Shallow Valley

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Shallow Valley, also known as Eden or simply the Valley, is located in what was once western Virginia on Earth. It was inhabited by the Shallow Valley clan (Louwoda Kliron). Following the Second Nuclear Apocalypse, it became the only "spot of green" on the planet with the death wave seemingly skipping over it.

Description

The valley is located on Earth, near what was once western Virginia. It includes the town of Shenandoah and might be part of the present-day Shenandoah Valley. The valley is lush, with growing vegetation including edible berries. According to Clarke Griffin, the rest of Earth that she has been seeing remains biologically ruined due to the death wave (i.e. the second Praimfaya). Birds and fish are seen within the valley and there is regular precipitation.

History

Following the Second Nuclear Apocalypse, Clarke Griffin traveled around searching for food and water. After giving up and preparing to commit suicide, she spots a bird flying in the air. Following it, she finds a green valley that the death wave seemed to have skipped over. In the valley, she meets a young Nightblood named Madi. Clarke and Madi spend the next six years calling the valley home. Clarke regularly attempts to communicate with Bellamy Blake and the others on the Ark, however she receives no response.

2,199 days after Praimfaya, things change with a ship descending into the valley. Initially Clarke assumes it was dropship from the Ark. Enthusiastic, she rushed over to Madi who notices the ship's size to be far bigger than what Clarke had anticipated it to be. Immediately thereafter, Clarke ordered Madi to bring her the rifle, which she uses to inspect the ship, which was revealed to be prisoner transport vessel owned by Eligius Corporation.

Village

The Shallow Valley clan settled in what was once the town of Shenendoah (which was established in 1838 and destroyed in the first nuclear apocalypse). The clan created a village and lived there until the airborne radiation from the Second Praimfaya killed them, leaving Madi (who was resistant to the radiation due to her Nightblood) as the sole survivor. In the second month after the death wave, Clarke Griffin finds and settles in the village, where she finds Madi.

Appearances

Season Four
Episode	Appearance Status
Echoes	Absent
Heavy Lies the Crown	Absent
The Four Horsemen	Absent
A Lie Guarded	Absent
The Tinder Box	Absent
We Will Rise	Absent
Gimme Shelter	Absent
God Complex	Absent
DNR	Absent
Die All, Die Merrily	Mentioned
The Other Side	Absent
The Chosen	Absent
Praimfaya	Appears

Season Five
Episode	Appearance Status
Eden	Appears
Red Queen	Absent
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	Absent
The Dark Year	Absent
Damocles (Part 1)	Absent
Damocles (Part 2)	Absent

Notes & Trivia

Jason Rothenberg teased that Season Five's theme will be the "Battle for Eden".^[1]^[2]
The press release for Sic Semper Tyrannis refers to the valley as "Shadow Valley",^[3] however that term is not used anywhere else. Other press releases and the show call it "Shallow Valley".