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May require a king of [[Royal Blood|the right family]]. Of course, in those works, the rightful king tends to be the good king.
The [[Trope Namer]] is the guardian of the Holy Grail in some versions of the [[King Arthur|Arthurian legends]]. He is wounded in the leg or thigh, which is a medieval euphemism [[Groin Attack|for the genitals]], and unable to fulfill the duties of a ruler. (Primary of which is continuance of the royal line.) So he takes up fishing, while his lands rot. To cure the king and his realm and win the Grail, [[The Chosen One]] (usually Perceval or Galahad) must ask him a specific question, which varies between accounts: usually either something about the Grail or asking the king what ails him, or [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow]].
Contrast [[Friend to All Living Things]] and [[Enemy to All Living Things]], where their mere existence causes the changes (on a small scale).
Subtrope of [[Royalty Super Power]]. See also [[No Ontological Inertia]], [[Terminally Dependent Society]] and [[Genius Loci]]. If the place has this effect on its inhabitants, it's a [[Fisher Kingdom]]. If you are looking for the film of the same name, hop on over to ''[[The Fisher King]]''. Oh, and this has nothing to do with ''that'' [[Bleach|Fisher]], or the [[Star Wars|Fisher Princess]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]],'' the land of Cephiro is directly connected to how devoted its ruler, the Pillar, is to it. One of the major conflicts in the series occurs when the heroines ask whether or not this is right, {{spoiler|after the Pillar summons them to ''kill'' her since she has fallen in love [[Bodyguard Crush|with her right hand man]] and cannot rule properly anymore.}}.
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