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== Tabletop Games ==
 
* In [[Warhammer 4000040,000]] the Emperor of Mankind has been on life support for ten thousand years, while all around him the "High Lords" politic and scheme. In this case there's no question of succession—if he ever finishes dying the entire Imperium will probably collapse and die—but otherwise it fits this trope to a tee.
** Something similar played out with his rebel son Konrad Curze, whose descent into crippling madness tore his legion apart long before he died. His assassination by a Calidus assassin was more of an excuse for the [[Night Lords]] to dissolve than an actual reason to do so.
* ''[[Exalted]]'' has an interesting variation; the Scarlet Empress is merely missing, rather than dying, and speculation among her Dynasty includes factors not only related to the possibility of her confirmed death but also of her potential entirely healthy return (which would include her easily resuming control of the empire's superweapon network).
 
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