Talk:Nightblood/@comment-27761629-20160417174136/@comment-27929993-20160418140353

The conclave started the moment right after Lexa's death as we saw, and what i understood is that the conclave it's all that process (purification, probably prayers that's why we saw them in that room with supposedly Lexa's body, etc.) which ends with the Nightbloods fighting each other until the death. The thing is, probably they don't have a rule demanding an actual fair combat between them, they've just always done it that way 'cause they value honor and have their traditions. Since Ontari doesn't have all that, she just did it her violent unfair way, and since she succeeded and they believe the whole spirit of the Commander choosing the next one, they believed she's the chosen one. Of course she wasn't and even Titus could see that, but i think that's why no one refused to accept her becoming Heda.