Anonymous asked: Aaron - love the show to pieces. Question, though: could you explain the whole "reincarnation" thing that the Grounders believe? It's a really cool concept to me and I think it would be great to know how it would happen since so many of the Grounder Clans are now without a leader because of the missile. Or does the reincarnation idea not work with those leaders, only the commander? Anonymous asked: Aaron - love the show to pieces. Question, though: could you explain the whole "reincarnation" thing that the Grounders believe? It's a really cool concept to me and I think it would be great to know how it would happen since so many of the Grounder Clans are now without a leader because of the missile. Or does the reincarnation idea not work with those leaders, only the commander?

Hi there!

Allow me to answer your second question first — only the Commander is found/chosen through reincarnation. The leaders of the respective Grounder villages are warriors who have earned their place at the top through acts of strength and ferocity (like Indra at Tondc) and through mentorship from previous leaders.



As for how the Commander is found/chosen, I don’t want to get too into it (for fear of spoilers), but if one were really interested, I might suggest looking into how the Dalai Lama is chosen…

Thanks for watching!