A Crown for the Damned

Across centuries, an artifact forged from thorns and suffering passes silently through the hands of kings, priests, poets, and tyrants - each believing they wield power, never knowing they are being consumed. The Thorned Crown whispers promises of glory but feeds on guilt, envy, and blood.
From the fall of Rome to the wars of the future, the crown resurfaces again and again, carrying echoes of its past bearers - souls bound by pain and yearning for redemption. Empires rise and collapse under its quiet influence, and the line between salvation and damnation blurs with every generation that dares to wear it.
But now, as history nears its breaking point, one historian begins to trace its path and discovers that some relics do not just survive time - they remember. And what the Thorned Crown remembers, it reclaims in flesh and fear.