LETTER OF ACCEPTANCES AND REJECTIONS
Kingdom of Atenveldt
Akagawa Yoshio. Sable, a hexagon voided within another
argent.
Asad UdDin. Quarterly vert and sable, a hawk's leg erased bendwise sinister Or, armed argent, grasping a pomme fimbriated argent.
Note: The appeal is granted concerning the bearing of representations
of living things by Islamic person. The Shiites, among other Islamic
sects, do not follow the rule. The College is not in the business
of determining which Islamic sect's rules a follower of Islam
must follow. Since some can display such symbols, in the SCA all
can. If they want to violate the Koran that's up to them. The
Principal Herald reviewing such a device should, however, inform
the submitter of the rule so that they are not acting in ignorance
of it. This was submitted as a harpy's claw, but that is impossible
to tell just from the claw, since a harpy is a mixture of hawk
and woman.
Baldwin of Erebor. Azure, on a pile invected ermine a harp
Or.
Bernice of Red Gate. Badge for Household of Red Gate. Vert, on a gonfannon ermine, fringed Or, a triplebarred gate, hinged to sinister, gules.
Note: While I do not like putting banners on banners, I cannot
construe this as a form of augmentation. Any other such use must,
however, avoid conflicts both with the whole blazon, and with
the blazon of the device on the gonfannon.
Ferelith MacDonald. Vert, a horned seapegasus Or; a chief invected argent.
Note: This is by default a unicornate horn. If you ever want a
pegasus with some other type of horn you must specify.
Julia of the Forest, known as The Childless. Per chevron azure, ermined Or, and argent, in base three fir trees one and two proper.
Note: When the intent is just to have small standard charges in
the default colors the genus and species need not be specified,
as in this case.
Keridwen of Montrose. Per chevron counterermine and
argent, in base an iris azure, slipped and leaved proper.
Lysander Keisalovitch. Badge for House of the Golden Ibex.
Gules, an ibex statant Or, its sinister foreleg raised entangle
in the slide of a sackbutt bendwise sinister, bell to base, argent.
Mirhaxa av Morktorn. Per pale Or and vert, a tower sable
between in fess two mullets counterchanged.
Philip of Richmond. Gules, a chevron argent, overall a falcon volant sable, within a bordure argent.
Note: A bordure is on the field, although all charges are within
it. I have therefor changed the bordure to argent from sable,
as allowed on the sheet.
Robert de Spencer. Gules, a bend azure billety and fimbriated
and forming part of a fret, in chief a crescent Or.
Samuel Zetetic the Skeptic. Gyronny azure and sable, in
pale a balance biased to dexter with a weight in the sinister
pan and two arrows in fess conjoined at the points, argent.
Stoth, Stomper of the Gilded Moth. Or, two square flags
in saltire azure and vert, surmounted by another palewise gules,
all staved proper.
Kingdom of Caid
Collegium Caidis. Argent, on a bend azure between a pomegranate
slipped and leaved Or, seeded and fimbriated gules, and an Arabian
lamb flammant Or, fimbriated gules, three crescents palewise argent.
Dreiburgen, Barony of. Badge for Order of the Towers of Dreiburgen (OTD). Per chevron throughout argent and azure, a tower argent.
Note: The tower is wholly on the azure.
Ionnes Leckie. Argent, a crane rising sable within a bordure
indented purpure.
Lysette de la Sonsierré. Per bend sinister argent
and azure, in dexter chief a skylark (Alonda orvensis) close perched
upon a wheat stem fesswise arched proper, issuing from the line
of division and sinister four piles throughout conjoined in point
Or.
MairiKathleen nic Lauren. Per bend azure and argent, in bend enhanced a mullet of four points Or and a nightblooming jasmine flower (Jasminum officinale), both palewise, and in base a nightingale close (Luscinia megarhynclose) perched upon a flowering cherry branch (Prunus sargentii) fesswise, all proper.
Note: The field is blazoned completely first, then come the charges.
Neptha of Thebes. Or, a falcon displayed voided sable, grasping in sinister talon three carnations gules, stemmed sable; a chief urdy gules.
Note: This is a correction to the ordinary.
Owain ap Caradawc. Argent, a feathered wyvern countererect gules.
Note: He cannot be of Caer Pedryvan (Revolving Castle) as that
is a fortress of Annwn, a supernatural realm not inhabited by
mortals.
Sofya Volkovna of Novgorod. Per pale counterermine
and ermine, in pale a wolf's head erased Or, maintaining in its
taws a torch bendwise proper, between two bezants.
Terellys of Darkmoor. Sable, a bendlet argent between in
cross a decrescent Or and three compass stars argent, overall
a roundel quarterly azure and Or.
Thelin von Kallenbach. Vert, a domestic cat salient and
in canton a snowflake argent.
Kingdom of the West
Ahmed ibn Tr'bai. Badge. Quarterly sable and Or, a Lebanon
cedar vert.
Andrew the Black. Per chevron debased argent and Or, a
pellet within a bordure gules.
Catalin di Napoli. Per pale sable and gules, a roundel
Or, overall a pile throughout azure, fimbriated and in chief three
decrescents Or.
Daffyd ap Morran. Badge for House Brithael. Quarterly gules and Or, a sinister gauntlet grasping a rose slipped and leaved argent.
Note: The rose should have barbs.
Domenic D'Aquila. Per pale Or and argent, two tygers rampant
addorsed incensed, tails intertwined, sable.
Janeltis Karaine, Stargazer. Azure, a beardless winged unicorn countersalient, wings elevated and addorsed, argent between in chief three mullets of eight points and in base two of the same in bend sinister Or.
Note: This is a reblazon.
Kelwyn Darkstar. Tierced per pall argent, sable and gules,
in chief a garden rosebud fesswise stalked and leaved sable.
Manon de Sacrecoeur. Vert, on a pair of flaunches enhanced
argent two crosses moline sable, in base a wolf's head erased
argent.
Stefan de Lorraine. Badge for Herman of Asher. Quarterly
ermine and azure, a cross counterchanged, quarterpierced
of the field.
REJECTED SUBMISSIONS BY KINGDOM
Kingdom of Atenveldt
Nehemiah ben Urijah. Azure, a ram's horn argent surmounted by a baskethilted broadsword inverted proper, all within a Mogen David argent.
This is in conflict with David of the Black Rose: Argent, within
a Star of David of triple lines interlaced azure a rose slipped
and leaved sable within a nimbus Or, fimbriated sable. His counterchange
is only one point away from Nehemiah, namely the substitution
of the secondary charges. The difference a Star of David and a
triplelined Star of David is minor.
Robin of Rhovanion. Sable, on a bend sinister between a plate charged with a dragon countersegreant sable and a dragon's eye rune inverted argent, a scarpe raguly gules.
Runes, like letters, numbers, hieroglyphs, and Chinese characters
may not be used as charges in devices. Runes are acceptable for
badges.
Kingdom of Caid
Harsha Aditya the Infidel. Sable, two batons fleury in saltire Or between four bezants.
This conflicts with Reibwitx: Sable, two staves flory in saltire
Or. (Rietstaap). Adding a group of identical charges is only one
point of difference.
Roger de Bremhole. Per pale sable and gules, a demilion argent issuant from a horse argent and sable, grasping in its dexter forepaw a sprig of bramble proper.
What is the genus and species of bramble? You cannot see it against
the sable. I suggest you make it Or, or else fimbriate it.
Kingdom of the West
Andre Lassard. The blazon gives it as a bee barry of eight sable and Or, winged Or.
I see it as the lower half of a bee with two wings. Resubmit a
drawing of a complete be if that is what is desired.
Damion of Evanstar. Sable, a bend, overall on a mullet of four points argent another sable voided argent.
This conflicts with the arms of Duke Siegfried von Höflichskeit:
Sable, on a bend argent a mullet of four points elongated to base
gyronny sable and Or. You cannot be of evenstar as you can no
longer be of a planet or star. In the case of evenstar it can
be used as a descriptive, so it would be acceptable to use Damion
Evenstar.
Davous Windrider of Clear Mountain. Azure, on a pair of wings conjoined at the shoulders a bezant charged with a pall sable, in base an arrow inverted Or.
The bezant on the wings is metal on metal. The pall on the bezant
looks like a form of augmentation. It is suggestive of the augmentation
given to Michael the Black. I suggest you remove the pall and
pierce the bezant, using that to represent the perfect shot. The
bezant should be fimbriated sable.
Tiriel Benn Loring. Azure, on a lotus flower argent a mullet of six points purpure charged with a mullet of five points argent, in chief above a fillet arched seven mullets of seven points Or.
In all there are eleven charges crammed onto this device. This
is too complicated. I suggest removing the mullets on the lotus
flower and reducing the number of mullets in chief to three or
four. The lotus flower is not drawn the way a lotus flower really
looks. Please resubmit a drawing showing a properly drawn lotus
flower, as well as a simpler device.
END OF REJECTIONS
LAST MINUTE ACCEPTANCES
Kingdom of Caid
Catriona NicChlurain. Badge for House Opal Cross. Gules, a domestic cat rampant guardant Or, grasping in its forepaw a cross formed of six whitebased opals proper.
Note: Opals come in all colors, and so the color must be specified.
Kingdom of Ansteorra
Bryn Gwlad, Barony of. Argent, on a bend sinister between
two compass stars of ten points each environed of a laurel wreath
sable a halberd Or.
Bryn Gwlad, Barony of. Badge for the Order of the Halberd. Sable, issuant from dexter base a demihalberd bendwise sinister Or.
Note: This is a demihalberd because only the head and the
upper part of the length is shown. A halberd issuing from the
edge would show more shaft.
Melusine Whitcroft the Petite. Per saltire sable and azure, a hare (Lepus townsendii) couchant, ears extended to sinister, Or.
Note: Her appeal has been granted. She found a historical use
of Melusina in 1667. Inasmuch as she submitted three years ago,
I am willing to give the benefit of the doubt that it might have
been used earlier and grant her the use of the name. This means
Helena Melusine in the West can appeal her rejection also. Notice
that there is both a surname and a modifier to difference the
name from the original Melusine.
Kingdom of the West
Tiriel Benn Loring. Badge. Argent, a mullet of seven points
purpure.