If the title is not enough of a spoiler, let us tell you directly now: if you have not watched the most recent episode of The CW's "The 100," turn back now if you don't want any spoilers. No? Here goes: Queen Nia is dead after Lexa threw a spear directly at her during a one-on-one battle with Nia's son, Roan.
Nia's death may be the highlight of the show for some but there were some equally compelling things happening to the other characters. For instance, Bellamy turned from a weeping mess to a very suggestible character, and who else would take advantage of his sorry state but Pike, who seems intent on waging war in the name of revenge.
Let's go back to before Nia's death and take a look at what other chaotic things happened first.
"We need to hit them hard. Leave no survivors," Pike tells Abby.
Pike may just have gone crazy with thoughts of revenge against the grounders, and handing him a position of power is just all sorts of wrong, yet that's exactly what happened. Despite instigating several riots, not thinking logically the entire time and being thrown in the holding cell, Pike was able to get people to back him up in his plans. Now the chancellor for the 13th clan, his first action was to pardon himself because he can. Then he denounces the mark of the 13th clan before declaring that he will put his plans into action and that poor unfortunate soul, Bellamy, follows him.
Meanwhile, Clarke tried to poison Nia by getting her to agree on a blood compact. What Nia was unaware of was that Clarke would lace the blade they would use with poison on her sleeve. Clarke, however, gets found out by her attendant, Ontari, who is revealed to be a Nightblood when Nia cuts her hand to reveal black blood – apparently a trait that makes someone qualify as a future commander.
Clarke tries to get Roan to commit matricide but, even with one of the worst mother-son relationships in fictional worlds, Roan takes the moral road and refuses to kill his own mother. That's not to say he would not help if someone else does it. So a challenge is issued and Lexa decides to fight while Queen Nia throws Roan in the duel because it is his honor to win for Azgeda.
When Lexa gains the upper hand, Nia is quick to disown her son by saying he will die a coward and not as a prince if Lexa wins.
It seems Titus is not a good maker of rules because the only rule he set for the duel is that someone must die. Then again, the lack of details in the rule gave Lexa the opportunity to improvise and interpret it another way by throwing her spear at Nia instead of killing Roan. Lexa was just following the only rule so she cannot be held responsible for it, right?
So the Ice Nation is now under the leadership of King Roan and, while that's finally a good thing for the grounders, there is still no foreseeable peace because Pike, the vindictive new chancellor, will deny it.
