Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26601629-20170905230106/@comment-217.149.170.115-20180517050542

The clans except skikru always followed the strong. Octavia no only was the only survivor of the conclave a battle royal, she also was benevolent enough to share the bunker with the tribes, Kanes initial solution. Skikru had no right to leave the other clans to die, while they they live like cowards after doublecrossing them just because a crisis apears. This is also the reason while kane and clarke opened the hatch. Its even fair enough that they didnt lost their spots. So the grounders looked up to her for her being benevolent, but consequent messiah. She lived as a grounder and had a reputation among them before. They had no current leader, so why not make her leader to avoid a civil war.