Unexpected Successor: Difference between revisions

* This is the entire plot of ''[[King Ralph]]''. In that case, it involves the British Royal Family, and the person selected had no idea he was in line in the first place.

* ''[[Shanghai Knights]]'' had an noble who was way, way far down the line of succession hatch a conspiracy to kill everybody ahead of him so he could ascend to the throne.

'''Lord Rathbone''': (''annoyed'') Tenth. }}

* ''By Dawn's Early Light'', an adaptation of ''Trinity's Child'' below.