Phoenix King

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article or section describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in-universe style.
Please rewrite this article or section to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective.

For the South Korean animated film, see Phoenix-bot Phoenix King.

In the Warhammer series of fantasy fiction, the Phoenix Kings are the rulers of the Elven Isle of Ulthuan. To gain this right they must first pass through the Sacred Flame at The Shrine of Asuryan. They emerge transformed, marked by the power of the Asur's principal deity. There have been eleven Phoenix Kings to date. This is not a hereditary position, and is often fraught with politics and compromise. The first and greatest Phoenix King was Aenarion the Defender. It is generally agreed that Caledor the First is the next greatest monarch after Aenarion, though it it also generally agreed that Caledor II, Caledor's son, was the worst monarch to have ever been crowned.