Crown of Kyrkas {English}

There once was two kings of Kyrkas, one young and one wiser. Both would be united, becoming one and their crowns united into the Crown of Kyrkas.

— Legend of Kyrkas' sovereignty

There are few artefacts remaining from the age when Kyrkas was the dominant country in Telamirein. Many of them were lost due to Orfordhwelm's crippling independence war and later annexation of Kyrkas. But few of them has the reputation and legend behind them as the crown that their kings wore.

Significance

It is said to have had the first kings of Kyrkas' own bones intertwined in the crown, symboling the forever-living after the death of the kings. For Kyrkas who usually saw weapons as the most prominent tools, the crown was seen as almost a religious item given by the Warrior-God of Death Orios.

Description

In one artwork, the famous "Battle of Courshir", the crown on the king has five of the fingers on the top protruding upwards and becoming crocked at the end. The other five fingers are placed at the back, raised a bit in a claw shape "on the head". Scales that are described as Dragonfenix's are placed on the iron band in a pattern of triangular shapes. Another depiction, this of a trial, shows the whole skeletal hands as the top of the crown with both of them in front holding the crowns iron band with the tops of the fingers. Also, wooden branches are set on the back and forming a nest in the centre of the crown.

Item type

Unique Artifact

Weight

6 kg

Dimensions

About 16 cm in diameter

Raw materials & Components

Many crowns are usually made of fine metals and some even have gemstones in them. This crown's description is clouded a bit in darkness, however... While certainty exists that the crown had an iron band with the ten fingers of two kings, much else is clouded in speculation since contemporary sources are found to be "not fulfilling enough". Legend tells of Dragonfenix feathers or scales, even dragons scales, wooden braches and glowing metal is a part of the crown. Some parts of the legend and in artwork, like the scales of a Dragonfenix having its place in the crown, are more frequent.

Related Myths

• Legend of the Bone Crown {English}