Octavia Blake

Octavia Blake is a major character in the first, and second seasons. She is portrayed by starring cast member Marie Avgeropoulos, and debuts in the series premiere. Octavia often assists Clarke as a medic, and collects information on grounders for the 100.

Octavia is part of the original 100. She was sent to juvenile lockup for being born as a second child.

While on Earth she has faced many challenges, such as; trying to get to Mount Weather, helping to save many lives (including Jasper's), her protective older brother, problems in and outside of camp, and the torture of a Grounder.

With the emerging threat of the grounders, Octavia is for the idea to go to the ocean. When the 100 stay, Octavia fights along to protect their home. She gets injured but is alive and leaves with Lincoln. Her current whereabouts are unknown.

Early Life
Octavia was born in secret, and her mother and brother “kept her hidden for almost 16 years, nearly a record.” (“Pilot”) She was exposed a year before “Pilot”, during the Unity Day masquerade dance. (“His Sister's Keeper”) Thus Octavia is almost 17 years old as of the Unity Day mutiny. Her Mother and brother kept her hidden under the floor

Throughout the Series

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In The 48, Octavia practices Lincoln's native language. Octavia expresses that she doesn't understand why she needs to learn it. Lincoln explains to Octavia that only the warriors speak English and in order to blend in she needs to speak his native language. Octavia tells Lincoln to stop stalling and pull out the arrow to which he does. After Octavia learns the arrowhead had poison on it, she tries to convince Lincoln not to go back to his village because if he does, he'll die the death of a thousand cuts and then be fed to the bugs. While Lincoln is away, Octavia beings screaming. When Lincoln returns, Octavia tells hims she saw a man who was more monster than man. Lincoln doesn't believe her and insists she is hallucinating from the poison. He picks her up and carries her towards the ocean. On their trip Lincoln asks to repeat the phrase he told her earlier in his native language. Octavia does so but grows fearful when she can't smell anything. Later, Octavia learns that Lincoln lied to her and took her to his village instead of taking her to the ocean. He promises to come back and leaves her alone near the Statue of Abraham Lincoln.

In Inclement Weather', Octavia awakes near the same statue. She sees a man a few feet away from her. He approaches her and hands her a concoction. When she asks about Lincoln, he says she needs to drink it. She asks the name of the man, and is confused when he tells her she should run. The guy tells Lincoln he is paying for what he did, for helping her, while their clan is weak. She then says they have to do something, but he says he did something by helping her and that she sould run. After that she hits him, and takes him as a hostage to the gate. After she demands Lincoln, she hits her hostage, who turns out to be the village's only healer. She demands they bring Lincoln to the place she last saw him, then threatens to kill her hostage if anyone else comes along. She says they have untill dark.

In Reapercussions,

Physical Appearance
Octavia has olive skin, green-ish hazel eyes, and long dark brown hair. She has a toned build and is of average height. Octavia appears to be in her late teens. She bears a similar appearance to both her mother and her brother. She is very attractive, much to her brothers disdain.

Personality
Octavia is a free-spirited child. She is very adventurous, due to being forced to be hidden her entire childhood in order to keep from being discovered. She shows elements of bravery and impulsivity when she is the first person to step back on Earth and when she jumps into a river. She's also very self-confident. Octavia also seems to have a short temper, getting easily mad when people talked about how she was an illegal child. Although flirtatious, she cares deeply for the people she loves, including her brother Bellamy.

Bellamy Blake
Bellamy is Octavia's older brother. The two have a very close but complex brother-sister relationship. When Octavia was sent to Earth, Bellamy goes with her in order to keep her safe. In the Pilot, Bellamy becomes the leader of the Delinquents so he can keep Octavia alive. In Earth Skills, Octavia's river serpent wound is treated by Bellamy. Later on she shows affection toward Atom and when Bellamy discovers this, he tied Atom to a tree as he said that nobody was allowed to touch his sister. Octavia scolds him for this. In Earth Kills, Murphy's Law and Twilight's Last Gleaming, she is often seen with Bellamy. When she goes missing in the woods and is discovered by a grounder, Bellamy shows concern for his sister's well-being and orders everyone to find her.

Lincoln
"...Thank you."

- Lincoln's first words to Octavia Lincoln is Octavia's boyfriend. They first met in Twilight's Last Gleaming where Lincoln was seen watching Octavia when she fell down from a steep hill and was hurt. He tended to her wounds and after she escaped, he protected her from nearly being found and killed from the other Grounders. After being found by Bellamy, he was held hostage and she tried to persuade Bellamy that Lincoln was not a bad person as he saved her life. Bellamy and the others continued to torture him until Lincoln would give them answers about the Grounders and the cure to save Finn's life but he refused to answer. Octavia stepped in to save him by cutting herself with his poisoned knife and he showed her the cure. As she tended to his wounds, he tells her thank you and they become closer as she talks with him more and tries to help him escape. Lincoln is protective of her and is teaching her how to fight and defend herself. During the episode, I Am Become Death, Lincoln asks her to go away with him, to a tribe near the sea. She accepts then changes her mind. Lincoln also stays and saves Clarke and Finn, saying his reason was for Octavia. During the fight in We Are Grounders (Part 2) Lincoln takes Octavia to safety after she's injured.

Jasper Jordan
Jasper is one of Octavia's best friends. Although he has romantic feelings for her, Octavia does not return them. Throughout season one Jasper flirts with her and tries to act brave to gain her love. While at a river, Octavia is attacked by a river serpent and Jasper saves her. Not long after, when the Grounders toss a spear that impales Jasper, Octavia shows great concern for him, assuming he was killed. In Earth Kills, Octavia watches over a severely wounded Jasper after he is found and comforts him. When he awakens, Octavia is glad to see him alive. In Murphy's Law, she stands by his side as him and Monty attempt to contact the Ark. Monty fails and shuts off all the wristbands. Jasper begins saying how he wasn't brave, but Octavia kisses him and says that he's brave. Their relationship is stunted when Jasper fires the first shot in the episode Unity Day. Talking to Monty, Octavia seems to be annoyed with him.

Atom
Atom and Octavia are attracted to each other, as shown in the episode Earth Skills. She kisses him in the butterfly forest and when Bellamy spots him, Atom is tied to a tree. Octavia scolds Bellamy for this. Later on, after Atom's death by poisonous fog in Earth Kills, she is saddened by it.

Aurora Blake
Aurora was Octavia's mother. Aurora and Octavia cared about each other when they lived on the Ark. Aurora got floated when Octavia was discovered when Bellamy brought her to a party. Octavia blames Bellamy for her mother's death.

Notes and Trivia

 * She is a second born child, with an older brother, Bellamy Blake.
 * Due to the one-child law, siblings are almost unheard of in the Ark's younger generation.
 * According to Kane, Octavia staying “hidden for almost 16 years” was “nearly a record”.
 * This implies there were/are other siblings. Nothing is known about the other siblings.
 * She was discovered during the Unity Day masked dance a year ago, and is thus “almost 17 years” old as of the Unity Day revolt.
 * Her brother helped deliver her, as shown in His Sister's Keeper
 * When Octavia's existence was discovered, her mother Aurora Blake was floated for breaking the Ark's one-child law.
 * She was the first person to return from space, and set foot on Earth, after 97 years.
 * She was the first of the 100 to be in a relationship with a Grounder.
 * Bellamy's nickname for Octavia is "O".
 * Bellamy's nickname for Octavia is "O".