Ildikhrönt

Ildikhrönt or crowned in fire is an old Scanderan practice that is mostly abandoned in most Scanderan societies, the only exception to the rule is in Karmanjaka and in the holy chronologically. As the name implies does this practice involve wearing a crown made of fire, which is generally achieved by making a thin helmet made from thin straws and lighting it ablaze. In the old world was the practice considered as devotional and a sign of one's own holiness and the divine nature of kingship.

Historical background

In ancient Scandera were a king offered several different crownings when he achived the kingship, those were; Ildikhrönt, blomsitrkhrönt, saltikhrönt, jairnikhrönt, or fire crowned, flower crowned, salt crowned, and iron crowned. Respectively did this mean that the king could wear a crown of fire. He could wear a crown made from flowers branded together by young maidens which was to be replaced daily. He could also wear a crown of salt where his head was submerged in salt water as long as the candidate could take it. And finally where it the modern ritual of crowning in iron where a helmet was made from iron, silver, bronze, or steel and given to the king to wear as a symbol of his kingship.

Over time were the ritual of crowning by iron more and more standardized by the kings of Scandera even if they were and still are ritualistically given the option of crowning by the other means still to this day.

In the holy chronologically

In the holy chronologically so is the ritual still practised however and high clerics are all crowned by fire in lavish rituals that have been known to leave varying degrees of scaring. This practice is heavily practised by all sects of the chronologically except for Jairntra where they instead opts for crowning by salt.

In karmanjaka

In a secular form so is Ildikhröning practised in Karmanjaka where the duke of Karmanjaka is given a crown made from dragonfire, the oldest legends tell of how the old kings of karmanjaka bathed in dragonfire straight from the mouth of the beasts but this is highly doubted by most modern scholars and most believes that just as today did one simply take a torch from a fire started by a dragon and then light the crown that the potential king and duke wore.