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** The Nehekharan undead, an entire kingdom of resurrected egyptian-styled humans, were governed by kings, an aristocracy and a priesthood in life, which has translated into a hierarchy of undead types in death thanks to the various degrees of mummification and preservation each class enjoyed. The rulers of the Nehekharan tomb-cities are the Tomb Kings and Tomb Princes - who became fully-fledged mummies. Their royal guards, chief architects and highest courtiers were only partially mummified, so became less powerful and less independent wights. The common folk did not receive any kind of mummification, and so were resurrected as near-mindless animated skeletons. The priesthood, being scholars of death and necromancy, never died and persisted as liches.

** The Vampire Counts of Sylvania maintain a vampire aristocracy ruling over a human peasantry.

* The main feature of the ''Tabletop/{{Birthright}}'' tabletop game. All the rulers in the realm are 'scions', who have inherited some supernatural powers. (The first scions received the powers when the gods of the realm perished in battle.) It's a variation on the "divine right of kings"; an unpowered ruler couldn't hope to get the trust of the populace.

* All European royals and nobles in Neil Gaiman's short story ''Literature/AStudyInEmerald'' (an IntercontinuityCrossover between Literature/SherlockHolmes and the Franchise/CthulhuMythos) literally have [[AlienBlood blue blood]]. They're all either {{Eldritch Abomination}}s or the [[HalfHumanHybrid half-human]] [[HumanoidAbomination progeny]] of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.

* The ability to use magic in ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' is almost exclusively found among the upper class. While it's not unheard of for a commoner to be able to do so, it's so insanely rare (frequency of discovering one is about one person per ''decade'') that most people just end up assuming that the person's mother must have slept with a nobleman.

** And most of the aristocracy of Equestria appears to consist of unicorns, though not all. This traces back to [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS02E11HearthsWarmingEve the days before the foundation of Equestria]], in which the three tribes of pony (unicorns, earth ponies, and pegasi) lived in a mutual dependency not unlike the tiers of Medieval European society. Earth ponies (peasants) [[GreenThumb grew crops]], the Spartan-style pegasi (the military) controlled the weather. Having the most crucial magic, literally controlling night and day, the unicorns appointed themselves nobility and, presumably, clergy of sorts.

** And most of the aristocracy of Equestria appears to consist of unicorns, though not all.

This is nominally about supernatural creatures who have their own upper class ([[AuthorityGrantsAsskicking who are very likely to be more powerful than the lower-class supernaturals]]), but it can include characters who happen to be both supernatural and upper-class, characters who are supernatural ''because'' they're upper-class, or characters who are upper-class because they're supernatural. Due to the proud tradition of AsskickingLeadsToLeadership and AuthorityGrantsAsskicking, all four possibilities are likely to be true. Their lower-class subjects can be supernatural, "normal", or a mix of the two.

* Cities and towns in ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' tend to be ruled over by creatures [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority due to their greater physical and magical abilities]] compared to beings. In good cases, they defend their cities from rivals and otherwise act as royalty or public officials. In bad cases, they run their protectorates as [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_2085.php glorified game reserves]] or [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1970.php soul factories]].

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* ''LightNovel/EndoAndKobayashiLiveTheLatestOnTsundereVillainessLieselotte'' has a similar setting as ''My Next Life as a Villainess'', and its case of this trope is more complete that the other work: even the supposedly MageBornOfMuggles turns out to be a {{Heroic|Bastard}} RoyalBastard.
* The ability to use magic in ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' is almost exclusively found among the upper class. While it's not unheard of for a commoner to be able to do so, it's so insanely rare (frequency of discovering one is about one person per ''decade'') that most people just end up assuming that the person's mother must have slept with a nobleman.
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* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': Only nobles have easy access to the means to handle the PentUpPowerPeril that manifests as the Devouring to which children born with magic are prone, and a child's mana level depends mostly on its mother's. Commoners who ''do'' get mana usually die of the Devouring before age seven. This results in magic use remaining something only found in nobles. There is a way to survive for non-nobles, but it boils down to pledging to become a noble's slave in exchange for an excess mana absorbing item. Before the arrangement gets actually made and if the noble changes their mind, the alternative is to pay a lot of money for a defective or broken mana absorbing item that only works once, overall making the option available only for people who already have a lot of money and connections to nobles.

This is nominally about supernatural creatures who have their own upper class ([[AuthorityGrantsAsskicking who are very likely to be more powerful than the lower-class supernaturals]]), but it can include characters who happen to be both supernatural and upper-class, characters who are supernatural ''because'' they're upper-class, or characters who are upper-class because they're supernatural. Due to the proud tradition of AsskickingLeadsToAuthority and AuthorityGrantsAsskicking, all four possibilities are likely to be true. Their lower-class subjects can be supernatural, "normal", or a mix of the two.

This is nominally about supernatural creatures who have their own upper class ([[AuthorityGrantsAsskicking who are very likely to be more powerful than the lower-class supernaturals]]), but it can include characters who happen to be both supernatural and upper-class, characters who are supernatural ''because'' they're upper-class, or characters who are upper-class because they're supernatural. Due to the proud tradition of AsskickingEqualsAuthority and AuthorityEqualsAsskicking, all four possibilities are likely to be true. Their lower-class subjects can be supernatural, "normal", or a mix of the two.

This is nominally about supernatural creatures who have their own upper class ([[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking who are very likely to be more powerful than the lower-class supernaturals]]), but it can include characters who happen to be both supernatural and upper-class, characters who are supernatural ''because'' they're upper-class, or characters who are upper-class because they're supernatural. Due to the proud tradition of AsskickingEqualsAuthority and AuthorityEqualsAsskicking, all four possibilities are likely to be true. Their lower-class subjects can be supernatural, "normal", or a mix of the two.

* In the obscure [=PS2=]-game ''[[VideoGame/{{Deception}} Kagero: Deception 2]]'', humans are basically second-class to a nobility consisting of 'Timenoids' - blue-skinned immortals. As the player, you are initially a slave to the Timenoids, but eventually, you must decide whether to help them brutally suppress an emerging human uprising, help LaResistance destroy the Timenoid elite, or just KillEmAll.

* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': Only nobles have easy access to the means to handle the PentUpPowerPeril that manifests as the Devouring to which children born with magic are prone, and a child's mana level depends mostly on its mother's. Commoners who ''do'' get mana usually die of the Devouring before age seven. This results in magic use remaining something only found in nobles. There is a way to survive for non-nobles, but it boils down to pledging to become a noble's slave in exchange for an excess mana absorbing item. Before the arrangement gets actually made and if the noble changes their mind, the alternative is to pay a lot of money for a defective or broken mana absorbing item that only works once, overall making the option available only for people who already have a lot of money and connections to nobles.

* The ability to use magic in ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' is almost exclusively found among the upper class. While it's not unheard of for a commoner to be able to do so, it's so insanely rare that most people just end up assuming that the person's mother must have slept with a nobleman.

* How the [[TheFairFolk magical]] [[WitchSpecies people]] work in the ''{{Webcomic/Buildingverse}}''. There are their Kings and Queens (according to ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' they either inherit or [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt win]] these titles through blood) and various lesser beings they rule. These courts seem to be also thematic thanks to a mix of the rulers being {{Fisher King}}s and their lands {{Fisher Kingdom}}s.

* In ''LightNovel/TheTwelveKingdoms'', the elites are immortal, can speak any language, and the kings and queens are so strong that killing demons is child's play to them.

* All European royals and nobles in Neil Gaiman's short story ''Literature/AStudyInEmerald'' (an IntercontinuityCrossover between SherlockHolmes and the Franchise/CthulhuMythos) literally have [[AlienBlood blue blood]]. They're all either {{Eldritch Abomination}}s or the [[HalfHumanHybrid half-human]] [[HumanoidAbomination progeny]] of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': The original leaders of the Empire of Man, i.e. the GodEmperor and the Primarchs, his clone-sons. Although none of them are close to his level of power (and intentionally so), almost all of them have some Psyker-abilities. This proved to be a VERY bad idea in hindsight, since Psykers are more vulnerable to TheDarkSide. The elite split in two camps with one half defecting to the demonic Chaos Gods.

* In ''ComicBook/ADistantSoil'', TheAgeless HumanAlien Ovanan are ruled by the [[DeadlyDecadentCourt Hierarchy and the heads of the noble Houses]], who have greater PsychicPowers than lower-ranked Ovanan. Perhaps the most dramatic demonstration was the eminently ladylike Sere [[PowersDoTheFighting casually mowing down Seren's household guards]], despite their possession of guns as well as psychic powers. She was only stopped by Kovar, who as the Prince of House Teramis was sufficiently powerful to withstand her psionic attacks long enough to hold a sword to her throat. In theory the [[GodEmperor Avatar]] is higher still, but the Hierarchy has long since learned to control them.