Regalia of Osteama

The Taishando Lizardfolk of the eastern continent are a contentious people, believing in the right to rule through strength and intimidation as much as through wit and trickery. They are tribal, and vary in appearance as much as ideology. Yet, all of them share the myth of Osteama's Regalia.

Osteama, or "the bone waters", is an ancient necropolis of Lizardfolk deep in the Taishando swamps. Expanding in concentric circles around a central ziggurat, the city was replete with gardens, guardians, and temple priests until it was suddenly abandoned after a devastating earthquake that left much of the undead restless and disturbed. During this time, a King arose from the undead horde to lead the Lizardfolk back to prosperity.

But that King was not satisfied with the Taishando Lizardfolk. He desired to rule all of the lands between the seas, and came himself upon the might of LechTaisha, who tore the king's crown from his skull and left him, utterly destroyed, in the tar pits of Luthya. The crown, and the single piece of bone that remained uninterred in the tar (one of his left arm bones), were laid to rest forever in the necropolis at Osteama. Not out of any sense of respect; not by a long shot. They did it out of rank, primal, fear.

Referred to only as 'The Dead King', this lizardfolk monarch's true name has been lost in the depths of time.

On the flip side of the Dead King was The Living King who followed him. The Living King brought back Lizardfolk values and social norms, reverting his people to seclusionists with very few population centers. He it was that laid to rest the wandering undead of Osteama, and legend has it that he defeated LechTaisha in single combat, although that legend has never been vetted.

Each of these kings had their own accoutrements and set of crown jewels, and they each were laid to rest next to the other, so that the Living King might always keep the Dead King in check.

Interestingly, the circlets fit together perfectly into one crown, denoting the Lizardfolks' belief that the two kings had been meant to be one, but that the Universe had been split for a short time. This is far more accurate than anyone but the gods realize.

When the two circlets are joined into the crown, a set of cascading effects culminates in a supremely powerful artifact. When that crown is worn, the Reincarnation of the Lizard King is born. This being is prophesied to unite the Lizardfolk for once and for all.