CORONATION DAY
After
thirteen years of planning and two-thirds of the way through his
reign, Lord
Dimwit Flathead’s coronation ceremony began on
Oracle 22nd, 783 at
Flatheadia. The coronation lasted for an additional 18 fun-filled
months, and once all bills were in, cost twelve times the
Great Underground Empire’s GNP.
Leonardo Flathead finished painting his Coronation Portrait of
King Dimwit, which was the last of the
Twelve Flathead portraits. His
portrait captured him in the classic pose of imbecility, astride his
gaudy throne. This
incredible ceremony solidified the King’s informal title, Lord Dimwit
Flathead the Excessive. Those who refused to attend the ridiculous
coronation were incarcerated.
Since Dimwit’s coronation, all subsequent kings were crowned on Oracle
22nd and even today, it is still observed anually in many parts of the kingdom.