The Nereid's Foam Crown

The Nereid's Foam Crown is a unique regalia in Landorya. Its known origin is According to Islander tradition, the Nereid's Foam Crown was not made but given, left upon the shore of the oldest outer island by the Nereids themselves at the moment the first Ocean's Children emerged from the enchanted foam. The Court of the Tidemark at the Temple of the Tides has served as its custodian since the Isles' earliest recorded governance.. Its most cited abilities include Amplifies the wearer's innate sea magic, elevating even moderate ability to Tide-Touched levels, Grants the wearer the ability to hear the ocean's 'heartbeat', sensing distant storms, shifts in currents, and supernatural disturbances at sea, and Confers spiritual authority recognized by the Nereids, allowing communion with deep-sea entities near the Abyss Gate. Accounts also warn of a drawback: Those of impure intent or without Islander blood who place the Crown upon their head report a sensation of drowning that does not cease until the Crown is remo…

Worn only during the most sacred ceremonies of the Court of the Tidemark and at the inauguration of new heads of state, the Crown has rested upon the brows of countless Islanders across the full span of recorded history. Elder Mahina of Pearlhaven was reportedly the last person to wear it outside a formal ceremony, placing it upon her own head during the Storm of Tenfold Darkening to call upon Nereid protection for the fleet. It remains housed in the Temple of the Tides, where the etched high-water mark on the temple walls is believed to date to the era of the Ocean's Children, the same era from which the Crown itself descends.