here are four riddles a friend came up with and wanted to see who all can get the answer
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1)
A dozen royals gathered 'round
Entertained by two who clowned
Each King there had servants, ten
Though none of them were also men
The lowest servant sometimes might
Defeat the King in a fair fight
A weapon stout, a princeless jewel,
The beat of life, and a farmer's tool

What am I?


2)
I'm silent and invisible
But everyone knows i'm there
I'm here a second, then I'm gone
Monsters under beds, beware

What am I?


3)
You can see me in darkness
But not in light
I am present in daytime
But absent at night
In the deepest of shadows
I abide in plain sight

What am I?


4)
They call me a man
But I'll never have a wife
I was given a body
But not given life
They gave me a nose
But I have no breath
Water lets me exist
But the sun brings me death

What am I?