Be king
Rule
Rule verb - To exercise authority or power over.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- As he points out, Unicorn law says that Queens can't rule, but not that a mare can't be King.
Source: Exact Words / Fan Works -
Also, during the last part of "Be Prepared" while Scar is going on about why he should be king the hyenas are actually singing about how much food they'll get under Scar's rule.
Source: Disney / The Lion King - However as Aegon II was too wounded to rule and had disappeared, his children were too young to rule, his eldest brother Aemond was dead, and his remaining brother Daeron was 13, Hugh decided he should be King, on the grounds he had a dragon, Ulf wanting Highgarden.
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