I've no experience homebrewing for 3.5 but for what its worth the crown looks great. Some very handy but limited abilities and good little survivability boosts to keep the head honcho in the game.

That search is absolutely perfect!

Cheers about pearls and paper. I bought some scrolls for Cypher at char gen to add when he got funds/downtime.

On the name, nice and mysterious. Is Narva a well known figure?