ACCEPTANCES January 17, 1982
KINGDOM OF ATENVELDT
Amayot of Aragon. Quarterly ermine and counter-ermine,
a cross throughout Or, overall a tree eradicated, the crown bifurcated, proper,
pierced by a sword sable.
NOTE: The use of combinations of charges to form a representation
of the male organ is very poor taste, although legal.
Anne of Galway. Gules, a sea-griffin erect to
sinister argent.
Elliott Arêlluin of Ragatheia. Argent, a crested
eagle displayed, head to sinister, in chief a mullet of four points azure
within a bordure gules.
NOTE: The Elven word for star is êl, so you must have the
circumflex in Arêlluin. Elliott was the one spelling that was not used in
period. I suggest you use one of the period forms, if you care about authenticity.
Garth ap Ronan. Quarterly argent and sable, a
griffin segreant to sinister gules.
NOTE: Garthr is a Norse in-period name, so Garth is an
acceptable translation.
Mathghamhain MacAlpine. Purpure, a pair of wings
conjoined in lure bendwise abased argent, in chief three hearts in fess sable,
fimbriated argent.
Roslyne of Saxony. Per bend sinister sable and
argent, a pithon bendwise vert fimbriated, wings elevated and addorsed argent,
incensed of flames proper.
NOTE: The fimbriation isn't needed.
Thorvald Rodericksson. Badge. A mullet of eight
points concave voided and interlaced Or.
KINGDOM OF ATLANTIA
Aelfgar the Maudlin. Azure, a winged unicorn
rampant argent within a bordure sable, fimbriated argent.
NOTE: The wings are elevated and addorsed by default.
Allasondrea de Fano. Azure, a stalk of young
wheat leaved Or between two rams salient combattant argent, armed and unguled
Or.
Andreas Vallcello. Or, semy of oak leaves vert,
on a bend azure three oak leaves Or.
NOTE: Exactly which kind o£ oak leaf they are is a matter
for the artist, not the blazon. Heraldically, a leaf proper is always green
unless otherwise indicated, in which case you might as well say vert.
Arkein Steinschleifer. Per pale sable and gules,
a hedgehog statant within a single-jeweled ring Or.
Atlantia, Kingdom of. Seal for the Clerk Signet
of Atlantia. A quill pen surmounted by a unicornate natural sea-horse,
the tail entwined about the nib, and in base the words "in nomine coronae."
Baltor Marcsson. Badge. Or, an ermine spot sable
enfiled of a salamander biting its tail, head to sinister, gules
Caer Maer, Barony of. Badge for the Order of the
Pharos. Gules, atop a grey granite tower a beacon enflamed proper.
NOTE: A pharos is any lighthouse, and is thus not specific
enough for use in a blazon. The badge still cants on the name of the order.
Giancarlo Amati di Fogliano. Badge. A purple
iris slipped and leaved proper environed of a pair of wood shears Or.
NOTE: SEE REJECTIONS.
Hidden Mountain, Shire of. Sable, a mountain
erased voided between in chevron enhanced three clouds fesswise argent and
in canton a laurel wreath Or.
Imran Yosuf le Scorpioun. Azure, a scorpion tergiant
erect within a bordure argent.
NOTE: SEE REJECTIONS.
Ismael ibn Murad al-ben Mohammed nasil Hakim.
Counter-ermine, a roundel engrailed gules within a bordure Or.
NOTE: You cannot give special names to simple charges like
a roundel engrailed.
Karl der Kleinefüsse. Sable, on a plate engrailed
a torteau.
Layla of Shadowwoods. Per pale argent and sable,
a bar dancetty enhanced between an estoille of eight points and a unicorn
and a seahorse combattant, all counterchanged.
Maeve of Caernarvon. Badge for Minowara Fujiko
Formerly Maeve Guenhemara Bronwyn merch Gelynen. Name change OK. The shin
character "tõ." ("East.")
NOTE: 'There are two r's in Caernarvon.
Merloren the Hermit. Per chevron sable and argent,
a chevronel engrailed azure between two oak branches fructed argent and a
fox's mask azure.
NOTE: She dropped the druidical symbols she had before
(moon and owl). Since she is a woman, this plus the different spelling is
now just barely enough difference from Merlin, who was a famous hermit. I
would not have allowed a man to have this name.
Myfanwy o’Mwyle ni Cambion. Badge for House de Gael
On a fusil Or another gules charged with a goblet Or.
Stormgate, Shire of. Azure, a gateway between
two towers, in chief two lightning bolts in saltire, all within a laurel wreath
Or.
KINGDOM OF THE EAST
Anrhyfeddôd, Canton of. Per fess invected, azure
and argent, a snowflake and a laurel wreath counterchanged.
Ardis Bluemantle. Gules, on a pile embattled
Or a salamander tergiant erect Or, enflamed gules.
Barak Elandris Hasdrubal. Name approval only. SEE
REJECTIONS
NOTE: He is a member of a household, all of whom share
the first two names.
Bergental, Shire of. Name approval only. SEE REJECTIONS.
College on the Hill, Canton of. Or, a chevron
gules between two brown bears salient combattant proper and a laurel wreath
vert. (Ursus arctus)
Cordelie du Fleure. Vert, a bend sinister counter-ermine
surmounted by a wingless dragon segreant Or, incensed of flames proper.
NOTE: Flames proper on vert are Or on the outside and gules
on the inside. Fleure is masculine and so takes du, not de la.
David Morgan of Clai’omh Morgan. Sable, a saltire
gules fimbriated within a bordure Or.
Note: the proper Irish grammatical form is clai’omh
, not clai, which means dike or fence. Draw the bordure wider.
Drachenwald, Principality of. Or, three pine
trees gules, overall a dragon passant, all within a laurel wreath sable.
Edmund Falconmere. Vert, a tower and on a bordure
argent a tressure vert.
Estrildis ferch Rhys. Or, three fountains in
pale between two flaunches sable.
Judá the Many Named. Name approval only. SEE REJECTIONS.
Geoffrey Geometre. Name approval only. SEE REJECTIONS.
Kormakr Ulfshofuth. Sable, on a cross moline
nowy quadrate between in saltire four daggers points to center Or a delf gules
charged with a wolf's head erased close Or.
Lucasta della Canzona Transalpina. Badge for House
Broken, Pean, a cracked portal gules and a chief Or in saltire a lightning
bolt surmounting a rolled scroll gules.
Nithgaard, Shire of. Per fess embattled argent
and sable, in chief a ruined tower sable within a laurel wreath vert and in
base a barbless rose gules, fimbriated Or, between three thistle heads argent.
Shawna Kerr of Devonshire. Per pale argent and
vert, a chevron engrailed-invected counterchanged surmounted by a seahorse
erect Or.
NOTE: Whether the feet are hooved or webbed is a matter
for the scribe. It's still a sea horse.
Tamara la Gracieuse de Tours. Quarterly azure
and argent, in bend sinister two sprigs of forget-me-nots palewise proper
(Myosotis syovatica)
KINGDOM OF THE MIDDLE
Alfred of Chester. Name approval only. SEE REJECTIONS.
Bridei nic Gillechattan. Vert, a unicorn and
a domestic cat salient combattant argent.
Cedric the Bold. Ermine, a bend sinister gules
surmounted by a dove martletted Or.
Christian Roguespur. Name approval only. SEE REJECTIONS.
Ellen the Fair. Name approval only. SEE REJECTIONS
NOTE: Fair is an adjective, while faire is an event.
Eluned merch Gwynt. Argent, a pine tree proper
issuant from a mount vert, and on a chief azure a moon in her complement.
NOTE: Like a plate, a moon in her complement is argent
by default unless otherwise specified, just as a sun in splendor is Or by
default. If you wanted a moon in her complement within a bordure, both azure,
then you would have to say a moon in her complement azure within a bordure
azure. If you look in the Ordinary, you will see that the suns in splendor
or in glory that are Or do not have the Or specified (e.g., the sun in the
Atenveldt arms).
Erowyne of the Silver Arrow. Sable, a strawberry
proper.
NOTE: This is essentially color on color and, as such,
lacks contrast. It is allowed by the rules, but is a very bad practice.
Fenix, March of the. Name approval only (see REJECTIONS
for device).
Francis of the Silver Quill. Azure, a quill and
on a chief argent a dove displayed affronty azure.
Gregria Marie Norton Delacroix. Per chevron azure
and argent, on a pale counterchanged in base a Latin cross argent.
NOTE: We do not register maiden names.
Helene Gabrielle du Lac. Per pale azure and gules,
in cross a spoon and a needle Or, overall an Indian elephant's head close
couped to sinister trumpeting proper.
Mara haTsevah shel Tsel. Name approval only. SEE
REJECTIONS.
Rafe Edelstein. Gyronny of six argent and azure,
a pall surmounted by a pall inverted counterchanged charged with a mullet
of six points fesswise gyronny of six azure and argent, within a bordure gules.
NOTE: The pall surmounted by a pall inverted and counterchanged
creates a mullet of six points fesswise of the field from the overlapping
lines. To blend this in, one must place a counterchanged mullet of six points
fesswise on them to cover the area of intersection.
Rashid al-Rashidwn ibn Yaakov b'Hup b'l Salaam
Per bend sinister, sable and argent a mullet of seven points counterchanged.
Sonya Panek of Prague. Vert, on a pale argent
between two acorns Or an oak sprig vert.
Steven Blackmoon. Gules, on a bend argent between
two bezants three decrescents palewise sable.
Treegirtsea, Province of. Argent, on a pale azure
between two apple trees eradicated fructed proper in chief a laurel wreath
Or.
Yaroslav Ruriksson. Counter-ermine, a rose gules,
barbed and seeded, surmounted by a sword inverted proper.
Skraeling Althing, Canton of. Per chevron argent
and gules, in pale a laurel wreath vert and a hare salient to sinister arg
ent.
KINGDOM OF CAID
Elgil Mirdil of Dor-Mallos. Badge for House Drachenstern
Per pale nebuly Or and sable, a dragon segreant to sinister sable and in
pale three mullets of seven points argent.
KINGDOM OF THE WEST
Bjorn Berserk of A'Bakki. Per bend wavy azure
and argent, a bear rampant and an axe bendwise inverted counterchanged.
Catriona Gillander. Reblazon. Azure, a cross
couped in chief between in chief a panther passant guardant argent incensed
proper and in base an increscent and a decrescent, all argent.
NOTE: A tau cross has concave arms. A cross couped in chief
has straight arms and thus looks like the capital letter T.
Cliveden de Cheux. Per pale sable and gules,
in pale two Catherine wheels Or.
Christianna Eyvindsdottir. Gules, a bend per
bend counter-ermine and ermine between two penannular brooches bendwise Or.
Dionysia die Reisende. Name approval only. SEE REJECTIONS.
Egill von Stahl. Device change. Per fess rayonny
gules and argent, and eagle's head erased proper and a two-towered castle
sable, masoned argent.
NOTE: Previous arms become badge.
Evan MacGowan. Vert, issuant from a cross (couped
in chief) argent a demi-sun throughout Or, and in base two shamrocks argent.
NOTE: See re: tau cross on Catriona Gillander, West.
Galin Gray of York. Quarterly gules and sable,
in pale a unicorn statant contourné and a griffin passant argent, overall
a mullet of four points throughout Or.
Geoffrey of Griffinhold. Badge. Per pale vert
and azure, a griffin Or and a unicorn argent, armed and crined Or, rampant
addorsed, the tails entwined, the unicorn gorged of a belt collar gules.
Jeffrey Broken Blade. Azure, on a chevron between
three anchors argent a sword fracted reversed sable, hilted Or.
NOTE: Jeffrey, with a J, is his mundane name.
Käthe Willig von Mainz. Badge. A pennon kite
wavy vert, armed and orbed argent, langued gules, gorged of three bands Or,
thrice tailed azure, gules and azure, sticked and stringed proper.
Käthe Willig von Mainz. Badge for Honeyfur.
Azure, goutty Or, on a plate an urn azure.
Käthe Willig von Mainz. Badge for George Philip
von Gafia. Paly bendy purpure and argent crusily vert.
Käthe Willig von Mainz. Badge for Karl von Gafia
Or, on a bend cotised azure a ribbon Or, within a bordure azure.
Maeve ferch Morgan. Sable, a unicorn couchant
reguardant to sinister, in canton an estoile, all within a bordure argent.
NOTE: Maeve is the correct spelling. Mayve is not a period
form.
Michael Hugh Stuart. Sable, a claymore inverted
between five annulets, two, two and one, Or.
NOTE: Stuart is a clan name, not a place name. You therefore
do not use of Stuarts, but instead just say Stuart. (Willowen of Stuarts was
an error that got past us.)
Roger of Belden Abbey. Azure, a two-headed dragon
passant respectant Or, turbanned argent, gorged of a collar gules, pendant
therefrom a bell argent, in base a bumblebee displayed erect proper.
NOTE: The Redundant Roger is a nickname which should not
be part of the formal name, so I have omitted it.
Totenwald, Shire of. Argent, on a pile purpure
in chief a laurel wreath Or, overall a tree stump eradicated proper.
KINGDOM OF THE WEST
Titles of Estoile Pursuivant and Peregrine Pursuivant
.
Wilhelm von Westfalen. Azure, a mullet of seven
points Or within six swords conjoined in annulo proper, all within a bordure
argent mullety of seven points azure.
William of Woodland.
NOTE: The submission passed in October was actually a badge
His previous device is still his device.
Wolf Weissfeder. Or, a bar gemel enhanced gules
between a quill fesswise reversed and three goutes azure.
NOTE: In German, a compound word with a noun and an adjective
has the adjective before the noun. In a compound with two nouns (such as the
examples in your documentation (Federangel, etc.)), the Feder could come first
If you want Feder as the occupational name and Weiss as a surname, then it
would be Wolf Weiss Feder. Under no circumstances would Federweiss be correct.
REJECTIONS January 18, 1982
KINGDOM OF ATENVELDT
Camelen Melentar. Per pale indented purpure and
argent, in fess three mullets of eight points in pale Or and a cat sejant
guardant sable.
NOTE: Name rejected. Camelen is correct, but Melentar is
not. Tar- is the royal prefix of the Numenorian kings. I do not find
melen at all. Mel means love in Sindarin, but entar
or en doesn't exist. The device seems acceptable.
Thorvald Rodericksson. Per fess, per saltire
gules and sable, and sable, in chief two lightning flashes in saltire throughout
argent, at fess point a bezant engrailed.
NOTE: Device rejected. The use of this type of field leaves
it with the lower red triangle adjoining the sable lower half of the field,
which lacks contrast. This device is not period heraldic style. I suggest:
Per saltire gules and sable, two lightning flashes in saltire throughout argent,
overall a bezant engrailed Or.
KINGDOM OF ATLANTIA
Demere Ochenstaff. Sable, a pile inverted bendwise
concave argent surmounted in dexter chief by a roundel gules and in bend enhanced
three muliets and a crescent argent.
NOTE: Name rejected. Demere is an occupational surname,
not a given name. Better to use Oakenstaff or Eichenstab. The red roundel
is mostly on the black field, and so is color on color. The placement of the
mullets and crescent in bend enhanced with nothing to balance them on the
other side of the pile is not period style.
Giancarlo Amati di Fogliano. Badge for House Amati
A purple iris slipped and leaved proper environed of a pair of wood shears
Or.
NOTE: Household name rejected. The Amati were one of the
principal artisan families of Cremona, second in fame only to the Stradivarii
While you can be of the family, you are not the head of the family, and so
cannot use House Amati.
Imran Yosuf le Scorpioun. Badge. Azure, a scorpion
tergiant erect argent.
NOTE: Conflicts with the device of Allyn O'Dubhda:
Purpure, a scorpion tergiant erect argent.
Marek Sapieca Waly Jagalonski. Argent, a javelin
within the arms of a recurved bow palewise disjointed and enhanced and on
a point engrailed all azure, two bars invected to base argent.
NOTE: The bow is not recognizable as such. The base is
not period style. Better would be a complete bow and a base barry engrailed
azure and argent. This is also too similar to Nicholas Abbas de l'Eau Vivante:
Argent, a crozier and a base barry wavy azure and argent. (It was left
off of the September letter.)
Trey of Bedford. Sable, a lion rampant to sinister
reguardant between in bend two crosses potent palewise, all within a bordure
embattled Or.
NOTE: Name rejected. Document the use of numbers as given
names in England in period. It occurred in Rome, but you aren't using a Roman
name. The device seems acceptable.
KINGDOM OF THE EAST
Barak Elandris Hasdrubal. Argent, a Roman galley
rigged and sailed proper, attacked and maintained by a giant squid bendwise
gules, maintaining in one tentacle in chief a lightning bolt palewise Or fimbriated
sable.
NOTE: Device rejected. This is not period heraldic style
You could have: Argent, in pale a Roman galley, rigged and sailed, proper
and a giant squid erect inverted gules. This is proper style, and you
could consider the giant squid to be rising to attack. Beware of conflict
with Echlin: Argent, a galley proper.
Bergental, Shire of. Sable, a mullet of six points
within a laurel wreath 0r.
NOTE: Device rejected. Arms conflict with the Barony of
Hammerhold: Sable, a hammer Or entwined with kudzu vine proper within a
laurel wreath Or. Close also to De Penhurst: Sable, a mullet Or
(Papworth).
Geoffrey Geometre. Argent, a tree blasted sable
bearing three mascles (2 and 1) gules, azure, and vert within a bordure vert;
overall on a chief triangular truncated gules, a bluejay rising proper bearing
broken shackles argent.
NOTE: Device rejected. It is too complicated. The chief
atop the bordure is out of period. A chief triangular truncated doesn't exist
That's a keystone issuant from chief. Using different-colored mascles as Christmas
tree ornaments is a modern concept. Start over. You could have a bluejay
sitting in a tree, meaning that the tree is the bird's home. Thus you have
jay-home-tree. A canting device should be kept simple.
Juda' the Many-Named. Sable, a bear passant erect
grasping a sword in dexter forepaw argent.
NOTE: Device conflicts with Alan Silverbear: Sable, in base
a polar bear statant proper. Close to Mylles: Sable, a bear erect,
chained and muzzled, Or (Papworth).
Marten von Krieger of Vineback. Argent, a bend
between a serpent coiled and in bend three swords palewise inverted, hilts
voided, sable.
NOTE: Name rejected. You can't have two place names
If you want to be Marten the Warrior, then it should be Marten Krieger of
Vineback. Marten Krieger von Vineback would also be fine, as would Marten
von Krieger or Marten of Vineback. The device seems acceptable.
Myrddin Llygoden of Llareggub. Azure, in pale
an oak tree eradicated argent and a mouse courant proper. ( Mus musculus)
NOTE: Rejected. Document the place name Llareggub. It
looks like Bugger-all spelled backwards. The device conflicts with Müller:
Azure, an oak tree eradicated argent (Rietstap).
KINGDOM OF THE MIDDLE
Alfred of Chester. Azure, a chevron between
three Maltese crosses Or.
NOTE: Conflicts with Angot: Azure, a chevron between
two Maltese crosses Or and an escallop argent (Rietstap) and all of the
families in Papworth having Azure, a chevron between three crosses (of any
kind) Or. Too bad, because it is very nice heraldry. (Does the Middle Kingdom
College of Heralds have a copy of Papworth?)
Christian Roguespur. Sable, a chief triangular
gules, overall on a pall Or three spears conjoined at the points sable.
NOTE: Device rejected. This is color on color. If you
made the dexter side counter-ermine and the sinister side pean, then you could
have: Tierced per pall gules, counter-ermine, and pean, on a pall Or three
spears conjoined at the points sable. You cannot have per pall gules, sable
and sable.
Ellen the Fair. Vert, a left shoe print inverted
between in fess two left shoe prints Or, and a chief indented argent.
NOTE: Device rejected. Human footprints were, to my knowledge,
not used in period. Try using actual left feet (a triskelion of left legs?)
N.B.: Shoes were not footed in period.
Erowyne of the Silver Arrow. Badge for House of
the Silver Arrow. Purpure, on a bend sinister purpure fimbriated between
a strawberry and a strawberry blossom an arrow inverted argent.
NOTE: Badge rejected. This was left off the Middle LoI
Resubmit it so the College can comment on it.
Fenix, March of the. Sable, a phoenix of flames
statant, wings elevated and addorsed, issuant from flames, and in canton a
laurel wreath proper.
NOTE: Arms rejected. Your phoenix is non-standard. A
laurel wreath proper is vert and, when placed on sable, breaks the color-on-color
rule through lack of contrast. A phoenix heraldically is an eagle displayed
arising out of a nest of flames. Flames proper on sable would have Or on the
outside and gules on the inside, so that tincture would not be violated. Your
drawing has gules on sable. This is very close to Kelly the Reaver:
Sable, a rainbow debruised by a phoenix of flames rising proper.
Lorraine des Champignons. Ermine, in pall inverted
three mushrooms, stems to center, Or.
NOTE: Name rejected. Lorraine is a surname, not a given
name. Again, try Lorena. The device still seems acceptable.
Mara ha Tsevah shel Tsel. Sable, three bendlets
dancetty plaited argent.
NOTE: This conflicts with Berford: Sable, a bend mascilly
argent (Papworth, 197). Try changing the field to purpure.
KINGDOM OF THE WEST
Brendan Shimmering Star. Badge. Sable, chapé
ployé argent mullety sable, a mullet of six points elongated to base Or.
NOTE: The badge seems acceptable, but the name is still
unacceptable. Try Brendan of the Shimmering Star or Brendan. Shimmerstar
The use of two words of the form Shimmering Star is not period form. Submitting
a device and a badge with a Society name known to be unacceptable is a waste
of the College's time.
Dionysia die Reisende. Azure, fretty Or, a
bay horse courant proper.
NOTE: Device conflicts with Cursey: Azure, fretty
Or (Papworth, p. 882). I suggest making it a saltire tripartite and fretted,
plus the horse courant proper.
Friends of St. Clare of Assisi, Order of the
Azure, two needles in saltire surmounted by another palewise Or between
in cross four thimbles, domes to center, argent, within a bordure Or.
NOTE: Name rejected. It conflicts with the Second Order
of St. Francis of Assisi, known as the Poor Clares, which was founded by St
Clare of Assisi. The badge seems acceptable. As this is not a household, it
may register under its own name, unless the Order is a personal order of
Annora. (Incidentally, there should be two W's - in Shadowwood.)
Sebastian von Baden. Badge. A hawk displayed
upon a lozenge checky Or and vert between a pair of basilisks, each devouring
a hurt, their feathers dimidiated with an acorn, fimbriated stemmed and capped
counter-compony.
NOTE: Badge rejected. "Your blazon is impossible," was
our response. It's so complex the College did reject it at the nonce. It breaks
the rules of heraldry, it seems you just can't win. Besides, the badge you
ask for is in conflict with Baldwin. He has a dove displayed upon a billet
checky Or and gules, between a pair of cockatrices clad in motley like a fool's;
their feathers are dimidiated, with a tree eradicated, limbed and fructed
counter-compony, Seriously, the badge we registered to Baldwin was a special
exception to the rules. Like the arms of Jerusalem, its violation of the
rules was part of its special nature. It was as close as the College could
come to granting an augmentation. You have not earned the honor, and your
attempt to plagiarize his idea is in very bad taste, in addition to being
inadmissible.
END OF REJECTIONS
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