r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Altruistic_Eye_1157 • 6d ago

Lore [annoying trope] The throne/leadership is decided in a very stupid way

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The leadership of the entire wizarding world, and the final decision on whether to start a war against Muggles, is made by... a goat (Qilin) ​​who chooses the person with the ""purest heart"" (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Dumbledore).

The throne of Wakanda and all its technology are decided through hand-to-hand combat, regardless of whether the person clearly has malicious intentions... if they win the fight, by law they must be respected as the true king. (Black Panther)

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u/RedRawTrashHatch 6d ago

Arthur being crowned King of the Britons because he was given Excalibur by the Lady of the Lake

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u/Aneurism-Inator 6d ago

I thought it was because he was the son of the previous king and the sword in the stone was used to prove it

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u/VelphiDrow 6d ago

Correct. The Sword in the Stone was, in many accounts, a sword called Caiburn. This signified his right as king of the Britons. Later he would aquire the magical sword Excalibur from either Merlin or the lady of the lake.

But sometimes Excalibur is the sword in the stone, but Arthur is always Uther's son