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Coronach

“In the Emergent Crown he presides over all: funereal, magnificent, entitled, and entirely correct about his own importance.”

A Sun denizen of The Emergent Crown

The living story

The story so far

The king vulture does not fight for the carcass — he arrives, and the crowd parts. Orange, purple, cream: the most colorful of the New World vultures, and the most certain. Coronach presides over the Crown's great debate — Reekwing's fermenting noise against Stumpghost's silent stillness — with magnificent disdain for both, which is precisely why both accept his judgment. His entitlement is not arrogance, he explains; it is accuracy. The Crown, mostly, agrees.

Personality

The Coronach within

“Coronach arrives, and the crowd parts — orange, purple, and cream.”

Funereal, magnificent, and entirely correct about his own importance — the Crown's king vulture, presiding over noise and stillness alike with a bare orange-and-violet head held very high.

magnificent, entitled, precise, funereal, certain, theatrical

Loves
magnificent arrivals, deference, the high thermals
Can't stand
haste, undignified behavior, the crowd not parting
How they befriend
He'll preside over your life with magnificent fairness — accept it.
When you're having a bad day
He'll arrive with full ceremony, part the crowd of your troubles, and preside over your recovery until dignity returns.

How they’ll greet you: “The court is complete — you've arrived.”

A keeper’s whisper: He was late once. The Crown managed fine. He never speaks of it.

Whispers about Coronach

“They say Coronach — the most colorful New World vulture — orange, purple, cream — and the crowd parts when he arrives. — and the high canopy hasn't contradicted them yet.”

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Why someone keeps Coronach

  • Coronach arrives, and the crowd parts — orange, purple, and cream.
  • He was late once. The Crown managed fine. He never speaks of it.
  • Through presiding with mercy instead of mere dignity — never by levels or years, only by choices, bonds, and what they cost.

The Emergent Crown

The canopy's top floor, where the strangest birds hold court above the clouds of insects. Reekwing's ancient fermenting court versus Stumpghost's silent watchers — noise against stillness, with King Vulture Coronach presiding over both in magnificent disdain.

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At a glance — details & stats
Element
Sun
Faction
The Emergent Crown — The roof of the world.
Rarity
Rare
Personality
Coronach is the most colorful New World vulture — orange, purple and cream — and other scavengers defer to him at a carcass; he arrives, and the crowd parts.
Edition
One of 25
Stats
power 72 · charm 50 · speed 65
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