The Fantasy Prince: Heir to the Powerful Throne

This light blue castle is one of many places the fantasy prince calls home. It has two dark blue towers and a central one. Columns support a balcony that spans the hallway mark up the castle. Windows of varying sizes are all over the castle. In front of it is a wintery grassy plain and a brown path that goes from the door to the bottom of the image. Behind the castle is a white forest and above it is a light green sky with oval clouds.
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The Premise

When it comes to the royal family in a fantasy world, each member plays a role both in the family and in the grand scheme of things. For instance, the king’s role is to run the kingdom the way he sees fit and the queen does everything in her power to ensure that his reign is a successful one. When it comes to the fantasy prince, well that’s where things get interesting.

The prince is duly designated as the heir to the throne, something you see in traditional fantasy where only males can succeed their father. This means from the moment he is born, he has an enormous share of responsibility thrust upon him, one he must learn to live with until the day he is crowned king. Every lesson he learns through these years will aid him greatly for the role he will assume one day.

Due to his being the heir, the fantasy prince has a special role with his father, the king. Many works showcase many different dynamics, from a loving, close-knit one to one of mutual dislike. The relationship he has with the king will shape how he governs the realm when he officially becomes the ruling sovereign as well as that of his own children, one of whom he will select to succeed him.

In terms of the world, the prince’s main purpose is to take in everything his parents teach him and eventually he becomes an emissary for his father when interacting with the leaders of the realm and other nations. This is due to the fact that they all know that they are speaking to the man who will one day become king and they don’t want to do anything that could potentially endanger that relationship.

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The Fantasy Prince and His Role as the Heir

The birth of the prince, especially the first one, is a monumental event for the kingdom. The royal parents are ecstatic to have a precious bundle of joy that they can call their own and everyone else knows that the newly-born prince will be king one day. It is precisely at this moment that the newborn becomes the heir to the throne.

From this point on until his crowning ceremony, the prince is in preparation mode, learning everything he needs to know about the role he was born to play. He receives private lessons from the best tutors in the nation, learning all about important subjects such as math and nature, all of which will give him a solid foundation on which to build upon later on. Other subjects such as the art of swordsmanship and military tactics are taught to him when he is of age.

Purple question marks within white clouds above a mountain range in the blue sky. These question marks signify what goes into creating a fantasy social hierarchy.

Naturally, the fantasy prince spends plenty of time with his parents where he learns a great deal from them that he couldn’t from other people. Things such as how to properly interact with different people, wearing the right attire for the occasion, and so on are imparted upon him. This ensures that he can communicate with different people in different ways and be immaculately dressed for whatever event he has to attend that day.

The queen works with the prince to augment his conversational skills. He needs to be able to discuss a wide array of topics such as finance and literature with all kinds of people. Being well-versed in a number of topics helps him cultivate friendships and other relationships with different people that could very well help him after he is crowned king.

The prince spends more time with his father than the other members of the royal family. When he is ready, the king brings him into his meetings with the royal council so that he can get a firsthand look in how to govern the realm. He sees the king’s management style and how he deals with whatever matters that arise through his reign. This helps him develop his own style which may mirror that of his father or be wholly different altogether later on.

The King and the Fantasy Prince

The relationship between the king and the prince is a mighty interesting one, one that could potentially shape how the future monarch governs the realm. The best kings spend plenty of time with their sons, teaching them everything they need to know for the future whereas others neglect or sparsely spend time with them, leaving them woefully equipped to run the country.

Close-knit or strong relationships based on mutual respect create a strong and solid foundation for the prince to flourish and thrive. He feels comfortable to ask his father all sorts of questions since he trusts him. In turn, the king answers them all and gives him pearls of wisdom alongside the way. The two enjoy spending time together and have many things in common.

Crowns are the ultimate symbol of a fantasy monarchy and the fantasy king. The left one is golden and has blue, green, and purple gems. The right one is almost black and has yellow, red, and light blue gems. The crowns are in front of an orange gradient background.

Acrimonious or turbulent relationships between the king and the fantasy prince create an atmosphere of mistrust and tension. The former doesn’t give the latter the necessary tutelage because the two have too little in common or they just don’t get along. The prince spends all of his time pursuing his favorite activities since he has little desire to be around his father.

How the king-prince relationship dynamic goes influences how he approaches things when he is at the helm. Those with strong and positive dynamics makes the future king be able to handle all the difficult responsibilities of running the country easier since he will be more well rounded and be willing to listen to differing viewpoints before making a decision. Those with negative dynamics leads to the future king being more likely to issue decisions at a whim and without listening to other people’s thoughts.

It also applies to the relationship he has with his own children, notably the one who will take his place one day. Sometimes it’ll be a mirror image of the one he had with his father or it’ll be the polar opposite. Just as it did for him, how he is with the one whom he designates as his handpicked successor will dictate how he deals with things when he is the one sitting on the throne.

The Purpose the Fantasy Prince Serves in the World

The prince plays a role in the world, although not to the extent of that of his parents. This is more apparent when he is older when in his teenage and early adult years than during his childhood. Here, he becomes an active participant, attending important meetings with his father.

Before he becomes king, the fantasy prince essentially learns everything he needs to know about how to deal with foreign diplomats, both friendly and hostile, by sitting in on meetings with his father. He observes how the king works to advance his agenda whenever he is sitting down with a friend or foe.

This brown room is where a fantasy royal council meets. The wall is a light brown and the floor a darker brown. A large white table with gray striations is in the center, going all the way down to the bottom. On each side are gray chairs. Above the chair at the end is a blue window with light shining through. Gray columns support the ceiling.

The prince attends summits and important conferences, typically traveling with his father. However, there will be times when he is tapped to go solo though he is expected to articulate the king’s position vividly. He gains firsthand experience in the world of international diplomacy where alliances are constantly shifting.

In the later years of the king’s reign, the prince increasingly becomes his father’s voice, speaking on his behalf to all who would listen. He deals with people in his own fashion and then reports back to the king. This is advance training for when he is the one in charge.

Whenever people interact with the fantasy prince, they know they are speaking with the man who one day will become king. They work to build positive friendships or make those existing relationships better because they want to ensure that they have at least a good rapport later on after the prince is crowned king. In other words, they are cozying up to him now so that they have access to him later on.

Tying it all Together

The prince is an interesting role in that he is essentially in training to succeed his father. Until that day comes, he is learning everything he needs to know so that he is ready to handle the immense pressure of running a kingdom on day one and there’s a lot he has to learn about! After all, he will eventually be in the role he was fated to play.

The moment of the birth of the fantasy prince is when preparations for him to learn how to govern a kingdom are made. When he becomes a toddler and later on a child, he receives lessons in all royal subjects from math to swordplay. He has to become well-versed in a great many topics since he will be dealing with them when he is at the helm.

The father-son relationship between the two will influence how the prince runs the realm. Happy, positive friendships lead to the prince asking many questions and his father answering cheerfully answering them, wanting nothing less than the best for his boy. Negative and turbulent ones result in the two going out of their way to avoid each other, which will bode ill for the kingdom later on.

On the world stage, the prince learns the art of international diplomacy and politics by observing how the king deals with both friends and adversaries. He also witnesses social niceties when engaging with people from different countries and cultures. When he is ready, the king sends him on diplomatic missions so that he can get some hands-on experience that will prove useful when he is king.

Many stories that involve a royal family typically feature a prince, especially the one who is heir to the throne. Should yours have a royal family, take time exploring the inter-family dynamics, notably that of the king and the son, because he will be on the throne one day. 

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