Talk:Grounders/@comment-24670104-20150825001130/@comment-26247132-20150826185219

"From what Lexa told Clarke in episode 10 (reincarnation - that's how you became Commander "how are your leaders chosen")"

That might mean just for the Supreme Commander (Lexa) and not the Clan Leaders.

"otherwise, why would the leader be called a Queen"

Same reason we have a Major Byrne and a Commander Shumway in the Sky People Guard? ;) Or President Wallace instead of King Wallace (because that was really a patriarchal monarchy at Mount Weather).