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{{quote|But Verence had kingship thrust upon him. He hadn't been raised to it ... In the role of ruler, then, he had started with the advantage of ignorance. No one had ever told him how to be a king, so he had to find out for himself. He had formed the unusual opinion that the job of a king is to make the kingdom a better place for everyone to live in.}}
* ''[[The Mote in God's Eye]]''. Commander Roderick Blaine was the second oldest son in a noble family, who wanted nothing more than a Navy career and the chance to become Grand Admiral someday. His older brother George was in line to inherit the estates and title when their father retired but was killed in battle, leaving Rod as the heir.
* At the age of eleven, [[Vorkosigan Saga|Aral Vorkosigan]] watched as his mother and older brother were slain by a death squad sent by the mad emperor Yuri. While these events happened before the time of the books, they are of critical importance in the relationship between his father, Count Piotr Vorkosigan, and his son, Miles. His mother, Cordelia, was poisoned while pregnant, and the boy was considered lost by both Count Piotr and their doctors, who called for an abortion, with the intent of trying again for a healthy heir.
** At one point, Aral himself calls himself the "spare."
* Shows up peripherally in ''The Hallowed Hunt'' (one of the [[Chalion]] series), as the eldest son of the hallowed King has already died. Succession politics aren't central to the plot, but they are a crucial detail.
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