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Contrast [[Regent for Life]], [[Unfit for Greatness]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Suikoden]] [[Suikoden I|I]]'' and ''[[Suikoden II|II]]'' are both examples of this. In the first, the Hero leads a [[La Résistance|popular uprising]] to overthrow [[The Empire]], and after it succeeds, he's offered the position of President of the newly formed Republic. In the sequel, you can find him in a small border town... fishing. One of his lieutenants has taken the role of President of Toran. Hero 2 potentially follows his example: I believe one of the possible endings actually has him taking up the mantle of the reformed Jowston Alliance, but the Best Ending has him turn away from the power, instead leaving power to his strategist and heading off to go [[Walking the Earth]] with his sister and best friend.
** In ''[[Suikoden IV]]'', the ruler of Obel, Lino En Kuldes, gives your hero a seal proving his authority and willingly serves under your command. This gets thrown in his face during the events at {{spoiler|Na-Nal, where their chief mocks Lino and flat-out states he has no power anymore}}. However, he doesn't take back the seal until {{spoiler|you're ready to liberate Obel, at which point he breaks out the kingly robes and gives the enemy fleet his '[[He's Back|I'm Back]], [[This Is
*** ''[[Suikoden Tactics|SuikodenTactics/Rhapsodia]]'', however, has Lino indicating that he plans to name Hero 4 as his permanent successor. {{spoiler|Neither of them realize that [[Luke, I Am Your Father|the hero is actually Lino's son]], who was presumed to have died at sea as a young child, and thus was always supposed to be his successor.}}
** Interestingly enough, in ''[[Suikoden V]]'', it's the other way around. The 'Bad' ending has you leaving the kingdom you just helped save, while the Best Ending has you staying there to take up the mantle of Supreme General of the Armies, to protect the kingdom from any future dangers. (That's weirdly creepy if you think about it too much, since that position generally belongs to the queen's husband, and she just so happens to be your younger sister...)
*** The queen was also a [[A Child Shall Lead Them|10-year old girl]] who had no intentions of getting married any time soon, {{spoiler|especially after she was forcibly married to the enemy general that pretty much controlled everything himself, effectively making her a ruler in name only}}. This troper's guess is that her older brother commanded the army until she found a proper husband, then pulled a Cincinnatus himself, retiring and maybe going on a journey of his own.
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