Octavia Blake

Octavia Blake is a major character in the first, second, and third seasons. She is 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 the lover of Lincoln. She 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 young 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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 * -|Season Two =

In Wanheda (Part 1), three months after the events of Mount Weather, Bellamy is taking a group out on a mapping mission of Sector 7. Octavia shows up on horseback and tells them to try to keep up. They leave through the gates of Arkadia and head out on their mapping mission. The rover eventually stops and Octavia rides up on her horse, asking why. Monty says they have received a signal coming from Sector 8, which is Ice Nation. Since Monty and Miller’s boyfriend are both from Farm Station, Bellamy says Monty and Miller get to decide whether or not they go into Ice Nation territory and they both agree. They reach the border to Sector 8 and Ice Nation territory. Octavia tells them the Ice Nation stretches for thousands of miles and the ice is farther to the north. Bellamy reminds them to use non-lethal force as the beacon signal draws nearer to them. Three Ice Nation warriors break through the tree line on horses, identified by their white war paint. Octavia tells them they are Skaikru looking for their people. The Ice Nation warrior asks if they’re looking for Wanheda.
 * -|Season Three =

One of the warriors is wearing the Farm Station beacon that was transmitting the signal. Jasper staggers his way forward as Octavia tells the warriors that they observe the Commander’s alliance. Jasper grabs the beacon as Octavia tries to diffuse the situation. The warrior takes Jasper hostage and puts a knife to his throat, asking where Wanheda is and Octavia says she doesn’t know who that is but they can help each other. Jasper is laughing and the warrior starts to slit his throat. Bellamy shots him in the arm while Raven and Miller kill the other two warriors. The wounded warrior rises up to kill Jasper and Octavia throws her sword at him, killing him. Kane comes in over the radio, asking for Bellamy to come to Sector 4. Raven, Jasper, and Miller take the Ice Nation horses and go with Octavia back to Arkadia while Monty and Bellamy take the rover and head to Sector 4.

Abby, Jackson, and Lincoln come running to the gates of Arkadia as Octavia, Miller, and Raven bring back the injured Jasper. Jackson takes Jasper to Medical as Abby asks Raven about Clarke. Octavia comments negatively on Lincoln wearing the Guard jacket and walks away from him to take care of her horse.

Lincoln approaches Octavia where she is brushing down her horse, Helios, and asks how they are doing in Trigedasleng. Octavia comments that he can still speak it at least. She tells him that he might wear the Guard jacket but he will never be one of the Skaikru. He tells her there cannot be an “us or them” and that Kane and Abby are trying for peace like he is. Octavia thinks they are using Lincoln and tells him she doesn’t want them to live with the Skaikru and wants them to go far away to Luna’s clan. Lincoln says they can’t because Luna is hiding. Octavia starts crying and Lincoln tells her Trikru is in the heart and goes to kiss her but Octavia is too bothered by the jacket and turns away and leaves.

Lincoln no longer wears the guard jacket as he enters his and Octavia’s room in Arkadia but Octavia is not there. He goes out to the forest where she sleeps and brings her a blanket, placing it over her before lying down behind her and wrapping her in his arms.

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 an uninhibited and 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 is 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 in Survival of the Fittest, she more and more acts like a Grounder.

Relationships

 * -|Bellamy Blake =

Bellamy Blake
Bellamy is Octavia's older brother. 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 order 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. 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 re-united 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).


 * -|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.


 * -|Indra =

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.


 * -|Clarke Griffin =

Clarke Griffin
Clarke and Octavia meet in Season One when they are in the group of Delinquents sent to Earth by The Council. In the Pilot, Octavia joins Clarke on her initial expedition to Mount Weather and Clarke helps Octavia after she is injured by a water snake. After Jasper is rescued in Earth Skills, Octavia helps Clarke care for his injuries in Earth Kills. In His Sister's Keeper, Clarke volunteers to help Bellamy search for Octavia. In Contents Under Pressure, Octavia at first assists Clarke with Finn's stab wound but their relationship becomes strained when Lincoln is brought into the drop ship and Clarke condones his torture under Octavia's protests. Clarke discovers in Unity Day that it was Octavia with Lincoln's help who arranged the meeting with Anya at the bridge. When the Delinquents fall sick in I Am Become Death, Clarke sends Octavia off to Lincoln to find a cure. When Clarke and Finn are captured by Anya, Lincoln helps them escape in We Are Grounders (Part 1) because of his relationship with Octavia and asks Clarke to get Octavia to safety.

After the battle at the Camp, Octavia and Clarke are re-united again in Season Two when Octavia arrives at Camp Jaha with Bellamy in Human Trials. Octavia leads Clarke and Bellamy to Tondc where they discover Finn has massacred most of the village. In Long Into an Abyss, Clarke helps Octavia with Lincoln when they discover he has been turned into a Reaper. Octavia discovers Clarke knew ahead of time about the missile landing on Tondc in Bodyguard of Lies and dissolves their friendship. They get in an argument again When Clarke arrives at the Mount Weather intake door in Blood Must Have Blood (Part 2). After the take-down of Mount Weather, Clarke leaves Octavia behind along with the rest of the Delinquents at Camp Jaha.


 * -|Aurora Blake =

Aurora Blake
Octavia is Aurora's second child. Aurora and Octavia seemed to have a very close relationship. As Octavia got older, she often wished to leave the safety of her home. Sixteen years after Octavia's birth, Aurora was floated when she was discovered. Octavia was thrown into juvenile lockup and never saw her mother again. Aurora's death greatly affected Octavia. On Earth, at one point, Octavia blames Bellamy for Aurora's death in anger.


 * -|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.


 * -|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.

Killed Victims

 * At least one Grounder
 * Several Reapers
 * Two unnamed Mount Weather Guards
 * One Ice Nation warrior

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.
 * There is no stunt double for Octavia's stunts. Marie does the stunts herself.
 * In "Wanheda (Part 1)," Octavia has acquired a horse and named him Helios.
 * In "Wanheda (Part 1)," Octavia has acquired a horse and named him Helios.