![]() Fiction usually acknowledges that it's just there to look impressive, unless it's justified by having magic powers or using it as a weapon. ![]() Not to be confused with The Scone of Stone. There's also the Stone of Scone under the Coronation Chair at Westminster Abbey.In some cases, like a few west African cultures, there's a stone inside the chair. ![]() In some early cultures this isn't a chair but some other kind of seat, like a stone. which is the chair the royal personage sits on. Adding symbol motifs to them is common, especially if it is part of a nation's crest or flag.But in fiction, the grand sweeping capes are still almost exclusively for royalty. In terms of ermine specifically, since the breakdown of sumptuary laws, nobility and even sufficiently rich women have worn ermine garments, including capes.Common colors for these robes are Gold, Vermilion, Blue, and Purple.Some are larger than others for example, the cape used for coronations of Russian emperors weighed 60 kg (150 lbs). In Theatre, it's actually preferable to a crown, because it's larger and would of course be more visible to the audience (take the page picture). This is the second most commonly used way to identify royalty. Any cape, robe, or overdress (which some queens wore as state robes) that is decorated with either ermine, some other expensive fur, or some other extravagant fabric or decoration ( gold embroidery is also common). Be it circlets, Gem-Encrusted tiaras, or those big, fancy imperial crowns, a crown is probably the most commonly used symbol of royalty in the world. How can you have an Awesome Moment of Crowning without a Cool Crown? Okay, you can, but it just wouldn't be the same. In European royalty, the most common ways to identify royalty are: ![]() Of course in fiction, the Ermine Cape Effect is often applied, so royalty tends to wear one or more of these constantly, unless they are Modest Royalty. (Or, of course, in a culture where the monarch selects the heir, it can be both.) The wearer could be actual royalty, or it could be a contest where the winner is given a crown and/or cape, hence being given a sort of recognition as royalty. Since this is done in Real Life, why should fiction be any different?Īs for fiction, The Law of Conservation of Detail means one of these can't show up unless it has something to do with royalty, however tenuous. This is why they use special accessories to make their station clear to everyone looking at them. note Though she could work construction on the side.ĭespite what some would like to believe, there is no inherent majesty in royalty that radiates off them, save for certain Speculative Fiction stories. Her dress, tiara, and ermine cape let us know she's a princess, not a construction worker. ![]()
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