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Author: eowynjedi

Nov 12th 2014 at 12:41:03 PM

Video Games:
* ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War]]'' involves this (as the name would imply). TheHero Sigurd's house, Chalphy, is in a longstanding dispute with Dozel and Freege over Chalphy's close ties to the throne of Grannvale (the house of Belhalla). Belhalla, meanwhile, is in a SuccessionCrisis because the prince has been assassinated without a known heir. That's not even getting into the ''ancient'' dynasties of the Twelve Crusadors--from which Grannvale's duchies and several royal houses are derived--and the mess surrounding the potentially-demonic offspring of Loptyr. The villains exploit the inter-house rivalries to have them gang up on Sigurd and his father, framing Sigurd for the aforementioned assassination, [[spoiler:murdering his father, and ultimately Sigurd as well. Meanwhile, the prince's bastard heir is found and married to her half-brother, who is being blackmailed by the bad guys for his Loptyr heritage]]. Good thing there's a second generation to clean up the mess.

Anime:
* A motivation for Lin and May Chang in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Both are the offspring of Xing's Emperor, but different concubines--Lin's clan is close to the throne, while May Chang's is far out of favor and barely hanging on. The Emperor is constantly playing the clans off each other as they attempt to gain his favor. Lin and May travel (separately) to Amestris because they're searching for the secret of immortality--Lin because he wants to become TheGoodKing, and May because she wants her family to survive.

Lit:
* In ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment'', ''everyone'' in the region is fighting Borogravia to get back at all the things Boragravia's done to them over the centuries, but the charge is led by Prince Heinrich of Moldavia. It turns out that in the convoluted mess of marriages and Boragravia's duchess being childless (and probably dead), Prince Heinrich is actually the heir to the throne.