|The Dangers|

Grounders are humans that some how survived the nuclear blast on Earth, thereby passing down the genes crucial to survive in natural selection and creating a species of humans that can withstand the radiation lingering on Earth. The difference between the Grounders and the 100 is that Grounders are fiercely primal; more evolved than caveman. They live of the land by hunting and gathering, building their own shelters and villages with the resources around them. They kill with spears, bows and arrows, axes, their teeth, hands, etc. They use guerrilla warfare tactics and show no mercy concerning torture.

Other dangers on Earth are wild animals, such as those altered by the massive amounts of radiation, as well as predators. Injuries and infection can also claim ones life fairly easily, especially given the lack of proper medial resources.


|Environment and Weather|

The environment is mostly deciduous forests, but with the radiation more pest like flora such as vines and kudzu flourish, occasionally forming vast canopies comparable to the rain forests of the Amazon. Vegetation is thick and in some places incredibly difficult to get through. Areas such as TonDC and the Camp also have a vast network of underground tunnels beneath them, some formed naturally and some man made. The only thing more unpredictable than the environment though, is the weather. It can go from sunshine and sweltering heat to ice cold downpours and floods in the time span of an hour. Powerful thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, and hail storms are frequent nearly year round. In the winter, snowfalls can reach past six feet. Acid Fog is extremely dangerous, and can be found at any time.


|Diet and Sources|

There are no more canned foods on this world anymore. Most food comes from the Earth itself, and both sides have developed ways of obtaining them. Bushes and shrubbery sometimes produce various berries and nuts (although not all are edible; Some are poisonous and are capable to bring slow and painful deaths), vegetables can be grown in the proper and treated soil, but the most common source of protein comes from hunting. Traps can be laid out to capture smaller creatures such as hares and rabbits, and occasionally larger prey such as deer (but this requires far more advanced traps). Deer sometimes need to be tracked for long periods of time, stretching from a couple of hours to a couple of days depending on certain variables such as size of the deer.


|Known Animal Species|

- Grizzly Bear
- Black Leopard / Panther
- Wolf
- Gorilla
- Mountain Lion / Puma
- Horse
- Deer
- Moose
- Dairy Cows
- Goats
- Wild Boars
- Turkey
- Chickens
- Hares and rats

|Current Plot|

After being sent down to the ground in a drop ship from the Ark, 100 of us juveniles must work with one another in order to survive. However, due to the lack of an adult figure, working together ends up as a fight over power, resources, and basic survival. Yet the only thing more dangerous than one another is the unknown. Unlike what was taught about Earth in textbooks, the reality of the ground is far more disturbing. Left over traces of radiation can still be seen, let that be from the strange creatures that survived the nuclear blast, to the attacks of mother nature. Another thing none of us prepared for, is the possibility that humans survived, only to pose as a threat to our survival. Unluckily, the survivors and their tribes have qualified us as their enemy, lurking the danger with every movement, to every single one of us.

Will we survive?

Athena Violet | Female | 18 Years Old | Leader
Location: The Dropship; Camp | Interacting with: None directly, Open.
Outfit

Metallic, shrieking and mechanic-like sounds pushed a brunette girl out of her thoughts, wich remained with her family, or what was left of it; She would never see his brother again, since she was sure that The Council had sent them to the Ground to die, most probably as a new floating fashion. Athena's dark eyes glanced around in fear, not having the minor idea of what may be happening to the engines that worked the ship, and if they were supposed to make such scandal. Nervous and slightly reluctantly, she cursed under her breath, and attempted to calm herself down by observing others and their reactions. She couldn't be the only one that still cared about her life. Or, more likely, the remains. When everything finally seemed to have ended, a somewhat awkward silence filled the Dropship completely, until a powerful impact struck at The 100, indicating that they had not landed until that moment.

A dense cloud of dust rose, impossible to see during seconds. With struggles, Athena managed to un-belt herself from the seat, and was soon checking on the teens on her platform - or floor -, making sure that only scratches, or luckily nothing at all, had taken place. Suddenly, more abrupt noises were heard, forcing the brunette to look around, but only to find an excessive gathering at the main door, where many individuals were trying to open the gate in desperation and excitement. They looked just like animals. The environment could still have radiation, wich could kill them all in only a matter of seconds.

However, it only took brief moments of doubts from Athena until she convinced herself. If the radiation didn't ended with their lives, something else would at the end of the day. With the help of other persons, the large door was finally opened, and silence once more invaded the ship. A strong and bright light entered, and instantly, Athena felt an unknown, nice heat that felt comfortable even on the tip of her fingers. It was the sunlight, making its way through the branches and leaves of what she supposed were trees. The brunette gave a couple steps forward, breathing heavily to take in all of the scents that the fresh air offered. She was still breathing, that was a good sign. A smile rose on her lips, turning over her shoulder to see the other teens with that mischievous expression of hers.

"We're home now."

OOC: Hello, my name is Lego and my intros suck. c:

Hunter | Male | 18 years old | Leader
Location: Camp; The Dropship | Mentions: Athena, The 100 / Open for Interaction
Outfit

Hunter shook his head as mechanic and metallic noises rang in his ears, his hands holding onto the side of his seat as the ship fell, fire burning on the edges as it had entered Earth's atmosphere. Unfortunately, the boy - unlike many others - hadn't gone unconscious during the fall. Therefore, he was all bruised and cut, and he was feeling it. Living through the fall was worse than sleeping through it. The Council had sent him and a bunch of other criminals down to a radioactive Earth to die. Sure, he hated life on the Ark, but he didn't necessarily want to die to escape it. Then it went quiet for a few moments and he looked around, wondering if they had landed. But then all of a sudden a powerful force hit the Dropship, and he guessed that was the hard landing. The back of the man's head had managed to hit against the back of his chair two, giving him a terribly headache as blood trickled down his cheek from a scratch, though he couldn't remember how he got it. Odd.

With much determination, Hunter unbuckled his seat-belt, despite the blinding dust. With a groan, he checked to see if he still had that stolen gun and felt a bit more safe knowing he did. He stood up and reached back, putting it in his pants, before dropping his shirt over it, the gun hidden. No one knew he had a gun. Not yet at least. Soon the dust cleared and he saw a group of all the delinquents at the door, trying to get it open. He grunted and moved forward, walking past a brunette, who he didn't know, and pushing his way to the front. "Back up everyone!" he said with a rough voice, backing up himself and helping that same brunette open the door, the giant door falling onto the outside ground. Hunter covered his eyes as the bright sun blinded him and he took a step forward, eyes taking a few moments to adjust. He smirked, observing the beautiful environment. As he heard the same brunette speak, he smirked, chuckling slightly, "Yes we are." he said, breathing in deeply the clear air.

Nikita | Female | 20 years old | Sentry (Of Hades)
Location: Camp; Her House -> Outside | Mentions: Hades / Open for Interaction
Outfit

A sleeping Nikita slept soundly with a curled up wolf by the name of Idina laying on the floor next to her cot. The two both slept in a sort of defensive sleeping position; tense and ready to attack if they had to. The girl even had a knife by her hands. She soon woke up with a gasp, the sharp hunting knife clutched in her hands and her small hands pushed herself to a sitting position, her soft blankets still laying over her otherwise uncovered legs. Another nightmare. She sighed and pulled the warm blankets off of her body, getting up from off her hard bed. Idina got up as soon as she heard the creak of her Nikita's cot and felt her companion's bare feet rub against the canine's warm fur. She gently popped her toes before moving up her body, stretching and popping her back, her neck, and her arms. As soon as she was done loosening her muscles, the Sentry began getting ready for the day. She grabbed all her needed stuff, putting on some strong armor, a sword on her left side and a knife on her other, as well as a few small packs on her belt and a knife strapped to the lower part of her legs. She wore a leathery sort of material for her first layer of shirt - under her armor - and skinny, legging-like pants with a fur skirt over them. With some light, fur boots on her feet and a quiver of arrows (plus a bow) on her back, the girl made her way out of her home.

Idina walking beside her, Nikita looked for the Commander, Hades, who she was supposed to guard, being a Sentry. He was also her friend and she enjoyed his company. If she couldn't find the man, she would eat first. Then, all of a sudden, a light caught the woman's eye as well as a loud, metallic noise. Whipping around, she saw a large ship-looking thing crashing down, brightened by fire on the sides. Soon it crashed into the forest, a bit far from their camp, outside their territory boundaries. Nikita stood there, eyes wide and lips parted slightly, "Now what the hell was that?" she wondered aloud.

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Ethan Fauhs · Male · 14 · Tracker
Location: Dropship · Mentions: Everyone leaving the Dropship

While the ship dropped down, floating for a short few seconds before suddenly propelling down toward earth, presumably caught by its gravitational pull, Ethan was awake for all of it. And he was probably the only one happy about it. The scent of melting iron and steel, the screech of gears and bolts and everything holding the dropship together being torn apart at the seams. For some reason, he was enjoying it.

Perhaps it was the rush of adrenaline sending him into a giggling frenzy, or the realization that all of them were probably going to die. But whatever it was, he was laughing maniacally the whole way down, his blue eyes the only thing properly portraying his true feelings.

I'm going to die.

And then silence. A deafening silence, one that made his ears ring and his heart pound hard in his chest. It felt like he was being tricked, like whatever hell he had just been put through had suddenly ended and was now teasing him by making his brain play through what had just happened. But it wasn't over yet; a massive screech and the painful shaking of the Dropship signalled the final end, the real one. And everyone started to get up. He followed them, moving down to the exit and looking around at the crowd of people surrounding it, all eager to get out.

"Hey!" he tried to yell. "Hey, wait! Didn't you learn anything on the Ark? There's radiation outside! We could die if we went out there!" But they opened the door anyway, and a flood of crystal clear air and a flourishing, green landscape is what he was met with. No radiation, no signs of death or destruction or anything even moderately dangerous. Just...earth.

And then a brunette spoke, announcing the words on everyone's minds.

They were home.

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Ares Violet · Male · 21 · Guard
Location: Dropship · Mentions: Athena

All through the shocking departure, during which everyone seemed certain they were about to die, and into the crash landing that he was almost positive nearly killed him, Ares had only one mission. His sister. He needed to find her, make sure she was safe. He had tried tracking her down inside the Dropship, but had lost her half way through the flood of hundreds of kids piling inside, unsure of what was going on.

So when the ship finally came to rest, he jumped up before nearly everyone else on the second floor of the Dropship, sliding down the ladder as fast as he possibly good and pushing roughly past the other delinquents and criminals crowded around the exit. And there she was, his sister, alive and well and looking so much older than when he had seen her last. In the air of earth, the radiation either gone or something they had grown immune to, she was smiling as happily as could be. And that made him happy too.

He trotted forward, a smile unusual for him plastered on his face as he reached past Athena's face, covering her eyes with his hands and playing the same silly game they did when they were kids. "Guess who?"

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Asta · Male · 12 · Grounder Medic
Location: Camp · Mentions: Nikita

As he usually spent his time doing, Asta was busy collecting herbs, a tiny squirrel jumping back and forth from his shoulder to the ground, helping him out by grabbing various leaves in its mouth, most of which he didn't need. "No, Liten," he said, shaking his head. "I need this. Lavender. Purple, tall, helps to calm people down? Here, smell," he held the tall flower forward, the tiny creature leaning to sniff it and giving an angry chirp, smacking its paw down insistently on the leaves it had brought.

Deciding not to bother with it, seeing as the leaves could end up useful sometime, and if they didn't he could throw them away, Asta stood up and grabbed everything he had collected in a woven basket, turning on his heel and heading back toward his home. He didn't get very far, though, when a flash of light and a rumble far different than the earthquakes he usually felt shook the ground underfoot.

He picked up pace, finding one of the Commander's Sentries standing in the middle of the camp, looking at the sky. Tugging gently on one of the looser bits of clothing she wore, Asta looked up at Nikita with a furrowed brow and a worried frown. "What was that?"

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Nikita | Female | 20 years old | Sentry (Of Hades)
Location: Camp; Her House -> Outside | Mentions: Hades, Asta, Emmeli / Open for Interaction
Outfit

Nikita watched, the earth shaking as the falling ship made contact with the ground, at least she assumed, considering that the ship seemed like the only cause for such an earthquake-like shaking. As commotion broke out in camp, the woman was unable to hear the twelve year old jog up. When she felt a loose piece of her clothing, the Sentry looked down to see the worried face of Asta, who wasn't that much smaller than her. She frowned as she shook her head, letting her shoulders shrug slightly, "I really don't know." she said with a slightly worried hint in her voice.

Hearing someone cry out the word 'humans', Nikita turned to look at the source of this yell and spotted Emmeli, one of the archers, jogging into camp. She looked back at Asta, "One second." she said before turning back to Emmeli and jogging over to her. "Emmeli, calm down... Tell me what you saw." she said, looking into the female's eyes with a serious and worried glint shining in the hazel orbs. How did Emmeli even see that thing? That thing landed outside their territory... She must have went outside their borders in order to see it crash. Sure, the information was needed, but why was she outside territory in the first place? Looking around, NIkita spotted Hades looked at Emmeli, "One moment, I'll need you to tell the Commander what happened." she said, jogging over to Hades. "Sorry for not waiting, but the big metal thing fell and I got distracted. Emmeli, the scout, claims she saw what happened." she informed the Commander and, if he would wish to hear what the scout had to say, she'd beckon for Emmeli to come over.

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Athena Violet | Female | 18 Years Old | Leader
Location: The Dropship; Camp | Interacting with: Ares. Open.
Outfit

Not long after the girl's hazel eyes directed their attention back front, towards the unbelievable sights, masculine hands covered them, instantly her gaze becoming black. He first instinct and reflex was to prepare her arm to hit the mysterious - And bold - person with her elbow, attempting to hit the stomach, although she couldn't know how tall they were. She suddenly stopped, paralizing her arm before it could touch anything, and it only took her seconds to realize who it was, remembering his voice. Her small hands uncovered her eyes, allowing her to finally see him after turning around. It was her brother. He was there. Joy and serenity, that's all Athena felt as she jumped over Ares, surrounding his neck with her arms in a hug. Several tears couldn't be repressed, and were soon running through her cheeks, although they were removed pretty quick. After two years, the siblings were united again, and there was not a better feeling. "My brother is so big, look at him!" She muttered with excitement traces on her voice, after separating to observe him properly. "Do i have a sister-in-law?" She released her first mocking, a light chuckle along.

Observing the green and extensive vegetation around the Dropship, Athena resumed the steps that headed outside, to the ground. Cautiously, not hesitantly, she jumped from the door platform to the grass, and waited in silence for anything, in fact. Only when she convinced herself that Earth would not try to kill her, for now, she dragged Ares towards her with a gentle grip on his forearm. "What are we waiting for, guys?" Thea finally shouted raising a fist briefly, inviting The 100 to officialy arrive home. Their home.

OOC: Floppy af. I apologize, i don't know whats wrong with me lately. :c

EDIT: Made some minor changes.

{ Kato Davis }
Male | 19 Years Old | 100 Medic
Location: Dropsite
Mentions: Jasper

Kato wasn’t sure what he expected before stepping foot outside the ship. He had shared some of the others concerns about radiation poisoning, but their voices had gone unheeded as people swarmed the door and forced it open. No one immediately dropped dead or showed any sign of illness so he supposed this was as good a sign as any. He took in a deep, tentative breath. The air scented so..fresh. So different from the stifling air they’d all grown up with on the ark.

As he made his way out among the crowd a glimpse of red had his head snapping toward Jasper, soon after hurrying over to the older man. “You’re bleeding,” he commented a bit bluntly. “You probably knew that…” He added quickly, a mixture of embarrassment and anxiety causing him to avert his gaze for a brief moment. “I know a thing or two about medicine. I could take a look at the wound if you like.”

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{ Talia Bello }
Female | 17 Years Old | 100 Guard
Location: Dropsite
Mentions: Ethan

Hands tightened their grip on the arms of her chair as the ship plummeted toward the ground. The sound of crazed laughter a few seats away did nothing to ease her nerves, heart racing in concealed panic. She refused to show fear in the face of potential death, mouth instead twisting into a defiant snarl until impact was finally made and several dizzying seconds later she realized she wasn’t dead. None of them were. They had made it. Against all odds the teens would truly have a chance at a new life on Earth.

She yanked her safety belt off and followed the others to the exit, helping pry the door open and reveal bright sunlight and lush green forest beyond. For a moment Talia could only stand in awe of a world she had never known before this moment. The person closest to her was a young boy, most likely no older than 14, and in a moment of uncontainable joy she was almost tempted to hug him, but resisted the urge out of remembrance of personal boundaries. “How’s it feel to touch solid ground little man?” She asked instead with a warm smile.

((These intros are so bad I am legit crying on the inside.))