the ceremony of the fire salamander

the ceremony of the fire salamander is a dwarven ceremony to bequeath the title of the fire salamander to the next person. there is only one person who has the title at a time. the current person who has the title of the fire salamander will choose someone to take his place. then he will give a test of strength and smarts and then of spirit. first the trial of strength is different for each person it is something like climb this mountain or clear a collapsed tunnel these are the types of challenges of strength. the second challenge is of smarts the current fire salamander asks the one looking to become the next fire salamander a question or a riddle and he must answer it. the third trial no one knows about all they know is it is called the trial of spirit. after the trials they then have a ceremony for the new fire salamander he is bequeathed the title at the ceremony. the ceremony takes place in the city of Allom at the building of the salamander. after he is knighted and the title is bequeathed they have a grand celebration a great feast is prepared and dancing. they also have a parade and the create these giant fire salamander out of metal and join the parades the fire salamander protects the sword Night Sky and finds the next person to wield the sword. the title fire salamander is called the fire salamander because the first fire salamander Raltor had a companion a fire salamander so to honor its death the title is of that fire salamander. if the current fire salamander is killed then a person is chosen to do the trials of the prevous fire salamander except the trial of spirit and then the king grants them the sword.