grew older, his relationship with his mother became strained. This may have been due to her prostitution, which Bellamy often voiced his disapproval of. Twenty-two years after his birth, his mother was floated when Octavia was discovered. Aurora's death greatly affected Bellamy. While on Earth, Bellamy blamed Octavia for Aurora's death. It was later mentioned that Bellamy didn't mean it.


 * -|Octavia =

Octavia Blake
"My sister, my responsibility."

- Bellamy to Clarke

Octavia is Bellamy's younger sister. Bellamy's and Octavia's sibling relationship starts before the first episode of season one at Octavia's birth. After Octavia was discovered and locked up, Bellamy shot Chancellor Jaha in return for being able to stow away on the Delinquents' drop ship so he could protect his sister on the ground. Throughout Season One, Bellamy is overly protective of Octavia to the point of them getting into numerous fights, acting as a father more than a brother. Eventually, he acknowledges his sister is stronger than he thought and in We Are Grounders (Part 2), Bellamy says goodbye to Octavia and allows her to leave with Lincoln after she is injured in the war.

Bellamy and Octavia are reunited again in Season Two when Octavia saves him from Grounders in Many Happy Returns. Bellamy then helps Octavia find Lincoln and treat him through his Reaper drug withdrawals in Long Into an Abyss. After Bellamy infiltrates Mount Weather with the help of Lincoln in Survival of the Fittest, Octavia refuses to leave him behind, sacrificing her chance to be a Woods Clan warrior in Blood Must Have Blood (Part 1). Bellamy then saves her life by irradiating all of Mount Weather in Blood Must Have Blood (Part 2).


 * -|Clarke =

Clarke Griffin
Clarke and Bellamy clashed often in Season 1; both of them had different ideas on how the Delinquents should be led, Bellamy being primarily concerned with Octavia at first. The two soon developed a mutual respect for each other. Clarke was able to communicate with Bellamy most of the time, and could sometimes bring out a better side of him. Bellamy respects Clarke, and as the two leaders, they understood each other more than the other Delinquents, as displayed in Contents Under Pressure. Despite the fact that they disagreed over some leadership decisions, they respect each other's opinions, and brief moments of romantic attraction have been shown. After Day Trip and saving each other's lives Bellamy and Clarke become friends. Clarke acknowledges that the main reason why the group has survived is because of him, and he can't abandon them for fear of Chancellor Jaha and the Ark's wrath, and so she speaks in Bellamy's favor during his talk with Jaha which clearly has a strong effect on Bellamy.

Over the course of Season 1, the two grow closer to each other as they respect and rely on each other's decisions. In the Season 1 finale, when Clarke decides that the camp should evacuate; Bellamy reluctantly agrees which would have been an impossible act at the beginning of Season 1. However, due to events they return to camp and fight off the grounders. When Bellamy is face to face with Christian; Clarke is utterly distraught as she fears for Bellamy's life. After Clarke closes the hanger door and launches the dropship, she presumes that Bellamy is dead by the ring of fire and is attacked with grief and sorrow.

In Mount Weather, Clarke constantly tries to unveil the hidden secrets. It is evident that she is a strong leader and is still willing to lead her people in the right direction. Although Bellamy and Clarke are separated for the first 4 episodes, many parallels are seen between the two. Their influence on each other is evident, in their mutual loyalty to their people and Bellamy's reluctance to kill a Grounder accused of killing withholding information on Clarke's whereabouts. The two are reunited back at Camp Jaha in Human Trials. Clarke, hearing about his return from Abby, runs to and hugs him. Bellamy is surprised and hesitates momentarily, disbelieving that she is at the camp before he hugging her back fiercely. Both are very emotional. When they set out once more to find Finn and Murphy, Bellamy gazes at a sleeping Clarke and tells her that he understands why she had to close the dropship door on him once she wakes up. The two are seen exchanging small smiles of mutual understanding over the fire. After discovering that Mount Weather has transformed Lincoln into a Reaper in Fog of War, Bellamy asks for Clarke's help in changing him back. Bellamy steps in to defend Clarke when Lincoln becomes aggressive.

After Finn kills 18 Grounders while in pursuit of finding Clarke, Bellamy and Clarke's plan of keeping Finn free from the Grounders fail when Finn gives himself up out of guilt. After Clarke kills him out of mercy, not wanting him to suffer the torture ritual they planned to execute, Bellamy expresses concern for her well-being. Bellamy suggests a risky mission of going into Mount Weather to himself rescue their trapped friends, but Clarke quickly shoots down the plan. When Bellamy asks why as she is not in charge of him, Clarke admits that she "can't lose him too." This confession impacts him enough into silence. Bellamy shows his protective side when a meeting with the Grounders reveals that Clarke's drink had been poisoned, along with Lexa's. He knocks the drink out of her hands and steps in front of her to shield Clarke from the Grounders' aggression. When later reflecting on how he knew it had been Gustus who had poisoned the drinks in Remember Me, Bellamy states that Gustus would "do anything for [Lexa]" and that it "just makes sense". His relationship and loyalty to Clarke is paralleled to Gustus's with Lexa. After a discussion with Lexa, Clarke finds Bellamy and agrees to his earlier plan that someone should enter Mount Weather. Bellamy asks why she's sending him to do the mission now when she didn't want him to put himself in danger before. Clarke states that she was being weak. This noticeably affects Bellamy and Raven and Octavia, who witness this. Clarke later restates Lexa's mandate that love is weakness to Abby, indicating that her sudden change of heart has to do with rejecting love and thus vulnerability to pain. Clarke is later shown highly concerned over Bellamy's safety, while still believing fully in him. Later in Coup de Grâce Bellamy with Maya's help finds a way to communicate with Clarke through the radio previously set up by Monty, there Clarke states her faith in him by saying "You came though, I knew you would." Bellamy's skeptical face reveals that he is still hurt by what she said in Remember Me. In Rubicon Bellamy finds out that Clarke lied to him about the whereabouts of Octavia during the bombing ofTondc, which Bellamy tried to prevent. Once reunited Clarke is shown to be extremely relieved that he is alive. When they are out of option to save their people from harvest by the Mountain Men, Bellamy refuses to allow Clarke to bear the burden alone and irradiates Mount Weather with her.


 * -|Lincoln =

Lincoln
"You protected my sister before you even knew her."

- Bellamy to Lincoln

Bellamy and Lincoln at first meeting have a hostile relationship Lincoln had kidnapped his sister. Bellamy is disturbed by the sketches of Octavia in Lincoln's journal. Bellamy tortures Lincoln, trying extract information on the Grounders and on how to save Finn's life. In Unity Day, Bellamy discovers the extent of Octavia's and Lincoln's relationship when he sees them embracing and then when Lincoln saves her life. Eventually in We Are Grounders (Part 2), Bellamy sees him as an ally and allows him to take Octavia to safety in order to save her from her arrow wound.

Bellamy helps Octavia capture a Reaper Lincoln in Fog of War and they bring him back to the drop ship so Clarke can try to save him (Long Into an Abyss). In Survival of the Fittest, Bellamy joins forces with Lincoln in an attempt to infiltrate Mount Weather but Lincoln gives into his reaper addiction and leaves Bellamy at the mercy of the Mountain Men. Lincoln finds out in Rubicon that in spite of him deserting Bellamy, Bellamy had still successfully made it into Mount Weather.

In Season 3 Bellamy and Lincoln are shown to be friends. Both are concerned about Octavia. They are not shown to have much contact after Pike gains influence over Bellamy. Lincoln's imprisonment, in conjunction with other factors, leads to Bellamy questioning and ultimately rejecting Pike's influence. Bellamy is unable to stop Lincoln's execution by Pike, something that clearly horrifies Bellamy.


 * -|Murphy =

John Murphy
"We hanged him. We banished him. And now we're gonna kill him. Get the hell out of my way."

- Bellamy to Finn about Murphy

In spite of Murphy's abrasive personality, Bellamy befriends him soon after they arrive on Earth. Although Murphy seems keen on doing as he pleases, he holds a certain respect towards Bellamy and briefly takes a right-hand-man kind of stance around him. Their relationship sours, however, when Murphy is falsely accused of killing Wells; the fallout eventually results in Charlotte's death and Murphy's banishment from the group. When he returns, Bellamy is reluctant to let him stay, but ultimately gives him a second chance. Murphy, however, betrays him and tries to kill him, causing their relationship to be even more strained.

When Bellamy encounters Murphy again after Murphy tried to hang him, Bellamy begins beating Murphy up but is stopped by Marcus Kane. They are both arrested and locked in the stockade together at Camp Jaha. Bellamy gives Murphy another chance when he takes Murphy with him to hunt for the missing Delinquents and Murphy proves himself to Bellamy and saves his life at one point. Bellamy appears to trust him once again, so much that he even gave him a gun. Bellamy even goes so far as to protect Murphy when Raven wants to exchange his life with Finn's for the Tondc massacre.


 * -|Other relationships =

Other relationships

 * Bellamy and Atom
 * Bellamy and Wells
 * Bellamy and Charlotte
 * Bellamy and Monty
 * Bellamy and Miller


 * Bellamy and Jasper
 * Raven and Bellamy
 * Bellamy and Kane
 * Bellamy and Maya
 * Bellamy and Gina

Killed Victims

 * Dax (stabbed in self-defense)
 * Numerous Grounders (shot during the The Woods Clan-Sky People Conflict)
 * 2 Reapers (shot in an underground parking garage)
 * Sergeant Lovejoy (choked to death)
 * 10 Mount Weather Guards (irradiated to save the Delinquents)
 * Dr. Lorelei Tsing, (indirectly, radiation leak)
 * 2 Mount Weather Guards (shot to save Fox)
 * At least 6 Mount Weather Guards (Acid Fog explosion)
 * Paul Tilling (shot to save Vincent Vie)
 * Around 350 Mount Weather residents (irradiated with Clarke Griffin)
 * This includes Maya and Lee
 * One Ice Nation bounty hunter (shot to save Niylah)
 * One Polis Guard
 * 299 Grounders - including Niylah's father (with Charles Pike, Hannah Green and 7 other Sky People)
 * One Sky Person (under ALIE's influence, shot to save Murphy)

Notes and Trivia

 * In a phone interview, Kass Morgan confirmed the meaning behind Bellamy's name to be from Edward Bellamy, an American author and socialist, and futurist writings.
 * Bellamy is 23 years old, making him the oldest person in the Camp during Season One.
 * He is a first born child, with a younger sister, Octavia Blake. Bellamy and Octavia are the only known living brother and sister from the Ark. They are half siblings.
 * Bellamy often repeats the phrase: "my sister, my responsibility," stemming from when Octavia was first born and Aurora told him his sister was his responsibility.
 * According to his Ark personnel file shown in the Pilot:
 * Bellamy's blood type is AB Negative. It was later announced by the writers that all Sky People have O Negative blood.
 * He lived in Section B-17, as also shown in His Sister's Keeper.
 * He worked in Sanitation
 * He was on limited rations (Level 7)
 * His father is presumed deceased.
 * Dax tried to kill Bellamy but failed when Bellamy killed him instead.
 * Bellamy is one of eight Sky People outside the drop ship to survive the explosion at the Delinquents' camp. The others are: Monroe, Sterling, Octavia, Finn, Raven, Murphy, and an unnamed Delinquent.
 * Bellamy has a knowledge of history and mythology. He mentions Emperor Augustus and his sister Octavia, Dr. Oppenheimer, Cerberus, and the Trojan horse.
 * Bellamy, along with Octavia and Clarke, are the only characters to have appeared in almost every episode so far. Clarke and Octavia didn't appear in episode Terms and Conditions, and Bellamy didn't appear in Thirteen.