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* the Twelve Seals: The '''Second Dawn''', also known as the '''Second Dawn of Man''' or the '''Second Dawn of the Human Race''', is a doomsday cult that was founded by [[the100:Bill Cadogan|Bill Cadogan]] before the [[the100:Nuclear Apocalypse|Nuclear Apocalypse]]. The cult is the ancestors of both the [[the100:Grounders|Grounders]] and the [[the100:Disciples|Disciples]], after some members chose to remain on Earth while others crossed over to [[the100:Bardo|Bardo]]. Followers had to advance through 12 levels and "only those who reached level 12 could achieve salvation." Thelonious Jaha came to be in possession of an eleventh seal, which led him to seek out the eleventh salvation bunker, which turned out to have not been sealed off from radiation in the first radiation disaster, since they found it filled with burnt corpses. However, following an inspiration received upon hearing the Grounder prayer "From the ashes we will rise" (which was originally a saying of the cult founder Bill Cadogan), he set off in search of a twelfth bunker, believing that it would offer true salvation from the imminent Nuclear Apocalypse. In the biblical Book of the Apocalypse, there is a reference to [[w:Seven Seals|Seven Seals]] which secure the book or scroll that [[w:John of Patmos|John of Patmos]] saw in an apocalyptic vision. The opening of the seals of the document occurs in the Book of Revelation Chapters 5–8 and marks the [[w:Second Coming|Second Coming]] of the Christ and the beginning of The Apocalypse. In John's vision, the only one worthy to open the book/scroll is referred to as both the "Lion of Judah" and the "Lamb having seven horns and seven eyes". In The 100, when Thelonious and Monty find that opening the hatch to the bunker seems nearly impossible, Indra's daughter Gaia exclaims: "Perhaps we are not worthy". In the Book of Revelation, the opening of the first four Seals releases the [[w:Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Four Horsemen]]; in The 100, the cult used the #fourhorseman hashtag and Cadogan spoke of the horsemen coming (the season 4 episode "[[the100:The Four Horsemen|The Four Horsemen]]" derives its title from this). {{Bible quote|ref=Revelation 6:1-2|inline=0}} | * the Twelve Seals: The '''Second Dawn''', also known as the '''Second Dawn of Man''' or the '''Second Dawn of the Human Race''', is a doomsday cult that was founded by [[the100:Bill Cadogan|Bill Cadogan]] before the [[the100:Nuclear Apocalypse|Nuclear Apocalypse]]. The cult is the ancestors of both the [[the100:Grounders|Grounders]] and the [[the100:Disciples|Disciples]], after some members chose to remain on Earth while others crossed over to [[the100:Bardo|Bardo]]. Followers had to advance through 12 levels and "only those who reached level 12 could achieve salvation." Thelonious Jaha came to be in possession of an eleventh seal, which led him to seek out the eleventh salvation bunker, which turned out to have not been sealed off from radiation in the first radiation disaster, since they found it filled with burnt corpses. However, following an inspiration received upon hearing the Grounder prayer "From the ashes we will rise" (which was originally a saying of the cult founder Bill Cadogan), he set off in search of a twelfth bunker, believing that it would offer true salvation from the imminent Nuclear Apocalypse. In the biblical Book of the Apocalypse, there is a reference to [[w:Seven Seals|Seven Seals]] which secure the book or scroll that [[w:John of Patmos|John of Patmos]] saw in an apocalyptic vision. The opening of the seals of the document occurs in the Book of Revelation Chapters 5–8 and marks the [[w:Second Coming|Second Coming]] of the Christ and the beginning of The Apocalypse. In John's vision, the only one worthy to open the book/scroll is referred to as both the "Lion of Judah" and the "Lamb having seven horns and seven eyes". In The 100, when Thelonious and Monty find that opening the hatch to the bunker seems nearly impossible, Indra's daughter Gaia exclaims: "Perhaps we are not worthy". In the Book of Revelation, the opening of the first four Seals releases the [[w:Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Four Horsemen]]; in The 100, the cult used the #fourhorseman hashtag and Cadogan spoke of the horsemen coming (the season 4 episode "[[the100:The Four Horsemen|The Four Horsemen]]" derives its title from this). {{Bible quote|ref=Revelation 6:1-2|inline=0}} | ||
* [[the100:Eden|Season 5 Episode 1]] is entitled "Eden", a reference to the [[w:Garden of Eden|Garden of Eden]] or terrestrial paradise as recounted in the Book of Genesis: {{Bible quote|ref=Genesis 2:8;13:10;Ezekiel 31:9|inline=0}} As a group of humans, descended from a space vessel, begins to scout about the only green area left on the planet, [[the100:Shallow Valley|Shallow Valley]], one of them states "so much for 'the meek shall inherit the earth'", a reference to the [[w:Beatitudes|Beatitudes]] proclaimed by Jesus in the Gospel ({{Bible quote|ref=Matthew 5:3–12}}). | * [[the100:Eden|Season 5 Episode 1]] is entitled "Eden", a reference to the [[w:Garden of Eden|Garden of Eden]] or terrestrial paradise as recounted in the Book of Genesis: {{Bible quote|ref=Genesis 2:8;13:10;Ezekiel 31:9|inline=0}} As a group of humans, descended from a space vessel, begins to scout about the only green area left on the planet, [[the100:Shallow Valley|Shallow Valley]], one of them states "so much for 'the meek shall inherit the earth'", a reference to the [[w:Beatitudes|Beatitudes]] proclaimed by Jesus in the Gospel ({{Bible quote|ref=Matthew 5:3–12}}). | ||
== Literary references == | |||
The protagonists of the story are young people who find themselves taking on the responsibility of leadership, of protecting those for whom they are responsible, of creating alliances, in the context of survival from the menaces of natural disasters and incursions from foreign tribes. The question that surfaces continuously throughout the story, is if they will be capable of keeping their humanity and breaking endless cycles of violence, rather than living as beasts and perpetrating violence not only towards foreign tribes but also asking themselves. This same reflection is the basis of the story "Lord of the Flies" | |||
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