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=== Cool Crowns come in many sizes and shapes but a few have distinct associations: ===

** Frill-like '''Diadems''', often seen being worn by Pageant Queens also tend to have the same connotations as tiaras despite having more robustness, similar to a heavy circlet.

* '''Circlets''' are the staple of [[Modest Royalty]]. Who wants to wear a heavy, clunky crown everywhere? These Royals need to be able to [[Royals Who Actually Do Something|move and get things done]]. The circlet is usually a ribbon-like strand of metal that wraps around the forehead, sometimes with a simple jewel on the front, or a heavier band that perches atop the head that may have other decorations, but no hoops or caps. They are worn by both genders, and [[Our Elves Are Better|Elves]] seem to like the really thin across-the-forehead kind, for some reason.

* '''Pimped Out Helmets''' are perhaps the most [[Badass]] type of crown of all. These look like war helms, only with extra decorations like golden plating, wings, dragon teeth and the like - stuff that says "a crown, not a [[Helmets Are Hardly Heroic|grunt's helmet]]". These crowns are the best choice for [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]] of more warlike bent. The hoop crown is in fact a product of evolution of a certain type of pimped-out helmet that lost its practical (protective) function in the process of becoming more pimped-out.

Sometimes combined with it's [[Sister Trope]], [[Cool Helmet]].

** Mátyás brings a crown from Torenth's treasury when he comes to Rhemuth to escort Liam-Lajos back for his investiture: "a handsome circlet of beaten gold, nearly the width of a man's three fingers, set round with smoky balas rubies, baroque pearls, and chunky rough-polished emeralds the size of a man's thumbnail." Liam receives a newer traditional Torenthi crown at the ceremony: "a golden diadem studded with rubies and emeralds and pearls, with great jeweled pendants hanging just short of his shoulders at either side.".

* In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]'' Lancre doesn't have a flashy crown, well not compared to the crowns a group of actors have. It's lampshaded by Granny Weatherwax that imitation crowns are always cool and flashy looking, because that is what people expect crowns to be. Real crowns are just an impractical hat and badge of office so aren't that impressive.

* The True Crown in ''[[Septimus Heap (Literature)|Septimus Heap]]''. Made from the gold of the spiders of Aurum, it was withold by Queen Etheldredda from her daughter Esmeralda and only taken back by Princess Jenna five hundred years later.

* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series, the Diadem of Ravenclaw is decorated with an eagle motif and the inscription "wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure". It's said to [[Putting On My Thinking Cap|bestow wisdom on the wearer]]. Sadly, it's been lost for centuries, and {{spoiler|has been turned into a Horcrux by Voldemort}}.

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