Clarke Griffin/Personality

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This page contains Clarke Griffin's personality. It contains conjecture due to being based off of general novel and TV show themes, and all statements must be sourced.

## Personality

> Spacewalker? What a joke. You think you're such an adventurer, you're really just a coward.
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> Clarke to Finn Collins after he refused to save Jasper Jordan, The 100 TV series

Clarke is headstrong, determined, dependable, and intelligent. As a natural born leader who is capable of inspiring all around her, Clarke will contemplate and ask questions before acting. However, she has been shown to make impulsive decisions. She is also fair, selfless, caring, and loyal to a fault. Even after her father's death, Clarke shows a high level of devotion and admiration towards him. She is quick to call people out on their behavior. She has a natural maternal instinct, as shown when she comforts Charlotte and later protects her and also seen when she took on the mother role for Madi. While she certainly has a good head on her shoulders, she is quick to accuse and has displayed poor judgment which resulted in Charlotte's death.

Despite the harsh world she lives in, Clarke is fiercely determined to save everyone's lives, even if they do not particularly deserve to be saved; which is evident when she helps John Murphy, who once tried to kill her and is partially responsible for Charlotte's death. Finn Collins believed her desire to save everyone comes from the fact that she could not save her father. Clarke has a strong moral compass; even to the point of stopping Miller and other Delinquents from killing Anya kom Trikru, their enemy.

Unlike Bellamy Blake, her co-leader and her current boyfriend, Clarke is idealistic and sees no reason for torture, cruelty, or violence. She does not wish for violence or war and tries to avoid fighting. However, she will betray her beliefs to protect those she cares for; like when she and Bellamy agree on the torture of the grounder, Lincoln kom Trikru to save Finn Collins. She also agreed with Bellamy on bringing guns into camp for protection, even if she didn't like the thought.

Clarke tried to make the best decisions for the camp, which often lead to her undermining Bellamy's authority and rule. Clarke has a surprisingly keen mind for warfare and strategy, a trait that took Bellamy, Finn, and Raven Reyes completely by surprise.

Clarke is described as a natural born leader, especially by her mother; who mentions Clarke got her leadership qualities from her father. Clarke's father once mentions she gets her stubbornness from her mother. She has often shown maturity and wisdom beyond her age. Though Clarke can be rather blunt and closed off, she does have a vulnerable side, which she only shows around those she loves and cares for. Like her mother, she is a healer and puts her skills to good use.

Clarke is also portrayed as artistic being one of her strengths, which was first seen as she drew along the walls of her cell.

In Season Five, the aftermath of the Second Nuclear Apocalypse causes Clarke to mentally lose her own sanity and her hope in humanity, and begins to forget who she is, and only becomes interested in protecting Madi, thus leading her to become ruthless, murderous, selfish, reckless, and careless. The events of the aftermath of Praimfaya, also causes Clarke to lose her own humanity. Her hateful actions damages her relationship with her friends, including Raven.

In Season Six, Clarke's reckless actions has caused her to become haunted, saddened, remorseful, and heartbroken, as some of her friends, including Raven, begins to get upset at her for her own selfish ways. Because of this, Clarke wants to seek redemption for her ruthless actions, thus making her promise to protect everyone she cares for and the rest of humanity. It also helps her restore her mind and soul to never repeat the same mistakes again, bringing back her own humanity.

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