Kane Bell

Kane Bell is a major character in The Boy from the Bunker series and is portrayed by J.R Bourne in the books. Kane is one of the 18 residents of the Bunker that is evacuated by Sol Riverly in S1x01, New Life. However, when his family are separated into Basilisk and Blood Riders, or left for dead in the ruins of the ambush, Kane is the only member of the Bunker whose fate is originally unknown to his family.

Kane is the husband of Martha Bell with whom he has four children. They met when they were both recruited for a resistance army against two rebel leaders (Pip and Charleston) who were trying to stop The Alteration. They had two sons together when they lived in The City of Targo, prior to moving into the Bunker. Ares Bell was their first child, followed a few years later by the arrival of Wynnlow Bell. Upon moving into the Bunker, their son Ares discovered a young boy who was curled up in his bed after having fallen asleep when he was hiding (so he would be discovered inside after the Bunker was already sealed). With their security already promised in the Bunker, Kane, Martha and the other adults inside all agreed that the only humane decision was to allow the child to live with them rather than trying to find out which clan he belonged to and where his parents were. The youngest boy was named Quill Shayman and instantly bonded with Ares and Wynn. Ares then brought up the suggestion to Kane and Martha at adopting Quill so that he would be "officially" their family, and so they did, resulting in him being called 'Quill Bell'. 2 months after moving into the Bunker, Martha discovered she was pregnant and gave birth to hers and Kane's fourth child and only daughter, Elara Bell.

 Season 1 

When Kane discovers that the Bunker is being invaded by an outside force, he and Ares - along with Azha Green (Chancellor of the Bunker) - make an effort to keep all of their family inside as they go to investigate what is happening. When the outside clan - known as Basilisk - begin rounding their people onto their transport bus, Kane, Ares and Azha - who have been caught and restrained, have no choice but to follow the rest of their people onto the vehicle as they are taken back to Basilisk's base camp. Before their driver manages to get them out of the clearing, they are ambushed by another group of people in a battle which turns deadly. As the bus explodes and sends their people crashing all around the area, Kane is left behind by both Basilisk and Blood Riders after having believed to be dead. When he wakes with only the deceased members of the Bunker in sight, Kane returns back into the Bunker to retrieve a bag of supplies and does the only thing he can think of: cross the DeadLands in search for his former home prior to the Bunker - The City of Targo. Because of his absence, his wife and children are led to believe that he was killed in the ambush.

 Season 2 

In the finale of Season 2, Kane is revealed to be alive and with a clan known as The City of Targo. We learn he is crossing the DeadLands in a search for "The Heir" to the Commander of The City of Targo which is proclaimed to be his daughter, Elara Bell.

 Season 3 

Kane returns to the surrounding ares of the Bunker and is soon discovered by extended family member Bas Blackwood along with Sovereign Dreea. When the news breaks to his children that he is alive, they are quick to meet up with him in the hopes of welcoming him into Basilisk, but it isn't long before his intentions are known. With Kane's main concern being on bringing Elara back to The City of Targo with him - and a lack of interest with his sons - everyone is weary and heavily opposed to the idea of Elara leaving Basilisk. As his determination becomes more clear, Wynn, Ares and Quill become more fierce in their attempts to keep their sister away, however, when Kane ambushes Ares and allows his life to be jeopardised by Rhea, Elara surrenders herself and allows her to be taken to Blood Riders labs along with Sovereign Kodiak where she is then put through the phases of The Alteration. With the build up to her mind being altered and her memories being appropriately adjusted, Kane is forced to go to extreme extents to ensure Elara leaves with him, including the deep and unforgivable betrayal of his sons.

 Season 4 

With Elara being back in the security of Basilisk, Kane and Rhea's determination to get her back with them becomes more desperate as they are aware of the consequences of her having been pulled out of The Alteration before it was completed. With the Serum (the drug used for the process) still lingering in her system, Elara faces brutal withdrawals and horrific visions which haunt her every minute of the day. Terrified that his son's attempts at keeping Elara safe are really doing more damage than good, Kane has to make a decision on helping them at the cost of potentially losing his chance at ever making it to The City of Targo with his daughter.

 Season 5  *Includes Spoilers*

Believing they have a lead on Elara's whereabouts after Quill puts on a convincing displaying at pretending to betray Ares, Kane and Rhea follow the trail by the dams in an effort to reach her, only to find out they had narrowly avoided Basilisk attempts at wiping them out. Before Kane can celebrate Basilisk's failure, he is informed by Wynn that Ares was killed in their plan to kill him instead. Kane struggles with the news of his son passing, especially when Wynn expresses how much Ares despised him before he died, and comes close to giving up on his quest for Elara altogether. However, when a series of staged radio calls convinces Kane and Rhea that a vision has led Elara outside of Basilisk in some hallucination/sleep-walking scenario, they take their chance at locating her before Basilisk, managing to capture two of the Sovereigns which makes them believe they have the upper-hand. When Sol and Wynn show up to plead for the release of their people, Kane and Rhea are informed that they (Sol and Wynn) found Elara before meeting up with them, and that she had died as a result of succumbing to her withdrawals. With a lock of Elara's hair cut off as proof (per Basilisk tradition) and the genuine, soul-crushing reactions of Quill and Kodiak who also believe the news, Rhea and Kane fall victim to their plan and accept the fact that their Heir is dead. With Basilisk thinking they are finally allowed to return home and mount the loss of Ares and the others (and rest in the assurance that the search for Elara is over), Rhea makes one final plan to massacre all of Basilisk before returning to their City. Unwilling to let Wynn and Quill lose their lives in the mess he caused, Kane sends an SOS radio call to Wynn where he encourages him, his brother and the rest of the people from their Bunker to go back into their shelter and hide. When Wynn finds out why, he negotiates a deal with Kane and Rhea to leave with them to The City of Targo in exchange for his family and the entirety of Basilisk avoiding their attack. Kane and Rhea agree only to double-cross Wynn and take the Nobel Sovereign Sol Riverly with them after she secretly discovered Wynn's sacrifice and offered herself over, instead.