The designation Ashen Knight does not appear in the earliest accounts. Rather, it emerges gradually, as later chroniclers attempt to impose coherence upon earlier, nameless descriptions.
The title is not ceremonial. No heraldry accompanies it. No order claims it. Instead, it appears to have arisen from the convergence of two impressions: first, that the figure bears the discipline and restraint of a trained warrior; and second, that his appearance is consistently associated with fire’s aftermath — soot-stained armor, scorched terrain, or places where ruin has cooled into memory.
The title reflects not who he declares himself to be, but how he is perceived by those who encounter him briefly and never again.
Ahh, I am abosulety obsessed with the way the Ashen king is described. I love that it's not about a fancy little or ceremony, but about how people feel when they see him that mix of awe and fear, soot stained and emerging from fire and ruin. The idea that his legend grows from fleeting glimpses and impressions is just so mysterious and hauting it, totally gives chills and makes me we want to know everything about him.