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** During the late Merethic Era, immortal dragons, led by [[DestroyerDeity Alduin]], ruled as gods in Skyrim. This came to an end when either Kyne or Parthurnax (depending on who is telling the tale) first taught humans the [[MakeMeWannaShout Thu'um]], giving them power to rival the dragons and cast Alduin out of time until the Fourth Era.

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** During the late Merethic Era, immortal dragons, led by [[DestroyerDeity Alduin]], ruled as gods in Skyrim. This came to an end when either Kyne or Parthurnax (depending on who is telling the tale) first taught humans the [[MakeMeWannaShout Thu'um]], Thu'um, giving them power to rival the dragons and cast Alduin out of time until the Fourth Era.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': ''[[Characters/AmphibiaTheCore The Core]]'' is the true ruler of Newtopia, if not all of Amphibia, and they exist as an ageless, mechanical monstrosity that assimilates whichever figurehead is at the head of Newtopia into their hive once their service comes to an end.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': ''[[Characters/AmphibiaTheCore The Core]]'' ''The Core'' is the true ruler of Newtopia, if not all of Amphibia, and they exist as an ageless, mechanical monstrosity that assimilates whichever figurehead is at the head of Newtopia into their hive once their service comes to an end.
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* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' by Kru'll the Eternal, a GeniusBruiser caveman who was made immortal and became an EvilOverlord, conquering multiple ancient civilizations across time only to inevitably outlive the cultures he tried to dominate. By the 25th century he gave up on it all and became a RetiredMonster.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': ''[[Characters/AmphibiaTheCore The Core]]'' thing is the true ruler of Newtopia, if not all of Amphibia, and they exist as an ageless, mechanical monstrosity that assimilates whichever figurehead is at the head of Newtopia into their hive once their service comes to an end.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': ''[[Characters/AmphibiaTheCore The Core]]'' thing is the true ruler of Newtopia, if not all of Amphibia, and they exist as an ageless, mechanical monstrosity that assimilates whichever figurehead is at the head of Newtopia into their hive once their service comes to an end.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Princess Celestia, the [[WingedUnicorn alicorn]] ruler of Equestria, is seemingly [[TheAgeless ageless]] and has been her nation's sole ruler for a thousand years. She also ruled for around a century before that alongside her likewise ageless sister Luna; however, after a FaceHeelTurn and a failed coup on the latter's part a millennium in the past, Luna was sealed in the moon and has only recently returned and repented. As such, while she's been around as long as Celestia has, she has actually ruled for a much shorter span of time.
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Aku has ruled over Earth since Medieval Japan into the indeterminate distant future. Being an indestructible, ageless EldritchAbomination that no-one has been able to defeat (except the titular samurai) in history has its advantages.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': ''[[Characters/AmphibiaTheCore The Core]]'' thing is the true ruler of Newtopia, if not all of Amphibia, and they exist as an ageless, mechanical monstrosity that assimilates whichever figurehead is at the head of Newtopia into their hive once their service comes to an end.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPrincessCelestia Princess Celestia, Celestia]], the [[WingedUnicorn alicorn]] ruler of Equestria, is seemingly [[TheAgeless ageless]] and has been her nation's sole ruler for a thousand years. She also ruled for around a century before that alongside her likewise ageless sister Luna; however, after a FaceHeelTurn and a failed coup on the latter's part a millennium in the past, Luna was sealed in the moon and has only recently returned and repented. As such, while she's been around as long as Celestia has, she has actually ruled for a much shorter span of time.
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Aku [[Characters/SamuraiJackAku Aku]] has ruled over Earth since Medieval Japan into the indeterminate distant future. Being an indestructible, ageless EldritchAbomination that no-one has been able to defeat (except the titular samurai) in history has its advantages.
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* ''Literature/{{Inkmistress}}'': The king wants to become this with the Fatestone, which can give whoever wears it eternal life.


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* ''Literature/OfFireAndStars'': Queen Invasya has ruled over Zumorda for centuries while keeping herself alive using her magic and appearing much younger.
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** [[Literature/TheMahabharata Arjuna]] is selected by the Hindu pantheon to [[spoiler:become the host for all of them, becoming a new god in the process to oversee the cycle of Yugas, which he uses to try and eliminate all flaws and "evil" from the world to make a perfect paradise]].

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** [[Literature/TheMahabharata Arjuna]] is selected by falls prey to his own inner demons at the end of the war and decides he must prevent humanity from ever succumbing to the horrors of that fighting ever again, [[spoiler:and so he proceeds to capture and absorb nearly all of the Hindu pantheon to [[spoiler:become the host for all of them, divinities, becoming a new god in the process to oversee the cycle of Yugas, which he uses to try and eliminate all flaws and "evil" from the world to make a perfect paradise]].
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** [[Myth/NorseMythology Skadi]] is naturally immortal as a goddess and is notable for [[spoiler:being the only one ''not'' to die in the aftermath of the botched {{Gotterdammerung}}, hence inheriting the position by sheer dint of no other authority around. She's been struggling to pick up the pieces in the ensuing millennia.]]

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** [[Myth/NorseMythology Skadi]] is naturally immortal as a goddess and is notable for [[spoiler:being the only one ''not'' to die in the aftermath of the botched {{Gotterdammerung}}, hence inheriting the position by sheer dint of no other authority around. She's been struggling to pick up the pieces in the ensuing millennia.millennia in managing both the human and giant populations.]]



** [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Morgan le Fae]] is named the ruler of Britain instead of Myth/KingArthur, [[spoiler:which results in her preserving the Mystery of Britain rather than advancing humanity, with her enduring thanks to her fae blood granting her PurposeDrivenImmortality. This results in [[TheFairFolk faerie races]] becoming the dominant species, but humanity is nearly extinct and their population heavily regulated.]]

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** [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Morgan le Fae]] is named the ruler of Britain instead of Myth/KingArthur, [[spoiler:which results [[spoiler:because this is an entirely different timeline caused by Sefar successfully destroying the world and the Six Faeries who ''should'' have forged Excalibur being banished from Avalon for their sin of sloth. They create a new land [[GiantCorpseWorld on the bodies of the murdered god Cernunnos, the drowned dragon Albion, and eventually the bodies of their own faerie descendants]] and remade humanity as dependent clones from the mutilated body of Cernunnos' human priest. Morgan [[AlternateSelf in this world]] is an Avalon le Fae, the faerie from Avalon who is supposed to seek absolution for the faerie's sins, but unlike other faeries who have PurposeDrivenImmortality and don't normally age from their creation, she has ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty which proved useful after she snapped after one too many betrayals in her preserving the Mystery of Britain rather than advancing humanity, with her enduring thanks younger years trying to her fae blood granting her PurposeDrivenImmortality.save them all and went into hiding for a few years to reinvent herself as a [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen cruel and efficient queen]] to keep them from driving themselves into extinction through their own short-sightedness. This results in [[TheFairFolk faerie races]] becoming the dominant species, but humanity is nearly extinct and their population heavily regulated.]]

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