ENTER: SF/F Contest "SF/F Royalty & Nobility"

[Temis the Vorta]

Thanks for the votes, everyone! This week's challenge is "SF/F Royalty & Nobility" - any character who is a ruler and/or has a traditional title such as King, Queen, Duke, Count, etc.

Characters who are clearly rulers of something, like Ming the Merciless, can get away with "non-traditional titles" or even with not having a title at all, as long as their rule is hereditary, arbitrary, and/or non-democratic. If you're gonna be a funky elected Queen Amidala type "ruler," you better have a traditional title to back that up. As per usual for me, I'm sure I'll be liberal in enforcing the rules so as not to discourage creativity.

I'll collect nominations till the weekend looms and then put up the poll. Good luck everyone!

 

[Saga]

Namor, King of Atlantis

 

[RoJoHen]

Haven't done one of these in a couple months. Here we go.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

WoOz has been beddy beddy good to me, so...

 

[Zulu Romeo]

I mean, why be a King when you can be an Emperor instead?

 

[Gepard]

About as non-democratic as they come:

Controls the sun and the moon and has since the beginning of time.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I can already see this is going to be a fun one.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Well, here's the thing, I was initially going with the obvious Princess Leia (of course, always with her blaster ready).

But since she's not actually a ruler, I've got a second choice in case she's disqualified despite her title. The surrogate, of course, could only be the one and true King Arthur in his greatest interpretation.

 

[JiNX-01]

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Well, here's the thing, I was initially going with the obvious Princess Leia (of course, always with her blaster ready).

But since she's not actually a ruler, I've got a second choice in case she's disqualified despite her title. The surrogate, of course, could only be the one and true King Arthur in his greatest interpretation.

Leia's okay. A traditional title is enough to qualify for an entry. My entry doesn't actually "rule" anything either.

VOTE!

...and I always thought that story needed some kind of follow-up.

 

[Klaus]

How about self-crowned royalty?

 

[Temis the Vorta]

"Lord" Garth fits right in.

 

[JiNX-01]

Well, here's the thing, I was initially going with the obvious Princess Leia (of course, always with her blaster ready).

But since she's not actually a ruler, I've got a second choice in case she's disqualified despite her title. The surrogate, of course, could only be the one and true King Arthur in his greatest interpretation.

Leia's okay. A traditional title is enough to qualify for an entry. My entry doesn't actually "rule" anything either.

VOTE!

...and I always thought that story needed some kind of follow-up.

I wasn't sure anyone would recognize it.

 

[Showdown]

Aragorn from Lord of the Rings

 

[Owain Taggart]

Here's mine, pictured here as Emperor:

 

[Saga]

Muad'Dib!

 

[Gov Kodos]

Godzilla, King of the Monsters

 

[Orac]

I just made this one for a laugh, it probbly won't be allowed:

 

[Nerys Myk]

The Duke of Greystoke (John Clayton, K.C.S.I., V.C., D.F.C.,) Earl Staveley and Vicount Greystoke of Great Britain, Baron Grebson of Grebson, Baron Sallust of England, War Chief of the Waziri, King of the Great Apes and Lord of the Jungle.

 

[Gov Kodos]

I just made this one for a laugh, it probbly won't be allowed:

I suppose you could make it Liz X, though Liz II is said to have tea and scones with the Doctor from time to time. And there was that business with Liz I. Or go really obscure and do Mrs. Ethel Shroake of 393A High Street, Leytonstone, from 'The Bed-sitting Room'. After the apocalypse, this former charwoman at the palace was the closest relation to the dead queen and became the next monarch of Great Britain.