a usurper(s) tying/chaining a captured royal to their throne just to mock them. bonus points: them throwing daggers and one of the blades piercing the back of the throne just an inch too close to royal's cheek.
Do you have anything for royal whump? Such as the whumper downgrading a Royal?
Ooh, yes please Nonnie!! I do love me a hostile takeover, or a coup. My favourite take on this trope is the classic ‘keep-the-defeated-ruler-around-as-a-pet’ version. Collar them, brand them, humiliate them, starve and beat them, drag them around on a chain in front of their subjects. Hang them from the wall of their own palace and leave them there. Drug them senseless, make them entertainment for the throne room, and for their new ruler. Force them to stay alive and to obey, even if they might rather be dead. Teach them that there are worse things out there than a quick and merciful death.
