So, here is the deal. A bunch of teens crash back to Earth from a space station after nuclear disaster. Classic move, right? They deal with survival, morality and all that heavy stuff. These kids face wilderness dangers and society politics. They wrestle with their own flaws and strengths. All while trying to build a new world from the ashes. Sounds easy, huh?

Meet the characters from The 100

Clarke Griffin

Okay, Clarke is the unofficial heart-and-guilt engine of the show — brilliant, stubborn, and always two steps away from making the hardest call. She’s fiercely protective (to the point of borderline obsession) and somehow manages to be both the calm strategist and the person sobbing in the corner in the same episode. Loves medical stuff and leadership, hates being told she’s cold (even though, okay, sometimes she is), and there’s this constant vibe that she’s carrying the planet on her shoulders — literally. Also she can be annoyingly practical about survival and oddly sentimental about small things (flowers? ragged drawings? maybe both).

Bellamy Blake

Bellamy is that raw, chest-thumping protector who will punch first and explain feelings later — but then will also apologize like three days after when it hits him. He’s impulsive, charismatic, but deeply loyal, especially to family (Octavia is basically his North Star, whether he admits it or not). He likes to act tough and lead from the front, but secretly (or not so secretly) he’s a softie who remembers people’s birthdays and weird little facts. There’s this charming contradiction where he can be a total bro and a moral anchor in the same breath — and yes he has terrible hair days even when trying to look intimidating.

Octavia Blake

Octavia is chaos wrapped in growing-up trauma, a ferocious fighter who turned her scars into armor (Blodreina vibes forever). She’s unpredictable — can be tender and then terrifying in under a minute — and she’s fiercely independent, hates being boxed in (literally underground for a while, remember?). Has a secret romantic streak and a totally unreasonable love of risk, plus she’ll start a speech about freedom and end up teaching someone how to survive in a cave. Also, she oscillates between being delightfully goofy and ruthlessly intense, which keeps everyone slightly on edge.

Thelonious Jaha

Jaha is the ex-Chancellor-turned-prophet type who believes in big visions and even bigger mistakes (ugh, a mess, but fascinating). He oscillates between being inspiring, awful, and oddly grandfatherly — like one minute he’s giving sermons, the next he’s panicking in a corridor. He likes dramatic gestures, has grand plans, and is somehow both noble and disastrously naive about consequences. Also, he hums old Earth songs at odd times and insists on big metaphors even when people beg him to be practical.

Raven Reyes

Raven is the brilliant, sarcastic mechanic-genius who fixes everything with duct tape, sheer willpower, and a very questionable sleep schedule. Tough as nails, brutally honest, and allergic to being helpless — she’ll bite back with a quip and then spend two hours rewiring a spaceship part. She’s also really caring (don’t tell her to be sentimental; she’ll deny it), and there’s this lovely wounded-brilliance vibe — scars and grit meet pure tech wizardry. Oh and she hoards weird spare parts like tiny trophies — don’t ask why, she’ll just glare and hand you a bolt.

John Murphy

Murphy is the lovable jerk archetype — sarcastic, survival-first, and with a moral compass that sometimes needs calibration (and a lot of nudges). He can be ugly and cruel, then suddenly shockingly thoughtful, which makes him endlessly entertaining and alarming in equal measure. He’s street-smart, snide, and surprisingly loyal to a very select circle (you’ll know if you’re in it), plus he has this weird propensity for making awful-sounding jokes at the worst moments. Also kind of obsessed with living on his own terms — and maybe collecting odd trophies from bad decisions.

Dr. Abigail Griffin

Abby is the dedicated, stubborn medic who tries to be the moral glue while also trying not to implode under stress. She’s motherly in the absolute classic sense: fierce, lecturing, and impossibly proud of Clarke even when they’re yelling at each other. She believes in rules and ethics and then sometimes bends them because people are people and survival is messy (guilty but principled, you know?). Also, she brews this terrible tea and insists it’s medicinal; nobody’s convinced but she drinks it solemnly anyway.

Marcus Kane

Kane is the guy who started as stiff-rule bureaucrat and evolved into the earnest leader who will fight for what’s right even if it kills him (dramatic, I know). He’s level-headed, bookish, slow-to-trust but very loyal once you earn it, and he has this whole arc of learning to break the rules for the greater good. He loves order and then will go full chaos mode when necessary — it’s his tragic and noble superpower. Also, he has an inexplicable soft spot for bad puns and will quietly judge your tactical choices while sipping something sensible.

Monty Green

Monty is the literal sunshine of the tech crew — gentle, endlessly optimistic, and the kind of nerd who thinks people can be saved with kindness and well-planned engineering. He’s the moral center: a tinkerer, gardener, family guy, full of earnest plans and hugs (maybe too many hugs). Smart and principled, he still manages to be goofy and sweet, like he’ll fix your engine and then give you a homemade snack. Sometimes naive, sometimes brilliant, and forever the guy you want on your side when things get really bleak.

Nathan Miller

Miller is the gruff, quietly competent Ark-born soldier who says less, does more, and smiles at inappropriate times (which is unsettling and adorable). He’s pragmatic, a bit of a loner, and has this dry humor that sneaks up on you when you least expect it. Loyal in a low-key way — he won’t announce his feelings but he’ll throw himself into rescuing you without asking — and also has weird little hobbies (birds? knitting? maybe both — who can say). There’s a toughness that hides a reluctant soft spot, and that contradiction is basically his whole vibe.