Talk:Lexa/@comment-26223363-20150410122751/@comment-26247132-20150411021753

My latest question is where does it say anywhere that Lexa is (or ever was) the leader of the Woods Clan? For all we know, she could have gone straight from being Anya's Second to Commander of the 12 Clans. We also don't know for certain if she was even a member of the Woods Clan because she could have come from another clan friendly with the Woods Clan for training.

The thing is, we don't really know what a Second actually is and what it entails. We know that they are aspiring warriors, usually young like Tris and Artigas. It isn't necessarily "Second-in-Command" as much as it is a mentor/mentee style relationship. For example, when Indra was injured in Tondc, she didn't tell Octavia to go lead the warriors. She told Octavia to lead the other Seconds. So, there is a definite pecking order amongst the Seconds, but it does not include the warriors (otherwise Octavia would be the next Indra/Anya).