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Earth, also referred to as "the Ground", was the original home of humanity. The series starts in September 2149, 97 years after a devastating nuclear apocalypse was caused by an A.I. called, "A.L.I.E.". While much of the ground recovered, with vibrant plant and animal life, atmospheric radiation levels remained at a significant level.
Survivors in space believed Earth to be uninhabitable, but after a critical system failure in the Ark's life support systems, the 100 were sent to the surface in a last-ditch attempt to determine if Earth is habitable again. There they discovered that the Grounders have been living on the ground for generations. Throughout the first five seasons, various factions, including Grounders, Sky People, Mountain Men, A.L.I.E., and Eligius prisoners, fight for control of the ground.
At the end of the fourth season, Earth is destroyed by the death wave, with only one fertile valley remaining. However, on April 26, 2156, the valley is destroyed by the Damocles bomb, leaving the planet completely uninhabitable.
Environment
On May 10, 2052, A.L.I.E. initiated the Nuclear Apocalypse that devastated the planet and drove humanity to near extinction. Over the following 97 years, much of the planet had recovered but became a very different place. Ecosystems changed, landscapes were reshaped, and life adapted. Much of the infrastructure had been destroyed or decayed. Lush forests grew throughout much of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area while further north became a wasteland.
The death wave destroyed approximately 96% of the Earth's surface leaving it as charred ruins. However, Shallow Valley was spared and continued to grow lush with plant life, as well as some animals and fish.
The valley was destroyed on April 26, 2156 by the Damocles bomb launched by Paxton McCreary. That left the entire planet a wasteland and uninhabitable. Thirty years later, Earth was still uninhabitable and showing no signs of recovery, causing Monty Green to declare that the Earth would never recover and would be uninhabitable forever.
Major Locations
- Main article: Locations
- Delinquents' Camp
- Tondc (includes Lincoln Memorial)
- Mount Weather (includes mines and Philpott Dam)
- Arkadia (formerly Camp Jaha)
- Dead Zone
- Becca's Island
- Polis
- Second Dawn Bunker
- Shallow Valley
Minor Locations
Art Supply Store
The bunker
Also known as Finn's Bunker, it is the name given to a bomb shelter discovered by Finn Collins. The bunker's original purpose was to serve as a shelter from nuclear bombs in the case of an apocalypse, but the owners never made it. Among the items in the bunker is a picture of a family, presumably the people it originally belonged to. Clarke speculated that even if the family had been able to make it, they would've run out of food within a few years or gone stir crazy, opened the bunker and died of the radiation. The Delinquents used it for supplies as well as a place to take shelter. While it still has food, the food is long out of date and is of no use.
Because of the instability of the Delinquents' society, Finn convinced Clarke Griffin to keep the bunker a secret in order to have a place to hide if the needs arose. In Murphy's Law, when John Murphy was out to get Charlotte, Finn and Clarke hide Charlotte down in the bunker. After Clarke and Finn fall asleep, they wake up to find that Charlotte ran away. Later, Clarke and Finn sleep together in the bunker. After Raven Reyes arrives on Earth, Clarke takes Raven to the bunker in His Sister's Keeper to look for a transmitter to fix the radio. Raven found a remote-controlled car and used it for parts to successfully fix her damaged radio.
Delano's corpse in the bunker
After capturing Delano in Reapercussions, Finn takes Bellamy Blake, Murphy, Zoe Monroe, and Sterling to the bunker to question Delano, ending in Finn executing him. Finn returns with Clarke to the bunker one last time in Fog of War when they flee from Acid Fog, coming face-to-face with Delano's corpse.[1]
Lincoln's Cave
Lincoln in his cave
In His Sister's Keeper, Lincoln brings Octavia Blake back to his cave to treat her injuries. After Lincoln is captured and tortured by the Delinquents, Octavia helps him escape and he returns to his cave. Octavia meets up with Lincoln again in his cave in Unity Day and together with Finn Collins, they arrange the bridge meeting between Clarke and Anya. In I Am Become Death, Octavia finds Lincoln in his cave, packing up his belongings. He asks her to leave with him but she ultimately refuses and decides to stay behind with the Delinquents. Lincoln returns to the cave in We Are Grounders (Part 2) after outrunning Reapers and runs into Finn who came in search of coagulant to save Raven Reyes' life. Finn convinces Lincoln to use the Reapers as a distraction to help the Delinquents during the final battle. The cave is subsequently abandoned after this.
Oil Rig
The Oil Rig
Located away from the mainland, the Floukru live on an oil rig. They use boats and oil tankers for transportation. It is unclear how Luna found the Oil Rig after she abandoned her conclave.
Seen in "Join or Die" and "Red Sky at Morning".
It was abandoned in Season Four after all of Floukru died of radiation poisoning.
Abandoned Bridge
It is a minor location in Season 1.
Old Bridge
In Unity Day, it is the place where Anya and Clarke meet. During the meeting, Jasper sees Grounders in the trees. After Jasper realizes that they are aiming at Clarke, he tells her to run and fires at the woods. He manages to take down 2 of the attackers. Anya gets shot, but she gets away.
Raven Plants the bomb. (I am Become Death.)
In I Am Become Death, Raven makes and plants a bomb on the bridge. Finn, carries her away before she gets blown up. The bomb is hit and it
Grounders on the bridge during I am Become Death
destroys the bridge, harming and killing some Grounders including Tris.
Old Army Bunker
The old army bunker was seen in Day Trip. It is located nearby a body of water and ruined buildings. The depot was designed to hold supplies for a long time, such as guns and blankets. The bunker is full of cobwebs and thus uninhabitable. Most of the supplies are bad, ruined or stolen.
Depot Ruins
Old ruins of humanity
In "Day Trip," Clarke and Bellamy come across ruins. They search and find a door to the depot. Inside, they find barrels full of grease and guns. Most of the bullets are stubs unfortunately. Clarke finds blankets but Bellamy isn't impressed. Dax stalks them as Clarke and Bellamy are in the depot. The two later bring the guns back to camp to provide protection from the Grounders.
In "Inclement Weather," Marcus Kane tells Bellamy that a search team from Camp Jaha returned to the bunker and found two barrels of guns and a barrel full of ammo. Bellamy admits that they should've searched it harder.
Parking Garage
Seen in Fog of War, it was found by Octavia. The garage was abandoned, during the nuclear apocalypse, leaving behind many cars. Reapers have access to the garage, as seen when they attack and kill Sgt. Scott and another guard when turning on an old Christmas mp3 player. It is then once again abandoned when Octavia and Bellamy manage to knock out Lincoln.
National Zoo
Only seen in Survival of the Fittest, Lexa, Lexa's bodyguard and Clarke stumble across the ruins of the National Zoo when crawling through an old sewer grate, while running from Puana. The zoo is Puana's (Gorrila's) "Feeding grounds." Puana kills Lexa's Bodyguard and the Clarke shoots it multiple times. Then Puana awakes from her wounds, Clarke and Lexa jump over a railing and lock themselves into a holding cage. They manage to escape, locking Puana for a while.
Other Minor Locations
- Eden's Pass
- Rendon
- Farm Station
Residents
- Main article: Body Count
According to Becca, about 6.5 billion people were killed in the aftermath of the Nuclear Apocalypse. However, some survivors remained, these included the ancestors to the Grounders, the Mountain Men, and the Sky People. The Mountain Men took refuge in Mount Weather and the Sky People survived in space for 97 years isolated from their former natural environment.
Current
- None
Former
- Wonkru (left to go to Eligius IV)
- Sky People (left to go to Eligius IV)
- Grounders (left to go to Eligius IV)
- Spacekru (left to go to Eligius IV)
- Two Nightbloods (Clarke and Madi; left to go to Eligius IV)
- Eligius Prisoners (left to go to Eligius IV)
- Mountain Men (deceased)
- Reapers (deceased)
- A.L.I.E. (terminated)
- Floukru (deceased)
- Eligius III members (left to go to another world)
- Mission Team Alpha† (left to go to another world)
Appearances
| Season One | |
|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status |
| Pilot | Appears |
| Earth Skills | Appears |
| Earth Kills | Appears |
| Murphy's Law | Appears |
| Twilight's Last Gleaming | Appears |
| His Sister's Keeper | Appears |
| Contents Under Pressure | Appears |
| Day Trip | Appears |
| Unity Day | Appears |
| I Am Become Death | Appears |
| The Calm | Appears |
| We Are Grounders (Part 1) | Appears |
| We Are Grounders (Part 2) | Appears |
| Season Two | |
|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status |
| The 48 | Appears |
| Inclement Weather | Appears |
| Reapercussions | Appears |
| Many Happy Returns | Appears |
| Human Trials | Appears |
| Fog of War | Appears |
| Long Into an Abyss | Appears |
| Spacewalker | Appears |
| Remember Me | Appears |
| Survival of the Fittest | Appears |
| Coup de Grâce | Appears |
| Rubicon | Appears |
| Resurrection | Appears |
| Bodyguard of Lies | Appears |
| Blood Must Have Blood (Part 1) | Appears |
| Blood Must Have Blood (Part 2) | Appears |
| Season Three | |
|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status |
| Wanheda (Part 1) | Appears |
| Wanheda (Part 2) | Appears |
| Ye Who Enter Here | Appears |
| Watch the Thrones | Appears |
| Hakeldama | Appears |
| Bitter Harvest | Appears |
| Thirteen | Appears |
| Terms and Conditions | Appears |
| Stealing Fire | Appears |
| Fallen | Appears |
| Nevermore | Appears |
| Demons | Appears |
| Join or Die | Appears |
| Red Sky at Morning | Appears |
| Perverse Instantiation (Part 1) | Appears |
| Perverse Instantiation (Part 2) | Appears |
| Season Four | |
|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status |
| Echoes | Appears |
| Heavy Lies the Crown | Appears |
| The Four Horsemen | Appears |
| A Lie Guarded | Appears |
| The Tinder Box | Appears |
| We Will Rise | Appears |
| Gimme Shelter | Appears |
| God Complex | Appears |
| DNR | Appears |
| Die All, Die Merrily | Appears |
| The Other Side | Appears |
| The Chosen | Appears |
| Praimfaya | Appears |
| Season Five | |
|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status |
| Eden | Appears |
| Red Queen | Appears |
| Sleeping Giants | Appears |
| Pandora's Box | Appears |
| Shifting Sands | Appears |
| Exit Wounds | Appears |
| Acceptable Losses | Appears |
| How We Get to Peace | Appears |
| Sic Semper Tyrannis | Appears |
| The Warriors Will | Appears |
| The Dark Year | Appears |
| Damocles (Part 1) | Appears |
| Damocles (Part 2) | Appears |
| Season Six | |
|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status |
| Sanctum | Mentioned |
| Red Sun Rising | Mentioned |
| The Children of Gabriel | Mentioned |
| The Face Behind the Glass | Mentioned |
| The Gospel of Josephine | Absent |
| Memento Mori | Absent |
| Nevermind | Appears |
| The Old Man and the Anomaly | Mentioned |
| What You Take With You | Absent |
| Matryoshka | Absent |
| Ashes to Ashes | Flashback |
| Adjustment Protocol | Absent |
| The Blood of Sanctum | Absent |
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Trivia
- At the start of the series, 97 years after the Nuclear Apocalypse, Earth was still irradiated. However, Grounders and Sky People can survive on the ground due to having greater immunity to radiation than pre-apocalypse people.
- Sky People gained immunity due to genetic engineering and growing up in space exposed to solar radiation.
- Grounders gained immunity due to natural selection and Nightblood serum.
- Mountain Men did not go through this process and are extremely vulnerable to the atmospheric radiation on the ground.
- In Season Four, Earth was ravaged again by the death wave (also called Praimfaya). After five years, in 2155, the atmospheric radiation reduced to habitable level for Grounders and Sky People.
- During the five years, Nightbloods were the only ones who could live on the ground. Clarke and Madi spent those years living in Shallow Valley while all other survivors either hid in the Second Dawn Bunker or escaped to space.
- It is unclear how the people from Eligius IV gained increased radiation immunity. While six years after the second nuclear apocalypse radiation is habitable for Grounders and Sky People, it is still significantly higher than it was before the first nuclear apocalypse. Unlike those from Eligius III, they were not given the Nightblood serum. However, they were exposed to solar radiation during their hundred-year space journey.
- In the Season Five finale, the Damocles Event destroyed Shallow Valley and caused Earth to become fully uninhabitable.
Minor Locations:
- The bridge scenes in Season One were filmed at the Spur 4 Bridge in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Other TV series using the bridge include Once Upon A Time, The Fringe and The X-Files.[2]