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== [[Fan Works]] ==
* When Voldemort finally comes face-to-face with her at the climax of the ''[[Worm]]/[[Harry Potter]]'' crossover ''[[A Wand for Skitter]]'', Taylor is sitting in the middle of Hogwarts' Great Hall on a (conjured) throne made of human skulls, [[Filing Their Nails|filing her nails]].
== [[Film]] ==
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* William Albacastle / Willy Pete, authorial character of the [[White Wolf]] ''[[Mage: The Ascension]]'' supplement ''Iteration X'' and a major character in the novel ''Judgement Day'' by Bruce Baugh has a damn cool chair. The fact he's a technophillic quadrapalegic who uses waldoes to build telepresence drones and whose motorized wheelchair houses treads, robotic arms, and Hades knows what else gives him a good excuse to have one.
* Again, the Steward of Gondor's seat in ''[[The Lord of the Rings|The Return of the King]]'' is a plain black chair below and to one side of the ([[Regent for Life|permanently]] [[King in the Mountain|unoccupied]]) [[Rightful King Returns|throne]].
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
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** [[Discworld]] addresses this idea again in ''[[The Fifth Elephant]]'', with the Scone of Stone: revered seat ''cushion'' of the Low King of the dwarfs.
*** If "cushion" is really the right word for a baked good the consistency of stale granite.
* In David Eddings' ''[[The Belgariad]]'', Brand, the hereditary Rivan Warder, has a seat below the empty throne of the Rivan King.
** This is actually a reference, unintentional or not, ot Denethor, Steward of Gondor in LOTR who sits on a plain wooden chair beneath the Gondorian throne (on the third step I believe)
* The chair in the courtroom of the Wizengamot in ''[[Harry Potter]]'' has chains that, depending on the occupant, may coil up and tie him or her to it. It seems to only do it if the occupant is perceived to be potentially dangerous; in the Death Eater trials Harry sees in the Pensieve, it chains up several Death Eaters, but when Harry himself comes to sit in it in ''[[Harry Potter and
* The Chairmaker in "Use of Weapons"
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
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** There is also Inquisitor Lord Karamazov's Throne of Judgement, which is essentially a Space Marine Dreadnought with a chair top.
* [http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs10/i/2006/080/e/3/The_Scarlet_Throne_by_MelUran.jpg The Scarlet Throne] of ''[[Exalted]]'' is an elaborate thing made from magical jade of each colour carved into the shapes of the Five Elemental Dragons in a protective and deferential pose to the sitter, and has been the main symbol of the authority of the most powerful person in the world for 700 years.
* [https://ghwiki.greyparticle.com/index.php/Throne_of_the_Gods The Throne of the Gods] in ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', originally the ''[[Greyhawk]]'' setting. A throne carved from the heart of a mountain, set with precious metals and stones, and large enough for a storm giant to comfortably sit in, its origins are completely unknown, though it is clearly an artifact of unfathomable divine power.
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