Bellamy Blake/Trivia

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## Trivia

### Interesting facts

* In an interview, Kass Morgan confirmed that she named Bellamy after Edward Bellamy, an American science-fiction writer.
* Bellamy Blake/Trivia may be descended from The Grounder Tracy Blake.
	+ His great-great-grandfather Blake was an astronaut with 4 Ph.D.'s
* At the start of the series, both his parents are deceased.
* He is his mother's first child. He has a younger maternal half-sister, Octavia Blake. Bellamy and Octavia are the only known living brother and sister from the Ark.
	+ He delivered his sister and named her after Octavia the Younger, who was Augustus', the 1st Roman Emperor, sister.
	+ He often says, "my sister, my responsibility." This stems from when Octavia was first born, his mother told him his sister was his responsibility.
	+ Bellamy lost his job as guard cadet after Octavia was discovered.
* After Octavia was found, he worked in sanitation, lived in Section B-17 of the Ark, and was on rations level 7 (two portions of food and 2 oz of water per day).
	+ At Unity Days 2017 fan event, Bob Morley said that he thinks Bellamy was good student but his education stopped after Octavia was found and "they forgot he was human". However, this has not been confirmed as canon.
* He has knowledge of history and mythology. He mentions Emperor Augustus, Augustus's sister Octavia, Dr. Oppenheimer, Cerberus, and the Trojan Horse.
* Bellamy is 23 years old, making him the oldest person at the Delinquents' Camp.
* Bellamy is one of four Sky People who have killed a delinquent. The others are Charlotte, Clarke, and John Murphy.
* Bellamy is one of eight Sky People who was not taken by the Mountain Men in the first-season finale. The others were: Octavia, Sterling, Zoe Monroe, Finn Collins, Murphy, Raven Reyes, and an unnamed delinquent.
* Bellamy shot Thelonious Jaha twice. The first time in a failed assassination, and the second time was to stop Jaha from killing Ontari. (although he most likely did not remember the second shot due to being controlled by A.L.I.E. at the time).
* At Unity Days 2017 fan event, which took place before season 4, Morley said that he feels Bellamy is xenophobic towards the Grounders. This is something he does not like about the character.
* Bob Morley had knee surgery a few weeks before filming of Season Six started. This resulted in Bellamy being in a sitting position more often throughout the first few episodes of the season.
* According to his Ark personnel file seen in "Pilot", Bellamy's blood type is AB Negative. However, this was later retconned with all Sky People having O Negative blood.
	+ In "Pilot," Abby mentioned needing AB Negative blood to save Jaha.
* Bellamy has the second highest known kill count after Diana Sydney. He is responsible for approximately 1000 deaths.
	+ In the fifth season, Bellamy advocated to end the cycle of killings and convinced Madi Griffin not to execute the Eligius prisoners, because of their surrender and a decision in taking a path of peace. Other characters who have also wanted to end the cycle of killings included Luna kom Floukru (before her clan died), Monty Green, Harper McIntyre and Clarke Griffin.
* Bellamy has the most character appearances on the show, despite not appearing in "Thirteen" and "Red Queen".
* Season Three, Season Five and Season Seven are the only seasons where Bellamy does not appear in every episode.

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