Crowns of Dominion

In the rising days of the Teluna Empire, the second Emperor Tarekles II Teluna created the Crowns of Dominion – A series of prototype crowns designed to hold power over the world at large. Each is a separate construction, wrought in the image of its purpose, and great in power.

### Imperial Diadem

The greatest and final Crown of Dominion said to embody the elemental force of the Soul, the Imperial Diadem outlived its creator Tarekles II in time for the coronation of his cousin Verinas I. It is a gold and mithral band, with bronze and skymetal filigree, decorated in precious stones across the spectrum of color, with dangling chains of fine craft of stone and metal. The Imperial Diadem is said to hold the very Soul of the Empire, a godlike oversoul of all the crowned emperors of the Teluna Dynasty that allowed constancy of rule over the empire.

The Imperial Diadem was last seen upon the brow of Verinas IV, but vanished before his final battle upon the fields of Meridiem. Though unsubstantiated rumor has placed the Imperial Diadem in nearly every corner of the former empire, no evidence has ever been found for its true location. If purposefully hidden by the hand of a Teluna Emperor, the possibility of finding the diadem is nearly nonexistent.

### Crown of Fire

Embodying the element of Fire in its aspects of creation and destruction. It is a golden band of metal set with broad shards of ruby, fire opal, topaz, garnet, jasper, cinnabar, and a dozen other red gemstones that shine like sparks. The Crown of Fire was originally lost by the hands of the Imperial Governor of the Western Plodnan, though turned up decades later on the brow of his descendant, Gaatha the Black. Following her defeat, its whereabouts are entirely unknown.

### Helm of Earth

Embodying the element of Earth in its aspects of Fertility and Beneficence. The Helm is crafted of Titanbone, lined with Archonsteel and specked in Dragonblood stones. The crown atop the helm suggests the shape of mountains, while the opening at the face suggests the cavernous maw of a great worm. The Helm of Earth is one of the only Crowns to remain in active use as the Crown of Stondruic, gifted to the dwarven capital by the Teluna Emperors as a sign of their dominion over their kind, and gracing the brow of every monarch since. It currently sits within the vaults of the hold, as the current monarch delays her coronation until the kritarchy assents to her authority.

### Veil of Air

Embodying the element of Air in its aspects of Diplomacy and Peacekeeping. It is a construct of wispy essence and rippling gaseous motes, obscuring the wearer's features and warping the air around them. The veil was one of the first Crowns lost, carried away by the last dragonflight of the empire into the Orientis Mountains in an attempt to reclaim the knowledge of drake taming. On rare occasion the Veil of Air reappears in the histories, but only very briefly and under drastically different influence each time. The last suggested sighting was during the defense of the dwarven hold Kar Avarak against the Infernal Legions in 1381.

### Circlet of Water

Embodying the element of Water in its aspects of the Unknown and the Inexorable. It is a line of trickling water across the brow, with droplets running along the face to rise once more in graceful arcs towards the crown of the head. The Circlet of Water was lost in the many naval actions taken during the War of False Gods between the Loyalists and the Church. Whatever remains of the circlet itself is but another mystery lost forever to the depths.

### Crown of Light

Embodying the element of Light in its aspects of Purity and Purgation. It is a white gold crown decorated in diamonds, pearls, and opals, shining with an inner light refracted through it flawless stones. The Crown of Light was one of the only crowns maintained directly within the primary line of the Teluna Dynasty, most often granted to the crowned heir of the empire until their ascension to the throne. When the empire collapsed, the Crown of Light was lost for a century before House Ironsworn of the Coeur de Fer Empire announced Roland Ironheart's possession of the artifact and its place upon his brow, sealed within his tomb.

### Helm of Oblivion

Embodying the element of Void in its aspects of Insanity and Entropy. It is a helm in the early phalanx style, crafted of pure black metal enfolding obsidian flakes. The helmet was considered the purest failure of purpose among the Crowns of Dominion, obliterating the identity of self within the wearer and corrupting them to the unknowable purpose of the void. It is known that the Helm of Oblivion sits upon the head of the Helmed Oblivion, though the man seems to have overcome the helm's corruption and has bent it to his will, instead of the reverse. Historically, the Helm of Oblivion seems to have been stolen by a soldier deserting from central authority following the death of Verinas IV.

### Veil of Shadow

Embodying the element of Shadow in its aspects of Secrecy and Transition. It is a layered set of nine veils, each a different face chosen by the wearer, the only evidence of its wearing a thin line of shade upon the brow. For such secrecy, the Veil of Shadow is the most well known of the nine crowns, set upon the brows of the great necromancer turned lich, Wedi'i Gorchuddio Mewn Cysgod, and now Medusa, Goddess Queen of the Golden Valley.

### Circlet of Time

Embodying the element of Time in its aspects of Order and Mortality. It is a fine craftwork of brass, decorated in jewels of red, blue, and black, each of the jewels an ever shifting hollow timepiece of find sand. The Circlet of Time was kept close to the ruling Teluna Emperor, gracing the brow of their court arcanist. The most well-known bearer of the circlet was the long-lived mage and childhood friend of Tarekles I, Canus Magnus.