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How is San a "princess?"

posted 8 years ago by Dan_323
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She's the adopted daughter of Moro, god of the wolves.

Let's be bad guys.

She's clearly of high rank within the wolves, but not higher than Moro - who treats her like she's her own daughter. As they answer to Moro, San could therefore be considered the princess. But it's only Lady Eboshi who calls her a princess, as far as I can remember, so she probably just means it in a metaphorical sense.

[–] wulfthar 8 years ago

She leads the wolves during the attacks.

Juliet Parrish: You can't win a war if you're extinct!

[–] watcher101 7 years ago

She's the adopted daughter of a wolf god. "Princess" actually seems too low of a rank for her.

[–] wulfthar 7 years ago

I don't think the wolves have nobiliary titles, the rank si given to her by the humans.

Juliet Parrish: You can't win a war if you're extinct!

[–] pecinqa 7 years ago

It's just a title (or nickname if you will) given to her by the other humans.

Much like how Elvis is the "King" of rock n' roll.