Wynnlow Bell

Wynnlow "Wynn" Bell is the main character in the series The Boy from the Bunker and is portrayed by KJ Apa in the books. He was one of the 18 people residing in the Bunker close to Basilisk, and was the first resident to be found by Sol Riverly when the Bunker was opened.

He is the second oldest son of Martha Bell and Kane Bell. He has an older brother named Ares Bell, an adoptive younger brother named Quill Bell, and a younger sister named Elara Bell. He also has an adoptive niece (Season 8) named Isobel Kady Zora who is raised by his younger sister, Elara and Kodiak Zora. As of Season 9, Kodiak Zora is his brother-in-law however, he was already considered a part of his family along with Dreea Taven and his girlfriend and best friend, Sol Riverly, due to the four of them being Sovereigns. In the epilogue of the 10-book series, it is revealed that Wynn has two children with Sol: a daughter named Eden Riverly Bell, and a son named Reign Riverly Bell.

 Season 1 

The residents of the Bunker became separated after their evacuation and Wynn is one of the 6 of 12 surviving members of his extended family to arrive at Basilisk. There, he is placed in debt to Sol Riverly and is put under restrictions with refrain him from leaving camp and locating the rest of his family. However, Wynn manages to escape from Basilisk's base camp with his brother, Ares, in a desperate attempt to find his sister and the rest of his family after being informed that they are being held prisoner at Basilisk's opposing clan, Blood Riders. With his lack of experience on the ground and his inability to survive the brutal society between both clans, Wynn finds himself in a world of trouble with the only person who is able to help him being none other than Sol Riverly who, coincidently, he does not get along with.

 Season 2 

Having spent the past 5 months living in his Bunker after his mother was killed, Wynn and the surviving members of his family have an in-depth discussion after Nobel Sovereign Sol Riverly approached them with an offer to return to Basilisk. However, days later when they show up at camp believing they will be warmly welcomed, they discover that So l is missing and the last person to have seen her is none other than Wynn himself. When Sol's father Eryx Riverly and her newly discovered half-sister, Atlantis take over her position as Sovereign, Wynn and his family's future at Basilisk is jeopardised and without Sol around, he doesn't know if they have a safe place to life... Pushing his differences with the Nobel aside, Wynn leads a search team - with the assistance of Sovereign Kodiak Zora - to help find Sol and bring her home, refusing to believe that she is dead unless they have proof of a body. During their attempts, Wynn and Kodiak have to work with Noah Rule - the king of the opposing clan Blood Riders who has a weakness for his childhood friend Sol - to try and find her. Their search leads them out into the DeadLands - a vast, lifeless desert where Wynn eventually finds himself separated from Kodiak, Ares and everyone else in the group. Finding shelter in a nearby cave, Wynn discovers more than he realised when he stumbles across Sol who is being held hostage by two members of Basilisk who were sent on order by her father, Eryx Riverly, to kill her. Managing to free her for their capture, Wynn allows Sol to escape and make her way back to his Bunker where she is able to send out an SOS signal to Kodiak and Dreea informing them that she is alive but Wynn - who was instead captured by Sol's hostage takers, is in need of their help. On the brink of death, Wynn's life rests in the hands of the Nobel Sovereign and as she ventures back into the DeadLands, she risks her own life in trying to save his.

 Season 3 

Now a declared member of Basilisk, Wynn is interested in finding his role within the clan alongside maintaining his friendship with Sol. However, when his father Kane Bell - who everyone believed to be dead after disappearing when the Bunker was evacuated - shows up, Wynn soon learns that it isn't going to be the happy family reunion he had expected. Arriving with Rhea Forest and their clan known as The City of Targo, Wynn discovers that Kane is here for one reason, and one reason only: to take his sister, Elara, back with them to their City so she can be the Commander. With Elara being 15 years old, she is not ready - nor willing - to be the Commander of anywhere let alone a place she's never been before. She also does not want to leave her brothers, the rest of her family from the Bunker, or Kodiak. Sensing their father's determination to get Elara to leave, Wynn, Quill and Ares work together to keep their sister safe and protected from him and the The City of Targo. Meanwhile, Lyra - Wynn's former best friend and romantic interest approaches Wynn and Bas with some important news regarding Blood Riders and the war they have announced on Basilisk. When their situation takes a turn for the worse and Elara and Kodiak are taken hostage by Kane, Rhea and The City of Targo (after ambushing Ares and Fenn), and Wynn has no choice but to place his damaged trust in Lyra in a desperate bid to save Kodiak and his sister. With a fiery end to the season, Wynn faces his toughest challenge yet and a loss at the end of it that leaves him forever changed.

Season 4

Recovering from the aftermath of the fire, Wynn returns to Basilisk with Sol, his family, and most importantly, Elara. Having assumed that the worst of all their fears would be over after bringing their sister home, Wynn and his brothers are devastated to learn that the consequences of what Elara faced whilst at Blood Riders' labs seem to have followed her home. As his sister battles through hellish visions - a withdrawal symptom from her enforced dependancy on the serum - Wynn, his brothers, and the Sovereigns learn the dark truth about what is really happening to Elara: her mind is deteriorating. Knowing that their sister's survival comes down to healing her dependancy on the drug, Wynn works closely with Sol to develop a plan to obtain more of the serum and, at the same time, take down The City of Targo for good...

Season 5

As Wynn and his siblings team up with the Sovereigns to defeat The City of Targo, their plans take a turn for the worse when Quill ends up being taken hostage by his father, leading him on a path that is destined to face the deadly wrath of Basilisk. When their course of action changes and Bas manages to save Quill from an untimely fate, they meet up with Wynn and Elara who are on their way home to Basilisk, only for them to learn that Ares' radio is broken and presumably has the assumption that Quill is still with The City of Targo, leading Wynn and the others to fear that Ares won't carry out his part of the plan. As the three siblings head towards Ares to give him the signal to break the dam, their radio picks up on a glitching, interrupted from Ares and as they listen to it, they learn that he is in grave danger. Now with a determination to save their brother's life, Wynn, Quill and Elara sprint towards the dams in the hope of being able to pull Ares out of the water before the bombs break the structure and send him over the cliff, but they are too late... Arriving just in time to take one, final look at their brother alive, Wynn, Quill, and Elara have to watch Ares' life be ripped away right in front of them. In the days following their eldest brother's death, Wynn and his siblings return to Basilisk - with The City of Targo still lurking around - and try to process their grief, all the while knowing that their sister still isn't safe. After saying goodbye to Ares during a Burning Ceremony within Basilisk, Wynn finds comfort in Sol who is desperate to take some of the weight off of his shoulders and save him from the worry of potentially losing his sister, too. When an idea grabs them by the throat, Wynn and Sol launch a top-secret plan to end their fight with The City of Targo once and for all, but doing so means hurting some of the people they love the most. Without having a choice, they are forced into leading Quill, Kodiak and more of their friends right into Rhea and Kane's capture after making them believe that a vision had sent Elara out of camp and landed her in immense danger. When Wynn and Sol later meet up with them in a staged attempted to plea their release from Rhea and Kane, they reveal to everyone that they had found Elara dead on the forest floor after she had finally succumbed to her withdrawals from the serum. With Kodiak and Quill believing Wynn and Sol and their own honest, distraught reactions serving as enough proof to Rhea and Kane, Wynn and Sol launch the second half of their plan and manage to knock both their own people out, and The City of Targo with a powerful dose of knockout gas, allowing them to safely disarm their enemy and load their friends onto a nearby, awaiting vehicle and take them back to Basilisk. Once everyone is home, Wynn finally allows himself to slow down and process all of the traumatic events he has faced within the past week - the loss of MaReya and Fabian, having to hurt Quill by making him believe their sister was dead, the violent and constant visions that haunt Elara and of course, losing Ares, but fate seems to have another plan for him. When Sol mistakenly leaves her radio in Wynn's room, he overhears a warning message from his father - intended for him - and consequently ends up in communication with him again. Wynn is hesitant to believe a word his father says and at first, worries that he is trying to suss out whether or not Elara is really dead, but he soon learns the truth behind Kane's intentions and discovers that Rhea is planning a surprise attack to wipe out Basilisk and that Kane is using the last of his humanity to convince Wynn to save himself, Quill, and those that were in the Bunker with them. Overwhelmed with his choices, Wynn is desperate to find a solution that allows him to protect his family as well as the friends he has made within Basilisk, but it is a solution he will have to find on his own. After the severe stress takes it's toll on him and eventually ends up causing Wynn to break down, he has no other option but to confide in Aeryn who is also the only person Wynn believes can help him. Despite her reluctance to assist in his selfless plan, Aeryn also realises it is the only way to save everyone's life, and feels as though she had no other option but to help Wynn in carrying out his plan. The two of them manage to lure Sol into an isolated room in the Quarters where Wynn uses a small dose of knockout gas to make Sol unconscious before transporting her down to one of the rarely-used rooms in the basement that he has set up. As Aeryn begins to prep Sol for the final stage of their plan, Wynn finds a few moments to say goodbye to his siblings - without letting them know it is a goodbye - before he has to leave them. He tells them he loves them and promises them that they will be safe from now on before eventually returning to meet Aeryn and allowing her to repeat the same actions on him as had already happened with Wynn. When he next wakes up, Sol is still unconscious beside him and he is warned by Aeryn that he has to leave Basilisk before she wakes up. Wynn regretfully does so and escapes the protection of Basilisk, leaving behind Sol, his siblings, and everyone else that has grown to be his family, and travels to meet up with Rhea and his father. He is greeted with force by The City of Targo's guards as they hurry to disarm him of any potential weapons before allowing him to step forwards to Kane. He expects them to hurry him into restraints and load him onto their vehicle to begin their journey back to The City, but Rhea reveals that she has received a second offer in place of Wynn - one she is much more interested in accepting. Confused and terrified out of his mind, Wynn watches as Sol is brought out from behind the trees, seeming to have figured out what he was up to and managed to race him to meet up with Rhea. Unable to bear the idea of something happening to her - especially because of him - Wynn begs Rhea and his father to take him in place of his sister and make him into the Commander of The City of Targo, but Rhea concludes that Sol is a much more powerful asset to her clan (as she is already the leader of her own people), and thus, orders her guards to restrain Sol and lead her onto the vehicle, tearing her out of reach from Wynn. He tries all he can to get to her but he is attacked by Rhea's guards and is unable to force his beaten body off of the ground to get to her. As Sol is driven away and eventually, out of sight, Kodiak and Dreea arrive shortly afterwards as a result of having forced out the truth from Aeryn, but they are too late to save anyone from being taken. The next thing we know, Wynn is back up at Basilisk and is too heartbroken to speak to anyone. Now, with Ares' absence burning clear in every direction he looks, Wynn also has to get used to the world without Sol, despite her having been the person who taught him how to live on the ground. Just when he thinks he has lost every reason to keep on fighting, Wynn is faced with a final responsibility that was left down to him by no other than Sol herself: to take her place - as her Nominated, and become a Sovereign of Basilisk...

 Season 6 

Picking up 8 months after the end of Season 5, we return to Wynn who is now deeply engrossed in his role as a Sovereign. After learning that majority of Blood Riders followed The City of Targo through the DeadLands, we see Basilisk thriving in the absence of violence and their rules and protection have decreased now that they are the dominant clan of the surrounding forests.

 Fun Trivia: 

Wynn was 5 years old when he moved into the Bunker with his parents and older brother, Ares.

When they moved into the Bunker, Wynn initially was supposed to have his own room in their family's section however, because of the circumstances at which Quill was found and joined their family, Wynn ended up sharing with him (although for the first year, Quill would often sneak out of bed and share with Ares).

A few weeks before the Bunker was evacuated, Wynn discovered the secret passageway that led to the staircase and towards the entrance to the Bunker. After his discovery, Wynn would often sneak around and sit by the Bunker door when he needed his own space after feeling claustrophobic or frustrated with the small confines of his world.

Wynn is the only one of his siblings who remembers Ares' death in full. This is because Quill fell into a state of shock and the trauma compromised his memory of the event, and Elara was sedated using knockout gas by Kodiak, Aeryn and Dreea shortly after Ares was killed, which blurred and confused her understanding of the event. He decided not to tell his siblings all the information surrounding Ares' death and his injuries for their protection.

Wynn was taught how to play piano in the Bunker by his mother, Martha, using the old, slightly-out-of-tune piano they had inside.

He is the only Sovereign in his clan's history to not be born at Basilisk. He is also the only Nominated Sovereign who came into ruling.

His children Eden and Reign are the only children in Basilisk's history to be the children of two Sovereigns.

Wynn is one of only ten characters to survive from the first episode (New Life, S1x01) to the last episode (+epilogue) (For Always S10x07). The other characters include: Sol, Elara, Quill, Bas, Harlow, Kodiak, Dreea, Aeryn, and Azha.

He is one of three people who are allowed to call Sol by her first name (the others include Eryx Riverly and Chessca Jones).

After moving to the ground, Wynn's older brother Ares became the legal guardian of him and their younger siblings. When Ares died in Season 5, Wynn took over his responsibility and became the legal guardian of Quill and Elara.