| “ | Azgeda cut off Costia's head and delivered it to my bed! And still I let them into my alliance! | „ |
| ~ Commander Lexa |
The Ice Nation, called Azgedakru or Azgeda in Trigedasleng, is a major antagonist organization of the first half of Season 3 in the CW show The 100. They are one of the 12 Grounder clans, known by their ruthlessness and cruelty to the other clans.
Characters from the Azgeda clan include Echo, Queen Nia and Prince (later king) Roan.
History[]
Early history[]
The Azgeda clan was formed from the survivors of the Nuclear Apocalypse of 2052, much like the other 11 Grounder clans. Their ancestors established a monarchy in the snowy region north of Polis (Baltimore) and around the ruins of Detroit, now known as Troit. Like the other clans, they were also the victims of the Mountain Men, who captured Grounders and filtered their blood to treat radiation sickness.
Before Season 1[]
For a very long time, the Ice Nation had hostile relationships with the other clans, especially with Trikru, the Woods Clan. After Lexa kom Trikru ascended as the Commander of the Coalition, Queen Nia from Azgeda ordered her girlfriend Costia to be captured and tortured to learn Lexa's secrets; while this didn't worked, they beheaded her and delivered it in Lexa's bed.
Despite this, Lexa allowed the Ice Nation to join her Coalition, under the condition of the banishment of Prince Roan, Queen Nia's only son.
Season 2[]
TBA
Season 3[]
TBA
Season 4[]
TBA
Society[]
Azgeda is known to be ruthless even by Grounder standards. At least one of their chiefs, Tybe, is shown to practice slavery, enslaving other Grounders and at least one Sky Person. Azgeda characters such as Ontari, Echo, and the original Echo are shown to have been separated from their parents and trained from a young age to be warriors, spies and assassins.
They maintain hostile relationships with several of the other Grounder clans, particularly Trikru. Azgeda and Trikru were at war with each other before Commander Lexa united all of the clans and founded the Coalition.
Azgeda warriors are known to wear white war paint. They tend to favor blue and/or white clothing.
Language[]
The Ice Nation speak the native Grounder language, Trigedasleng. The warriors also speak American English, Gonasleng. This makes the Ice Nation warriors bilingual.
Facial Scars[]
Many Azgeda have distinctive facial scarring. Roan went so far as to hiding them when he was on his mission to find Clarke Griffin on behalf of Commander Lexa, indicating that these scars are often used to identify members of the Ice Nation. Similarly, Niylah's family had to live in the outskirts of Trikru territory so that no one would see her mother's Azgeda scars.
Echo later reveals to Octavia Blake that the facial scars signify that "the pain is over, the wound is healed, so that we never forget." She subsequently tells Anders that the scars are how Azgeda show that they're ready to go to war.
Members[]
Alive[]
- Echo (exiled)
Deceased[]
- King Theo
- Queen Nia
- King Roan
- Ontari
- Tybe
- Davika
- War Chief
- Azgeda Ambassador
- Seiku
- Anat
- Esop
- Obika
- Real Echo
Unknown[]
- Athol
- Ivon
Trivia[]
- The Ice Nation are militaristic and expansionist.
- By the end of the series, Echo is the only member of the Azgeda clan alive. However, she was exiled by Roan back in Season Four for cheating in the Final Conclave.
- Azgeda appears to have had something to do with the burial of the Anomaly Stone in the Second Dawn Bunker: an Azgeda symbol is burned into the floor over the Stone's burial site. How, when and why this was done is unclear.
- In "The Face Behind the Glass", Echo mentions being brought to "Troy" to be trained by Queen Nia. ("Troy" is what is written in the subtitles, though some fans have argued that Echo instead said "Troit".) This might be Detroit, Michigan, which is creator Jason Rothenberg's hometown.
- Troy is confirmed to be the ruins of Detroit when the Renaissance Center is seen during a flashback scene in "Ashes to Ashes".
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