Talk:Survival of the Fittest/@comment-4554525-20150129212111/@comment-25440448-20150201175737

maybe since anya and tristan were in positions of higher power than the other grounder warriors, they didnt wear them. and maybe they used the masks for identification, i know it sounds weird, but each individual mask could look different than another mask, so they show who a particular grounder is if it's dark or if there is a different circumstance, like if a grounder is ambushed by reapers and leaves its mask behind, then any grounder coming across the scene of the ambush could know that a certain grounder was missing. as for your points about protection, maybe they could have them on for the sedative gas the mountain men use, or if there is radiation in the air. just a few thoughts. or it could be for tribal recognition. a mask from the woods clan could be different from a mask from the ice nation or other tribe.