What are some King and Queen dynamics that catch you attention or you would interesting/fun to implement?
Most of these could be swapped around of course.
>Badass warrior King but Queen handles most of the politics
>Martial King + Caster Queen
>Queen is from a vastly different culture and/or race and King does his best to accommodate her
>King loves inventing stuff. Queen has to make sure he doesn't blow up his lab tower for the third time this month
Also post pictures of royalty
The queen is a barbarian chieftain who only cares for red wine, red meat and red war. The king is her meek husband who patiently works to keeps her holdings together as they double in size every year.
>King is a cruel tyrant and incompetent, backed up only by his general's victories and the throne itself
>Queen is an absolute whore who debases herself to the crowds, a shrew, and totally mean spirited
The King and Queen are both kind, gracious and individually powerful people who both want what's best for the kingdom, but they despise each other. The King's mistress is his real love, while the Queen hates her for the embarrassment it brings her.
Man, the ideas took a sudden dark turn after what the OP posted
>The usual Queen marries a commoner (maybe did so when she was still a princess) and now the lowborn guy is struggling to meet the expectations of being a King. Queen of course does most of the heavy lifting.
>King has a hell of a time getting his Queen to stop going off on random adventures because damnit woman you're gonna get yourself killed and rulling this place is a two person job
King is an excellent military commander, charismatic and much loved by the people.
Queen is a supreme statesman and all the royal family's have been removed discretely, the realm is stable and she is feared.
They are utterly devoted to each other and genuinely do love each other.
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fifth post best post?
>royal family's
royal family's rivals
The king is a competent administrator and fearless warrior, but trusting and gullible. The queen acts kind and demure in public, but in private manages an extensive spy network. On an entirely unrelated note all nobles who try to plot against the king tend to die while "falling down the stairs" or "in a hunting accident". What a coincidence!
Best dynamic
>Honey please, could you wait a couple months before you invade the Kemerians? The provinces from Dromar still don't have fully paved roads a-and.... i-t's my birthday next month...
>Implying there's a better birthday gift than 200 square kilometers of new territory
Shit taste for cucklords
King > Former Paladin type who passes kind & well considered judgement, but who does so on a small scale. Feels like he can't help enough people.
Queen > Former Princess/Part-time Damsel. Great stateswoman with great political cunning to undercut evil lords & loves to host/fund big fundraisers & other big welfare groups/events, feels like she doesn't connect enough to the commoners.
Together they cover all the bases to make their kingdom prosper & love each other completely.
Example; King sees a starving urchin who he notices is suffering. King stops parade or whatever to offer kid his food & a position in the castle. Moves the kids whole family in. King tells Queen about his day. Queen talks to urchin & finds out some dickbag Lord overworked the kids father to death & is doing the same thing to others. Queen finds a way to oust the Lord for his crimes, & turns his mansion into an orphanage.
Aged Warrior King who waxes about his old adventures & cute housewife Queen who bakes
King & Queen from rival lands who were at war. Cold marriage proposal is made to deter war. Teen/Twentyish King & Queen actually fall for each other & now work together to bring peace to their now mighty nation
Cute
How is the first one a cuck?
It's not; user is just a retard who thinks everything is a cuck.
>King is literally a King in the Mountain type: super powerful but needs to spend most of his time resting in some shrine but awakens during times of need, usually through the Queen visiting his resting spot
>Queen handles the vast majority of the ruling but every now and then some existential threat to the land emerges that she needs to awaken her beloved for
>they always have a tearful departure when the King has to go back to rest
>both obviously immortal
King is a lich in human disguise. Queen is a vampire who's very concerned about windows and open spaces in daytime. They still rule their subjects with kindness and benevolence while everything outside their kingdom tries to bring them down, but the two keep foiling their plans and even they do make it to the palace, it's the commoners who stand up for their undead royalty.
Submissive male. The poster probably likes a submissive male as the King because either they are a submissive male & see themselves in that role, or they wish to cuck the submissive male.
this looks like the greatest story
where can I read it?
Boku no Pico
can we had that king have some fidelity trends he has to work on?
a lot of women want his body because the king has the power to make their dreams come true
I know only one woman more beautiful than Liv Tyler in LotR.
>Badass warrior King but Queen handles most of the politics
This trope is literally the only good thing about SM Stirling's "Dies the Fire" series, aside from the heraldry jokes. The main bad guy is a SCAdian fighter, who goes full Dark Lord and adapts to the suddenly medieval setting really effectively, so he ends up as the Badass Warrior. His wife goes full Scheming Sociopathic Political Bitch, and is arguably more feared than her husband.
>king is a noble, pure-hearted warrior that built his grand kingdom upon a fount of evil to keep it contained
>the queen has an evil soul and comes to prey upon the king, but comes to genuinely love him and grow good through the bond they share
>the king goes off to face the evil beneath his kingdom and keep it contained, sacrificing himself to be corrupted for the good of the world
>the queen must mourn and wait for somebody strong enough to slay her beloved husband and put an end to the evil
It's very specific but very good.
>Yandere queen
Oh my~
Very surprised at all the good taste in this thread. Excellent work Veeky Forums
The queen is a vicious gnoll barbarian who sodomizes her young and feminine slave-king every night with her turgid pseudopenis, as she does not understand how conception works but still wishes to produce young.
And the best part? The Ivory King is Farosian. That country really represents when it comes to exceptional individuals including Vengharl
King is a master craftsman and engineer while the Queen is a patron of the arts and quite the musician herself, whilst none of them are good statesmen they are beloved by the people.
Who the fuck uses turgid?
>Queen is normal but the King is a dragon that mostly stays in human form
>twist: literally everyone except the Queen knows the King is a dragon
>The King and Queen have after fighting hard and saving the world, grown bored resting on their thrones as statesmen
>They still love each other, but the spark has died, and their faults to each other are becoming increasingly obvious
>an ancient evil once more arises, and puts threat to the kingdom
>The King and Queen fight it together as before, and rekindle the spark in their relationship as they do so
See, this kinda stuff develops out of this kinda stuff maybe saying "cucklord" isn't the best, but it's the one I decided to use as I felt it related to both original posts.
>this kinda stuff develops out of this kinda stuff
Eh...no? It doesn't really follow unless you want to say stuff like BDSM leads to guro torture
>Farosian
Source on that claim?
Submissive male & overbearing female leads to femdom, femdom leads to female raping submissive male. Now the fetish train can stop halfway there or go all the way to the station, it's different for everybody. But fetishes tend to get more drastic the more they are indulged.
>Honey, why do the peasants keep holding up those signs whenever we pass by?
>W-what signs? J-just ignore them!
Cate Blanchett in LotR?
Does the Queen have a friend who is even bigger whore than her and whom the Queen married to the general?
>The king is charismatic, but foolish, and spends his time throwing parties and feasts for the nobles
>The queen is intelligent and makes all the important decisions. She is often aggravated by the king's antics.
>(The king is actually very smart and is putting on an act. He now knows all of his potential rival's weaknesses through gossip and observing)
>The king also occasionally pulls a silent bob and offers sound advice, but it is few and far between.
Where does 'meek statesman' imply 'sexually submissive', you pathetic digital 3D IMAX 4k resolution laser-lighted cockgoblin who imports shitty memes from /v/?
King and Queen married for politics to unite their realms, pretend to hate each other and angle for better outcomes for their respective homelands but have secretly fallen in love.
>Husband has to try and teach his wife that there is more to life than land, power, and good food.
>Wife has to try and disabuse her husband's overly romantic ideals and take him out from his under his 'childhood friends' thumb.
>King and Queen have been married for too damn long
>Openly hate each other, just absolutely cannot stand one another
>Both just waiting for the other to die
>King and Queen closer to Leader/Opposition factions (each with their own Kingsguard/Queensguard supporters). Each has not quite veto power but enough influence from their separate families that unilateral actions must be discrete or very difficult
>Entire realm split down the middle, you can tell whether a peasant prefers King or Queen policies/families by who they toast to first
Obviously it couldn't continue when an heir takes the throne. It works best in a fledgling kingdom or new dynasty where the nation's existence is only made possible by the alliance of two powerful houses.
While more crude then I would put it, raises a good point, furthermore asserting that femdom leads to female on male spousal rape is on par with assuming maledom needs to male on female rape, there's also your claim that indulging in fetishes leads to a slaanishesque escalation of them, to which I'd argue I assume people get bored of activities for more quickly than they actually do ( do you constantly search for new extremes of tabletop games?)
> The King's mistress is his real love, while the Queen hates her for the embarrassment it brings her.
That's probably the majority of royal marriages in history. If you're going for a realist or simulationist setting, such marriages should be the default for royalty.
>King and Queen are known to have an almost alarmingly active sex life
>nothing too scandalous in public or anything, it's just well known that they fuck eachothers' brains out non fucking stop
>other nobles are jealous more than anything else
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>prince and princess are near the same age, are very close
>inseperable from childhood through to young adulthood
>prince ascends to the throne
>newly-crowned king marries his sister
>dares someone to do something about it
>nobody dares to
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>king and queen are of radially different species, normally would have no reason to get along and no way they're biologically compatible
>like a human and a fish or a human and a spider or something
>improbably, they love each other very much and everyone thinks it's adorable
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>king is a wizard
>summons daemons to do his dark bidding
>summons a succubus to be his personal concubine because he's a lunatic
>somehow doesn't get his soul sucked out of his dick
>succubus grows accustomed to earthly pleasures like fine wine and music
>the two grow fond of one another beyond mere hysical attraction
>king marries his demonic lover
>people expect the queen to just consume the king; instead he lives and long and healthy life
>if anything his life seems to be prolonged somewhat
>eventually the king dies, having chosen wisely not to sire any half demon children
>king's nephew becomes king; old queen isn't royal blood after all
>succubus queen is ageless and considered a loyal member of the family
>stays on as advisor; is forever after referred to as The Old Queen
>and then the chambermaid spoils the secret because she assumes the queen knows like everybody else and blabs
>get it together, queen. King Drago's mugshot is literally the dragonhead we use as the nation's flag, coat of arms, and the annoying copyright decal on our copyrighted artwork.
>or worse, the queen gives birth to the princess and thkinks she/the princess is under some terrible curse because she came out with horns and a tail
>attempts to dispose of the child before the king can tell her it's okay but dropping her off the castle walls while her wings are still weak
>"I swear, king-honey, I've been loyal to you the whole time. I don't know why she looks like a monster!"
>The king's face when the queen calls their beautiful half-dragon child a monster
>the shoe finally drops
Shoulda been upfront with that whole 'I'm a dragon' thing, my liege.
>King was originally a second or third prince, sent off to neighboring country as diplomatic envoy.
>Meets Queen, noble daughter of one of the other country's high council.
>Hit it off pretty well, start courting, but the prince is called back when the war his nation is in to the south takes a bad turn.
>Noble daughter finds out the squadron he was traveling with has gone missing, rallies her other contemporaries from under the council's noses, hitches up some giant monsters, and rides out to save him.
>Saves him, the day, and swoops him off his feet. However, the council is really fucking mad about a noncombatant stealing a bunch of military assets to go find her boy toy.
>Honorably exile her ("You did a good thing, but get the fuck out")
>She and the prince go to his country and get married. When his older brother dies in the war, he inherits.
>He's the sage diplomat, she's the battle maiden.
I ran these two in the campaign after the party ran into one of their kids while investigating the royal arena. They were a fun couple.
The nation she's from is roughly 50% undead. She's a vampire.
>prince and princess
>king and princ dies in battle
>prince's death is kept a secret for political reasons
>princess cuts her hair, binds her chest, poses as her brother, ascends to the throne
>gets away with it
>marries a gay noble posing as a woman
>the "queen" is unfaithful, "her" infidelity is an open secret as "she" fucks noble men left and right
>"king's" secret is known only to "his" closest advisers and personal physician
>truth isn't discovered until shortly after the "king's" death
>king & queen are the nicest people, completely devoted to each other
>pretend they hate each other
>actively conspire against each other to draw out and squash plots against the throne
>all while trading notes on their plots and scheming about how to keep their game a secret
>they're the villains
Sounds like kinda an FDR / Eleanor dynamic. Which is pretty interesting even just in the RL version, so you could probably do a lot with it.
This one is kinda neat. Feels very familiar - arthurian, almost.
Of course.
But what do I know? I'm just the general's legal advisor.
The King is a human hero chosen from the common people or petite nobility. The Eternal Queen is an immortal (dragon, demon, angel, fey, etc.) who uses him as a breeding partner to continually infuse the nobility with her mystical heritage via political marriages.
Alternatively, the society is ruled by an alliance of noble houses and the queen is a fair maiden of noble blood chosen every time the king must be awakened.
The queen is an educated woman loving art and modernity. She leads the knights.
The king is an intuitive guy with lots of skills in spirits and divination. He leads the citizens.
The queen behaves like she's not loving him too much in public but is very affective in private.
The king behaves like he wants to fuck every girl in the kingdom in public (gently), but never cheated on the queen and would rather die than do it for real.
I guess he would sense whether or not she's worth or some such? Or would her mere arrival be enough to awake him as depriving the land of it's guardian King just because they couldn't find a good enough girl for him could needlessly endanger it.
Maybe after the evil is dealt with the King and Queen rule for the duration of that Queen's life and then the King sulks off back to the shrine, his heart broken for the 86th time.
Meh, the nobles are the ones who push the idea she has to be of good breeding. In reality any fertile female would do. The King of Ages returns to his slumber after the Kingdom is stabilized and the maiden/sacrifice is impregnated. The child born of their union is typically powerful in their own right, defends the Kingdom once they come of age, and typically marries into one of the noble families.
The Nobles live in fear that the secret will get out. If the people realize they are superfluous to the process of awakening the King of Ages, then they might decide they are superfluous to running the Kingdom as well. The King's Shrine is guarded by an order of Knights sworn to kill any unworthy woman who approaches.
Two hundred years ago an ambitious Sorceress (pic related) got inside the shrine and woke the King. Sensing that she was the threat to the Kingdom at that time the King gave her two options: impregnation followed by immediate execution, or impregnation followed by exile. She chose exile, and her bloodline now rules an allied Kingdom.
>The Emperor is a quiet, stern man who lives a pious and highly regimented life. He is humble despite being one of the most powerful men in the world; but life has rewarded him for this- rather he has lived through numerous tragedies, and ruled over the decline of not only his Imperial right, but of his Empire as well.
>The Empress is a beautiful, active woman loved by her people. She took great interest in the cultures of her Empire, and knows many of their languages. However, she finds herself trapped in a miserable life, suffering the consequences of a young girl's fancy. She rarely interacts with her husband anymore, except at state functions where both smile for the applauding crowds.
Bumparoni?
She's cute, but no.
I talking about a ninja girl managing lots of ninjas, and she's kinda stinging like a cactus when she talks to her king (she needs always attention from him so she plays the yandere queen).
The queen is elvish and mostly naked. The king is me.
>your wife will never surprise you on your birthday with an expanded kingdom and the crowns of your fallen enemies
>King was once mortal but founded his own religion and conquered his own planet. Is a soul wizard and ascended to godhood. Is worshipped as world teacher, sun destroyer and lord over life and death.
>Queen is machine director of a advanced forgotten world, only the king was able to pierce through the protecting mist after sacrificing a billion souls. A massive war began
>War ended after the machine queen roposed a peace deal, she will give him divine children and they become an alliance.
>Worked out. King is pretty fatherly to is children if a bit stern. Queen apreciates her children's intelligence.
>Their reationship is rather unstable but they nderstand each quite well.
This, but they’re also the BBEC
>The usual Queen marries a commoner (maybe did so when she was still a princess) and now the lowborn guy is struggling to meet the expectations of being a King. Queen of course does most of the heavy lifting.
How is female royals marrying down “usual”?
King is a fat halfling with encyclopedic knowledge of the law. Queen is a rail thin ogress who is compassionate and guides congress to pass reasonable laws.
They are both evil and amoral though not needlessly cruel but they are still dark-magic using tyrants who consider their subjects to be cattle and have no respect or love for religion or truly anything save for eachother, they love eachother dearly more so then even the good couples.
Also they are vampires.
>he is socially awkward and is generally bad at everything requiring royal bearing. prefers making locks in his free time.
>she is socially retarded and is genrally bad at everything requiring common sense. prefers spending money in her free time.
I like these. Deviant enough to make me interested but not overtly offensive enough to put people off.
>King is a kind hearted fool
>Queen is a charming dreamer-type innocent girl
secretly a cunning double-faced bitch who uses illusion magic and poison
This was brilliant.
>Characters discover kingdom.
>King and queen are nice, king is a bit stupid but bro tier, golden crown. Queen is the epitome of elegance and kindness, waifu tier, crown made of thistle.
>There's also a cunt wizard advisor who hates the queen's guts but is loyal to the kingdom and a rebellious general who thinks he should be the law.
>Rebellious general tries to start some shit
>Players stop him
>Before he can talk he hallucinates and gets himself killed. The poison is some kind of flower with no scent.
>They discover that there was someone inside the castle helping him
>Odds point towards cunning advisor
>Players investigate him, they find proof and some lesser evidence that the queen was there
>They ignore the part about the queen, as the clearest evidence points towards the cunt advisor and nobody likes him.
>They explain the whole situation to the king, and the king believes them. Advisor is seized and put inside a cell.
>He tries to defend himself. Begs the players to help him, then curses them with mean words. The players decide to fuck off.
>A few days after they leave, news arrive to them that the king and some nobles have been poisoned and queen-bitch has shown their true colors.
>The only thing keeping the king safe was the advisor, who knew something was up with the queen.
>king's nephew becomes king; old queen isn't royal blood after all
>succubus queen is ageless and considered a loyal member of the family
>marries the new king, s forever referred to as The Queen
>until they run out of male heirs
I'd have seen it coming desu
Always trust the cuntish bureaucrat.
>>stays on as advisor; is forever after referred to as The Old Queen
>but never in her presence
These are all great, especially the succubus story.
> King is a manchild genius who can hardly focus on the job.
> Queen consort makes sure he actually does his job
> King is a silver tongued charmer with an eye for the ladies
> Queen consort takes no shit and calls him out on his bullshit
> Queen is ruthless powermaker who married the king consort because he was a threat to her power
> King consort absolutely adores her and pampers her all the time
> Queen regent tries to make her son a machiavellian schemer
> King just doesn't get it and takes it as code to befriend everyone and anyone.
> King is an old and ancient cripple who lost his limbs years ago in war
> Queen consort is his personal nurse who he had an affair with
Thats what i have atleast.
I like this idea, thanks!
the princess is always married to the hero of a story, and a lot of stories have some farmboy as the hero
Shit, Jack the Giant Killer does this. A bunch of fairy tales have peasants as the protagonists, and modern books love this trope
Shit tier dynamics famiglia. Could've avoided everything by not marrying Madame Veto.