Serpent's Crowning Glory

 + Serpent's Crowning Glory + 

'''This circlet of exquisite design and fine materials is a recent addition to Zahir tradition, having been commissioned by Thayndor Zahir for Duchess Voreyn Zahir in the year 628 ATA within Crown's Refuge. Named Serpent's Crowning Glory, it is a black and silver tribute to the ancient symbology of the snake that embraces House Zahir in myth and legend.'''

''Glittering with a beauty that encompasses many of the darker shades of the spectrum, but with unexpected flashes of light winking from the depths of interwoven coils, this circlet's cunning worksmanship hints at secret glories. Its central form is comprised of two serpents that seem to bear an inordinate fondness for each other, their slender bodies intertwined forever in silvery metal.''

The silver used to craft their sinuous curves has been painstakingly antiqued by hand, so that while the main body shines with unalloyed brilliance, pockets of darkness add realistic shadows and contrast to the hematite-edged serpents' scales.

''The serpents' mouths meet over the wearer's forehead, the embrace of ematite fangs cradling a sizable black diamond polished and buffed to a high sheen. Each snake's tail ends in an elegant coil resting against the other's head, two smaller black diamonds clasped firmly in the center of the silvery spirals.''

Similar but smaller yet gemstones shine in the snakes' eyes, throwing back the light with a glittering opacity that betrays nothing; Zahir eyes to their midnight core.


 * Status: Owned by Voreyn Zahir