{"product_id":"mortumonarch","title":"✨Mortumonarch✨ | Crowned Skull, Wing \u0026 Faceted Crystal Gothic Dangle Earrings","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMortumonarch\u003c\/em\u003e was never especially interested in modesty while alive, and death appears to have improved nothing.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOld Faewilde records describe an infamous patron of musicians, dressmakers, perfumers, florists, and anyone else capable of making an entrance more complicated. \u003cem\u003eMortumonarch\u003c\/em\u003e considered subtlety a design flaw, commissioned mourning clothes before becoming ill, and once delayed an entire midsummer gathering because the musicians had been placed too far from the peacocks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePortraits show the same crowned skull, gilded wings, purple stones, and black faceted drop found in these earrings, though later copies become increasingly elaborate until one manuscript gives \u003cem\u003eMortumonarch\u003c\/em\u003e seventeen crowns, a velvet bier drawn by white deer, and what appears to be a private thunderstorm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe crown, naturally, went into the burial chamber.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo did the jewels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo, according to one exhausted archivist, did “most of the velvet, four silver candelabra, an unreasonable quantity of perfume, and the better harpsichord.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe funeral lasted nine days. Musicians were instructed never to repeat a piece. Guests wore black, gold, or violet according to rules nobody fully understood. Candles filled every corridor, lilies climbed the staircases, and the deceased disappeared beneath so many layers of silk, feathers, jewels, and flowers that several witnesses quietly wondered whether anyone had remembered the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey had.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMortumonarch\u003c\/em\u003e had left instructions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery detailed instructions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeath did little to end the spectacle. Sightings still place \u003cem\u003eMortumonarch\u003c\/em\u003e drifting through abandoned ballrooms, ruined conservatories, and occasionally other people’s formal dinners, usually accompanied by the scent of violets and the unmistakable impression that the room has been underdecorated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo one remembers exactly what \u003cem\u003eMortumonarch\u003c\/em\u003e was famous for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEveryone remembers the accessories.\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(122, 74, 145);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Death is no reason to surrender the accessories.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(122, 74, 145);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCare Note:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(122, 74, 145);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKeep the plated metal and faceted cabochon posts dry and avoid drops, hard knocks, or being tossed loose with other jewelry, as impact can jar the cabochons from their settings or bend the long findings; after wear, lay Mortumonarch flat and wipe gently with a soft cloth (we’ll provide a polishing cloth with your item, because even the undead deserve maintenance).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fairlight by Moriarty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52223188599080,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/4896\/2344\/files\/PXL_20260810_142332084.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL.jpg?v=1786381670","url":"https:\/\/fairlightbymoriarty.com\/products\/mortumonarch","provider":"Fairlight by Moriarty","version":"1.0","type":"link"}