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** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' there are further examples - companion Cassandra Pentaghast is in line to the throne of Nevarra (78th in line, but still) yet is a Seeker and one of the founders of the Inquisition. As a human character, the player is also from a noble family, the Trevelyans.
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** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' there are further examples - companion Cassandra Pentaghast is in line to the throne of Nevarra (78th in line, but still) yet is a Seeker and one of the founders of the Inquisition. As a human character, the player is also from a noble family, the Trevelyans. Regardless of origin, the Inquisitor is essentially the head of a NGOSuperpower, complete with honorifics such as "Lord/Lady Inquisitor" and "Your Worship".
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* The ''Videogame/QuestForGlory'' series has a few: In the first game the baron's daughter is a skilled swordsman, and she returns in the fifth game, as an accomplished fighter and adventurer. The Hero's long-time friend and mentor Rakeesh the Paladin used to be the king of his homeland Fricana. When a demon horde threatened the kingdom, Rakeesh personally fought the most powerful of the demons and won. After the rest of the demons were driven out of the land Rakeesh wanted to make sure they would never threaten anyone again, but the ruling council refused to commit to fighting a threat that had moved on to become someone else's problem. Thus, Rakeesh abdicated the throne to pursue the demons alone. ''Then'' he met a paladin who mentored him and eventually became one himself. Finally, in the fifth game the King of Silmaria has died without a heir, and tasks have been set to choose the new king. The Hero can succeed in ascending to the throne, and if he chooses not to, Elsa will take it up instead. Given that pretty much every task requires Hercules-levels feats of heroism, ''anyone'' who manages to succeed would qualify under this trope.
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* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'II' has Queen Talia of Onderon. She's a staunch supporter of the Republic and sends them material assistance (despite its controversy among her people) while dealing with a SuccessionCrisis. She's also a LadyOfWar who duels her cousin Vaklu with swords, and he's no match for her.
** The first game has one that is only recognizable in hindsight. Turns out GuestStarPartyMember Trask Ulgo, killed during the first level, was ''high'' ranking nobility from Alderaan, enough for his distant relative to seize the throne of Alderaan during the SuccessionCrisis 300 years later.
** The first game has one that is only recognizable in hindsight. Turns out GuestStarPartyMember Trask Ulgo, killed during the first level, was ''high'' ranking nobility from Alderaan, enough for his distant relative to seize the throne of Alderaan during the SuccessionCrisis 300 years later.
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* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'II' ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicII'' has Queen Talia of Onderon. She's a staunch supporter of the Republic and sends them material assistance (despite its controversy among her people) while dealing with a SuccessionCrisis. She's also a LadyOfWar who duels her cousin Vaklu with swords, and he's no match for her.
** * VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic The first game has one that is only recognizable in hindsight. Turns out GuestStarPartyMember Trask Ulgo, killed during the first level, was ''high'' ranking nobility from Alderaan, enough for his distant relative to seize the throne of Alderaan during the SuccessionCrisis 300 years later.
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* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II'' has Queen Talia of Onderon. She's a staunch supporter of the Republic and sends them material assistance (despite its controversy among her people) while dealing with a SuccessionCrisis. She's also a LadyOfWar who duels her cousin Vaklu with swords, and he's no match for her.
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* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II'' ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'II' has Queen Talia of Onderon. She's a staunch supporter of the Republic and sends them material assistance (despite its controversy among her people) while dealing with a SuccessionCrisis. She's also a LadyOfWar who duels her cousin Vaklu with swords, and he's no match for her.her.
** The first game has one that is only recognizable in hindsight. Turns out GuestStarPartyMember Trask Ulgo, killed during the first level, was ''high'' ranking nobility from Alderaan, enough for his distant relative to seize the throne of Alderaan during the SuccessionCrisis 300 years later.
** The first game has one that is only recognizable in hindsight. Turns out GuestStarPartyMember Trask Ulgo, killed during the first level, was ''high'' ranking nobility from Alderaan, enough for his distant relative to seize the throne of Alderaan during the SuccessionCrisis 300 years later.
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* TheHeroine and her family in ''VisualNovel/ShallWeDateMagicSword'' are this. The princess has always been a tomboy and had taken an interest in sports. The prologue focuses on the princess trying to defend her kingdom from invading forces.
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* Quite a few of the fighters in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' can be counted as Royalty or have some kind of royal title in their home games: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]] (King of Koopas), [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]] (King of Evil), [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} King Dedede]] (Self-proclaimed king of Dream Land), [[Franchise/FireEmblem Marth]] (The Hero King), [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Peach]] (Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom), [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]] (Princess of Hyrule), [[Franchise/FireEmblem Lucina]] (Princess of Ylisse) and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser Jr.]] (Prince of Koopas). Other characters are also rulers of their domains, but don't have a royal title, like [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy Rosalina]], [[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Palutena]] and Franchise/DonkeyKong.
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* [=PoPoLoCrois=] for the {{P|layStation}}S1 and PSP has Pietro, who is the prince of the country of the same name. Another party member who joins you in the [=PS1=] version is Jilva, who is the princess of another country as well. (And actually a pretty strong physical attacker.)
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* [=PoPoLoCrois=] for the {{P|layStation}}S1 UsefulNotes/{{P|lay}}S1 and PSP has Pietro, who is the prince of the country of the same name. Another party member who joins you in the [=PS1=] version is Jilva, who is the princess of another country as well. (And actually a pretty strong physical attacker.)
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* ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' has Prince Crescendo and Princess Serenade. Prince Crescendo is the prince of Baroque, who is taking care of the kingdom in place of his ailing father. When the kingdom is threatened by Forte, he decides to turn himself over to the game's BigBad, Count Waltz. The UpdatedRerelease PlayStation3 version gives him more to do by having him join your party and making him part of a BonusDungeon. Serenade is his fiancee and a spy for Forte, but she realizes that what Forte is doing is wrong and flips sides. She also joins the party in the updated rerelease.
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* ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' has Prince Crescendo and Princess Serenade. Prince Crescendo is the prince of Baroque, who is taking care of the kingdom in place of his ailing father. When the kingdom is threatened by Forte, he decides to turn himself over to the game's BigBad, Count Waltz. The UpdatedRerelease PlayStation3 UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 version gives him more to do by having him join your party and making him part of a BonusDungeon. Serenade is his fiancee and a spy for Forte, but she realizes that what Forte is doing is wrong and flips sides. She also joins the party in the updated rerelease.
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* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has Jarvan IV, son of the King of Demacia, taking a commanding role in the military and subsequently, the League of Legends. More than merely competent, he is one of the greatest troops at his city-state's disposal.
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* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has Jarvan IV, son of the King of Demacia, taking a commanding role in the military and subsequently, the League of Legends. More than merely competent, he is one of the greatest troops at his city-state's disposal. So is his ArchEnemy Jericho Swain, ruler of the LawfulEvil city state of Noxus. A cunning mastermind and a competent leader, he is also a formidable mage with a very hands- on approach to battle.
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** The nobles of Ferelden in general qualify, since they have to be able to protect their vassals, who otherwise won't swear fealty to a lord who can't ride to their aid in time. Loghain, who spends the middle chunk of the game as regent of the kingdom, certainly qualifies. An orlesian immigrant who, along with her [[BigBrotherInstinct brother]] fled Orlais after a Chevalier [[DroitDuSeigneur tried to take what he thought he had rights to]], says in Ferelden, "the nobility is not so high, and the commoners not so low".
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** The nobles of Ferelden in general qualify, since they have to be able to protect their vassals, who otherwise won't swear fealty to a lord who can't ride to their aid in time. Loghain, who spends the middle chunk of the game as regent of the kingdom, certainly qualifies. An orlesian Orlesian immigrant who, who had, along with her [[BigBrotherInstinct brother]] brother]], fled Orlais after a Chevalier [[DroitDuSeigneur tried to take what he thought he had rights to]], says in Ferelden, "the nobility is not so high, and the commoners not so low".
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** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', we have Prince Sebastian Vael of Starkhaven. After his entire family is massacred, he leaves the Chantry to become a ReluctantRuler. He's also got the skills of a rogue and is deadly with a bow. He also actively participates in the Templar-Mage conflict.
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** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', we have Prince Sebastian Vael of Starkhaven. After his entire family is massacred, he leaves the Chantry to become a ReluctantRuler. He's also got the skills of a rogue and is deadly with a bow. He also bow, and actively participates in the Templar-Mage conflict.
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** Varric Tethras is from an exiled noble dwarven family, which essentially makes a noble dwarf on the surface, due to their hierarchy. In fact, he might be the single wealthiest member of the entire Inquisition, due to his powerful connections in the Merchants Guild, wealth that he made with Hawke in ''II'', and being a highly successful novelist, and yet is still in the thick of things with everyone else.
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** Varric Tethras is from an exiled noble dwarven family, which essentially makes a noble dwarf on the surface, due to their hierarchy. In fact, he might be the single wealthiest member of the entire Inquisition, due to his powerful connections in the Merchants Guild, wealth that he made with Hawke in ''II'', and being a highly successful novelist, and yet is still in the thick of things with everyone else. And as of the ''Trespasser'' DLC, [[spoiler:he's been named Viscount of Kirkwall!]]
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* ''VideoGame/ChronusArc'' has Princess Sharna of Kiribay who regularly interacts with the townsfolk and is more determined to set out on the initial journey than the game's hero.
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* There are lots of folks with RoyalBlood all throughout the ''VideoGame/DarkParables'' and, for good or for ill, most of them fit this trope. The ones who don't are usually incapacitated in some fashion - often by magic - and once released, they immediately return to being this.
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* ''VideoGame/OneWayHeroics'' allows you to recruit King Victor and Queen Frieda to fight alongside you, if you are lucky enough to find them and have enough charisma.
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* ''VideoGame/ChronusArc'' has Princess Sharna of Kiribay who regularly interacts with the townsfolk and is more determined to set out on the initial journey than the game's hero.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Dragonsphere}}'', King Callah insists upon personally fulfilling the prophecy that he will overthrow the evil wizard Sanwe, despite the concerns of his queen. [[spoiler: Only, in a subversion, it turns out that the "king" is a [[TomatoInTheMirror shapeshifter who only believes that he is the king due to fake memories]].]]
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* ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' has Prince Crescendo and Princess Serenade. Prince Crescendo is the prince of Baroque, who is taking care of the kingdom in place of his ailing father. When the kingdom is threatened by Forte, he decides to turn himself over to the game's BigBad, Count Waltz. The UpdatedRerelease PlayStation3 version gives him more to do by having him join your party and making him part of a BonusDungeon. Serenade is his fiancee and a spy for Forte, but she realizes that what Forte is doing is wrong and flips sides. She also joins the party in the updated rerelease.
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* ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' has Prince Crescendo and Princess Serenade. Prince Crescendo is the prince of Baroque, who is taking care of the kingdom in place of his ailing father. When the kingdom is threatened by Forte, he decides to turn himself over to the game's BigBad, Count Waltz. The UpdatedRerelease PlayStation3 version gives him more to do by having him join your party and making him part of a BonusDungeon. Serenade is his fiancee and a spy for Forte, but she realizes that what Forte is doing is wrong and flips sides. She also joins the party in the updated rerelease.rerelease.
* ''VideoGame/OneWayHeroics'' allows you to recruit King Victor and Queen Frieda to fight alongside you, if you are lucky enough to find them and have enough charisma.
* ''VideoGame/OneWayHeroics'' allows you to recruit King Victor and Queen Frieda to fight alongside you, if you are lucky enough to find them and have enough charisma.
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** VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny: While Prince Garr/Woodrow initially trained in the woods with a legendary archer, when his uncle usurps the throne he very quickly comes back to end his tyranny, and when the party needs help saving the world he immediately joins them.
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** VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny: ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'': While Prince Garr/Woodrow initially trained in the woods with a legendary archer, when his uncle usurps the throne he very quickly comes back to end his tyranny, and when the party needs help saving the world he immediately joins them.
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** VideoGame/TalesOfTheTempest: Prince Tilkis of Senshibia. When his country was attacked by Spots, he crossed the ocean in a ''rowboat'' with only one bodyguard (who insisted on coming) to figure out what the hell was going on in Aurella. When he meets Caius and Rubia, the two (especially Rubia) see him as a cool older brother.
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** VideoGame/TalesOfTheTempest: ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheTempest'': Prince Tilkis of Senshibia. When his country was attacked by Spots, he crossed the ocean in a ''rowboat'' with only one bodyguard (who insisted on coming) to figure out what the hell was going on in Aurella. When he meets Caius and Rubia, the two (especially Rubia) see him as a cool older brother.
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* Natalia from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''. On top of being the main party's archer, she's also politically active, using her position to help the economy and foreign relations and the like. [[spoiler:As a result, when it's revealed that she's actually a maid's child that was swapped for the real princess Natalia when the real one was stillborn, and the king goes to exile her, the people rise up to help her out.]]
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** VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny: While Prince Garr/Woodrow initially trained in the woods with a legendary archer, when his uncle usurps the throne he very quickly comes back to end his tyranny, and when the party needs help saving the world he immediately joins them.
** Natalia from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''. On top of being the main party's archer, she's also politically active, using her position to help the economy and foreign relations and the like. [[spoiler:As a result, when it's revealed that she's actually a maid's child that was swapped for the real princess Natalia when the real one was stillborn, and the king goes to exile her, the people rise up to help her out.]]
** VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny: While Prince Garr/Woodrow initially trained in the woods with a legendary archer, when his uncle usurps the throne he very quickly comes back to end his tyranny, and when the party needs help saving the world he immediately joins them.
** Natalia from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''. On top of being the main party's archer, she's also politically active, using her position to help the economy and foreign relations and the like. [[spoiler:As a result, when it's revealed that she's actually a maid's child that was swapped for the real princess Natalia when the real one was stillborn, and the king goes to exile her, the people rise up to help her out.]]
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** VideoGame/TalesOfTheTempest: Prince Tilkis of Senshibia. When his country was attacked by Spots, he crossed the ocean in a ''rowboat'' with only one bodyguard (who insisted on coming) to figure out what the hell was going on in Aurella. When he meets Caius and Rubia, the two (especially Rubia) see him as a cool older brother.
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** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' has Princess Hilda. While she isn't as hands-on as many of the examples here, she is still the leader and the brains of the Wild Rose Rebellion. Notably, she goes camping with her troops before the assault to retake Fynn, instead of staying in Altair where it was safe. Prince Scott also had an active role before his death, [[spoiler:and Prince Gordon alternates between working with the party and working with Princess Hilda once he [[TookALevelInBadass Takes a Level in Badass]].
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** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' has Princess Hilda. While she isn't as hands-on as many of the examples here, she is still the leader and the brains of the Wild Rose Rebellion. Notably, she goes camping with her troops before the assault to retake Fynn, instead of staying in Altair where it was safe. Prince Scott also had an active role before his death, [[spoiler:and Prince Gordon alternates between working with the party and working with Princess Hilda once he [[TookALevelInBadass Takes a Level in Badass]].]]
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* The King, Queen, and Prince of Somnia in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'' all attempted to challenge Murdaw. [[spoiler:All of them fail, and it's the Prince's ''dream'' self who has to take up the job.]]
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** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' has Princess Hilda. While she isn't as hands-on as many of the examples here, she is still the leader and the brains of the Wild Rose Rebellion. Notably, she goes camping with her troops before the assault to retake Fynn, instead of staying in Altair where it was safe. Prince Scott also had an active role before his death, [[spoiler:and Prince Gordon alternates between working with the party and working with Princess Hilda once he [[TookALevelInBadass Takes a Level in Badass]].
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* ''VideoGame/LufiaTheLegendReturns'' has Princess Melphis of Alstadt Kingdom joining your party. [[spoiler:Fellow party member Deckard turns out to be her brother, the missing Prince Alheim.]]
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* Royalty in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' tends to have earned their position, not inherited it. Gwyn, Lord of Sunlight, from the first game was one of the most active and successful warriors in the war against the Dragons, and [[spoiler:personally and knowingly sacrificed his life in an effort to save the world.]] In ''VideoGame/DarkSouls2'', King Vendrick is remembered as a mighty ruler who lead his kingdom of Drangleic into a golden age, until the war with the Giants brought it all down. When the player learns more about Vendrick, they learn that [[spoiler:he spent most of the last part of his life desperately researching a cure for the Undead Curse. He was ultimately unsuccessful, but is implied to have come closer than anyone ever has before.]] The Giant Lord in the same game is revealed to have personally lead his troops on the front lines of battle, and it was his death that turned the tables and finally lead to the defeat of the Giants.
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** 'VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia': Princess Estellise suffers from such an acute case of ChronicHeroSyndrome that she feels compelled to personally try to solve every injustice Brave Vesperia hears about. It finally reaches the point where Judith [[RageBreakingPoint snaps at her for it]], causing Yuri to intercede by telling Estelle deal with one situation at a time. And, as [[WhiteMagicianGirl a white mage]], she has a compulsive habit of using her healing artes to treat any wounded she sees. While normally an admirable trait, it has [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone dire consequences]] later.
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** Estelle from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' is one, too. She's the WhiteMage StoneWall healer who more or less forcibly drags the party around, fixing up problems in cities. She also has an insatiable need to heal people who are hurt.
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** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]'' is chock full of them: there's main character Chrom and his sister Lissa, both who patrol Ylisse and fight wars, [[spoiler: Chrom's daughter]] Lucina and her cousin Owain, who've come back in time to change history, villains Gangrel and Walhart who lead their troops in battle, by technicality [[spoiler: the Avatar during the middle chapters]] who serves as a tactician, minor nobles Maribelle and Ricken who are part of Chrom's army, exiled noble Virion trying to reclaim his duchy, Chon'sin princess Say'ri leading the resistance against Walhart, co-rulers Flavia and Basilio who also personally lead their troops in battle, [[spoiler: and Emmeryn (Chrom's sister), Yen'fay (Say'ri's brother), Walhart, and Gangrel are all optional recruitable characters.]] And anyone who marries any of the above become this by marriage as well.
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* When VideoGame/NintendoWars came to the GBA, under the Advance Wars title that it is known by in the West, the Yellow Comet faction embodied this trope, with the two commanders representing the faction in the first game being Emperor Kanbei, and his daughter, Sonja, who also is the head of intelligence operations for the faction. [[spoiler: While Sonja did become a DistressedDamsel during the final mission, this was from her attempt to confront [[BigBad Sturm]] directly.]]
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** One word: [[spoiler:Midna.]] True, she was dethroned in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', but she still helped Link more than any other character in the entire series. [[spoiler:She was more like his partner than his sidekick, which is more than can be said of the various fairies.]]
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** One word: [[spoiler:Midna.]] True, she was dethroned in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', but she still helped Link more than any other character in the entire series. [[spoiler:She was more like his partner than his sidekick, which is more than can be said of the various fairies.]]]] The dethroner, Zant, is not above accompanying his minions into battle, either.
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*** Larsa is another example (deciding to personally investigate incidents and even guest-joining the party). In fact, what sets House Solidor apart from the other archadian patrician families is that its members still abide by the meritocratic principles of the early Archadian Republic, which is why the archadian military under their direct control has remained so formidable while the parts of the Empire controlled by the [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny democratic-in-name-only]] [[DecadentCourt Senate]] are showing evident signs of decadence. Larsa's brother is [[WellIntentionedExtremist arguably]] a more villainous example: Vayne's main motive is [[spoiler: topple the [[JerkassGods Occurias]]' [[ShadowDictator hidden tyranny over the mortal races]]: getting rid of his family's corrupt enemies and establishing himself as a benevolent enlightened is just a nice bonus]]
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*** Larsa is another example (deciding to personally investigate incidents and even guest-joining the party). In fact, what sets House Solidor apart from the other archadian patrician families is that its members still abide by the meritocratic principles of the early Archadian Republic, which is why the archadian military under their direct control has remained so formidable while the parts of the Empire controlled by the [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny democratic-in-name-only]] [[DecadentCourt Senate]] are showing evident signs of decadence. Larsa's brother is [[WellIntentionedExtremist arguably]] a more villainous example: Vayne's main motive is [[spoiler: topple the [[JerkassGods Occurias]]' [[ShadowDictator hidden tyranny over the mortal races]]: getting rid of his family's corrupt enemies and establishing himself as a benevolent enlightened dictator is just a nice bonus]]
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*** Larsa is another example (deciding to personally investigate incidents and even guest-joining the party); his brother is a more villainous example.
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* In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' Team Plasma's King [[spoiler:N]] is a fighter first and foremost, and a king second.
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** The nobles of Ferelden in general qualify, since they have to be able to protect their vassals, who otherwise won't swear fealty to a lord who can't ride to their aid in time. Loghain, who spends the middle chunk of the game as regent of the kingdom, certainly qualifies.
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** [[spoiler:[[''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'' Ralph, heir to the throne of Labrynna.]]]] [[TheScrappy Not the most endearing sidekick ever]], but he does have his [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome moment]].
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* The protagonist of ''VideoGame/ADanceWithRogues'' is the princess of Betancuria forced into hiding after a successful invasion by the kingdom of Dhorn. If she didn't fit this trope it would be a pretty boring game; despite being a princess she has rescued every one of her party members at least once and broken out on her own in all but one scenario in which she was captured, among other things.
* ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'': Once it's made clear that you're trying to save the world, both the elven princess Raven and King Loghaire Thunder Stone of the dwarves (assuming you talked him out of his self-imposed exile) will take up bow and axe and aid you as party members, if you wish. Loghaire explicitly says he cannot sit idly by when Arcanum is threatened.
* Cloche Leythal Pastalia and Luca Trulyworth from ''VideoGame/ArTonelico2''.
** Prince Targana as well.
* ''VideoGame/AtelierMeruruTheApprenticeOfArland'' is all about Princess Merurulince, who prefers just "Meruru." She decides to use the skills she's learned in alchemy to help her kingdom and a successful completion of the game involves seeing the kingdom's population grow to at least 100,000, at which point it merges with the Arland Republic and she and her father are no longer royalty.
* In the ''Videogame/{{Awakening}}'' series, BadassPrincess Sophia manages to defeat the evil Dreadmyre using just her brains and her wits. Her parents had sealed themselves in a time bubble with him in order to stave off further damage of his attack on the human kingdom until Sophia arrived.
* King Ladekahn, Duke Calbren, Queen Corellia, and [[spoiler:Xelha]], from the first ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos''.
* One of the unlockable playable characters in ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Cars 2: The Video Game]]'' is the Queen of England!
* The king from ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' is a GIANT example of this trope - a bearded, midgety giant example. For one thing, though he starts out utterly terrified of the Big Bad, he gets his groove back real fast -- and helps you by doing everything from dispensing useful advice to ''leading an attack boat filled with knights and cannons at a giant boss catfish''. He even saves you from a giant frog by filling its stupid face with cannon fire!
** Taken to a much further extreme with the King Pack DLC, which allows you to actually play as the King. Weirdly, he still appears on the boat with the knights and the cannon and whatnot to fight alongside himself. Oh, and he's also the only character with healing magic, which is insanely useful.
* [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Marle]], AKA, Princess Nadia of the kingdom of Guardia, the first person to join Crono's party, who actually proposed the idea of taking down Lavos. And that's only the start.
** Ayla [[spoiler:is Marle's ancestor]], and it makes sense considering she's the leader of her tribe. Which sort of makes Ayla fall in this trope.
** And then there's the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Fiendlord Magus]], a.k.a. [[spoiler:Janus, the prince of Zeal]]...
* Princess Monica Raybrandt in ''[[VideoGame/DarkCloud Dark Chronicle]]'' is skilled [[MagicKnight with her sword and magic]] and traveled back to the past to battle Emperor Griffon. Of course, since she holds the [[CosmicKeystone Blue Atamillia]], she's pretty much the only one who can. Plus, she needs to [[YouKilledMyFather avenge her father's death]].
* The obscure SNES game ''Videogame/DeaeTonosamaAppareIchiban'' has a bumbling Japanese feudal lord and a foppish French prince as protagonists. They're both stupid. [[spoiler:But save Earth in the end.]]
* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' and other similar titles from Creator/NipponIchi have them in spades. ''Disgaea'' stars the overlord-to-be (and eventually Overlord proper) Laharl. Many of his opposers also are Overlords from other Netherworlds.
** The second installment has Princess Rozalin as co-protagonist. She's badass enough to [[HammerSpace hide a minigun under her gown]]. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that ''she's'' the ''real'' Overlord Zenon.]]
** Princess Sapphire Rhodonite from ''{{VideoGame/Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}'' serves as the army for her nation... No, we do not mean she serves ''in'' the army. She doesn't lead it either. She ''[[OneManArmy is]]'' the army.
*** Zetta from ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom''.
* King K. Rool from ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'', who serves as the FinalBoss of the first four games (including VideoGame/DonkeyKong64) and is a real pain in the ass to defeat.
* King Cailan in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is determined to be one of these, insisting that he fight on the front lines against the darkspawn army. [[spoiler:It backfires spectacularly as he is killed in the ensuing battle]].
** Also the player if they are a Dwarf Noble, being the second child of the dwarven king and proving an epic-grade badass who, after defeating the Archdemon, is declared a Paragon -- one of the quasi-''gods'' of the dwarves.
** The nobles of Ferelden in general qualify, since they have to be able to protect their vassals, who otherwise won't swear fealty to a lord who can't ride to their aid in time. Loghain, who spends the middle chunk of the game as regent of the kingdom, certainly qualifies.
*** The family of the Human Noble, the Couslands of Highever, ''particularly'' qualify. When word arrived that the King was to do battle with the Darkspawn, without a moment's hesitation, Teyrn Cousland and his heir immediately prepared to ride out with their forces to join the King's Army. Unfortunately, Arl Howe took that moment to strike, murdering the Teyrn, leaving the Human Noble as the sole survivor. [[spoiler:Almost. Their brother, Fergus Cousland, is revealed to also have survived, having ridden to Ostagar with some of the Highever forces before Howe's coup took place. The Human Noble is also the only player character who can possibly end the game having been named Queen or Prince-Consort of Ferelden, in which case they completely fit the trope.]]
** Both candidates for the throne qualify. While [[spoiler:Alistair]] doesn't have political savvy, he leads the army against the darkspawn in the end if you choose him and, hardened, he shows a willingness to learn how to rule. Anora, while lacking any martial training, took care of the politics in her late husband's place, making her a savvy and cunning ruler. One of the options for ending the Landsmeet is to arrange a marriage between the two, which provides a bright future for the country.
** In ''Awakening'', [[spoiler:if you are a human noble and married Alistair or Anora in Origins, you qualify. The fact that you are the co-ruler of all of Ferelden is almost completely ignored, but still.]] Even if you didn't [[spoiler:marry Alistair or Anora]], your character is still the Arl/essa of Amaranthine as well as Commander of the Grey Wardens in Ferelden. Part of the gameplay is you dealing with the problems assaulting your realm, including how best to defend it.
** Also played straight with King Maric and his mother, the Rebel Queen Moira, who were leaders of LaResistance during the Orlesian Occupation. Later, Maric accompanies a group of Grey Wardens into the Deep Roads to fight Darkspawn despite Loghain's objections. One of the reasons Cailan wants to fight on the front lines is because he has heard stories of his father doing the same.
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', we have Prince Sebastian Vael of Starkhaven. After his entire family is massacred, he leaves the Chantry to become a ReluctantRuler. He's also got the skills of a rogue and is deadly with a bow. He also actively participates in the Templar-Mage conflict.
** Given Hawke's noble background, they can also be considered this. It's mentioned in ''Mark of the Assassin'' that after Hawke was recognised as the legitimate heir of the Amell family, they turned down the title of "Lord/Lady Amell", because they wanted to ''earn'' the right to use a title and be recognised as "Lord/Lady ''Hawke''".
** [[spoiler:Supporting the Templars during the end-game shows that they elect Hawke as the new Viscount of Kirkwall]].
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' there are further examples - companion Cassandra Pentaghast is in line to the throne of Nevarra (78th in line, but still) yet is a Seeker and one of the founders of the Inquisition. As a human character, the player is also from a noble family, the Trevelyans.
** Varric Tethras is from an exiled noble dwarven family, which essentially makes a noble dwarf on the surface, due to their hierarchy. In fact, he might be the single wealthiest member of the entire Inquisition, due to his powerful connections in the Merchants Guild, wealth that he made with Hawke in ''II'', and being a highly successful novelist, and yet is still in the thick of things with everyone else.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII'', the entire party consists of royal cousins of a common ancestor, with two princes and a princess.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'' takes this a step farther in that almost every important human party member is in some way connected to a royal family. This includes two kings (Pankraz and the Hero), a prince (Harry), your wife turned queen (Bianca, Nera, and Deborah), and a prince and princess (your son and daughter).
** ''V'' also [[{{Deconstruction}} points out the problems]] this can cause. While Harry is adventuring with the Hero, his country suffers greatly, and while Pankraz's brother proved himself a decent ruler in his absence, he was miserable in the role and eager to hand it over. Soon afterward, the Hero gets [[WhatTheHellHero called out]] when he risks his life on another adventure -- one that leads to [[spoiler:him and his wife being TakenForGranite for several years]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' has Caim, a prince whose kingdom was taken away from him due to a black dragon [[spoiler:killing his parents]]. He proceeds to make a pact with a red dragon, [[spoiler:Angelus]], and take down TheEmpire.
* Prince Poo in ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' joins Ness' party to save the world. He is encouraged by his master to go on the journey.
* King Helseth from ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind The Elder Scrolls: Tribunal]]'' is the Imperial "puppet" king of Morrowind. His predecessor, King Llethan, was a mere figurehead who did little and had almost no real authority. Helseth, however, is [[MagnificentBastard far more ambitious, ruthless, and crafty]]. He's also an accomplished alchemist (with poison being his specialty). In fact, it is heavily implied that he poisoned King Llethan in order to ascend to the throne. The main quest of the ''Tribunal'' expansion pack centers around a power struggle between Helseth and the Tribunal Temple (among other things).
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', Martin leads a bunch of people to the safety of Kvatch's chapel; helps you fight off the people attacking Weynon Priory; calls on all his knowledge of Daedra worship to get the Amulet of Kings back; leads the defence of Bruma; and even sacrifices himself in order to stop Mehrunes Dagon. Most of this he even does while trying not to believe that he's actually an important person of any sort, much less the son of the Emperor.
*** Well, technically, he hadn't been crowned ''yet.'' But certainly he would have ''become'' the living embodiment of this trope [[spoiler:had he not sacrificed himself to save Tamriel.]]
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim's]]'' in-game lore reveals many personalities of royalty in Tamriel's history being warriors and monster slayers, with the ultimate example being Tiber Septim (aka [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Talos]]), the founder of the Tamriel Empire and the Septim Dynasty, who was also one of the most legendary of the Dragonborn. Titus Mede II, the current Emperor, is stated to have been a very skilled general who managed to successfully fight off the Thalmor during the Great War.
* In ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis III'', a nation's leader (often a king, although bishops, emperors, elected leaders, and popes are also possible) can be converted into a field commander and used to lead armies. Some kings can make quite effective generals, depending on their attributes and the social slider settings of the nation. However, one of the main reasons to do this is in the hopes of getting an incompetent ruler killed so that another (hopefully more capable) leader will replace him before 30+ years of rule by an weak/rude/unsavvy monarch bankrupts the nation.
* In ''VideoGame/FableIII'', the player eventually becomes the ruler of Albion after overthrowing their tyrannical brother Logan. This, of course, doesn't interrupt their ability to go around the world farting at villagers and doing sidequests.
* Several servants from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', seeing how they used to be the above-mentioned mythical heroes when they were alive.
** Saber deserves a special mention. Due to being [[spoiler:KingArthur]].
* Extremely common in ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games;
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' has Princess Hilda. While she isn't as hands-on as many of the examples here, she is still the leader and the brains of the Wild Rose Rebellion. Notably, she goes camping with her troops before the assault to retake Fynn, instead of staying in Altair where it was safe.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' presents [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess]] [[BadassPrincess Sara]], who takes it upon herself to venture into the Sealed Cave to defeat the Djinn and save her people from a nasty curse. Although the party ends up helping her instead, she can cast support spells from the background.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' has this in spades. During the original game party members Edward and Edge are princes, and in the sequel ''The After Years'' they're joined by Cecil and Yang (kings), Rosa (queen), Ceodore (prince), and Luca and Ursula (princesses). The strongest summons in the game are royalty too -- Leviathan and Asura are king and queen of the Feymarch, Odin is the spirit of the former King of Baron, and Bahamut is the king of monsters.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' has [[spoiler:Galuf, the reigning king of Bal]]; his granddaughter [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Krile]]; and Lenna [[spoiler:and Faris, both princesses]] of Tycoon. Bartz too would be royalty, if [[spoiler:his father had gone back to his home dimension where he was a king]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' gives us Edgar, the king of Figaro (and a skilled engineer), as well as his twin brother Sabin, as playable characters.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' tries its best to avert this trope by having most of the world under the thumb of a MegaCorp, but there is still [[RebelliousPrincess Princess]] [[{{Ninja}} Yuffie]], who comes from one of the few free nations left in the world.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' comes close with Rinoa, whose father is Minister of Defense for the Galbadian Republic. (As the highest-ranking government official left by the end of the game, this might make him president; the game doesn't address the question, though.) In any event, her officers in the Forest Owls refer to her as "princess".
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' has Princess Garnet/Dagger, [[spoiler:who in a twist on the usual application turns out to not be royalty after all, but rather an adopted [[LastOfHisKind Last Of Her Kind]]]].
*** There's also Prince Puck of Burmecia, who doesn't do a lot other than sneak about and cause trouble: there's Queen Brahne, Garnet's mother, who both accompanies her arial troops into battle and, [[spoiler:having drained Garnet's Eidolons, is the one to use them in combat. She is not ineffective.]] There's also Regent Cid, who is the city's chief engineer, and, without participating in any actual battles, accompanies the party for a segment of their journey.
** Considering that her dad took out an EldritchAbomination, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Yuna]] probably could have gone her entire life in comfort. You know, [[CrapsackWorld comparatively.]] But instead, she decided to go and save the world herself.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' has Princess Ashe, who fights to restore her kingdom and become queen.
*** Larsa is another example (deciding to personally investigate incidents and even guest-joining the party); his brother is a more villainous example.
*** There's also MagnificentBastard Al-Cid Margrace, who, despite not doing a lot onscreen, apparently works very hard in a political sense to postpone war.
** The closest character that ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' has to royalty is [[TagalongKid Hope]], who is the son of a high-ranking Sanctum employee. Like many tropes in the game, this one is deconstructed in that Hope doesn't ''want'' to do anything, but is forced into action due to his overzealous mother and her [[FailureKnight "protector"]], Snow.
*** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'' plays this straight when Hope ends up becoming effective King of Earth, and he happily spends most of the game beating up monsters and creating war machines and tech for Serah and Noel to use. In an early treatment of the game's plot, Hope was supposed to be the ''third party member.''
** Prince Noctis, the hero of ''Videogame/FinalFantasyXV'', is protector of Lucis (which happens to be in the middle of a MobWar), presumably due to his father the king getting old and having diplomatic matters to handle.
* The royal family from ''[[VideoGame/StreetPassMiiPlaza Find Mii]]'' (aka ''Streetpass Quest'') prefers to manage their kingdom from the ground level rather than atop their thrones. Not that they get a chance to demonstrate this before they all get kidnapped, but it has clearly helped their popularity enough to get [[SocializationBonus hundreds of passerby]] to take up swords and fight to free them.
* Also a common character type in the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series, with "common" as in "the point of every game except the two involving Ike." Royalty tends to max out stats faster, are the most likely to have a pre-battle conversation with the villain of the chapter, and are obviously very important to the plot. Being a mercenary, Ike is a far cry from royalty, but even then he becomes leader of the best mercenary guild after [[spoiler:his father gets offed.]]
** Convolutedly played with in [[spoiler:Micaiah]] and Pelleas' case. [[spoiler:The latter [[RagsToRoyalty discovers he's the prince]] as a young adult, proceeds to take his throne back from the invaders, and then realises he was just another commoner after all, prompting him to abdicate in [[MyCountryRightOrWrong Micaiah's]] favour. Then the epilogue reveals she's actually the thought-to-be-dead older sister of another country's Empress, Sanaki, who offers her the throne. Micaiah refuses, choosing to lead the country she's fought for.]]
*** The ''actual'' heir to the throne [[spoiler:of Daein is [[HalfHumanHybrid Soren]], who has also been "doing something" -- he's been [[SquishyWizard fighting alongside you]] the whole time.]] Subverted in that he doesn't know his lineage.
** Even though Ike has no royal blood, he still ''becomes'' a noble during the course of his first game. Not to mention that his father [[spoiler:was one of Daein's Four Riders.]] Not quite a royal, but close.
** The Laguz Kings, who get to become kings because they are their tribes' most efficient warriors. The most obvious case is Tibarn, though Naesala, while he prefers not to fight himself, is also pretty damn powerful and all he does is more or less for the sake of Kilvas.
** Even minor characters may turn out to be royalty, or at least, nobles. ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'' really goes after this, featuring three princes and three princesses in its cast. Two of them [[YouDidntAsk didn't reveal until much later that they are royalty.]]
** Tellius also brings us Elincia. She was for most of ''Path of Radiance'' inactive... however, near the end, she comes to Ike wearing armor next to her great-grandmother's pegasus saying she was tired of sitting around. This continues into ''Radiant Dawn'', where she is shown ruling her kingdom and is an active unit. In fact, she's a popular end-game choice.
** The villains count too; generally the BigBad is royalty, as are many chapter bosses. Even in the rare cases where they aren't good at combat, they'll generally be at least be out on the battlefield with their troops.
* ''VideoGame/{{Freelancer}}'' has two noblemen ([[Creator/GeorgeTakei Lord Hakkera]] of Kusari and Diedrich Von Claussen of Rheinland) who are both Order agents and pretty good pilots. In fact, Von Claussen is known throughout Rheinland as an ace who has never lost a wingman.
* [[spoiler:The second set of player characters]] in ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' are all royalty.
** Anyone who played ''Lost Age'' knows that the people of Champa resort to piracy to feed their mouths, because they have only their smithy otherwise. Eoleo ascends to captainhood [[spoiler:as a result of his father Briggs' death]], but still swings a mean blade regardless of his rank. A captain who cannot fight alongside his crew doesn't remain captain for very long.
** Amiti lived a relatively sheltered life off his mother's fame until Matthew and his friends came along. He may have volunteered to escort them through the Barai Ruins, but he takes on a more active role once [[spoiler:the Insight Glass chooses him]]. [[spoiler:Given the injuries sustained by King Paithos during the eclipse, Amiti ascended to the throne in its wake.]]
** [[spoiler:Himi, like Amiti, lived relative comfort as a [[{{Miko}} Shrine Maiden]] alongside her parents, Susa and Kushinada. She falls into a coma after foretelling Isaac's descent into disaster, sending her older brother off to his aid, but winds up going with Matthew once the Third Eye awakens her from said coma.]]
** [[spoiler:The beastmen of Morgal take the brunt of FantasticRacism on many sides, meaning even the Czamaral clan must remain primed for combat when it comes. While she runs your operations in Morgal, especially Belinsk, from behind the scenes, Sveta is no less capable as a fighter. Of course, the racism may not have ended soon enough, given the Grave Eclipse's activation, so when she ascends to queenhood in the wake of her brother's death, she's going to have to train a new army and capitalize on the light Adepts that emerged as a result of the eclipse's end.]]
* [[spoiler:Prince (later King) Roan]] in ''VideoGame/GrandiaII''.
* The second player ship in the ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' [[GaidenGame side story Salamander]] is piloted by the prince of the planet you're defending. Later incarnations name this ship after him: Lord British.
* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars: Nightfall'', one of the first heroes to join your party and set your characters' plans in motion is Tahlkora, who is revealed to be a princess of Vabbi.
* The Gryphonhearts in the ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' series, starting with Rion Gryphonheart, who led the Erathian army against [[AntiHero Tarnum's]] barbarian hordes and defeated Tarnum in CombatByChampion. Rion's daughter (and [[spoiler:Tarnum's niece]]) is also this, after Tarnum trains her.
** ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic V'' has [[UnwittingPawn Isabel]] ([[BaseBreaker arguably]]), [[CoolOldGuy Godric]] and [[RebelliousPrincess Freyda]], as well as [[WisePrince Zehir]].
** The Ironfist brother that wins the Succession War (canonically Roland) goes on the field ''personally'' for the final battle of the war (the other brother is also on the field, but that is less impressive considering the battle is about besieging the last stronghold of the losing brother). Roland also went on a campaign against the Kreegan in the period between ''Heroes II'' and ''Might & Magic VI'', though with less impressive results (it led to him being kidnapped by the Kreegan and held prisoner for some six to seven years). Archibald, while it was not readily apparent in-game about the Succession War, turned out to be a remarkably knowledgeable mage in contexts that made it clear that it must have applied before the War's end.
* All the royals in ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' have at some point been pretty active.
* Pretty much every aristocrat in the ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' series, be they good, bad, or neutral, does ''something'': Baron Praxis actively fights against Jak and the Metal Heads; his daughter Ashelin is a member of the Krimzon Guard (later the Freedom League); Count Veger does things himself rather than relying on {{Mooks}}.
** And after TheReveal, we now know that [[spoiler:Jak himself is one of these.]]
* The Prince of All Cosmos from ''Main/KatamariDamacy'' has saved and/or rebuilt the cosmos numerous times. Sadly, his father gets all the credit, even though [[NiceJobBreakingItHero he's usually the one who endangers the cosmos to begin with]].
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' has MickeyMouse. He's the king of Disney Castle, a {{Badass}} and powerful Keyblade Master, and one of the main characters in the series, acting as a BigGood (though he defers to Bigger Good [[{{Disney/Fantasia}} Yen Sid]]).
** MinnieMouse qualifies when needed. She's got {{Holy|HandGrenade}} on her side.
** [[spoiler:Kairi]] is starting to become one of these as of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', despite her status as a princess being only through the fact that she lacks darkness in her heart. Though it is mentioned at one point that her adoptive parent is a mayor...
* ''VideoGame/KingOfDragonPass'' has all your tribes duties overseen by nobles. From trading and diplomacy to dangerous expeditions and warfare, they work their ass off until old age or death. They definitely earn their keep.
* ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'' sounds like it says it right there in the title, although the name probably refers to the King giving Sir Graham his quest in the first game. Following his promotion at the end of the first game, all [[ExecutiveMeddling but one]] of the other games involve royalty in a main role, either King Graham or his family members, personally saving their kingdom. While they are involved with exploits of purely the personal variety, you have an entire BadassFamily whose exploits involve a lot more than afternoon tea.
* King Dedede of the ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' series goes back and forth on this. While he is a fearsome fighter, both when he opposes Kirby and when he occasionally helps him, he isn't much of a ''ruler'', as it's explicitly stated that he [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything performs absolutely no administrative duties whatsoever]], to the point that the citizens of Dream Land more or less ignore his presence.
** Prince Fluff from ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'' also counts.
* ''VideoGame/KnightsInTheNightmare'' has Willimgard [[spoiler:who, despite being dead, comes back as the Wisp in order to prevent the villains from accomplishing their goal]].
** The same series brings us [[VideoGame/YggdraUnion Yggdra and Gulcasa]]. [[spoiler:Milanor, Luciana and Aegina probably count too.]] And in the same ''game'', there's Arlier... and although Nordische doesn't get too far, he tries.
** And [[VideoGame/BlazeUnion three years ago]], Soltier, Ordene, [[spoiler:Aegina...]]
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II'' has Queen Talia of Onderon. She's a staunch supporter of the Republic and sends them material assistance (despite its controversy among her people) while dealing with a SuccessionCrisis. She's also a LadyOfWar who duels her cousin Vaklu with swords, and he's no match for her.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastRemnant'' has numerous examples of this (both good and evil). The most notable is David, the Marquis of Athium, who is a very competent and active leader both in the throne room and on the front lines.
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has Jarvan IV, son of the King of Demacia, taking a commanding role in the military and subsequently, the League of Legends. More than merely competent, he is one of the greatest troops at his city-state's disposal.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy'' has both the title character and his far more enthused sister Starly -- while he's out helping his amnesiac space-bunny friend, she's at home in Pufftop beating the pants off of the invading army. Before boss fights, Moe even asks if you want to summon Starly for help.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' has King Albert of Basil, who essentially picked up where a previous player character, Lavitz (a knight from Basil), had left off.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''
** Princess Zelda has fought alongside Link in several of the games in the series, particularly ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]].'' As well as ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', when Zelda becomes Sheik. She also stars in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon]]'', one of the [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canonical]] Philips [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames CD-i games]].
** From the same game, we have King Harkinian. Once he hears that his brother, Duke Onkled, is in danger, he runs off to Gamelon ([[MemeticMutation after dinner,]] [[WebAnimation/YoutubePoop of course]]). He even comes prepared with the Triforce of Courage. Granted, nothing comes of it, but he tried, after all.
** King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule from ''The Wind Waker''. For the majority of the game [[spoiler:he's Link's boat, serving as his only transport form island to island and giving him vital information for his quest]], and just before the final battle [[spoiler:he cheats Ganondorf out of his wish on the Triforce by making his own wish: to have Hyrule, and Ganondorf with it, washed away forever. Of course, being Ganondorf, he'll be back again in a couple of centuries or so, with Hyrule being washed away being [[ThePlan part of his plan]]. Although it hasn't happened so far]].
** In the beginning of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]'', Zelda has her soul separated from her body by the BigBad. She then joins Link as his ExpositionFairy, giving her the largest role she's ever had in canon. And within the tower she has the power to possess a suit of animate armor, becoming a sword-wielding badass made of metal and ghost that far outranks Link himself in strength.
** Hell, Ganondorf himself may count. He did start out as King of the Gerudo, after all.
** Minor character example: When you defeat the undead swordsmen in Ikana Castle (Majora's Mask), the king himself jumps up from his throne without a word, pulls out a sword and shield, and proceeds to continue where his generals left off.
** One word: [[spoiler:Midna.]] True, she was dethroned in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', but she still helped Link more than any other character in the entire series. [[spoiler:She was more like his partner than his sidekick, which is more than can be said of the various fairies.]]
** [[spoiler:[[''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'' Ralph, heir to the throne of Labrynna.]]]] [[TheScrappy Not the most endearing sidekick ever]], but he does have his [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome moment]].
** Queen Gohma, King Dodongo, Stallord, and tons of other bosses qualify.
* ''VideoGame/LostOdyssey'''s Ming Numara at first seems like a useless figurehead, but soon proves herself to be an extremely powerful sorceress and a strong, competent, and proactive leader who was only in the position of a figurehead because she had been forced to [[spoiler:seal away her own memories in order to save the lives of her subjects]].
* In ''VideoGame/MagnaCarta2'', Princess Rzephillda should be sitting in a tower somewhere hiding from her country's Civil War. Instead, she leads a front-line elite unit in an effort to retake her power.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Mechwarrior}} 4: Vengeance'', the protagonist Ian Dresari is from a royal family, seeking to restore legal rule to his planet (and the final battle is with his cousin). After one of his missions, a lancemate actually says "I guess you're not one of those royals who let the rest of us do the heavy lifting."
** In the original ''Mechwarrior'', the protagonist Gideon Braver Vandenberg is the heir of a Duke who was overthrown by a political conspiracy with Gideon as the patsy. Instead of taking this lying down or getting others to fight on his behalf, Gideon goes on to form his own mercenary unit to prove his innocence and exact bloody revenge.
* ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic VII'' includes this; the starting island of the game centres around a contest in which the prize is for the winning group to jointly become 'Lords of Harmondale'. After winning and arriving at Welnin, the main settlement of Harmondale, the adventurers quickly find out that, amongst other things, the inhabitants all think they won't last long, no-one of the nobles and royals of the continent regard them as actual nobles, and the Castle that is supposed to be their home as Lords is partially in ruins, as well as goblin-infested. The middle portion of the game is about fixing all that. [[spoiler: Also, it is possible for Harmondale to become an independent Kingdom, making the Lords more properly Royal]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' has Princess Kumatora, who fights alongside Lucas.
** Of course, [[spoiler:there were never any real monarchs on the Nowhere Islands; she was just planted there and entitled as one when everyone's memories, save for Leder's, were wiped and rebuilt when they moved there]].
* Each of the five kingdoms in ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade'' is ruled by a king who leads his own combat party and has a high renown value (this being a game statistic usually increased by winning battles). Though they sometimes hang out in their respective castles, they are known to lead campaigns into enemy territory. Good thing the NeverSayDie rule applies to all named characters in this game, because they're always part of the first group to deploy, and they often get knocked out and captured in the course of a battle. Still, unless you've got some serious skills/leveling/equipment, do ''not'' engage the king alone. He'll cut you down in seconds.
* ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'' has The Masked King of Facade, who leads his soldiers into every battle, [[spoiler:including their last stand, which he knows he won't survive, but still manages to win.]]
* The cast of ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'' is made up mostly of these. Four of the five main characters are princes, princesses, and queens. [[spoiler:Even Oswald turns out to be a long-lost prince of Titania, and Cornelius' cousin.]] The supporting cast gets in on this as well. The only royal who doesn't really do anything is King Edmund, who's just too old and feeble at this point (but still has [[spoiler:killing his father after he transformed into the Darkova and ran amok]] [[RetiredBadass as part of his backstory.]])
* There's quite a few in ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', but foremost is Queen Himiko. At first it looks like she's the one responsible for Sei-An city being covered in toxic fog, or at least apathetic to her citizens plight, being shut in the imperial palace; however, [[spoiler:she died in a HeroicSacrifice. Using [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning her murder]] by Ninetails to fuse her soul with her clan's CrystalBall to locate Oni Island and give Amaterasu the chance to slay Ninetails and destroy a major source of monsters. And thanks to her powers of prophecy, she ''knew'' she was going to die. Needless to say, the PlayerPunch reaction when Ninetails taunts you with not being able to protect her (and in fact [[MacGuffinDeliveryService giving her the tool she needed to kill her!)]] is a powerful one. Even in death (and a sidequest), her tears give Nuregami a power boost and will net you a new and powerful water attack.]]
* [=PoPoLoCrois=] for the {{P|layStation}}S1 and PSP has Pietro, who is the prince of the country of the same name. Another party member who joins you in the [=PS1=] version is Jilva, who is the princess of another country as well. (And actually a pretty strong physical attacker.)
** [[spoiler:Narcia may also count, as it's revealed she may potentially be the daughter of Titania, queen of the faeries.]]
* ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime''. To date, the Prince has let loose an ancient curse, battled basically [[YouCantFightFate Fate itself]], and WON, and then fought the Vizier who caused the first problem by manipulation, who by then [[AGodAmI absorbed a lot of the Sands of Time]], turning him into pretty much a [[PhysicalGod really shiny being who was supposedly immortal]]. If there's one man who embodies Royals Who Actually Do Something, it's the Prince of Persia.
** To a lesser extent, Farah as well, being the daughter of the Maharaja.
* Every princess in ''VisualNovel/PrincessWaltz'' is some form of BadAss. The Princess Waltz tournament of the titular VisualNovel allows the strongest princess in the land to marry the Emperor, giving them good reason to not just sit around. Most notable are Princesses Liliana and Angela, who both fight in their Kingdom's navy and army respectively. Princess Liesel, on the other hand, is a noted inventor and smith.
* [[VideoGame/RadiantHistoria Princess Eruca or Granorg]] is very active, first doing her best to use her political sway to try and limit the damage her lazy, vain, and stupid, ''stupid'' [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen stepmother]] is doing, and when that doesn't work, she [[RebelLeader spearheads a rebellion]]. She'd like to be even more active, but is constantly told to stay off the front lines. She is usually swayed to agree, since while a martyr would be good for the rebellion, [[spoiler:the world as a whole is boned without her]] and the nature of [[TheHero Stocke's]] time travel means he's better off avoiding the circumstances of her possible death entirely, rather than altering the specific moment.
** In the backstory, her older brother, Prince Ernst, who made himself beloved by the populace for basically trying to fix ''everything''. It didn't turn out so well, since [[TheCaligula King Victor]] started getting a little nervous that his son's popularity might be a threat to his reign and had him executed on false charges of treason to get him out of the way.
* Most nobles in ''{{Ravenmark}}: Scourge of Estellion'' have, at one point or another, served in the Imperial Mark. In fact, due to the meritocratic nature of TheEmpire of Estellion, any commoner who wishes to achieve Ravenhood (temporary nobility) has to serve in the military for 22 years (there is an alternative of 36 years of administrative service, but most choose the military path). Ravenhood is passed on to the soldier's children but not grandchildren. Any family that manages to retain Ravenhood for 10 unbroken generations (i.e. constant service) becomes a permanent noble House with the 11th generation firstborn becoming a Rook (a title equivalent to a RealLife Lord but also signifies a general-type rank). Specific examples include Rook [[MilitaryMaverick Vidius Harper]] and Rook [[DropTheHammer Delvinius Cato]]. However, the late Emperor Sergius Corvius ascended to the throne after leading a successful military campaign in the northeast region of the Empire. The four Queens (more like department heads), one of whom is Sergius's daughter, are also capable military commanders, even the manipulative [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Phoebe Corvius]]. Exceptions include Sergius's son Gratian, who is more of a schemer, and Gratian's son [[DirtyCoward Ovidius]]. The Court of Shadows (formerly House Cordance) are a borderline example, being a secret order made up of {{Heroic Bastard}}s of House Corvius, trained in espionage and BloodMagic, and sworn to protect their legitimate brothers and sisters from any threat within the Empire and without. The "borderline" part comes from the fact that it's not clear if bastards are considered to be nobility.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Robopon}}'', Princess Darcy and Prince Tail commentate on Robopon matches, and Tail is an expert battler. In the second game, the Kings of Wonder and Delica battle, too.
* In ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'', the player is named acting prince/princess of the town of Selphia and is responsible for pretty much the entire plot. The actual prince, Arthur, is perfectly willing to let them take over for him, but he earns his keep by maintaining a busy trading practice.
* [[DefectorFromDecadence Prince Enrique]] from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia''.
* ''Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}''
** ''VideoGame/SonicRushSeries'': [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogOtherProtagonists Blaze the Cat]].
** In ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]'', ''Sonic himself'' [[spoiler:(him being the actual King Arthur, and all)]] counts as an example.
* Hildegard "Hilde" Von Krone of the VideoGame/SoulSeries. She's the princess (and acting ruler, due to her father's insanity) of a small kingdom, who is very much a LadyOfWar and leads her country's army into battle.
* Prince Valerian Mengsk of ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' is shown to be a BadassBookworm trained in Martial Arts and swordsmanship as well as classical knowledge in the books. He's an AdventurerArchaeologist, to boot. He's also definitely taken notes from his father in {{Magnificent Bastard}}ry and by the end of ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' [[spoiler:manages to disinfect Sarah Kerrigan [[EnemyMine with the help of]] Jim Raynor]].
** [[HiveQueen Kerrigan]] herself in HeartOfTheSwarm personally leads all the Zerg assaults as a playable Hero Unit.
* Games belonging to the ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series are obviously filled with these. Special mention goes to King Lino en Kuldes, one of [[VideoGame/SuikodenIV the fourth game's]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking best fighters]] and his daughter [[ArcherArchetype Flare]], two popular characters in, arguably, the series' most unpopular game.
** Prince [[CanonName Freyjadour]] himself, AKA the protagonist of ''VideoGame/SuikodenV''. Also his aunt Sialeeds.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
** When she is not [[DamselInDistress getting kidnapped]], [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Peach]] often helps Mario, such as in ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach''. And sometimes even when she is, as evidenced in the ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' games.
** There's also the BigBad Bowser, King of the Koopas and most prolific FinalBoss in all of gaming.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' introduces a third royal in [[WarriorPrince Prince Mallow]]. He [[AvertedTrope averts this trope]] at first due to IdentityAmnesia of his royal status, but played straight in that after he finds out who he is, he stays with Mario and the party without a second thought.
** Peach's EvilCounterpart from ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'', [[BigBad Princess Shroob]], personally leads [[AlienInvasion her people's invasion]] of the Mushroom Kingdom.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'', when Princess Shine's [[TheKingdom kingdom]] is overrun by the Divine Crusaders, [[DamselInDistress she has to be rescued]] by your team. When the Neo DC attack again in ''Original Generation 2'', she instead joins your team with a pair of custom-made ElegantGothicLolita-styled HumongousMecha for herself and her friend to help protect her kingdom.
** The spinoff ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'' has [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses more princesses than it has worlds]], and each one that you meet joins the party to protect/redeem/avenge their kingdom. There's Kaguya Nanbu, master of the Nanbu Reijutsu sword arts; Suzuka, who controls a [[GatlingGood multiple gatling-wielding]] robot by dancing; and Neige Hausen/Howzen, who fights with a bayonet-equipped laser rifle (as well as a miniature {{Expy}} of the aforementioned Shine Hausen's HumongousMecha). Then there's King Rubor Cullen, who would be better for his kingdom if he ''didn't'' pick fights with everyone he thought was a threat, Shuten, who regularly fights the party for his people's honor, and Stahl Dieb, who personally led an expedition into [[spoiler:the Einst dimension]].
* Natalia from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''. On top of being the main party's archer, she's also politically active, using her position to help the economy and foreign relations and the like. [[spoiler:As a result, when it's revealed that she's actually a maid's child that was swapped for the real princess Natalia when the real one was stillborn, and the king goes to exile her, the people rise up to help her out.]]
** Luke becomes one, after his ImportantHaircut, and he's around fourth in line for the Kimlascan throne, as well as the heir to the most powerful non-royal aristocrat in the kingdom.
** Peony may not be a playable character, but he does a great job running his country and is often highly involved with helping Luke and the party save the world.
** Estelle from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' is one, too. She's the WhiteMage StoneWall healer who more or less forcibly drags the party around, fixing up problems in cities. She also has an insatiable need to heal people who are hurt.
** Prince (and later King) Richard from ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces''. When [[spoiler:his father is murdered]], he leads the uprising and insists upon fighting alongside his men. Also, as revealed in the epilogue, he [[spoiler:dedicates his time to killing the monsters Lambda created.]]
* Toki from ''VideoGame/TimeAndEternity'' repeatedly travels back in time to prevent the murder of her fiancee at her own wedding. She ends up [[spoiler:saving the entire timeline while she's at it]].
* The royal families in the ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' series. They can act as generals, accompanied onto the battlefield by generals, and can also act as a provincial governors, their personal attributes influencing the efficiency with which the province is managed (for better or worse).
** Less son in the games set later, such as ''Empire'' and ''Napoleon''. However, historically, many of the generals in ''Napoleon'' were aristocrats. Examples include Napoleon himself and Mikhail Kutuzov, although neither had actually been born into nobility. Napoleon made himself Emperor, and Kutuzov was granted the title of Knyaz (Prince or Duke) after his victory over the Turks.
* [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Arcueid Brunestud]] is one. Actually, by this point 'doing stuff' is pretty much all she does anymore when not sleeping. She used to be treated like a princess by a castle full of vampires, but then [[spoiler:she killed them all.]] But she's still doing the job that went with being a princess, and other characters still refer to her as one.
* The ''Franchise/{{Ultima}}'' series: The only reason Lord British isn't joining your party (without cheating) is to maintain some pretense at game balance. Nonetheless he aids you constantly, offering equipment, aid, room and board, and free heals and resurrections for both you, your party and the occasional collateral-damage NPC. Shamino, who can and usually does join you in practically every game, is also a king, although he's been stranded in Britannia since the breaking of Sosaria during the time of Exodus. And they're both Richard Garriott.
** Lord British gets off his throne twice of note- in the backstory to ''Videogame/UltimaV'' he leads the expedition into the underworld; and in ''Videogame/UltimaIX'' he realizes he has been relying on you too much, and personally goes off to kick Blackthorn's ass and stop the moons in their courses.
* Prince Maximillian from ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' who takes an active hand in TheEmpire's invasion of Gallia.
* Princess Alicia in ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile2Silmeria'', along with a good chunk of the Einherjar she can call up who happen to be royals of one sort or another.
* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'', especially ''Warcraft III'', has several royal heroes fighting on the frontlines, including Arthas, Muradin Bronzebeard (and his brothers in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', to an extent), Kael'thas and Anub'arak (ancient king-turned-traitor of Azjol-Nerub).
** Brann Bronzebeard is so active as an AdventurerArchaeologist in the more recent expansions that his status as royalty seems mostly superfluous to his character.
** ''Warcraft II'' rather inverts the trope, with legendary and/or royal heroes who when they appear on the field need to be kept away from the front lines at all cost, being weaker than regular units.
** Then there is Varian Wrynn, King of Stormwind, in the comics. When he was introduced in VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft, he was quite a bit too eager to fight to actually make wise decisions, but he seems to have mellowed down in Icecrown Citadel.
*** Varian's father Llane Wrynn was one of the most beloved kings of Stormwind. It was his courage and determination that kept the orcs from razing the city for the 4 years of the First War. Then he turns his back on a former ally and gets his heart cut out for his trouble. Without Llane, Stormwind falls quickly. Lord Anduin Lothar (descended from the Arathi royal line) is a skilled commander and fighter. Unfortunately, his duel with Orgrim Doomhammer ends with his skull crushed by Doomhammer's warhammer of the same name.
** Sylvanas Windrunner, the Banshee Queen, also fits.
*** She's technically not royalty as much as just calls herself that.
** You also have Genn Greymane, king of Gilneas, even before becoming a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent worgen]]. During the Second War, he personally leads the Gilneas forces to cut off [[OurOrcsAreDifferent orc]] reinforcements after the ruler of the neighboring kingdom of Alterac makes a deal with Orgrim Doomhammer. He's the first to leap into battle. In the novel ''Wolfheart'', Genn and Varian go on a hunt and bond over a fight with an angry bear. This is despite the fact that Genn is by this point [[BadassGrandpa over 70 years old]]. Genn's son was also this until taking a poisoned arrow for his father.
* In ''VideoGame/YsSeven'' we have Aisha, she originally joins up with Adol and Dogi as a [[KingIncognito Princess Incognito]] to investigate the Bizarre phenomenons happening all over Altago. After a bit she ends up getting found out when she returns back and the King Introduces Adol and Dogi to her(Unaware that she was with them the entire time). However after the [[spoiler: [[WhamEpisode The Last Seal is gathered by the group]] and Adol and Company become fugitives after being framed for the murder of the king,]] she is temporarily removed from the party and is forced to stay in the castle.
* Victoria from ''{{Agarest Senki}} 2''. She's of the opinion that one should lead from the front-lines rather than behind and is a general via AsskickingEqualsAuthority. Mostly gets it from her father Wolfgang, who himself is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who admits the only reason he isn't fighting is because of old age.
* The Taiidan Emperor from ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}'' provides a {{Deconstruction}}: being a paranoid tyrant and having no idea of what he's doing, he made an enemy of most of the galaxy, brought the Taiidan population on the verge of rebellion, and then ''triggered it'' by ordering the destruction of Kharak in his paranoia. He also personally commands the Imperial Guard in the final battle, but proves an inept commander and, once the initial ambush is survived, the player can take him down with relative ease.
* ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' has Prince Crescendo and Princess Serenade. Prince Crescendo is the prince of Baroque, who is taking care of the kingdom in place of his ailing father. When the kingdom is threatened by Forte, he decides to turn himself over to the game's BigBad, Count Waltz. The UpdatedRerelease PlayStation3 version gives him more to do by having him join your party and making him part of a BonusDungeon. Serenade is his fiancee and a spy for Forte, but she realizes that what Forte is doing is wrong and flips sides. She also joins the party in the updated rerelease.
* ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'': Once it's made clear that you're trying to save the world, both the elven princess Raven and King Loghaire Thunder Stone of the dwarves (assuming you talked him out of his self-imposed exile) will take up bow and axe and aid you as party members, if you wish. Loghaire explicitly says he cannot sit idly by when Arcanum is threatened.
* Cloche Leythal Pastalia and Luca Trulyworth from ''VideoGame/ArTonelico2''.
** Prince Targana as well.
* ''VideoGame/AtelierMeruruTheApprenticeOfArland'' is all about Princess Merurulince, who prefers just "Meruru." She decides to use the skills she's learned in alchemy to help her kingdom and a successful completion of the game involves seeing the kingdom's population grow to at least 100,000, at which point it merges with the Arland Republic and she and her father are no longer royalty.
* In the ''Videogame/{{Awakening}}'' series, BadassPrincess Sophia manages to defeat the evil Dreadmyre using just her brains and her wits. Her parents had sealed themselves in a time bubble with him in order to stave off further damage of his attack on the human kingdom until Sophia arrived.
* King Ladekahn, Duke Calbren, Queen Corellia, and [[spoiler:Xelha]], from the first ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos''.
* One of the unlockable playable characters in ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Cars 2: The Video Game]]'' is the Queen of England!
* The king from ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' is a GIANT example of this trope - a bearded, midgety giant example. For one thing, though he starts out utterly terrified of the Big Bad, he gets his groove back real fast -- and helps you by doing everything from dispensing useful advice to ''leading an attack boat filled with knights and cannons at a giant boss catfish''. He even saves you from a giant frog by filling its stupid face with cannon fire!
** Taken to a much further extreme with the King Pack DLC, which allows you to actually play as the King. Weirdly, he still appears on the boat with the knights and the cannon and whatnot to fight alongside himself. Oh, and he's also the only character with healing magic, which is insanely useful.
* [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Marle]], AKA, Princess Nadia of the kingdom of Guardia, the first person to join Crono's party, who actually proposed the idea of taking down Lavos. And that's only the start.
** Ayla [[spoiler:is Marle's ancestor]], and it makes sense considering she's the leader of her tribe. Which sort of makes Ayla fall in this trope.
** And then there's the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Fiendlord Magus]], a.k.a. [[spoiler:Janus, the prince of Zeal]]...
* Princess Monica Raybrandt in ''[[VideoGame/DarkCloud Dark Chronicle]]'' is skilled [[MagicKnight with her sword and magic]] and traveled back to the past to battle Emperor Griffon. Of course, since she holds the [[CosmicKeystone Blue Atamillia]], she's pretty much the only one who can. Plus, she needs to [[YouKilledMyFather avenge her father's death]].
* The obscure SNES game ''Videogame/DeaeTonosamaAppareIchiban'' has a bumbling Japanese feudal lord and a foppish French prince as protagonists. They're both stupid. [[spoiler:But save Earth in the end.]]
* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' and other similar titles from Creator/NipponIchi have them in spades. ''Disgaea'' stars the overlord-to-be (and eventually Overlord proper) Laharl. Many of his opposers also are Overlords from other Netherworlds.
** The second installment has Princess Rozalin as co-protagonist. She's badass enough to [[HammerSpace hide a minigun under her gown]]. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that ''she's'' the ''real'' Overlord Zenon.]]
** Princess Sapphire Rhodonite from ''{{VideoGame/Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}'' serves as the army for her nation... No, we do not mean she serves ''in'' the army. She doesn't lead it either. She ''[[OneManArmy is]]'' the army.
*** Zetta from ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom''.
* King K. Rool from ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'', who serves as the FinalBoss of the first four games (including VideoGame/DonkeyKong64) and is a real pain in the ass to defeat.
* King Cailan in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is determined to be one of these, insisting that he fight on the front lines against the darkspawn army. [[spoiler:It backfires spectacularly as he is killed in the ensuing battle]].
** Also the player if they are a Dwarf Noble, being the second child of the dwarven king and proving an epic-grade badass who, after defeating the Archdemon, is declared a Paragon -- one of the quasi-''gods'' of the dwarves.
** The nobles of Ferelden in general qualify, since they have to be able to protect their vassals, who otherwise won't swear fealty to a lord who can't ride to their aid in time. Loghain, who spends the middle chunk of the game as regent of the kingdom, certainly qualifies.
*** The family of the Human Noble, the Couslands of Highever, ''particularly'' qualify. When word arrived that the King was to do battle with the Darkspawn, without a moment's hesitation, Teyrn Cousland and his heir immediately prepared to ride out with their forces to join the King's Army. Unfortunately, Arl Howe took that moment to strike, murdering the Teyrn, leaving the Human Noble as the sole survivor. [[spoiler:Almost. Their brother, Fergus Cousland, is revealed to also have survived, having ridden to Ostagar with some of the Highever forces before Howe's coup took place. The Human Noble is also the only player character who can possibly end the game having been named Queen or Prince-Consort of Ferelden, in which case they completely fit the trope.]]
** Both candidates for the throne qualify. While [[spoiler:Alistair]] doesn't have political savvy, he leads the army against the darkspawn in the end if you choose him and, hardened, he shows a willingness to learn how to rule. Anora, while lacking any martial training, took care of the politics in her late husband's place, making her a savvy and cunning ruler. One of the options for ending the Landsmeet is to arrange a marriage between the two, which provides a bright future for the country.
** In ''Awakening'', [[spoiler:if you are a human noble and married Alistair or Anora in Origins, you qualify. The fact that you are the co-ruler of all of Ferelden is almost completely ignored, but still.]] Even if you didn't [[spoiler:marry Alistair or Anora]], your character is still the Arl/essa of Amaranthine as well as Commander of the Grey Wardens in Ferelden. Part of the gameplay is you dealing with the problems assaulting your realm, including how best to defend it.
** Also played straight with King Maric and his mother, the Rebel Queen Moira, who were leaders of LaResistance during the Orlesian Occupation. Later, Maric accompanies a group of Grey Wardens into the Deep Roads to fight Darkspawn despite Loghain's objections. One of the reasons Cailan wants to fight on the front lines is because he has heard stories of his father doing the same.
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', we have Prince Sebastian Vael of Starkhaven. After his entire family is massacred, he leaves the Chantry to become a ReluctantRuler. He's also got the skills of a rogue and is deadly with a bow. He also actively participates in the Templar-Mage conflict.
** Given Hawke's noble background, they can also be considered this. It's mentioned in ''Mark of the Assassin'' that after Hawke was recognised as the legitimate heir of the Amell family, they turned down the title of "Lord/Lady Amell", because they wanted to ''earn'' the right to use a title and be recognised as "Lord/Lady ''Hawke''".
** [[spoiler:Supporting the Templars during the end-game shows that they elect Hawke as the new Viscount of Kirkwall]].
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' there are further examples - companion Cassandra Pentaghast is in line to the throne of Nevarra (78th in line, but still) yet is a Seeker and one of the founders of the Inquisition. As a human character, the player is also from a noble family, the Trevelyans.
** Varric Tethras is from an exiled noble dwarven family, which essentially makes a noble dwarf on the surface, due to their hierarchy. In fact, he might be the single wealthiest member of the entire Inquisition, due to his powerful connections in the Merchants Guild, wealth that he made with Hawke in ''II'', and being a highly successful novelist, and yet is still in the thick of things with everyone else.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII'', the entire party consists of royal cousins of a common ancestor, with two princes and a princess.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'' takes this a step farther in that almost every important human party member is in some way connected to a royal family. This includes two kings (Pankraz and the Hero), a prince (Harry), your wife turned queen (Bianca, Nera, and Deborah), and a prince and princess (your son and daughter).
** ''V'' also [[{{Deconstruction}} points out the problems]] this can cause. While Harry is adventuring with the Hero, his country suffers greatly, and while Pankraz's brother proved himself a decent ruler in his absence, he was miserable in the role and eager to hand it over. Soon afterward, the Hero gets [[WhatTheHellHero called out]] when he risks his life on another adventure -- one that leads to [[spoiler:him and his wife being TakenForGranite for several years]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' has Caim, a prince whose kingdom was taken away from him due to a black dragon [[spoiler:killing his parents]]. He proceeds to make a pact with a red dragon, [[spoiler:Angelus]], and take down TheEmpire.
* Prince Poo in ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' joins Ness' party to save the world. He is encouraged by his master to go on the journey.
* King Helseth from ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind The Elder Scrolls: Tribunal]]'' is the Imperial "puppet" king of Morrowind. His predecessor, King Llethan, was a mere figurehead who did little and had almost no real authority. Helseth, however, is [[MagnificentBastard far more ambitious, ruthless, and crafty]]. He's also an accomplished alchemist (with poison being his specialty). In fact, it is heavily implied that he poisoned King Llethan in order to ascend to the throne. The main quest of the ''Tribunal'' expansion pack centers around a power struggle between Helseth and the Tribunal Temple (among other things).
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', Martin leads a bunch of people to the safety of Kvatch's chapel; helps you fight off the people attacking Weynon Priory; calls on all his knowledge of Daedra worship to get the Amulet of Kings back; leads the defence of Bruma; and even sacrifices himself in order to stop Mehrunes Dagon. Most of this he even does while trying not to believe that he's actually an important person of any sort, much less the son of the Emperor.
*** Well, technically, he hadn't been crowned ''yet.'' But certainly he would have ''become'' the living embodiment of this trope [[spoiler:had he not sacrificed himself to save Tamriel.]]
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim's]]'' in-game lore reveals many personalities of royalty in Tamriel's history being warriors and monster slayers, with the ultimate example being Tiber Septim (aka [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Talos]]), the founder of the Tamriel Empire and the Septim Dynasty, who was also one of the most legendary of the Dragonborn. Titus Mede II, the current Emperor, is stated to have been a very skilled general who managed to successfully fight off the Thalmor during the Great War.
* In ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis III'', a nation's leader (often a king, although bishops, emperors, elected leaders, and popes are also possible) can be converted into a field commander and used to lead armies. Some kings can make quite effective generals, depending on their attributes and the social slider settings of the nation. However, one of the main reasons to do this is in the hopes of getting an incompetent ruler killed so that another (hopefully more capable) leader will replace him before 30+ years of rule by an weak/rude/unsavvy monarch bankrupts the nation.
* In ''VideoGame/FableIII'', the player eventually becomes the ruler of Albion after overthrowing their tyrannical brother Logan. This, of course, doesn't interrupt their ability to go around the world farting at villagers and doing sidequests.
* Several servants from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', seeing how they used to be the above-mentioned mythical heroes when they were alive.
** Saber deserves a special mention. Due to being [[spoiler:KingArthur]].
* Extremely common in ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games;
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' has Princess Hilda. While she isn't as hands-on as many of the examples here, she is still the leader and the brains of the Wild Rose Rebellion. Notably, she goes camping with her troops before the assault to retake Fynn, instead of staying in Altair where it was safe.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' presents [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess]] [[BadassPrincess Sara]], who takes it upon herself to venture into the Sealed Cave to defeat the Djinn and save her people from a nasty curse. Although the party ends up helping her instead, she can cast support spells from the background.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' has this in spades. During the original game party members Edward and Edge are princes, and in the sequel ''The After Years'' they're joined by Cecil and Yang (kings), Rosa (queen), Ceodore (prince), and Luca and Ursula (princesses). The strongest summons in the game are royalty too -- Leviathan and Asura are king and queen of the Feymarch, Odin is the spirit of the former King of Baron, and Bahamut is the king of monsters.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' has [[spoiler:Galuf, the reigning king of Bal]]; his granddaughter [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Krile]]; and Lenna [[spoiler:and Faris, both princesses]] of Tycoon. Bartz too would be royalty, if [[spoiler:his father had gone back to his home dimension where he was a king]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' gives us Edgar, the king of Figaro (and a skilled engineer), as well as his twin brother Sabin, as playable characters.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' tries its best to avert this trope by having most of the world under the thumb of a MegaCorp, but there is still [[RebelliousPrincess Princess]] [[{{Ninja}} Yuffie]], who comes from one of the few free nations left in the world.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' comes close with Rinoa, whose father is Minister of Defense for the Galbadian Republic. (As the highest-ranking government official left by the end of the game, this might make him president; the game doesn't address the question, though.) In any event, her officers in the Forest Owls refer to her as "princess".
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' has Princess Garnet/Dagger, [[spoiler:who in a twist on the usual application turns out to not be royalty after all, but rather an adopted [[LastOfHisKind Last Of Her Kind]]]].
*** There's also Prince Puck of Burmecia, who doesn't do a lot other than sneak about and cause trouble: there's Queen Brahne, Garnet's mother, who both accompanies her arial troops into battle and, [[spoiler:having drained Garnet's Eidolons, is the one to use them in combat. She is not ineffective.]] There's also Regent Cid, who is the city's chief engineer, and, without participating in any actual battles, accompanies the party for a segment of their journey.
** Considering that her dad took out an EldritchAbomination, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Yuna]] probably could have gone her entire life in comfort. You know, [[CrapsackWorld comparatively.]] But instead, she decided to go and save the world herself.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' has Princess Ashe, who fights to restore her kingdom and become queen.
*** Larsa is another example (deciding to personally investigate incidents and even guest-joining the party); his brother is a more villainous example.
*** There's also MagnificentBastard Al-Cid Margrace, who, despite not doing a lot onscreen, apparently works very hard in a political sense to postpone war.
** The closest character that ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' has to royalty is [[TagalongKid Hope]], who is the son of a high-ranking Sanctum employee. Like many tropes in the game, this one is deconstructed in that Hope doesn't ''want'' to do anything, but is forced into action due to his overzealous mother and her [[FailureKnight "protector"]], Snow.
*** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'' plays this straight when Hope ends up becoming effective King of Earth, and he happily spends most of the game beating up monsters and creating war machines and tech for Serah and Noel to use. In an early treatment of the game's plot, Hope was supposed to be the ''third party member.''
** Prince Noctis, the hero of ''Videogame/FinalFantasyXV'', is protector of Lucis (which happens to be in the middle of a MobWar), presumably due to his father the king getting old and having diplomatic matters to handle.
* The royal family from ''[[VideoGame/StreetPassMiiPlaza Find Mii]]'' (aka ''Streetpass Quest'') prefers to manage their kingdom from the ground level rather than atop their thrones. Not that they get a chance to demonstrate this before they all get kidnapped, but it has clearly helped their popularity enough to get [[SocializationBonus hundreds of passerby]] to take up swords and fight to free them.
* Also a common character type in the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series, with "common" as in "the point of every game except the two involving Ike." Royalty tends to max out stats faster, are the most likely to have a pre-battle conversation with the villain of the chapter, and are obviously very important to the plot. Being a mercenary, Ike is a far cry from royalty, but even then he becomes leader of the best mercenary guild after [[spoiler:his father gets offed.]]
** Convolutedly played with in [[spoiler:Micaiah]] and Pelleas' case. [[spoiler:The latter [[RagsToRoyalty discovers he's the prince]] as a young adult, proceeds to take his throne back from the invaders, and then realises he was just another commoner after all, prompting him to abdicate in [[MyCountryRightOrWrong Micaiah's]] favour. Then the epilogue reveals she's actually the thought-to-be-dead older sister of another country's Empress, Sanaki, who offers her the throne. Micaiah refuses, choosing to lead the country she's fought for.]]
*** The ''actual'' heir to the throne [[spoiler:of Daein is [[HalfHumanHybrid Soren]], who has also been "doing something" -- he's been [[SquishyWizard fighting alongside you]] the whole time.]] Subverted in that he doesn't know his lineage.
** Even though Ike has no royal blood, he still ''becomes'' a noble during the course of his first game. Not to mention that his father [[spoiler:was one of Daein's Four Riders.]] Not quite a royal, but close.
** The Laguz Kings, who get to become kings because they are their tribes' most efficient warriors. The most obvious case is Tibarn, though Naesala, while he prefers not to fight himself, is also pretty damn powerful and all he does is more or less for the sake of Kilvas.
** Even minor characters may turn out to be royalty, or at least, nobles. ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'' really goes after this, featuring three princes and three princesses in its cast. Two of them [[YouDidntAsk didn't reveal until much later that they are royalty.]]
** Tellius also brings us Elincia. She was for most of ''Path of Radiance'' inactive... however, near the end, she comes to Ike wearing armor next to her great-grandmother's pegasus saying she was tired of sitting around. This continues into ''Radiant Dawn'', where she is shown ruling her kingdom and is an active unit. In fact, she's a popular end-game choice.
** The villains count too; generally the BigBad is royalty, as are many chapter bosses. Even in the rare cases where they aren't good at combat, they'll generally be at least be out on the battlefield with their troops.
* ''VideoGame/{{Freelancer}}'' has two noblemen ([[Creator/GeorgeTakei Lord Hakkera]] of Kusari and Diedrich Von Claussen of Rheinland) who are both Order agents and pretty good pilots. In fact, Von Claussen is known throughout Rheinland as an ace who has never lost a wingman.
* [[spoiler:The second set of player characters]] in ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' are all royalty.
** Anyone who played ''Lost Age'' knows that the people of Champa resort to piracy to feed their mouths, because they have only their smithy otherwise. Eoleo ascends to captainhood [[spoiler:as a result of his father Briggs' death]], but still swings a mean blade regardless of his rank. A captain who cannot fight alongside his crew doesn't remain captain for very long.
** Amiti lived a relatively sheltered life off his mother's fame until Matthew and his friends came along. He may have volunteered to escort them through the Barai Ruins, but he takes on a more active role once [[spoiler:the Insight Glass chooses him]]. [[spoiler:Given the injuries sustained by King Paithos during the eclipse, Amiti ascended to the throne in its wake.]]
** [[spoiler:Himi, like Amiti, lived relative comfort as a [[{{Miko}} Shrine Maiden]] alongside her parents, Susa and Kushinada. She falls into a coma after foretelling Isaac's descent into disaster, sending her older brother off to his aid, but winds up going with Matthew once the Third Eye awakens her from said coma.]]
** [[spoiler:The beastmen of Morgal take the brunt of FantasticRacism on many sides, meaning even the Czamaral clan must remain primed for combat when it comes. While she runs your operations in Morgal, especially Belinsk, from behind the scenes, Sveta is no less capable as a fighter. Of course, the racism may not have ended soon enough, given the Grave Eclipse's activation, so when she ascends to queenhood in the wake of her brother's death, she's going to have to train a new army and capitalize on the light Adepts that emerged as a result of the eclipse's end.]]
* [[spoiler:Prince (later King) Roan]] in ''VideoGame/GrandiaII''.
* The second player ship in the ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' [[GaidenGame side story Salamander]] is piloted by the prince of the planet you're defending. Later incarnations name this ship after him: Lord British.
* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars: Nightfall'', one of the first heroes to join your party and set your characters' plans in motion is Tahlkora, who is revealed to be a princess of Vabbi.
* The Gryphonhearts in the ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' series, starting with Rion Gryphonheart, who led the Erathian army against [[AntiHero Tarnum's]] barbarian hordes and defeated Tarnum in CombatByChampion. Rion's daughter (and [[spoiler:Tarnum's niece]]) is also this, after Tarnum trains her.
** ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic V'' has [[UnwittingPawn Isabel]] ([[BaseBreaker arguably]]), [[CoolOldGuy Godric]] and [[RebelliousPrincess Freyda]], as well as [[WisePrince Zehir]].
** The Ironfist brother that wins the Succession War (canonically Roland) goes on the field ''personally'' for the final battle of the war (the other brother is also on the field, but that is less impressive considering the battle is about besieging the last stronghold of the losing brother). Roland also went on a campaign against the Kreegan in the period between ''Heroes II'' and ''Might & Magic VI'', though with less impressive results (it led to him being kidnapped by the Kreegan and held prisoner for some six to seven years). Archibald, while it was not readily apparent in-game about the Succession War, turned out to be a remarkably knowledgeable mage in contexts that made it clear that it must have applied before the War's end.
* All the royals in ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' have at some point been pretty active.
* Pretty much every aristocrat in the ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' series, be they good, bad, or neutral, does ''something'': Baron Praxis actively fights against Jak and the Metal Heads; his daughter Ashelin is a member of the Krimzon Guard (later the Freedom League); Count Veger does things himself rather than relying on {{Mooks}}.
** And after TheReveal, we now know that [[spoiler:Jak himself is one of these.]]
* The Prince of All Cosmos from ''Main/KatamariDamacy'' has saved and/or rebuilt the cosmos numerous times. Sadly, his father gets all the credit, even though [[NiceJobBreakingItHero he's usually the one who endangers the cosmos to begin with]].
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' has MickeyMouse. He's the king of Disney Castle, a {{Badass}} and powerful Keyblade Master, and one of the main characters in the series, acting as a BigGood (though he defers to Bigger Good [[{{Disney/Fantasia}} Yen Sid]]).
** MinnieMouse qualifies when needed. She's got {{Holy|HandGrenade}} on her side.
** [[spoiler:Kairi]] is starting to become one of these as of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', despite her status as a princess being only through the fact that she lacks darkness in her heart. Though it is mentioned at one point that her adoptive parent is a mayor...
* ''VideoGame/KingOfDragonPass'' has all your tribes duties overseen by nobles. From trading and diplomacy to dangerous expeditions and warfare, they work their ass off until old age or death. They definitely earn their keep.
* ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'' sounds like it says it right there in the title, although the name probably refers to the King giving Sir Graham his quest in the first game. Following his promotion at the end of the first game, all [[ExecutiveMeddling but one]] of the other games involve royalty in a main role, either King Graham or his family members, personally saving their kingdom. While they are involved with exploits of purely the personal variety, you have an entire BadassFamily whose exploits involve a lot more than afternoon tea.
* King Dedede of the ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' series goes back and forth on this. While he is a fearsome fighter, both when he opposes Kirby and when he occasionally helps him, he isn't much of a ''ruler'', as it's explicitly stated that he [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything performs absolutely no administrative duties whatsoever]], to the point that the citizens of Dream Land more or less ignore his presence.
** Prince Fluff from ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'' also counts.
* ''VideoGame/KnightsInTheNightmare'' has Willimgard [[spoiler:who, despite being dead, comes back as the Wisp in order to prevent the villains from accomplishing their goal]].
** The same series brings us [[VideoGame/YggdraUnion Yggdra and Gulcasa]]. [[spoiler:Milanor, Luciana and Aegina probably count too.]] And in the same ''game'', there's Arlier... and although Nordische doesn't get too far, he tries.
** And [[VideoGame/BlazeUnion three years ago]], Soltier, Ordene, [[spoiler:Aegina...]]
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II'' has Queen Talia of Onderon. She's a staunch supporter of the Republic and sends them material assistance (despite its controversy among her people) while dealing with a SuccessionCrisis. She's also a LadyOfWar who duels her cousin Vaklu with swords, and he's no match for her.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastRemnant'' has numerous examples of this (both good and evil). The most notable is David, the Marquis of Athium, who is a very competent and active leader both in the throne room and on the front lines.
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has Jarvan IV, son of the King of Demacia, taking a commanding role in the military and subsequently, the League of Legends. More than merely competent, he is one of the greatest troops at his city-state's disposal.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy'' has both the title character and his far more enthused sister Starly -- while he's out helping his amnesiac space-bunny friend, she's at home in Pufftop beating the pants off of the invading army. Before boss fights, Moe even asks if you want to summon Starly for help.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' has King Albert of Basil, who essentially picked up where a previous player character, Lavitz (a knight from Basil), had left off.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''
** Princess Zelda has fought alongside Link in several of the games in the series, particularly ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]].'' As well as ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', when Zelda becomes Sheik. She also stars in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon]]'', one of the [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canonical]] Philips [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames CD-i games]].
** From the same game, we have King Harkinian. Once he hears that his brother, Duke Onkled, is in danger, he runs off to Gamelon ([[MemeticMutation after dinner,]] [[WebAnimation/YoutubePoop of course]]). He even comes prepared with the Triforce of Courage. Granted, nothing comes of it, but he tried, after all.
** King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule from ''The Wind Waker''. For the majority of the game [[spoiler:he's Link's boat, serving as his only transport form island to island and giving him vital information for his quest]], and just before the final battle [[spoiler:he cheats Ganondorf out of his wish on the Triforce by making his own wish: to have Hyrule, and Ganondorf with it, washed away forever. Of course, being Ganondorf, he'll be back again in a couple of centuries or so, with Hyrule being washed away being [[ThePlan part of his plan]]. Although it hasn't happened so far]].
** In the beginning of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]'', Zelda has her soul separated from her body by the BigBad. She then joins Link as his ExpositionFairy, giving her the largest role she's ever had in canon. And within the tower she has the power to possess a suit of animate armor, becoming a sword-wielding badass made of metal and ghost that far outranks Link himself in strength.
** Hell, Ganondorf himself may count. He did start out as King of the Gerudo, after all.
** Minor character example: When you defeat the undead swordsmen in Ikana Castle (Majora's Mask), the king himself jumps up from his throne without a word, pulls out a sword and shield, and proceeds to continue where his generals left off.
** One word: [[spoiler:Midna.]] True, she was dethroned in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', but she still helped Link more than any other character in the entire series. [[spoiler:She was more like his partner than his sidekick, which is more than can be said of the various fairies.]]
** [[spoiler:[[''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'' Ralph, heir to the throne of Labrynna.]]]] [[TheScrappy Not the most endearing sidekick ever]], but he does have his [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome moment]].
** Queen Gohma, King Dodongo, Stallord, and tons of other bosses qualify.
* ''VideoGame/LostOdyssey'''s Ming Numara at first seems like a useless figurehead, but soon proves herself to be an extremely powerful sorceress and a strong, competent, and proactive leader who was only in the position of a figurehead because she had been forced to [[spoiler:seal away her own memories in order to save the lives of her subjects]].
* In ''VideoGame/MagnaCarta2'', Princess Rzephillda should be sitting in a tower somewhere hiding from her country's Civil War. Instead, she leads a front-line elite unit in an effort to retake her power.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Mechwarrior}} 4: Vengeance'', the protagonist Ian Dresari is from a royal family, seeking to restore legal rule to his planet (and the final battle is with his cousin). After one of his missions, a lancemate actually says "I guess you're not one of those royals who let the rest of us do the heavy lifting."
** In the original ''Mechwarrior'', the protagonist Gideon Braver Vandenberg is the heir of a Duke who was overthrown by a political conspiracy with Gideon as the patsy. Instead of taking this lying down or getting others to fight on his behalf, Gideon goes on to form his own mercenary unit to prove his innocence and exact bloody revenge.
* ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic VII'' includes this; the starting island of the game centres around a contest in which the prize is for the winning group to jointly become 'Lords of Harmondale'. After winning and arriving at Welnin, the main settlement of Harmondale, the adventurers quickly find out that, amongst other things, the inhabitants all think they won't last long, no-one of the nobles and royals of the continent regard them as actual nobles, and the Castle that is supposed to be their home as Lords is partially in ruins, as well as goblin-infested. The middle portion of the game is about fixing all that. [[spoiler: Also, it is possible for Harmondale to become an independent Kingdom, making the Lords more properly Royal]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' has Princess Kumatora, who fights alongside Lucas.
** Of course, [[spoiler:there were never any real monarchs on the Nowhere Islands; she was just planted there and entitled as one when everyone's memories, save for Leder's, were wiped and rebuilt when they moved there]].
* Each of the five kingdoms in ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade'' is ruled by a king who leads his own combat party and has a high renown value (this being a game statistic usually increased by winning battles). Though they sometimes hang out in their respective castles, they are known to lead campaigns into enemy territory. Good thing the NeverSayDie rule applies to all named characters in this game, because they're always part of the first group to deploy, and they often get knocked out and captured in the course of a battle. Still, unless you've got some serious skills/leveling/equipment, do ''not'' engage the king alone. He'll cut you down in seconds.
* ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'' has The Masked King of Facade, who leads his soldiers into every battle, [[spoiler:including their last stand, which he knows he won't survive, but still manages to win.]]
* The cast of ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'' is made up mostly of these. Four of the five main characters are princes, princesses, and queens. [[spoiler:Even Oswald turns out to be a long-lost prince of Titania, and Cornelius' cousin.]] The supporting cast gets in on this as well. The only royal who doesn't really do anything is King Edmund, who's just too old and feeble at this point (but still has [[spoiler:killing his father after he transformed into the Darkova and ran amok]] [[RetiredBadass as part of his backstory.]])
* There's quite a few in ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', but foremost is Queen Himiko. At first it looks like she's the one responsible for Sei-An city being covered in toxic fog, or at least apathetic to her citizens plight, being shut in the imperial palace; however, [[spoiler:she died in a HeroicSacrifice. Using [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning her murder]] by Ninetails to fuse her soul with her clan's CrystalBall to locate Oni Island and give Amaterasu the chance to slay Ninetails and destroy a major source of monsters. And thanks to her powers of prophecy, she ''knew'' she was going to die. Needless to say, the PlayerPunch reaction when Ninetails taunts you with not being able to protect her (and in fact [[MacGuffinDeliveryService giving her the tool she needed to kill her!)]] is a powerful one. Even in death (and a sidequest), her tears give Nuregami a power boost and will net you a new and powerful water attack.]]
* [=PoPoLoCrois=] for the {{P|layStation}}S1 and PSP has Pietro, who is the prince of the country of the same name. Another party member who joins you in the [=PS1=] version is Jilva, who is the princess of another country as well. (And actually a pretty strong physical attacker.)
** [[spoiler:Narcia may also count, as it's revealed she may potentially be the daughter of Titania, queen of the faeries.]]
* ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime''. To date, the Prince has let loose an ancient curse, battled basically [[YouCantFightFate Fate itself]], and WON, and then fought the Vizier who caused the first problem by manipulation, who by then [[AGodAmI absorbed a lot of the Sands of Time]], turning him into pretty much a [[PhysicalGod really shiny being who was supposedly immortal]]. If there's one man who embodies Royals Who Actually Do Something, it's the Prince of Persia.
** To a lesser extent, Farah as well, being the daughter of the Maharaja.
* Every princess in ''VisualNovel/PrincessWaltz'' is some form of BadAss. The Princess Waltz tournament of the titular VisualNovel allows the strongest princess in the land to marry the Emperor, giving them good reason to not just sit around. Most notable are Princesses Liliana and Angela, who both fight in their Kingdom's navy and army respectively. Princess Liesel, on the other hand, is a noted inventor and smith.
* [[VideoGame/RadiantHistoria Princess Eruca or Granorg]] is very active, first doing her best to use her political sway to try and limit the damage her lazy, vain, and stupid, ''stupid'' [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen stepmother]] is doing, and when that doesn't work, she [[RebelLeader spearheads a rebellion]]. She'd like to be even more active, but is constantly told to stay off the front lines. She is usually swayed to agree, since while a martyr would be good for the rebellion, [[spoiler:the world as a whole is boned without her]] and the nature of [[TheHero Stocke's]] time travel means he's better off avoiding the circumstances of her possible death entirely, rather than altering the specific moment.
** In the backstory, her older brother, Prince Ernst, who made himself beloved by the populace for basically trying to fix ''everything''. It didn't turn out so well, since [[TheCaligula King Victor]] started getting a little nervous that his son's popularity might be a threat to his reign and had him executed on false charges of treason to get him out of the way.
* Most nobles in ''{{Ravenmark}}: Scourge of Estellion'' have, at one point or another, served in the Imperial Mark. In fact, due to the meritocratic nature of TheEmpire of Estellion, any commoner who wishes to achieve Ravenhood (temporary nobility) has to serve in the military for 22 years (there is an alternative of 36 years of administrative service, but most choose the military path). Ravenhood is passed on to the soldier's children but not grandchildren. Any family that manages to retain Ravenhood for 10 unbroken generations (i.e. constant service) becomes a permanent noble House with the 11th generation firstborn becoming a Rook (a title equivalent to a RealLife Lord but also signifies a general-type rank). Specific examples include Rook [[MilitaryMaverick Vidius Harper]] and Rook [[DropTheHammer Delvinius Cato]]. However, the late Emperor Sergius Corvius ascended to the throne after leading a successful military campaign in the northeast region of the Empire. The four Queens (more like department heads), one of whom is Sergius's daughter, are also capable military commanders, even the manipulative [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Phoebe Corvius]]. Exceptions include Sergius's son Gratian, who is more of a schemer, and Gratian's son [[DirtyCoward Ovidius]]. The Court of Shadows (formerly House Cordance) are a borderline example, being a secret order made up of {{Heroic Bastard}}s of House Corvius, trained in espionage and BloodMagic, and sworn to protect their legitimate brothers and sisters from any threat within the Empire and without. The "borderline" part comes from the fact that it's not clear if bastards are considered to be nobility.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Robopon}}'', Princess Darcy and Prince Tail commentate on Robopon matches, and Tail is an expert battler. In the second game, the Kings of Wonder and Delica battle, too.
* In ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'', the player is named acting prince/princess of the town of Selphia and is responsible for pretty much the entire plot. The actual prince, Arthur, is perfectly willing to let them take over for him, but he earns his keep by maintaining a busy trading practice.
* [[DefectorFromDecadence Prince Enrique]] from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia''.
* ''Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}''
** ''VideoGame/SonicRushSeries'': [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogOtherProtagonists Blaze the Cat]].
** In ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]'', ''Sonic himself'' [[spoiler:(him being the actual King Arthur, and all)]] counts as an example.
* Hildegard "Hilde" Von Krone of the VideoGame/SoulSeries. She's the princess (and acting ruler, due to her father's insanity) of a small kingdom, who is very much a LadyOfWar and leads her country's army into battle.
* Prince Valerian Mengsk of ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' is shown to be a BadassBookworm trained in Martial Arts and swordsmanship as well as classical knowledge in the books. He's an AdventurerArchaeologist, to boot. He's also definitely taken notes from his father in {{Magnificent Bastard}}ry and by the end of ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' [[spoiler:manages to disinfect Sarah Kerrigan [[EnemyMine with the help of]] Jim Raynor]].
** [[HiveQueen Kerrigan]] herself in HeartOfTheSwarm personally leads all the Zerg assaults as a playable Hero Unit.
* Games belonging to the ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series are obviously filled with these. Special mention goes to King Lino en Kuldes, one of [[VideoGame/SuikodenIV the fourth game's]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking best fighters]] and his daughter [[ArcherArchetype Flare]], two popular characters in, arguably, the series' most unpopular game.
** Prince [[CanonName Freyjadour]] himself, AKA the protagonist of ''VideoGame/SuikodenV''. Also his aunt Sialeeds.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
** When she is not [[DamselInDistress getting kidnapped]], [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Peach]] often helps Mario, such as in ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach''. And sometimes even when she is, as evidenced in the ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' games.
** There's also the BigBad Bowser, King of the Koopas and most prolific FinalBoss in all of gaming.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' introduces a third royal in [[WarriorPrince Prince Mallow]]. He [[AvertedTrope averts this trope]] at first due to IdentityAmnesia of his royal status, but played straight in that after he finds out who he is, he stays with Mario and the party without a second thought.
** Peach's EvilCounterpart from ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'', [[BigBad Princess Shroob]], personally leads [[AlienInvasion her people's invasion]] of the Mushroom Kingdom.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'', when Princess Shine's [[TheKingdom kingdom]] is overrun by the Divine Crusaders, [[DamselInDistress she has to be rescued]] by your team. When the Neo DC attack again in ''Original Generation 2'', she instead joins your team with a pair of custom-made ElegantGothicLolita-styled HumongousMecha for herself and her friend to help protect her kingdom.
** The spinoff ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'' has [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses more princesses than it has worlds]], and each one that you meet joins the party to protect/redeem/avenge their kingdom. There's Kaguya Nanbu, master of the Nanbu Reijutsu sword arts; Suzuka, who controls a [[GatlingGood multiple gatling-wielding]] robot by dancing; and Neige Hausen/Howzen, who fights with a bayonet-equipped laser rifle (as well as a miniature {{Expy}} of the aforementioned Shine Hausen's HumongousMecha). Then there's King Rubor Cullen, who would be better for his kingdom if he ''didn't'' pick fights with everyone he thought was a threat, Shuten, who regularly fights the party for his people's honor, and Stahl Dieb, who personally led an expedition into [[spoiler:the Einst dimension]].
* Natalia from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''. On top of being the main party's archer, she's also politically active, using her position to help the economy and foreign relations and the like. [[spoiler:As a result, when it's revealed that she's actually a maid's child that was swapped for the real princess Natalia when the real one was stillborn, and the king goes to exile her, the people rise up to help her out.]]
** Luke becomes one, after his ImportantHaircut, and he's around fourth in line for the Kimlascan throne, as well as the heir to the most powerful non-royal aristocrat in the kingdom.
** Peony may not be a playable character, but he does a great job running his country and is often highly involved with helping Luke and the party save the world.
** Estelle from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' is one, too. She's the WhiteMage StoneWall healer who more or less forcibly drags the party around, fixing up problems in cities. She also has an insatiable need to heal people who are hurt.
** Prince (and later King) Richard from ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces''. When [[spoiler:his father is murdered]], he leads the uprising and insists upon fighting alongside his men. Also, as revealed in the epilogue, he [[spoiler:dedicates his time to killing the monsters Lambda created.]]
* Toki from ''VideoGame/TimeAndEternity'' repeatedly travels back in time to prevent the murder of her fiancee at her own wedding. She ends up [[spoiler:saving the entire timeline while she's at it]].
* The royal families in the ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' series. They can act as generals, accompanied onto the battlefield by generals, and can also act as a provincial governors, their personal attributes influencing the efficiency with which the province is managed (for better or worse).
** Less son in the games set later, such as ''Empire'' and ''Napoleon''. However, historically, many of the generals in ''Napoleon'' were aristocrats. Examples include Napoleon himself and Mikhail Kutuzov, although neither had actually been born into nobility. Napoleon made himself Emperor, and Kutuzov was granted the title of Knyaz (Prince or Duke) after his victory over the Turks.
* [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Arcueid Brunestud]] is one. Actually, by this point 'doing stuff' is pretty much all she does anymore when not sleeping. She used to be treated like a princess by a castle full of vampires, but then [[spoiler:she killed them all.]] But she's still doing the job that went with being a princess, and other characters still refer to her as one.
* The ''Franchise/{{Ultima}}'' series: The only reason Lord British isn't joining your party (without cheating) is to maintain some pretense at game balance. Nonetheless he aids you constantly, offering equipment, aid, room and board, and free heals and resurrections for both you, your party and the occasional collateral-damage NPC. Shamino, who can and usually does join you in practically every game, is also a king, although he's been stranded in Britannia since the breaking of Sosaria during the time of Exodus. And they're both Richard Garriott.
** Lord British gets off his throne twice of note- in the backstory to ''Videogame/UltimaV'' he leads the expedition into the underworld; and in ''Videogame/UltimaIX'' he realizes he has been relying on you too much, and personally goes off to kick Blackthorn's ass and stop the moons in their courses.
* Prince Maximillian from ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' who takes an active hand in TheEmpire's invasion of Gallia.
* Princess Alicia in ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile2Silmeria'', along with a good chunk of the Einherjar she can call up who happen to be royals of one sort or another.
* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'', especially ''Warcraft III'', has several royal heroes fighting on the frontlines, including Arthas, Muradin Bronzebeard (and his brothers in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', to an extent), Kael'thas and Anub'arak (ancient king-turned-traitor of Azjol-Nerub).
** Brann Bronzebeard is so active as an AdventurerArchaeologist in the more recent expansions that his status as royalty seems mostly superfluous to his character.
** ''Warcraft II'' rather inverts the trope, with legendary and/or royal heroes who when they appear on the field need to be kept away from the front lines at all cost, being weaker than regular units.
** Then there is Varian Wrynn, King of Stormwind, in the comics. When he was introduced in VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft, he was quite a bit too eager to fight to actually make wise decisions, but he seems to have mellowed down in Icecrown Citadel.
*** Varian's father Llane Wrynn was one of the most beloved kings of Stormwind. It was his courage and determination that kept the orcs from razing the city for the 4 years of the First War. Then he turns his back on a former ally and gets his heart cut out for his trouble. Without Llane, Stormwind falls quickly. Lord Anduin Lothar (descended from the Arathi royal line) is a skilled commander and fighter. Unfortunately, his duel with Orgrim Doomhammer ends with his skull crushed by Doomhammer's warhammer of the same name.
** Sylvanas Windrunner, the Banshee Queen, also fits.
*** She's technically not royalty as much as just calls herself that.
** You also have Genn Greymane, king of Gilneas, even before becoming a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent worgen]]. During the Second War, he personally leads the Gilneas forces to cut off [[OurOrcsAreDifferent orc]] reinforcements after the ruler of the neighboring kingdom of Alterac makes a deal with Orgrim Doomhammer. He's the first to leap into battle. In the novel ''Wolfheart'', Genn and Varian go on a hunt and bond over a fight with an angry bear. This is despite the fact that Genn is by this point [[BadassGrandpa over 70 years old]]. Genn's son was also this until taking a poisoned arrow for his father.
* In ''VideoGame/YsSeven'' we have Aisha, she originally joins up with Adol and Dogi as a [[KingIncognito Princess Incognito]] to investigate the Bizarre phenomenons happening all over Altago. After a bit she ends up getting found out when she returns back and the King Introduces Adol and Dogi to her(Unaware that she was with them the entire time). However after the [[spoiler: [[WhamEpisode The Last Seal is gathered by the group]] and Adol and Company become fugitives after being framed for the murder of the king,]] she is temporarily removed from the party and is forced to stay in the castle.
* Victoria from ''{{Agarest Senki}} 2''. She's of the opinion that one should lead from the front-lines rather than behind and is a general via AsskickingEqualsAuthority. Mostly gets it from her father Wolfgang, who himself is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who admits the only reason he isn't fighting is because of old age.
* The Taiidan Emperor from ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}'' provides a {{Deconstruction}}: being a paranoid tyrant and having no idea of what he's doing, he made an enemy of most of the galaxy, brought the Taiidan population on the verge of rebellion, and then ''triggered it'' by ordering the destruction of Kharak in his paranoia. He also personally commands the Imperial Guard in the final battle, but proves an inept commander and, once the initial ambush is survived, the player can take him down with relative ease.
* ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' has Prince Crescendo and Princess Serenade. Prince Crescendo is the prince of Baroque, who is taking care of the kingdom in place of his ailing father. When the kingdom is threatened by Forte, he decides to turn himself over to the game's BigBad, Count Waltz. The UpdatedRerelease PlayStation3 version gives him more to do by having him join your party and making him part of a BonusDungeon. Serenade is his fiancee and a spy for Forte, but she realizes that what Forte is doing is wrong and flips sides. She also joins the party in the updated rerelease.
