History Main / WarriorPrince

* ''Film/ThePrincess'': The titular heroine is one, as demonstrated throughout the film, ably fighting off the evil prince's henchmen - even kicking one out the window of her tower. Initially her father the king is dismayed by her having trained as a warrior, since it's [[WantedAGenderConformingChild unfeminine to him]]. [[spoiler:He accepts it at the end, seeing how she rescued the entire royal family due to her skills.]]

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao_Changgong Gao Chang Gong]], Prince of Lanling, was one of the greatest generals of ancient China. His feats included repelling a Göktürk invasion and rescuing a besieged city. The latter battle was especially impressive because he fought his way through the much larger besieging army with only five hundred cavalrymen.

* ''{{Franchise/Extrapower}}'': Sharkungo isn't just the [[ProWrestlingIsReal Stare Lore]] champion, he's also Prince of the Shakun Star and doesn't hesitate to fight when the Dark Force army invades his planet.

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* The Literature/ChaosTimeline has Prince Alasdair, later king Alexander of Scotland, Ireland, Scandinavia, and (shortly) elected king of Poland and Holy Roman Emperor. Later inspires this world's most famous modern fantasy epos.

* Gwydion, Prince of Don in Creator/LloydAlexander's ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'' novels, who is also TheWisePrince and a SupportingLeader. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as he's "the prince" because he's the High King's war leader. The books also have Fflewddur Fflam, WarriorPoet ''king''.

* His Royal Highness Prince Nigel Cluim Gwydion Rhys Haldane, Prince Regent and Duke of Carthmoor, as depicted in the Literature/{{Deryni}} works. The "Iron Duke" is a skilled military tactician and a natural-born leader who inspires confidence and respect in his soldiers as well as in the pages and squires he trains at the Haldane Court. He was part of the expedition against the Marluk (a Festillic Pretender to the throne of Gwynedd) as well as the campaign against Wencit of Torenth in ''High Deryni''. Nigel also functions much as an American Vice President, presiding over Gwynedd's court when Kelson is dealing with Mearan rebels, travelling on his quest for Saint Camber's relics, and when he attends Liam-Lajos' enthronement in ''King Kelson's Bride''.

* Paul Atreides in ''Literature/{{Dune}}''.
** The [[Literature/PreludeToDune prequel novels]] add even more. Paul's grandfather Paulus personally led troops in battle on Ecaz, along with his friend Dominic Vernius, Earl of Ix. This dates back to [[Literature/LegendsOfDune Xavier Harkonnen]] during the [[RobotWar Butlerian Jihad]] who comes from a noble house.
* In ''Literature/TheElderScrollsNovels'', Prince Attrebus is a {{Deconstruction}} of this.

* [[Literature/TheBible King David.]] True, he's an inversion of this trope as he killed 200 Philistines to obtain his AwesomeMomentOfCrowning and become King Saul's son-in-law, having been born a common shepherd. Regardless, he continued to serve as a soldier even after becoming a prince.

* Each and every Princeps of Alera in ''Literature/CodexAlera''. The children of the other High Lords also qualify to a degree; notably Crassus and Maximus, who are respectively Lord Antillus's heir and his [[HeroicBastard illegitimate son]] and both of whom hold critical positions in the military. It helps that all of the High Blood are [[PersonOfMassDestruction ludicrously powerful]] furycrafters. And extra special points to [[spoiler:Gaius Octavian, a badass with or ''[[BadassNormal without]]'' any furycrafting abilities at all and the sort of commander who, to quote Fidelias, men would follow into a leviathan's gullet.]]
** [[spoiler:Octavian even kills the Vord Queen personally at the climax of the battle with the Vord. If that doesn't qualify him for this trope, nothing will.]]
* Vlad Tepes in ''Literature/CountAndCountess''.

* Gilthanas in the ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}} Chronicles''. His younger sister Laurana is also a PrettyPrincessPowerhouse. Laruana ''earns'' her title of [[spoiler:Golden General]] by kicking draconian butt and capturing or killing their officers.

* Middle-Earth is full of these guys of all three major Free Peoples.
** In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' nearly the entire House of Finwë is composed of Elven Warrior Princes. Finrod Felagund fits the type perfectly, being a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who goes out with a HeroicSacrifice, killing a SavageWolf with his bare hands. Fëanor & Sons... are ''much'' less reasonable, but no less Warrior Princes. Eärendil, the closest the House of Finwë has to half-elven royalty, is no slouch, having slain the greatest winged dragon single-handedly ''while'' piloting his flying ship.
** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' is certainly not missing this trope either, with Aragorn the Heir of Isildur, Boromir and Faramir (who are practically royalty), and the royal house of Rohan. Legolas is also a prince, the son of King Thranduil of Mirkwood. Even Pippin and Merry might count: Pippin's the heir to the Took, who's the closest thing the Shire has to a head of state, and Merry's the heir to the Master of Buckland, another prestigious title.
** Dwarves in all three ages often had warrior-kings and warrior-princes. Examples include Azaghâl in ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' and Thorin Oakenshield in ''Literature/TheHobbit''.
* Prince Caspian in, well, ''Literature/PrinceCaspian''.

* Considering that he not only killed a dragon with absolutely no magic and battled several ''hundred'' fire-spiders but also later defeated [[spoiler:a hoshek before learning how to use his magic, (For reference, the last time someone had become hoshek, they'd basically leveled half the country before finally being taken down)]], Alaric from ''Literature/TheQuestOfTheUnaligned'' probably counts.
** It probably helps that before discovering he was a prince, Alaric had been trained as a member of the First Tonzimmiel Security Force, something in between a policeman and a mercenary.

* Gilthanas in the ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}} Chronicles''. His younger sister Laurana is also a PrettyPrincessPowerhouse.

* Numerous examples in the work of David and Leigh Eddings. ''Literature/TheBelgariad'' features Kings Anheg of Cherek, Korodullin of Arendia, Cho-Hag of Algaria, Taur Urgas of Cthol Murgos, and later [[spoiler:King Belgarion of Riva]] and Zakath, Emperor of Boundless Mallorea.

* Fabious, in ''Film/YourHighness''. His brother, Thadeous? Not so much.

* The hero of ''Film/{{Krull}}''.

* ''Film/AKnightsTale'' has England's Edward Prince of Wales, the Black Prince, is an acknowledge warrior who comes to respect the would-be knight.

* Princess Rapunzel from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' like Ariel makes a good case for Warrior Princess being a free-spirited ActionGirl, who becomes even more badass [[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries in her show]]. Speaking of which Flynn (already a skilled thief) [[ReallyRoyaltyReveal is revealed to a prince]] in the show as well.

* Prince Eric from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' becomes this as he manages kills Ursula in her OneWingedAngel form ar the end, though Ariel herself can make a case for being a Warrior Princess as she saves Eric's life by inadvertently killing Flotsam and Jetsam. Ariel plays this straight in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' as she kicks ass alongside the heroes.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'' has Prince Derek as TheHero, who takes up his bow and quiver to avenge the ambush killing of King William, and to rescue Princess Odette. There's a TrainingMontage that shows how fervent Derek is in this endeavor. More telling is that Derek goes to meet the villain with only his ComicFoil sidekick Bromley, instead of a princely retinue or regiment of knights.

* Iolande of the ComicBook/GreenLantern Corps would ''like'' to be this, and was for a while, but the deaths of the rest of her family meant she had to take the throne. Being the ruler of an entire world leaves little time for ring-slinging.
* ComicBook/TheMetabarons are this trope in terms of scale if not title. Originally the inheritor of a barony that encompasses the whole planet, the first Metabaron was given that unique position and title by the Emperor and Empress of humanity for saving their only child. That's the 'prince' part, the 'warrior' part of the equation is this. Each Metabaron is cybernetically enhanced, then augmented by a CosmicEntity, and barring one have godlike levels of psychic power in order to be the ultimate military force in that universe. One Metabaron slaughters an entire alien universe to save ours while another single-handedly guts a space fleet numbering in the millions in only a few seconds.
* [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], son of Odin, would fit this trope, as his father rules over Asgard and its people (although later on Thor becomes King after his father's death). Thor functions as the premier warrior, paragon and champion of Asgard and still takes time from godly duties to put in time as Earth's Mightiest Hero and the God of Thunder and Lightning.

* ComicStrip/PrinceValiant. His trademark weapon is the Singing Sword.

* The titular character from ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion.''

** Princess Allura, particularly after she inherits the Blue Lion.

** Tempest was like this too during the War of the Lights, he became king of Atlantis because he was the only one left. Then he died.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'': The second part of the game has the sword-fighting Prince Leif of Thracia[[note]]Who would get his own spotlight game in ''Videogame/FireEmblemThracia776''[[/note]], whose quest involves reclaiming his homeland from evil king Travant, and the swordsman Prince Shannan of the fallen Isaach, as well as [[spoiler:Prince Lewyn [[BlowYouAway the wind mage]] of Silesse, [[BackFromTheDead whose dead body]] the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon Forseti]] is possessing]]...plus [[spoiler:the EvilPrince half-brother of the main protagonist, Prince Julius [[CastingAShadow the dark mage]] of the [[{{cult}} Loptyrian Empire]]]]. Finally, there's main protagonist Seliph. He's in a weird place where he's technically a ''duke'' (of the fallen duchy of Chalphy in Grannvale), but being the firstborn (and rightful) son of the last descendant of the royal family also makes him a prince.

* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Since the Alethi are a ProudWarriorRace, the vast majority of their upper class are powerful fighters. Most of the highprinces are {{Frontline General}}s, as are their sons. Dalinar Kholin and his son Adolin ([[IllBoy but not his son Renarin]]) are the ones we see in action the most, but SmugSnake Sadeas is one as well. And Dalinar's dead brother Gavilar was a warrior king, considered one of the best duelists in the world.

** Even though he is heir to the throne, Prince Charles refused to take up his honorary Colonelcy of The Parachute regiment without passing first P company, the qualifying training to be a paratrooper. So the Warrior Prince heir to the throne is a ColonelBadass in [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous one of the most elite regiments on the planet]].
** The Queen's uncle, the Duke of Kent, died on a bomber mission.

** The last King of England to die in combat was Richard III at Bosworth in 1485. The last King of Scotland to do so was James IV at Flodden Field in 1513. The last King (of both) to lead his troops in battle personally was George II at the battle of Dettingen in 1743.

** Prince Philip served in WWII as a naval officer, and so did [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen Her Majesty Elizabeth]], in the Women's Auxiliary as a mechanic. Philip was a highly regarded officer, being mentioned in dispatches and well on the way to his own Admiralty on merit when he retired to marry Elizabeth. Elizabeth herself, meanwhile, is the last surviving head of state who is also a WWII veteran.

** The Queen's father, George VI (as Albert, Duke of York) joined the Royal Navy and eventually was assigned as a turret officer on the battleship ''Collingwood'', and fought through the Battle of Jutland.

** The same trope as in the UK -- all male members who are not direct heirs to the throne are to serve in the military -- applies to Sweden as well. HRH prince Carl Philip is an officer in the Swedish Navy.

* ''Anime/DeltoraQuest'' [[spoiler: turns out Lief has actually been the heir to throne the whole time, since his dad King Endon SwappedRoles with his best buddy Jarred before everything went to hell. So Lief has been a heroic prince risking his life at every corner without evening knowing how important he was, though when Endon kicks the bucket Lief is reluctantly upgraded to [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Badass King]] with everyone else supporting this decision despite Lief just wanting to be a blacksmith boy]].

* The later chapters of the Magic World Arc in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' revealed that [[spoiler:Negi Springfield's MissingMom is Princess Arika of Old Ostia]]. This would thus make him one of these. This had been foreshadowed all the way back in Chapter 15, [[spoiler:when most of the class believed him to be a prince because they overheard him saying that he was looking for a partner]]. By extension, this would mean [[spoiler: his grandson/clone Touta]] from ''Manga/UQHolder'' also qualifies.

** [[ChefOfIron Sanji]] calls himself "Mr Prince" due to his [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl tendency]] to rescue [[DamselInDistress helpless babes]] and burst in JustInTime to save the day, but most people see this as him being full of himself. Zoro often says he is the "Prince... of the dumbass kingdom" prompting Sanji to fight him... [[spoiler: but it turns out [[ReallyRoyaltyReveal he is actually a prince!]] Specifically, Sanji is the third son of the [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Vinsmoke Family and Germa Kingdom]] and was considered the least warrior-like of his siblings and was punished dearly for it leading to Sanji getting [[RebelPrince disowned]] and fleeing his kingdom. But during his thirteen-year absence Sanji TookALevelInBadass (and took a cooking course) and declaring to [[ArchNemesisDad King Judge]] that he wouldn't take any shit anymore and blows his father's mind when he actually saves them from Big Mom]].
** [[spoiler: [[TheEvilPrince Vinsmoke Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji]] are warmongering sadistic Princes who rely on [[SuperSerum DNA]] and power [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman suits]] to conquer nations as opposed to Sanji, who normally relies on his [[CharlesAtlasSuperPower strength and skill]] to help people. Sanji is one of only two decent human beings among in the family (the other being his Warrior Princess older sister Reiju]]).

* ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'''s Fai is technically this. Though not [[spoiler: back in Valeria due to the whole tower and valley disaster]] but in Celes. Since he was adopted by Ashura-ou he was the prince, or at least the king's ward, and he went out to help the citizens and fight "monsters" regularily.

* The Shi'ar royal family in ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics. It starts out with the mad emperor D'Ken and his two warrior princess sisters. Then he's overthrown and his sane sister Lilandra takes the throne, leaving his insane sister Deathbird to command the Imperial Guard, with occasional holidays to Earth where she works as a supervillain - when she's not busy usurping Lilandra, anyway, until that one time she succeeded and found that ruling an Empire was boring as fuck. Cue ceding the Empire back - though she is now acting as Regent for Xandra (Lilandra's daughter by Xavier) on the grounds that going after her niece means going through her, having been LadyMacbeth to Vulcan, so perhaps it's just the paperwork that annoys her.

** Odin was one in his day, while Thor is generally considered to be one of the greatest warriors in the universe (and with good reason) as well as a WisePrince thanks to CharacterDevelopment, and even Loki, primarily a sorcerer, is a downright deadly MagicKnight and Asgard's one-man secret service - DirtyBusiness included.

** Thor is the crown prince of Asgard and a badass capable of summoning lightning and tearing through [[OneManArmy dozens of enemies]]. He's the only hero in the MCU to capably go toe-to-toe with ''the Hulk'', twice. [[spoiler: Thor does eventually become king in ''[[Film/ThorRagnarok Ragnarok]]'' but he passes the title to Valkyrie in ''[[Film/AvengersEndgame Endgame.]]'']]

** A GenderFlipped example with [[spoiler:their sister Hela]], who can summon blades from nothing, effortlessly [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomps]] [[PersonOfMassDestruction the entire Asgardian army]], and is so badass it takes an outright apocalypse to ([[NeverFoundTheBody maybe]]) finish her off. [[spoiler: She was the spearhead of Odin's conquest of the Nine Realms into the Asgardian Empire.]]
* In ''Film/SpaceBalls'' Princess Vesper has a pretty kick ass moment where she takes out all the {{Mooks}} for frizzing her hair. [[spoiler: It's also revealed at the end the already badass Lone Starr is a prince]].

* Caitlys in ''Literature/TheArtsOfDarkAndLight''. She is the granddaughter of a king, rather than daughter, and so not in the immediate line of succession, but still a princess--and while not professional military either, she ''is'' a trained reserve officer pilot who can fight if she has to, whether with weapons or magic.

** [[spoiler: Octavian even kills the Vord Queen personally at the climax of the battle with the Vord. If that doesn't qualify him for this trope, nothing will.]]

* Considering that he not only killed a dragon with absolutely no magic and battled several ''hundred'' fire-spiders but also later defeated [[spoiler: a hoshek before learning how to use his magic, (For reference, the last time someone had become hoshek, they'd basically leveled half the country before finally being taken down)]], Alaric from ''Literature/TheQuestOfTheUnaligned'' probably counts.

* ''Literature/TheReynardCycle'': Duke Nobel, who personally leads his men into battle throughout the series. We never see him fight on page, but the fact that he manages to [[spoiler: survive the Battle of the Samara]] implies that he has at least [[TookALevelInBadass Taken A Few Levels In Badass]].
* The Vampire Princes in ''Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan'' participate in battles. After the war begins in book 7, the only ones of the five Princes who remain in the mountain stronghold instead of leading battles are [[spoiler: Darren, a child]], and Paris, who is over 800 years old and fading. This is also one of several reasons many vampires opposed the idea of making Kurda a prince -- as he says, the princes are usually the biggest, strongest vampires, and though Kurda did [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable prove to be a strong fighter]], he wasn't like most vampires who [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy brag about their valor and crave a fight]] -- in fact, [[ActualPacifist he disliked that quality of his people]] and knew it would bring their downfall.

** Hector fights in defense of Troy in ''Literature/TheIliad''.

* King Cailan of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' fits this trope... at least in ''his'' mind. He's particularly eager to battle the Darkspawn at the side of the Grey Wardens, like the kings featured in old stories, and is never seen out of his [[BlingOfWar massive suit of GOLD battle armour]]. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, his first encounter with an Ogre doesn't go well for him.]]
** [[spoiler: Then there's his half-brother Alistair, your fellow Grey Warden. Since he's a party member, he's considerably better at it and if he takes the throne, he even gives the rallying speech before the Battle of Denerim.]]

** The Human Noble has shades of this, as does [[BadassFamily their family]]. It's even more the case if [[spoiler: a male Human Noble marries Queen Anora and become Prince-Consort, or if a female Human Noble romances Alistair and puts him on the throne, becoming Queen-Consort. In ''Awakening'', they have to cut their honeymoon period short and return to active duty as the new Warden-Commander of Ferelden.]]

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem:'' Prince Marth of Altea, TheHero of both games, fights with his AncestralWeapon the Falchion. His love interest is Caeda, the pegasus knight princess of Talys, and his ally is the cavalier Prince Hardin of Aurelis, [[spoiler: though in the sequel, Hardin becomes the BrainwashedAndCrazy TragicVillain.]]
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'': The second part of the game has the sword-fighting Prince Leif of Thracia[[note]]Who would get his own spotlight game in ''Videogame/FireEmblemThracia776''[[/note]], whose quest involves reclaiming his homeland from evil king Travant, and the swordsman Prince Shannan of the fallen Isaach, as well as [[spoiler: Prince Lewyn [[BlowYouAway the wind mage]] of Silesse, [[BackFromTheDead whose dead body]] the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon Forseti]] is possessing]]...plus [[spoiler: the EvilPrince half-brother of the main protagonist, Prince Julius [[CastingAShadow the dark mage]] of the [[{{cult}} Loptyrian Empire]]]]. Finally, there's main protagonist Seliph. He's in a weird place where he's technically a ''duke'' (of the fallen duchy of Chalphy in Grannvale), but being the firstborn (and rightful) son of the last descendant of the royal family also makes him a prince.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': Prince Chrom of Ylisse, who's introduced as the leader of a small vigilante group known as "the Shepherds" [[spoiler: and midway through the game becomes the Exalt/King of Ylisse]]. [[spoiler:Lucina, being Chrom's daughter from the BadFuture]] also counts as a warrior princess (though [[spoiler:in her timeline it's implied Ylisse was overrun by Risen and destroyed and she makes no claim to it when she comes to the past because of the infant version of herself that already exists there takes precedence]]) and even [[spoiler: the Avatar themselves, technically, especially if specced for a more combat heavy role, since their father [[EvilSorcerer Validar]] becomes King of Plegia after Gangrel's defeat, though this isn't really touched upon in the story. If a female Avatar marries Chrom, you get a whole family of Warrior Princes and Princesses, since this will mean the Avatar's son Morgan becomes a Prince too.]]

* Though they never call him by the "prince" title, [[spoiler: Jak]] from ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' still fits the bill due to his royal heritage.

%%**Cornelius ' becomes one by necessity. [[spoiler: Turns out Oswald, being his cousin, also counts as one]].

** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' you have a warrior Princess in Natalia Luzu Kimlasca Lanvaldear, the heir apparent of the Kingdom of Kimlasca-Lanvaldear. She's one of (if not, by end game, the absolute best) the greatest archers in the world and uses her archery skills to protect her people. Technically, Luke [[spoiler: and by extension Asch]] is set to become the prince-consort of Kimlasca-Lanvaldear when Natalia ascends, as she intends to take him as her husband.
** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'', you have Richard, Prince [[spoiler: and later King]] of Windor. While he prefers diplomacy, Richard is not against getting dirty to aid his people.

** [[spoiler: [[DoomedProtagonist Prince Liam Greymane]]]] in ''Cataclysm''. Also his sister Tess Greymane.

** Taelia Fordragon, daughter of Highlord Bolvar Fordragon (in ''Shadowlands'' -- Fordragon was never properly a faction leader until he [[spoiler: took leadership of the Ebon Blade after Sylvanas shattered the Helm of Domination and freed him from the Frozen Throne]]. He merely served as a regent during Classic because the aforementioned Anduin was too young to rule.

** Gilgamesh Wulfenbach, son of the ReluctantRuler of half of Europa, as well as Princess Zeetha of the lost city of Skifander. [[spoiler: They're strongly hinted to be siblings.]]

** In ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfKorra'' General Iroh II of the United Republic Forces is a Prince of the Fire Nation and is actually more effective on his own after [[spoiler: his fleet is devastated by the Equalists' biplanes]]. Korra's cousin Desna is a capable [[MakingASplash waterbender]] and the son of Chief Unalaq, functioning with his twin sister as a BrotherSisterTeam. Korra's father Tonraq also used to be one, but was disinherited and stripped of his title after a strategic error led to disaster.

* The Danish Royal Family has had its share of badass warriors, going back to the Viking Era when legends like Sveyn Forkbeard and Harald Bluetooth would personally lead their berserkers into battle--- most notably when Sveyn started the invasion of England that would later land his son, Canute the Great, on its throne, with himself in the vanguard. Later on, notable examples includes Christian IV, who personally led the danish fleet into the Torstenson War where he lost an eye to a cannonball -- and immediately got back to his feet to continue commanding the fleet to victory. Even today, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark is a fully-trained member of Frømandskorpset, the danish equivalent of the Navy SEALS (an area that the danish military is unsurprisingly strong in, considering its nautical history and location). And when he finished THAT training, he went ahead and became a Colonel in the Air Force as well, just for kicks.

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward,_the_Black_Prince Edward the Black Prince]] (see the page pic) fought in several battles during the Hundred Years War.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' has Princess Leia Organa, who's the first hero to kill a Stormtrooper, and stops being a DamselInDistress and kicks more ass once Luke frees her from a cell. She also has TheForce, as later movies and EU show.

* [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Simba's]] son Kion, from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard,'' is a straighter example, leading the eponymous guard over the course of the series.