Octavia Blake

Octavia Blake is a major character in the first and second seasons of The 100. She's portrayed by starring cast member Marie Avgeropoulos, and debuts in the series premiere.

Octavia often helped Clarke as a medical assistant and collects information on Grounders for the Delinquents. She is part of the original 100 and was sent to juvenile lockup for being a second child.

While on Earth, she has faced many challenges: trying to get to Mount Weather, helping to save the lives of many (including her brother, Bellamy), confronting problems inside and outside of the camp, and the torture of the Grounder who saved her life.

Octavia is one of the first Sky People to embrace the Grounder culture, opting to wear Grounder armor as well as applying Grounder war paint. She is also the first to start speaking Trigedasleng, the Grounder language.

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 seven-year-old Bellamy watched his mother give birth to his sister and even helped 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.

Because 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, telling 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 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 any ID, they knew they would be caught. Bellamy tells her to go straight back to their room and hide but Octavia admits to him that she doesn't know how to get back. Commander Shumway notices that Bellamy has his shock baton out and starts to question them. 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. Bellamy suddenly loses his sister, his mother, and his chance to be an Ark guard and becomes a janitor.

Over the next year, Bellamy is unable to see Octavia in Lockup. He is then approached by Commander Shumway who tells Bellamy that 100 prisoners are being sent to the ground, among them his sister. He offer Bellamy the chance to go to Earth and protect Octavia but only if he shoots and kills the Chancellor. Bellamy accepts the deal and stows away on the drop ship.

Throughout the Series

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Physical Appearance
Octavia has olive skin, greenish hazel eyes, and long dark brown hair. She has a toned build and is of average height. Octavia appears to be in her mid-teens. She bears a similar appearance to both her mother and her brother. She is very attractive, much to her brother's dismay. Later she is seen to wear War Paint like a Grounder. In the original pilot script she is described as strikingly beautiful.

Personality
Octavia is a free-spirited teen. She is very adventurous due to being forced to be kept hidden her entire childhood in order to keep from being discovered. She shows elements of bravery and spontaneity when she is the first person to step back onto 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 talk about how she is an illegal child. Although flirtatious, she cares deeply for the people she loves, including her brother Bellamy and her boyfriend, Lincoln. Starting in We Are Grounders (Part 2) Octavia is shown to be much more violent against the enemy and after becoming Indra's Second she more and more acts like a grounder.

Relationships

 * -|Bellamy Blake =

Bellamy Blake
Bellamy is Octavia's older brother. The two have a very close but complex brother-sister relationship. When Octavia is sent to Earth, Bellamy goes with her in order to keep her safe. In 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 ties 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.


 * -|Aurora Blake =

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 after Bellamy brought her to a party.


 * -|Lincoln =

Lincoln
"...Thank you."

- Lincoln's first words to Octavia

Lincoln first met Octavia when she had been injured after falling from a steep hill. He took care of her injuries and he saved her from being found by the other grounders and she thanked him for his help. After her brother, Bellamy, finds her, he takes Lincoln hostage and begins torturing him, much to Octavia's dismay. Octavia frees Lincoln in Day Trip while her brother is gone and the rest of the delinquents are hallucinating from some bad nuts. In Unity Day, Lincoln takes an arrow for Octavia, saving her life. He saves her life again in We Are Grounders (Part 2) when he leaves with her in the midst of battle because of the arrow in her leg.

In The 48, Lincoln returns to his village and almost certain death in order to get medicine to treat Octavia's poisoned wound. After he is captured by Reapers, Octavia does not give up hope of finding him, finally succeeding in Fog of War. Octavia then works with Bellamy and Clarke to revert Lincoln back from a Reaper into a Grounder in Long Into an Abyss and continues helping him in his struggle to overcome his addiction to the Reaper red drug in Rubicon. In Blood Must Have Blood (Part 2), Lincoln again picks Octavia over the Grounders and risks the alliance between the Mountain Men and the Grounders in order to go after Octavia at Mount Weather.


 * -|Jasper Jordan =

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.


 * -|Clarke Griffin =

Clarke Griffin
Clarke and Octavia become good friends during Season One, working and overcoming many obstacles together. However, after Octavia finds out about Clarke knowing about the bombing of Tondc in Resurrection, their relationship becomes strained.
 * -|Atom =

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.


 * -|Indra =

Indra
Main Article: Octavia and Indra

Indra and Octavia initially started off as enemies when Octavia kidnapped Nyko to save Lincoln. Indra agreed to swap Lincoln for Nyko since Nyko was their only healer. After both Lincoln and Nyko are taken by Reapers, Indra allows Octavia to be the bait to get them back. Octavia saves Indra during a battle with Reapers and Indra allows Octavia to live.

After an alliance is formed with the Grounders and Sky People, Indra takes her grounders to train at Camp Jaha where Octavia wants to train with her but Indra refuses. As the Grounders are about to leave camp, Octavia stops them and Indra finally lets her fight with Fio, one of her warriors. Fio easily beats up Octavia but she refuses to give up until Indra finally calls it off. When Octavia is recovering from her battle, Indra comes up to her and says that she sees a "strength of spirit" in her and asks her to be her Second. Octavia agrees and begins her warrior training under Indra, going so far as to tell Clarke that she only takes orders from Indra now.

When Lexa sounds the retreat against Mount Weather, Octavia remains behind, causing Indra to disown her as a Second. Later, however, Indra helps Lincoln escape so Lincoln can find Octavia.

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Killed Victims

 * At least one Grounder
 * Several Reapers
 * Two unnamed Mount Weather Guards
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Notes and Trivia

 * In a phone interview, Kass Morgan confirmed the meaning behind the following character's names.
 * Octavia Blake - Octavia E.Butler, Female writer, first science fiction writer to win the Genius Grant.
 * Bellamy Blake - Edward Bellamy, American author and socialist, and futurist writings.
 * Octavia is a second child and younger sister of Bellamy Blake. Due to the one-child law, a second child was almost unheard of, making her rather unique.
 * While Octavia and Bellamy share the same mother, it was confirmed they have different fathers.
 * Bellamy helped deliver her, as shown in His Sister's Keeper.
 * Bellamy named her after Octavia the Younger, Augustus' (the first Roman Emperor's) sister.
 * Octavia was discovered during the Unity Day celebrations after almost 16 years which was nearly a record. When Octavia's existence was discovered, her mother, Aurora Blake, was floated for breaking the law and Bellamy lost his job as a guard cadet.
 * Octavia's prisoner number on the ark was 1-6-7.
 * First person to return from space and set foot on Earth after 97 years.
 * First of the 100 to be in a relationship started on Earth.
 * First Sky Person to become a Grounder and start learning Trigedasleng.
 * Octavia is one of the eight Delinquents who did not get taken by the Mountain Men in the Season One Finale. The others were: Bellamy Blake, Sterling, Monroe, Finn Collins, John Murphy, Raven, and an unnamed delinquent.
 * Octavia has been used as reaper bait twice: first in the woods as part of Indra's plan, second in the underground parking lot to lure Lincoln to her.
 * Octavia's choice of weapon is a sword.
 * Octavia's choice of weapon is a sword.