Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-90.184.166.27-20140419175031/@comment-132.159.205.15-20140422164023

folklore and mythos are the answer, typically a wicked witch and her sleeping beauty potion are associated with being cured by a prince of pure heart and without wickedness which acted like a true love potion because typically the sleeping beauty always and the prince are destined for true love.

Sean renard is a royal prince, but not pure of heart and thus needed the potion.

As for royals, they are humans who somehow convinced the grimms and other Verrat Wesen to overthrow the original ruling order of wesen and instill them as the Royal Families of the world. They at somepoint were also overthrown by the growth of democracy and resistance which lead to their diminished power to govern the world. They still are a threat because they have money, influences with politcal ties, and loyaty of the verrat.

Sean Renard is the only known diluted royal through his zaurbeast blood. I suspect he was a failed attempt to create the same type of being as adalind's baby.