"I'm a queen/king split who works okay as a knight," says Royal. "Since a lot of what Castle does are wards, I spend a lot of time being queen-as-sword and king-as-crown, but those aren't my only metaphors. My queen side is active, powerful, kind of the superhero type; it relates to how I handle my role as the Slayer. My king side is more of a planner or administrator, strategist rather than tactician, the person who arranges for things to get done rather than going out and doing them. And there's also a balance of masculine and feminine going on there."