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* SiblingsShareTheThrone: No spares, just multiple heirs.
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* DisinheritedChild: A descendent of the deceased was specifically disinherited.

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* DisinheritedChild: A descendent descendant of the deceased was specifically disinherited.

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* DisinheritedChild: A descendent of the deceased was specifically disinherited.
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* InheritanceBacklash: When something undesirable is left behind after its original owner died.
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* RejectingTheInheritance: A character refuses their inheritance.
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* SpitefulWill: Using your will as a final middle finger to your relatives.
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* {{Greed}}: A not-uncommon motivator toward an inheritance.
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* SuckSessor: A successor who seems better than the old guy at first, but then proves to be worse.
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* UnexpectedSuccessor: A heir to the throne no one expected or trained to rule.
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* PrestigePeril: Watch out if you get that prominent position...it's a death sentence.
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* InheritanceMurder: Triggering an inheritance early by means of murder.
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* HeirInLaw: Inheriting a title via your spouse.

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* SpareToTheThrone: A second child, usually unprepared, has to rule in a position of power because the firstborn was killed.

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* SpareToTheThrone: A second child, usually unprepared, has to rule in a position of power because the firstborn was killed.killed.
* TaxmanTakesTheWinnings: A character receives a large sum of money, only for almost all of it to go to taxes.
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* InsurrectionistInheritor: The worthy heir is the one who stood up to the deceased. Perhaps even by killing him.

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* InsurrectionistInheritor: The worthy heir is the one who rebelled against, stood up to the deceased. Perhaps or even by killing him.tried to kill the deceased.
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* InsurrectionistInheritor: The worthy heir is the one who stood up to the deceased. Perhaps even by killing him.
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* RebelPrince: He does or wants to reject his royal inheritance.
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* ForgingTheWill: A will's contents have been tampered with.
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* AncestralWeapon
* GameBetweenHeirs
* HeirClubForMen
* HiddenBackupPrince
* IfYouDieICallYourStuff
* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin
* InadequateInheritor
* LegacyCharacter
* LostWillAndTestament
* OnOneCondition
* PassedOverInheritance
* PersonalEffectsReveal
* PetHeir
* RoyaltiesHeir
* SillyWill
* SpareToTheThrone
* {{Tontine}}
* UnexpectedInheritance
* VideoWills
* WhereTheresAWillTheresAStickyNote

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* AncestralWeapon
AncestralWeapon: Receiving a weapon once carried by an ancestor.
* GameBetweenHeirs
GameBetweenHeirs: The inheritance is left up to a game or puzzle.
* HeirClubForMen
HeirClubForMen: There must always be a male heir.
* HiddenBackupPrince
HiddenBackupPrince: A member of the royal family is raised as a commoner and has to step up if the entire family is wiped.
* IfYouDieICallYourStuff
IfYouDieICallYourStuff: Making a claim of one's possessions when they're about to do something extremely risky.
* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin
ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: A minor character hands the McGuffin to the heroes as he lays dying.
* InadequateInheritor
InadequateInheritor: The rightful heir is thought unfit for the prospective inheritance.
* LegacyCharacter
LegacyCharacter: A character whose identity is passed down to them from an older character in the form of a title, job or persona for the newer character to assume.
* LostWillAndTestament
LostWillAndTestament: The recently deceased's will is missing for some reason.
* OnOneCondition
OnOneCondition: A condition must be fulfilled in order to obtain the inheritance.
* PassedOverInheritance
PassedOverInheritance: The deceased leaves his belongings not to his closest family, but someone completely unexpected and usually not related.
* PersonalEffectsReveal
PersonalEffectsReveal: Going through the belongings of the recently deceased.
* PetHeir
PetHeir: A pet inherits a large fortune.
* RoyaltiesHeir
RoyaltiesHeir: Someone is rich because a family member invented something profitable and well-known.
* SillyWill
SillyWill: The bequests and conditions of the will are nonsense, made to screw around with the heirs.
* SpareToTheThrone
SpareToTheThrone: A second child, usually unprepared, has to rule in a position of power because the firstborn was killed.
* {{Tontine}}
{{Tontine}}: A group of people take one or more collectively owned items of worth and put it in trust. The last surviving member of the group will then receive the items.
* UnexpectedInheritance
UnexpectedInheritance: An inheritance coming out of nowhere, usually from a family member who wasn't very close.
* VideoWills
VideoWills: Leaving a parting message in the form of a recording.
* WhereTheresAWillTheresAStickyNote WhereTheresAWillTheresAStickyNote: The will is not made in the form of a legal document but in a much more casual fashion.
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* {{Will}}
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* LostWillAndTestament
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* SillyWill

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* PersonalEffectsReveal
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* HiddenBackupPrince
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* HeirOfMystery
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* HeirOfMystery
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* {{Will}}
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* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin
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Tropes about plots that involve a will and general inheritance drama.

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Tropes about plots that involve a will and general inheritance drama.
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Tropes about plots that involve a will and general inheritance drama.

* AncestralWeapon
* HeirClubForMen
* IfYouDieICallYourStuff
* InadequateInheritor
* LegacyCharacter
* OnOneCondition
* PassedOverInheritance
* PetHeir
* RoyaltiesHeir
* SpareToTheThrone
* {{Tontine}}
* UnexpectedInheritance
* VideoWills
* WhereTheresAWillTheresAStickyNote
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