This week’s episode of The 100 introduced fans to the Children of Gabriel. During the next episode, we’ll find out more about the group’s motivations.
The most recent episode of The 100 took a deep dive into the people and politics of the New World, highlighting the fact that the population near Sanctum seems to be divided into two factions: the Primes and their followers and the Children of Gabriel.
As far as viewers have been told, the Children of Gabriel are a terrorist group living on the outside of Sanctum’s radiation barriers. Though, knowing The 100, the conflict probably isn’t quite so simple.
But while fans mostly just see the Children of Gabriel’s hatred for the Primes during “The Children of Gabriel,” the promo for the upcoming episode of the show suggests that “The Face Behind the Glass” will offer more insight into the two factions and their motivations.
Watch the teaser for next week’s episode here:
While the clips in this week’s teaser are especially brief, they do offer a few clues about what’s to come.
The Children of Gabriel are out to kill someone.
If Clarke and her friends aren’t going to shoot first for once, it stands to reason that one of the factions on Sanctum will draw first blood. And at the beginning of the teaser, fans get a voiceover of Octavia exclaiming, “They’re trying to kill us.” It’s unclear who she’s talking to or about, but we last saw the former Red Queen being taken captive by the Children of Gabriel.
The later clips from the promo suggest that she doesn’t remain a prisoner for long, which begs the question: Is this why the Children of Gabriel are attempting to kill her? Or is there something more going on, given that we’re not actually seeing the context of her words in the teaser?
At this point in the season, it could go either way.
Some fighting is going to go down in the forest.
The forest outside of Sanctum is where the Children of Gabriel reside, and the promo shows plenty of clips of the characters running through that forest—mostly focusing on Octavia and the mask-wearing Children of Gabriel. The Children of Gabriel are carrying Skaikru’s guns with them, which is a pretty bad sign given how dangerous they supposedly are without wielding firearms.
The most likely reason behind all this running through the woods is that Octavia has gotten away from them. Of course, they don’t particularly care about the newcomers from Earth, but it also looks like Octavia is escaping with some precious cargo…
Octavia’s going to save the “host.”
During the previous episode of The 100, we learn that the Children of Gabriel are after “hosts” from Sanctum. Toward the end of the episode, they kidnap one of the children who has Nightblood, and judging by the promo, it appears that Octavia might play the hero and save the girl. This might redeem her enough in the eyes of the Lightbournes enough that they’ll allow her entry into their society.
Sadly, we have a feeling it still won’t be enough to sway Bellamy’s opinion of her.
The 100 airs on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on The CW.