Category | Artifacts |
Type | minor artifact |
Forge | varies |
Smith | varies |
Enchanter | unknown |
Location | Katrana |
The Crown of Phlehorn was forged for the first king of Phlehorn. In the Year 94, this first king was felled on a hunting expedition, body and crown lost to a pack of winter wolves. Two years later, the crown was found pitted and dented in the gut of young black dragon. Re-forged, it was magicked to afford more protection to its wearer and bolstering their leadership qualities.
Over the next thousand years, the crown was enhanced, and because of Phlehorn's importance as a source of divine energy, on 1 Artifice 834, it was secretly blessed by Danzar-Khâl, making the Crown of Phlehorn a minor artifact.
In the 1450's, a group of adventurers named Black Banner found the Crown of Phlehorn in some forgotten dungeon. From 1479 to 1482, the Black Tide leader Katrana waged war on the city-state of Maharâg. During the siege and after, Turkûn captives were forced to put on the corrupted version of the Crown of Phlehorn, one made foul by the Elder Orb of Embers. Over a three year period, two legions of these unfortunates were transformed into dark dwarves, evil to the core, yet die-hard loyalists of Katrana's cause.