King

Basic Information

A king is a head of state of a nation, usually of a kingdom or a realm. It is the second highest title of nobility after emperor. The queen is either the female counterpart of the king or the wife of a king.

See Also

• Royalty And Nobility Tropes

Sources

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia entry

Game and Story Use

• Outside of an empire, kings will generally be the highest secular authorities the PCs will have to deal with in fantasy settings, and thus will be people the PCs will need to thread carefully around - or which they will want to cultivate as patrons.
• Becoming a king is a fine, epic aspiration for a player character, as this kind of title means, at least in theory, that no one else can tell them what to do.
  • Of course, realpolitik might force them to bow them to the pressures of others - either influential citizens or more powerful neighboring realms. And they might only find this out when it is too late…
  • It is important that the other player characters are interested in helping with this goal, or else they might get bored with the campaign. After all, making them all kings is unlikely.