Second Dawn Bunker

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}}The **Second Dawn Bunker**, also known as "**Becca's Crypt**" or the "**Level 12 Bunker**" was built and used by the Second Dawn cult before and during the first nuclear apocalypse. It was later used by *Wonkru* to survive the second nuclear apocalypse.

## Description

The bunker is located in Polis, which would have been Baltimore area (Maryland, US) before the first nuclear apocalypse. It's large enough to support 1,200 people for five years.

The bunker has six levels, labeled A through F. Level C contains the hydrofarm and the water recycler, which are completely self sustainable should the rest of the bunker fail. The cafeteria is also located on that level. Level D contains the generator. The bunker also includes underground aquifer with a filtration system, oxygen and air scrubbers, medical area, and airlocks. Supplies left behind include hazmat suits.

The Second Dawn cult decorated the bunker with signs, flags, and posters with their logo and adages. Near the entrance, there is a flag that reads "From the ashes, we will rise." The cafeteria includes posters with quotes "blood must have blood" and "your fight is over". All three Second Dawn adages became important Grounder sayings.

## History

The bunker was built sometime before the Nuclear Apocalypse by the doomsday cult Second Dawn which was led by Bill Cadogan. When the Nuclear Apocalypse occurred, 1,104 people made it into the bunker, 92% of the Level 12's slated to live there. It held the Second Dawn for two years before the cult split, one faction led by Callie Cadogan leaving to return to the surface using Becca Franko's Nightblood while the rest became the Disciples and left Earth for Bardo through the Temporal Anomaly.

According to Gaia, Becca is buried in the bunker, implying that her ashes are kept in there after she was burned alive at the stake, but A.L.I.E. 2.0 managed to "crawl out of the flames", like it said in the notebook. The Flamekeepers came to believe that the phrase "salvation lies within" referred to the Polaris escape pod that Becca had come to Earth in which was positioned over the bunker entrance.

According to Thelonious Jaha, while he knew of the possibility of the bunker's existence, he didn't consider it for the Delinquents to use when they arrived on Earth as its existence couldn't be proven.

With the approach of the Second Nuclear Apocalypse, Jaha sought out the bunker as a possible means of survival, eventually locating it long-since abandoned beneath Polis. The bunker became the home of *Wonkru* for six years during which time they were trapped underground by the collapsed Polis tower. The bunker was eventually freed by the Eligius prisoners and remained the home of *Wonkru* until the clan marched on Shallow Valley following the destruction of the bunker's hydrofarm by Octavia Blake in order to force *Wonkru* to follow her to the valley.

## Throughout the Series

Thelonious Jaha told Clarke Griffin and Bellamy Blake that there might be a bunker that could save more people. They discover a bunker but realize it is not radiation-proof.

Jaha, Marcus Kane, Monty Green, Indra and Gaia discover another bunker in Polis. They realize the first bunker was a decoy and that people can survive in the Polis bunker.

Clarke and Jaha go against the rules of the conclave, and move most of *Skaikru* and Niylah into the bunker. The only *Skaikru* left outside the bunker are Kane and Octavia in Polis; Raven at Becca's Lab; and Monty, Harper, Jasper, and several others at Arkadia.

The bunker becomes over populated with approximately 1,564 people.

Kane and Jaha gas their area of the bunker and sacrifice 364 Sky People in order for there to be enough oxygen and food for everyone else in the bunker as to make room for everyone.

Octavia, with Bellamy's and Indra's encouragement, takes the lead of the people within the bunker.

In flashbacks shown, Kara Cooper stages a coup to take the bunker for *Skaikru*. She locks the majority of *Skaikru* in level C, which includes the cafeteria, hydrofarm, and water recycler. *Boudalankru* took levels E and F, *Oskejonkru* took medical, and five different clans were fighting in level D. The coup changes Octavia's rule. She forces those who committed crimes, even minor ones, to compete in gladiator-style fights to the death.

Octavia as an absolute leader of the bunker throws Kane in the ring in suspicion of stealing drugs meant to treat *Wonkru*. At first, she puts Kane weak opponents to make it easy for Kane to win. During the next match, Kane refuses to fight. So, Octavia is forced to go in and kill him herself. Just before killing Kane, the light comes through the roof of the bunker. Bellamy and Clarke are going down on the ropes. Bellamy had made a deal with Diyoza so that her prisoners can help open the bunker. Diyoza forces Abby to come with her because they need a doctor. Kane comes with them to avoid his execution by Octavia. When one of Diyoza's people goes against the orders and tries to attack Wonkru, Octavia declares war against the prisoners.

Clarke and Bellamy discover that Octavia and Kara Cooper have been experimenting on the parasite worms to use them as weapons against Diyoza and her people at the valley. They work with Indra to advise Octavia against it but she refuses and says that this is war.

Clarke and Bellamy come up with a plan to force Octavia to surrender by destroying her weapons - the worms. They attack Cooper with the worms to make it look like an accident before killing all the worms. Octavia easily figures out what they did. She reveals that the plan was never for them to use the worms. They were planning to use the worms' eggs. She orders for Clarke to be arrested for execution.

Indra tries to convince Wonkru to accept her as the new leader while Octavia is unconscious (after being poisoned by Bellamy). However, Wonkru rejects Indra due to their loyalty to Octavia. So, Bellamy and Indra devise a new plan to make Madi the new Commander because the Grounders would listen to her since she's a true Nightblood. While the ceremony is going on, Indra goes to check in on Octavia. Octavia wakes up and mentions that Bellamy poisoned her only to be shocked to on realizing that Indra was working with Bellamy. She calls out Indra for committing treason and for being a coward.

Clarke and Octavia convince each other that they are on the same side since they both don't want Madi to become Commander. They make a deal for Clarke to help stop Madi's ascension and for Octavia to help Clarke and Madi escape. Octavia stops the ceremony and orders for Bellamy, Indra and Gaia to be arrested for treason. She throws them in the ring to fight to the death.

Octavia is in a dilemma because she doesn't want to kill Bellamy but at the same time, she wants to regain Wonkru's loyalty by throwing the traitors into the arena. Realizing that Indra is the main threat, Octavia tries to use Monty to send message to Bellamy, informing him of Indra's weaknesses so that he can win but Monty refuses and instead shows her that he's been working on the hydrofarm and it's almost ready to grow crops.

The fight begins, but before anyone dies, Monty and Harper interrupt. Monty reveals that the hydrofarm is working again, by using the same techniques. He tells them that they don't have to go fight for the valley. They have a choice to stay behind and use the hydrofarm. As Wonkru start turning against her, Octavia quietly goes to the hydrofarm and sets it on fire as a retaliation, leaving them with no choice. She then starts marching towards the valley. They all follow her, abandoning bunker.

Clarke Griffin appears in the bunker in her Mindspace, confronting *Blodreina*.

While under the influence of red sun toxin, Octavia hallucinates herself in the bunker's fighting pit, chained down in the middle of the floor. Octavia is confronted by a hallucination of Charles Pike for her actions, both in the bunker and outside of it. Octavia admits that she wants redemption for her actions, but is interrupted by a manifestation of her dark side as *Blodreina* who demands that Octavia kill Pike again. When Octavia refuses, *Blodreina* prepares to execute Pike herself, but Octavia recognizes the speech *Blodreina* gives as the same Pike gave when he executed Lincoln. Octavia saves Pike who disappears. Octavia and *Blodreina* battle in the middle of the arena. Octavia manages to kill the manifestation of her dark side, declaring herself to be "*Blodreina* no more." She then wakes up in the Verge on Sanctum.

Raven asks Indra to get her 4 *Wonkru* welders from the bunker's maintenance team to help her fix Sanctum's nuclear reactor.

Nathan Miller and Niylah discover a cloth containing a symbol that they recognize from the bunker as being that of the Second Dawn cult. The two are confused about the connection it implies between the Second Dawn and the Disciples. At the same time, on Sanctum, while convincing Indra to take control of *Wonkru*, John Murphy and Emori point out that she was the true power behind *Wonkru* while they were in the bunker, keeping things going while Octavia was busy being *Blodreina*.

After Bill Cadogan greets Clarke's group, she explains to Niylah in Trigedasleng that he was the one who built the bunker that *Wonkru* survived in for six years.

In flashbacks, as the Nuclear Apocalypse starts, Cadogan brings his family to the bunker. The Second Dawn is forced to seal the hatch early as a nuclear missile destroys Baltimore, leaving the bunker with 1,104 people, 92% of the Level 12's that were expected to make it. Cadogan refuses to allow the bunker to be opened for a year even with Hazmat suits, dooming people trapped outside of the hatch even as they desperately call for help. In the meantime, Cadogan works on the Anomaly Stone he recovered in Machu Pichu in order to bring his people to a new world while 20 people commit suicide and the rest start worshipping Cadogan for saving them.

Two years later, as ground teams scavenge through Polis, Becca Franko arrives. Cadogan has the bunker locked down so that no one will know she is there and Becca is drawn to the Stone. Using the Flame, Becca is able to open the Temporal Anomaly to Bardo, but argues for using Nightblood to return to the surface instead of going through the wormhole. With her father refusing to listen, Callie Cadogan begins recruiting people, getting half of the kids in the bunker and some of their parents. However, Becca discovers "the final code" leading to Judgment Day, the end of the human race. With Becca unwilling to give it up, Cadogan has her imprisoned and then burned at the stake in order to get the Flame for himself.

In the aftermath of Becca's execution, the survivors in the bunker split. Stealing the Flame, Callie leads her group back to the surface to save the remainder of humanity, bringing with them enough Nighblood doses for 2,000 more people. Cadogan exiles his ex-wife Grace for helping in their escape while Reese and Tristan, both Nightbloods themselves, chase after Callie to get the AI back. Cadogan and his remaining people, now going by the Disciples, abandon the bunker to travel through the Anomaly to Bardo.

## Former Inhabitants

### Second Dawn cult

After the first *Praimfaya*, the Second Dawn cult, led by Bill Cadogan, lived within the bunker.

* Bill Cadogan
* Grace Cadogan
* Callie Cadogan
* Reese Cadogan
* August
* Tristan
* Eriko
* Night Nurse

### Wonkru

*Wonkru* inhabited the bunker for six years after the second *Praimfaya*. Below list only includes members who lived in the bunker during the six years it was sealed.

Indra says there are 1,200 inhabitants within the bunker. in Season 5 there is only 814. After the bunker is opened, they start using the space above ground as well as the bunker. Some the inhabitants also defect to Shallow Valley or are killed. After *Wonkru* left the bunker to march onto Shallow Valley, leaving the bunker uninhabited.

#### Alive

Many members of *Wonkru*, who survived in the bunker for six years, are still alive but no longer living in the bunker. Some defected from *Wonkru* after the bunker was opened while others remained.

* Octavia Blake
* Indra Kom Trikru
* Nathan Miller
* Eric Jackson
* Niylah Kom Trikru
* Gaia Kom Trikru
* Brell Kom Trikru
* Penn Kom Trikru
* Lindo
* Knight
* Otis
* Macallan

#### Unknown

Several people were on Clarke's list or were seen in the bunker at the end of season 4 but have not been seen in season 5. They may have died at some point though their deaths are currently unconfirmed.

* Costa
* Kath Colonna
* Tim Bartlett
* Lisa Warren
* Jill Yaworski

#### Deceased

During the six years the bunker was sealed, 386 people died including:

* Thelonious Jaha †
* Cabor †
* Cooper Arker/Farm Guard †
* Kahlan †
* Anamay †

Other former residents died after the bunker was re-opened, including:

* Obika †
* Tarik †
* Karina †
* Kara Cooper †
* Joroum †
* Cosser †
* Ethan Hardy †
* Marcus Kane †
* Abigail Griffin †
* James Crockett †

### Other Inhabitants

Approximately 372 people are known to have inhabited the bunker for a short duration of time, either in 2150 (before the second *Praimfaya*) or 2156 (after the bunker was reopened).

#### Alive

Clarke Griffin, Bellamy Blake, John Murphy, and Emori briefly lived within the bunker but left before the culling. Clarke, Bellamy, Madi Griffin, and Echo Kom Azgedakru briefly lived within the bunker after it reopened. Echo left to spy on the prisoners, Clarke and Madi drove away after Gaia Kom Trikru inserted the Flame into Madi, and Bellamy left with *Wonkru* to march on Shallow Valley.

* Clarke Griffin
* Bellamy Blake
* John Murphy
* Emori
* Echo Kom Azgedakru
* Madi Griffin

#### Deceased

Approximately 364 Sky People briefly lived within the bunker before being culled. Among them were:

* David Miller †
* Geoff Hardy †

Monty Green and Harper McIntyre lived in the bunker briefly. They left the bunker with *Wonkru* when it marched on Shallow Valley.

* Monty Green †
* Harper McIntyre †

## Notes and Trivia

* Out of characters introduced in seasons 1-4, Raven Reyes is the only character to survive season 5 who hasn't been in the bunker. Many characters introduced in season 5, including Miles Shaw, most Eligius prisoners, and Jordan Green, have also not been in the bunker.