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*** Blaze is a princess who safeguards and retrieves her dimension's Sol Emeralds, and can fight anyone who threatens any of them. She also can match with Sonic.

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* Mikel Fandango, the leader of [[DishingOutDirt masonmages]] and king of Quillotia (one of the larger islands in the ''Webcomic/{{Archipelago}}''), takes an active part in both defending and rebuilding his castle, walks one of the heroes to the infirmary afterwards, gently coaxing him out of a HeroicBSOD, and has a hand in organising TheCavalry for the GrandFinale.

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Mikel Fandango, the leader of [[DishingOutDirt masonmages]] and king of Quillotia (one of the larger islands in the ''Webcomic/{{Archipelago}}''), Archipelago) takes an active part in both defending and rebuilding his castle, walks one of the heroes to the infirmary afterwards, gently coaxing him out of a HeroicBSOD, and has a hand in organising TheCavalry for the GrandFinale.


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* The royal family of Clowny Island in ''Webcomic/CirqueRoyale'' is in control of the circus and its performances and performers.

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** [[Series/Merlin2008 King Arthur]] is described as having been this, back in the day, as well as being the GoodKing - and on such a scale that it's heavily implied that it's why [[spoiler: Doctor Strange]] shows zero respect to pretty much any authority figure he encounters thereafter, as in his eyes, they simply don't measure up.
* In ''Fanfic/DreamofGodsandColorsChildren'', a crossover of ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' and ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', Ghost and Hornet prove themselves to be exceptionally proactive rulers. Scarcely a day passes after they've taken their respective thrones and they've already set up a council between Hallownest's different tribes and set off to establish contact with Remnant.
* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'' has several examples of these. Baron Leopold and Duke Libasheshtan are warrior nobles who lead their troops in battle and are willing to sacrifice themselves for the greater good. King Albrecht and the Emperor of the Shining Concord Empire are always seen working to respond accordingly to the threat of keepers in general. Mostly the rising power of Keeper Mercury. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Queens Beryl and Metallia, who are only Queens in name, and depend entirely on their underlings to come up with plans and execute them to further their goals.

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** [[Series/Merlin2008 King Arthur]] is described as having been this, back in the day, as well as being the GoodKing TheGoodKing - and on such a scale that it's heavily implied that it's why [[spoiler: Doctor Strange]] shows zero respect to pretty much any authority figure he encounters thereafter, as in his eyes, they simply don't measure up.
* In ''Fanfic/DreamofGodsandColorsChildren'', ''Fanfic/DreamOfGodsAndColorsChildren'', a crossover of ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' and ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', Ghost and Hornet prove themselves to be exceptionally proactive rulers. Scarcely a day passes after they've taken their respective thrones and they've already set up a council between Hallownest's different tribes and set off to establish contact with Remnant.
* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'' has several examples of these. Baron Leopold and Duke Libasheshtan are warrior nobles who lead their troops in battle and are willing to sacrifice themselves for the greater good. King Albrecht and the Emperor of the Shining Concord Empire are always seen working to respond accordingly to the threat of keepers in general. Mostly the rising power of Keeper Mercury. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] {{Subverted|Trope}} with Queens Beryl and Metallia, who are only Queens in name, and depend entirely on their underlings to come up with plans and execute them to further their goals.



* ''Fanfic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'': Celestia (who is also [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} The Emperor]]) and Luna lead their armies from the front, with Celestia personally taking on some of the greater threats they encounter.

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* ''Fanfic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'': Celestia (who is also [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 The Emperor]]) and Luna lead their armies from the front, with Celestia personally taking on some of the greater threats they encounter.



* Princess Marianne of ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'' is a sword wielding {{Action Girl}} who attempts to single-handedly rescue her sister kidnapped by The Bog King, who is another example of this.

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* Princess Marianne of ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'' is a sword wielding {{Action Girl}} ActionGirl who attempts to single-handedly rescue her sister kidnapped by The Bog King, who is another example of this.



* In ''Roleplay/TheInsaneQuestOfUnfathomableRandomness'', Mortal, the Prince of the Blob planet, and Luna, Princess [[spoiler:of Haruvia]], both are no slouches when it comes to helping the group. [[spoiler:Luna's mother defended her home planet from incoming attackers, but was killed by the original Smoosh.]]



* The entire point of the TableTopGame/{{Pathfinder}} Kingmaker campaign is to become this. The player characters wind up taming a wild land, establishing settlements, and then ruling it. The whole time, they must continue to defend their kingdoms from threats both external and internal, deal with any consequences of their policies, and deal with other nations. Basically, it's ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' when you act personally, but similar to a 4x game when things happen to your nation.

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* The entire point of the TableTopGame/{{Pathfinder}} ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' Kingmaker campaign is to become this. The player characters wind up taming a wild land, establishing settlements, and then ruling it. The whole time, they must continue to defend their kingdoms from threats both external and internal, deal with any consequences of their policies, and deal with other nations. Basically, it's ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' when you act personally, but similar to a 4x game when things happen to your nation.



* Webcomic/{{Realmwalker}} has Thor, Odin, King Flintlock, Hela, Frey and Freya and Trollabundine all playing active roles.

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* Webcomic/{{Realmwalker}} ''Webcomic/{{Realmwalker}}'' has Thor, Odin, King Flintlock, Hela, Frey and Freya and Trollabundine all playing active roles.



* In ''Roleplay/TheInsaneQuestOfUnfathomableRandomness'', Mortal, the Prince of the Blob planet, and Luna, Princess [[spoiler:of Haruvia]], both are no slouches when it comes to helping the group. [[spoiler:Luna's mother defended her home planet from incoming attackers, but was killed by the original Smoosh.]]
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* ''WebAnimation/FallenKingdom'': The King, most notably in "Fallen Kingdom". Monsters invading your kingdom? Put down the crown and pick up a sword!
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** In ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'', the rulers of all four civilized underwater kingdoms (King Orm of Atlantis, King Nereus of Xebel, the Princess of the Fishermen, and the King of the Brine) personally lead their forces into battle. It's heavily implied by Orm that his his father Orvax was also like that. Even Arthur himself is the son of an Atlantean queen and spends his days helping others (although he wants nothing to do with Atlantis). [[Characters/{{Aquaman}} Mera]] is the daughter of King Nereus and spends most of the movie helping Arthur and fighting; she's also an excellent pilot. Even Queen Atlanna is shown to be a competent fighter.

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** In ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'', the rulers of all four civilized underwater kingdoms (King Orm of Atlantis, King Nereus of Xebel, the Princess of the Fishermen, and the King of the Brine) personally lead their forces into battle. It's heavily implied by Orm that his his father Orvax was also like that. Even Arthur himself is the son of an Atlantean queen and spends his days helping others (although he wants nothing to do with Atlantis). [[Characters/{{Aquaman}} [[Characters/AquamanSupportingCast Mera]] is the daughter of King Nereus and spends most of the movie helping Arthur and fighting; she's also an excellent pilot. Even Queen Atlanna is shown to be a competent fighter.
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* ''Series/OhsamaSentaiKingOhger'' are literally this, it's member are consists of monarchs or royalties from different kingdoms.

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* ''Series/OhsamaSentaiKingOhger'' are literally this, it's member are consists of monarchs or royalties from different kingdoms. Even the BigBad of the first half of the show averts OrcusOnHisThrone and personally fights the King-Ohgers several times instead of just sending out minions to attack until the endgame.
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* [[ComicBook/GreenLantern The Green Lantern Corps]] includes Princess Iolande of Betrassus, now ruler of her planet since everyone else in the royal family is dead. Iolande, however, much prefers being in the corps.
* During [[ComicBook/PlanetHulk his brief reign as king of the planet Sakaar]], [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner The Hulk]] did a lot of things, from actively achieving peace with a group of StarfishAliens to personally helping in the reconstruction of his damaged kingdom. After the three days of peace and prosperity ended in a massive explosion, he personally led an army to Earth to do a lot of other things, which [[ComicBook/WorldWarHulk amounted to punching a lot of people who deserved it in the face repeatedly.]]

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* [[ComicBook/GreenLantern ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': The Green Lantern Corps]] Corps includes Princess Iolande of Betrassus, now ruler of her planet since everyone else in the royal family is dead. Iolande, however, much prefers being in the corps.
* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': During [[ComicBook/PlanetHulk his brief reign as king of the planet Sakaar]], [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner The Hulk]] did a lot of things, from actively achieving peace with a group of StarfishAliens to personally helping in the reconstruction of his damaged kingdom. After the three days of peace and prosperity ended in a massive explosion, he personally led an army to Earth to do a lot of other things, which [[ComicBook/WorldWarHulk amounted to punching a lot of people who deserved it in the face repeatedly.]]
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** From ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', Kida is quite the warrior.

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** From ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', Kida is quite the warrior.an ActionGirl who desires to better her kingdom.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}'': Weehawk is mentioned to be the King of the Eastern Elves, but he spends much of his time patrolling the southern border, which faces the dreaded wasteland Scortch. He's also a key member of the quest party that aims to infiltrate Scortch, and thence to destroy the projection machine.

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* Moses in ''Film/TheTenCommandments1956'' is a general, a peacemaker and city builder, in contrast with his do-nothing cousin Rameses.



* Moses in ''Film/TheTenCommandments'' is a general, a peacemaker and city builder, in contrast with his do-nothing cousin Rameses.
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* ''Literature/TheBookOfMormon'': King Benjamin, in his final speech, asserts that he has always supported himself with his own hands, rather than burden the people with taxes, and that he has spent his life preventing crime and oppression. He also personally led the people in repelling a major Lamanite invasion, "with the strength of his own arm, with the sword of Laban."
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheWarToEndAllWarsTheMovie'': King Albert of Belgium and his twelve-year-old son Leopold both fight on the front lines to [[YouShallNotPass hold the line at the Yser River]], and [[PapaWolf Albert personally shoots and kills a German soldier threatening Leopold]].
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*** Celena the Shy was a PotionsMaster.

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* ''Fanfic/QueensOfMewni'':
** More or less ''expected'' of the Queen and her heiress, as they are meant to be sufficient enough in magic to defend the realm (and more or less was the reason Dirhennia was passed over in the succession). Further enforced when the Code of Etheria was created, as rules one (must learn magic), three (must learn the art of war), and five (will learn the art of music, vocal or instumental) were meant to force this upon heiresses, although, admitted, only one queen followed all the rule.
** Aside from the above, many of the queens had side hobbies that made them notable enough:
*** Urania the First One, before she even became queen, was first and foremost a weaver, and even after she led a rebellion into the Mewnipendence that saw her crowned queen, she would weave her own royal gowns.
*** Solena the Smitten was a ballet dancer, and would even be crowned in her troupe's uniform.
*** Estelaria the First Star was an astronomer and astrologer, and would put in words the prophecy that would define the Butterfly dynasty.
*** Hemera the Builder would get a degree in architecture and would construct Mewni Castle.
*** Cosmica the Explorer would earn a pair of dimensional scissors from Hekapoo and use them to explore the dimensions.
*** Polaria the Navigator would explore Mewni's seas.
*** Asteria, the Mother of Stars would personally rescue 100 children from mercenaries, and would also cement the Mewnian calendar.
*** Etheria the Knight would be the first heiress to be trained as a knight, and she was the one who created the Code of Etheria.
*** Soupina the Strange was a MedicalMonarch, who spent much time healing the sick, and found a cure for the Red Death.
*** Solaria the Monster Carver spent much of her youth [[WanderingTheEarth wandering Mewni]], earning a living as a mercenary for hire.
*** Hesperia the Singer of Dusk was an accomplished singer, actor, and songwriter, and while this was downplayed during her actual reign (due to, you know, reigning) she played this straighter as both princess and Queen Mother.
*** Celena the Shy was a PotionsMaster.
*** Diana the Huntress was a hunter.
*** Sky the Weaver was a weaver like her ancestress Urania, and made the tapestries that adorned the Grandma Room.
*** Comet the Chef was the Royal Cook long before she was named Queen [[spoiler:Regent for Moon]].

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