Quill Bell

Quill Arwyn Bell (born as Quill Alfred Shayman, otherwise referenced as Quill Shayman Bell) is one of the main characters in the series The Boy from the Bunker and is portrayed by Asa Butterfield in the books. He is one of the 18 people in Bunker Clan that were living in an underground bunker at the time of it being evacuated by an outside clan known as Basilisk. He was not one of the original 13 members that were supposed to be living in the Bunker and was instead smuggled inside by his biological mother, Hannah Shayman, where she left him in it's safety in the hope that he would survive and not have to face the wars that were, at the time, causing chaos on the ground. Because of this, Quill and Hannah became separated and he was soon adopted by a couple inside the Bunker (Martha and Kane) who, at the time, had two other sons which became Quill's older brothers.

He is third son of Martha Bell and Kane Bell, and the only one of their children to be adopted. He was adopted at the age of 2 years by the suggestion of Ares Bell who is his oldest brother. He has another older brother named Wynnlow Bell and a younger sister called Elara Bell, who's name he chose. He also has an adoptive niece named Isobel Kady who is also his biological-cousin as she is the daughter of Josiah Kady (his biological uncle) who is Hannah Shayman's brother. His biological parents are Hannah Shayman and Alfred Shayman. In Season 9, Kodiak Zora becomes his brother-in-law. In the epilogue of Season 10, Quill is shown to be expecting a child with Aeryn Ives. In the spin-off series, it is revealed he has twins: a daughter named Veer Bell and a son named Atlas Bell. He also later adopts Theo Bell into his family.

 Season 1 

When the Bunker he is living in is evacuated by an outside clan, Quill ends up with both of his brothers and several other people in his extended family who arrive at Basilisk. Separated from their sister and parents, Quill and his brothers devise a plan and risk their lives on the brutal and unfamiliar ground to reunite their family and find a safe place for them to stay.

 Season 2 

When Quill and his family return from the Bunker to move back into Basilisk per the invitation from Nobel Sovereign Riverly, they discover that she isn't at Basilisk and has been missing for days - now presumed dead. When his brother, Wynn, leads a search team to look for her, the rescue mission soon becomes one for Wynn as well when he disappears under strange circumstances in the DeadLands - a vast, endless desert that surrounds everything the eye can see. Quill must work closely with Ares, Kodiak and Elara as well as Noah Rule - the king of their opposing clan - to bring his brother and Nobel Sovereign home.

 Season 3 

When his father shows up with a new clan known as The City of Targo, Quill soon realises that it is not a case of a happy-family-reunion. With their father wanting to take their little sister away from the home they have created so that she can become Commander of an entire City, Quill, Wynn and Ares must go to extreme lengths to keep Elara safe and face unimaginable losses on the way.

 Season 4 

Having rescued Elara from the inhumane procedures their father and The City of Targo had been putting her through, Quill and his brothers must come to the horrifying revelation that their sister's wellbeing is deteriorating, fast, and the only one who is able to save her is their father... Refusing to see their sister be taken away from them, the three of them develop a plan to kill their father and get the serum from The City of Targo that Elara desperately needs to survive.

 Season 5  *Contains spoilers*

As their plan commences to take down their father, Quill leaves the safety of Basilisk with Wynn and Elara and is forced into taking hostage a girl named Chessca who is from from The City of Targo. Once Quill is separated from his siblings and left alone with his hostage, he travels back to Basilisk where he has to convince Rhea and Kane that he is betraying Ares in an effort to get Elara to the only place where her survival is guaranteed: The City of Targo. However, their plan takes a sudden twist and Quill, along with Chessca, are taken along The City of Targo's march which passes straight through the path of the dams which Ares is set to break. In fear of Quill perishing alongside their father as the plan commences, Wynn, Elara, Sol, Fenn and Kodiak are in a race against time to meet Ares at the dams before the flood wipes Quill out with his father, but they face another, unforeseeable tragedy altogether... In the ruins of the collapsed dam, Quill and Elara are whisked back to Basilisk whilst Wynn lingers behind with Sol, Dreea and Fenn in a devastating attempt to locate the body of their older brother, Ares, who was killed in the dams. After having a Burning Ceremony for Ares - where his body was set alight and turned to ash alongside Fabian and MaReya Dalton (two members of his extended family from inside the Bunker), Quill, Wynn and Elara are forced to confront the enclosing danger of their sister's capture and have to figure out a plan to save her meanwhile trying to push through the grief of losing their big brother and guardian. Wynn devises a plan alongside Sol and Elara which leads Quill, Kodiak and several other members of their people back out to the dams in search for Elara - who they believe is missing - where they are purposefully (and unknowingly) led straight into The City of Targo's capture. Here, they are told by Wynn and Sol (when they reach everyone) that on their search for Elara, they found her dead after succumbing to her withdrawals from the serum. Believing that his sister is dead mere days after losing his brother, Quill is distraught and beyond devastated. However, before he can suffer in his grief for too long, Wynn, Sol, Aeryn and Atlantis continue on with their plan which includes using knockout serum to knock everyone unconscious. Once they are safely reunited with Elara and taken back to Basilisk, Quill and his siblings believe they are finally allowed the chance to mourn for Ares and work their way through all their sufferings. Unbeknownst to him, his brother Wynn has been receiving radio calls from their father, Kane, and is negotiating a deal at leaving Basilisk in exchange for his safety and the rest of the clan. After having lost Ares and believing he had also lost Elara, Quill's greatest fears come to life at the threat of losing Wynn, too.

 Season 6 

Nine months after their brother's death, Quill, Wynn and Elara are continuing to heal and move past the traumas they have face. However, it seems that Wynn is having a tougher time than everyone else as the finale of Season 5 also revealed his fate of losing Sol to The City of Targo. When he and Elara discover Wynn's plans to venture across the DeadLands and into The City, they are compelled to help despite their own fears of having to face their father again. Quill forges a plan with Elara which includes going behind Wynn[[Kane Bell|, Kodiak Zora|Kodiak]] and Dreea's backs to secure an alliance with the remaining Blood Riders left behind. Once their treaty is established, Quill and Elara accompany Wynn, their Sovereigns and their army through the DeadLands and towards The City. As Wynn, Kodiak and Dreea team up with Chessca to get Sol out, Quill is left with the task of protecting Elara from their father when he shows up at their refuge, as well as her returning visions... When she disappears into The City to help save Wynn and Kodiak, Quill follows after her to keep her safe from the guards and help their find their way to their people. As Wynn's rescue mission proves to be a success, it soon reveals that there are more people than just Sol and Chessca returning with them from inside The City. As well as Liam Leighton and Isobel Kady, there is small group of people consisting of Josiah Kady, Lydian Georgia and Hannah Shayman - Quill's biological mother.

 Season 7 

After following his brother into The City to rescue Sol Riverly, Quill ends bringing someone back of his own - his biological mother, Hannah Shayman, who has spent the past 17 years believing she was dead. With the shock of her sudden reappearance, Quill finds it hard to sort through his emotions amidst his desire to know more about Hannah his biological family, and how he ended up in the Bunker. When Hannah learns that Quill was adopted into the Bell family and goes by the name of Quill Bell (as opposed to his name at birth, Quill Shayman), her jealousy seems to get the better of her. This feeling only becomes intensified when Quill refers to Wynn and Elara as his brother and sister and, most triggering to Hannah of all, as Martha and Kane as his mom and dad. With Hannah unable to accept that Quill doesn't see her as his mother, she begins manipulating and gaslighting Quill to force a divide between him, and Wynn and Elara. Meanwhile, Wynn - who is starting to notice Quill's distance and change in behaviour - is faced with a multitude of other problems, including Sol's hesitance at fitting back into his life and the forthcoming flood which is predicted to wipe out all nearby, habitable ground. However, Wynn - being the guardian of his siblings and the devoted brother he is, is determined to help Quill through the arrival of Hannah and understanding what he is feeling but, because of Hannah's interference - as well as the traumatic deaths of Quill's parents and his older brother, Ares - who died only months ago - Quill is overwhelmed by the world and as a result, pushes away the two people he knows will help him through everything: Wynn and Elara. Unbeknownst to him, Hannah unveils a secret plan to further sever Quill's relations with his family. After first luring Bas Blackwood out of camp (someone Quill lived in the Bunker with and considers to be family), Hannah manages to then lure Harlow Blackwood and the Sovereigns out of camp, leading her to force an implant into not only Bas Blackwood, but Sovereign Kodiak, as well. Although her initial target had been Wynn, Hannah manages to use Kodiak to her benefit and as a result of the harm she can enforce with the implant, she orders Kodiak into ending his relationship with Elara - Quill's sister - and creating a distance between them. Assuming that Elara would be too preoccupied by her heartbreak to focus on Quill, and Wynn too caught up in Sol's return (who is also distracted by the revelation of Chessca's implant) and his duties as Sovereign to prioritise his brother, Quill is unknowingly caught up in Hannah's plan and feels alienated from his siblings. When he later on finds out about the incoming flood from Hannah and not Wynn, it further adds to Quill's feeling of being cut off from his siblings (believing that they assume Hannah is his family and no longer consider him their brother). Because of this, when Basilisk begin moving their people and resources into the second bunker, Quill is tricked into following Hannah and the rest of her clan (Hannah's Clan) into his Bunker, only to discover that he is sealed inside - away from his family. Believing that his siblings had made it into the second bunker, Quill tries to ignore the growing terror in his chest at being separated from them both for what is likely to be a long time, as well as the uncertainty of where their relationship will stand when, and if, they ever make it outside. However, when the Bunker starts picking up a signal from a radio nearby (they are still connected from when Sol resided in the Bunker in Season 2 and announced she was alive), Quill immediately recognises his sister's voice who is pleading with him to open the door as she is stuck outside and unable to make it to the second bunker before the flood comes. Despite Hannah's attempts to stop him, Quill opens the Bunker door to save his sister, only to find that she has lured him out so the others that are with him (Wynn, Sol, Atlantis, Harlow, Fenn, and Liam) can take Quill back to the second bunker with them. When Hannah realises what is happening, she calls for backup in the form of Josiah and Lydian, to help her get Quill back inside and, preferably, kill the rest of Basilisk - but when Wynn and Elara begin insisting Quill leaves with them, Hannah - taking advantage of Quill's noticeable angst - convinces him to run and avoid having to witness any of them get hurt. Too blindsided by his emotions to think straight, Quill listens to Hannah's instruction and begins to run through the water-swept forest, only for Wynn to chase after him as Elara, Sol and the others work on taking down Hannah's Clan. At first, Quill continues to run away from Wynn and urges him to go back to the others to the second bunker before it is too late, but Wynn persists and eventually catches up to Quill. He pins him down on one of the nearby rocks and in a parallel to when Wynn lost Ares, he repeats the same thing, praying for a differen outcome this time around: "You're my brother! My brother! My brother... Please don't leave me too. I love you, Quill. I love you so much." When Quill understands that what Wynn is saying is the truth - that he does love him still, he cries into him and urges them to find the others from Basilisk, and get into the second bunker together. However, when the reach them, the storm responsible for the flood intensifies and when a bolt of lightning strikes a nearby tree, it collapses in the middle of everyone, killing Josiah and injuring Wynn. Amid the chaos, Hannah manages to latch onto Quill and tug him away from the group. At first, the others all assumed Quill hurried into the Bunker along with the others who were quick to do so, but they soon realise Quill is missing. As Elara begins to risk her life and head off and find him, Quill defends himself and stands his ground with Hannah, telling her that he needs to go be with his brother and sister, but extends the offer for her to join them in the shelter. Despite Hannah believing she won't be accepted into the Bunker after what she has done, she agrees and follows Quill back to the others as they race to get inside. However, a final obstacle makes itself known where the entrance to the Bunker proves to have been damaged by the flood and is only able to be sealed from the outside, meaning that someone will have to sacrifice themselves. As Atlantis steps forward to seal the door - as she knows the locking sequence - Hannah also does the same. Despite the trauma she has put him and his loved ones through, Quill is terrified at the idea of Hannah being killed and fights desperately to get her inside the Bunker. Afraid that they are dangerously close to losing him again, Elara and Wynn (who is seriously injured) grab hold of him and pull him into the Bunker, trying their best to comfort him as the Bunker door is seal shut, and Hannah isn't inside. The hardest hitting factor is that it is a direct parallel to the last time Hannah said goodbye to him; to the single memory of her Quill had held onto for the past 17 years - Hannah shutting him inside the Bunker. However, this time, Quill knows she really will have died. When they make it downstairs to the living section of the Bunker, Quill and the others discover the children from Hannah's Clan are hiding inside, including eight-year-old Izzy who soon warms up to his sister. When Wynn and Sol managed to get in contact with the second bunker, they update each other of their circumstances and when talking to Dreea, they come to the agonising realisation that Kodiak and Bas aren't in a bunker. With them all facing a terrible grief, their life in the Bunker falls into a very miserable, darkness. With Quill grieving Kodiak, Bas and Hannah who's death reminded him of his mother's - as well as recovering from the trauma Hannah put him through, Elara suffering from the sudden, unexpected loss of Kodiak, and Wynn grieving both of his family members, the three siblings retreat to Ares and Wynn's old room - moving an extra mattress in for Elara, and spend the first week bundled up together, crying with each other, mourning the constant losses of their lives together.

 Season 9 

After arriving on the island with both of his siblings having survived their trials on Neptunum, Quill is shown to be very protective of Wynn and Elara and worried that he will come close to losing them again. When Kodiak is hesitant on letting Elara leave the base camp Basilisk has set up on the beach (due to the numerous injuries and trauma left by Neptunum that she is recovering from), Quill volunteers to accompany her and Wynn on their walk up to a nearby greenhouse. On their way, Wynn and Elara try to suss out why Quill was so determined to join them - as his anxiety about the world usually prevents him from leaving camp unless absolutely necessarily - and they learn that Quill holds a lot of blame for the way Hannah and Neptunum tried to tear the three of them apart.

 Fun Trivia: 

He was 2 years old when he was hidden inside the Bunker by Hannah Shayman.