
But at the end of the day, Octavia was fighting for her people.” “Octavia had a lot of respect for Roan, and he had a lot of respect for her. “It would have had to happen anyway, since this was a fight to the death, but the fact that Octavia and Roan had just formed an alliance before the acid rain came - I think she felt a little guilty,” Avgeropoulos says. This week’s episode also bid adieu to Roan, who was drowned in a fountain by Luna after getting caught in a torrential downpour of black rain - certainly not the dignified death one would expect for a king. He was such a sweet character, and a sweet guy in real life.”

When he asks her to take his life and she repeats the prayer he taught her, it broke my heart. … That relationship made his death even more sad. “He was a very thoughtful person, and his way of thinking was completely different from what Octavia’s was after Lincoln’s death. “Ilian really softened Octavia at a time when she was heading at mach speed down such a dark path,” the actress tells TVLine. Let’s start with the first major death, the one Marie Avgeropoulos calls “heartbreaking.” Midway through the battle royale, everyone’s favorite philosophical farm boy took an arrow through the neck - shot by Echo, who doesn’t even go here! - and begged Octavia to put him out of his misery. RELATED The CW Sets Finale Dates for Riverdale, The Originals, The 100 and More

A dozen (or so) of The 100‘s fiercest warriors faced off in a fight to the death on Wednesday, knocking several fan-favorite players out of the game for good.
