Octavian Bloom was a minor character in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Appearing in the Season 2 episode "Aftershocks", he was a member of HYDRA's leading council following the HYDRA Uprising. He was portrayed by Fred Dryer.
History[]
In 2015, Bloom hosted the biannual meeting of HYDRA leaders at his private estate. Meeting with the Sheikh, the Banker, the Baroness and Dr. List, they discussed the recent death of Daniel Whitehall and who would most likely take his place as HYDRA's leader. Bloom suggested that Sunil Bakshi, as Whitehall's right-hand man, was most likely to assume the position, but Bakshi had previously been captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. and was most likely dead if he followed HYDRA's capture policy of suicide.
The day after the meeting, Bloom was contacted by Bakshi who explained he had been freed by a HYDRA mercenary. Bakshi wished to meet with Bloom and Bloom agreed, inviting Bakshi to his winery. Once he arrived, Bakshi explained that he had been informed that a kill order had been issued against him. Bloom contacted Dr. List who assured him that neither he nor Baron Von Strucker had sent the kill order. Bloom and Bakshi felt that one of the other leaders, or more likely all of them, must be making a power move to eliminate the other contenders. Bloom sent kill orders to have the Banker, Baroness and the Sheikh assassinated. Bakshi requested to have the mercenary killed as well, as punishment for his own assassination attempt; Bloom sent operatives to the SUV parked outside his mansion. Within minutes of the order being sent, the other heads of HYDRA were assassinated, leaving only von Strucker, Bloom, List and Bakshi as the current leaders of HYDRA.
Death[]
The SUV carrying the mercenary was able to survive the attack and used defence methods to kill the HYDRA assassins, and then drove into the mansion. Suddenly, S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents Bobbi Morse and Lance Hunter burst into the room. Before either of them could react, their guards were shot and killed before Hunter fired his gun and Bloom received a single gunshot in the forehead, killing him instantly. With Bloom dead, HYDRA's leadership was in near ruins while Bakshi was taken back into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody and transferred to Glenn Talbot's prison.