ACCEPTANCES MARCH 1982 XVI

KINGDOM OF ATENVELDT

Atenveldt, Barony of. Name approval only for Order of the Palm of Atenveldt.

Cynthia Arianhrod. Name change from Cynthia Arianhrod Gerdderwen.

Douglas MacAndrew. Pean, a Bowen knot in cross gules fimbriated Or.

NOTE: You do not have to fimbriate on a fur. Douglas has drawn a nice wide fimbriation that does show up well in this case, so I have let him keep it.

Edric the Unsteady. Argent, a lymphad sails furled and oars in action sable, pennoned and in dexter chief an estoile gules, all within a bordure sable.

NOTE: By default, pennons stream to dexter.

Eric Ward of Emerald Castle. Name only.

Faleena Camille. Name only.

Gaston Bonneville de la Croix. Or, a bat-winged sea-horse volant sable and a point pointed gules.

Genevieve Nicolette of Evergreene. Name only.

Kuurus Koriel. Sable, a pair of wings conjoined in lure Or, enflamed proper, in chief a mullet of four points Or.

Robert de Spencer. Gules, on a bend azure fimbriated forming part of a fret three fleurs-de-lys, in chief a crescent Or.

Steffan the Well-Learned. Quarterly gules and vert, a cross and in dexter chief a Great Horned Owl's head erased affronty Or. (Bubo virginianus)

William the Recorder. Name change from William the Recorder of the Blackwater.

KINGDOM OF ATLANTIA

Atlantia, Kingdom of. Name approval only for Order of the Sea Urchin.

NOTE: Is a sea urchin a monster with the front half of a hedgehog and the tail of a fish?

Atlantia, Kingdom of. Name approval only for Order of the Silver Needle.

Bertrand de Flammepoing. Badge. Sable, a pall Or enflamed proper.

NOTE: Make the pall wider and the flames bigger.

Caer Mear. Badge. Per fess gules and azure, a tower within a mascle argent.

Charles Stewart O'Connor. Gules, a knot of four loops and four tassels argent.

Ciaran of Kells. Per chevron Or and gules, three crosses fitchy in fess enhanced sable and a cup Or.

Eldon Ungol of the Phoenix. Azure, in pale a phoenix Or and a triple-towered castle within a bordure embattled argent.

NOTE: This is actually a Sindarin name, not Saxon or Danish. Please do not give false documentation.

Hawkwood, Canton of. Badge. Per chevron azure and argent, in chief a decrescent Or.

Karl Moennich von Nord Mark. Per saltire sable and Or, in cross four oak leaves counterchanged.

Maeve of Caernarvon. Badge. Argent, a sprig of holly slipped, leaved, and fructed proper within a bordure gules.

NOTE: The proper spelling is Caernarvon, not Caernavon.

Teleri Talgellawg. Or, semy of roses gules, on a pale sable three goblets Or.

Tir-y-don, Barony of. Name approval only for Order of the Swan and Cygnet.

Turlough van Garth. Azure, a griffin displayed coward breathing flame argent.

NOTE: Draw the tail correctly for coward, or else put it in a normal position.

William the Wolf. Name only.

KINGDOM OF CAID

Acelyn Schirleah the Chaste. Vert, bezanty, a stag courant argent within a bordure wavy Or.

Albray Katerine Isabelle du Serpent. Per bend purpure and argent, a moon in her plenitude and, a feathered serpent glissant bendwise reversed counterchanged.

NOTE: Quetzalcoatl was the Aztec god. His symbol was the feathered serpent.

Algarth of Mount Coruscation. Per chevron azure and gules, two lightning flashes in pile argent.

Ambros Celidonis. Name change from Ambrose Celidonius.

Angelina Nicollette. Badge for the Company of Clothiers. Azure, semy of thimbles argent, issuant from a maunch Or a hand proper grasping a needle threaded argent.

Avery of Kempsford. Or, upon a pale between two pallets azure, each charged with a sword inverted proper, three roses Or.

Caid, Kingdom of. Seal for College of Heralds of Caid. Four crescents conjoined in saltire, horns outward, surmounted by two trumpets in saltire, within a bordure embattled.

NOTE: Individual Kingdom offices may register tinctureless seals but not tinctured badges. All heralds use the herald's badge. If you really need to have a banner for the collective College of Heralds of a kingdom, then quarter the arms of the kingdom with the herald's badge. This would be clear and wouldn't have to be registered.

Casimer of Silesia. Per fess sable and Or, an eagle rising displayed grasping in its dexter talon a sword, and an eagle's leg couped and embowed fesswise counterchanged.

Collegium Caidis. Badge. Argent, a pomegranate slipped and leaved Or, seeded and, fimbriated gules, within a bordure azure.

NOTE: Its previous badge is its main badge and should be listed under its own name. As this is not a household it may be listed under its own name. The new Ordinary will cross-reference all badges, referring the reader to the location of the blazon.

Dreiburgen, Barony of. Badge for the Order of the Tower of Dreiburgen. Per chevron throughout argent and azure, a tower argent within a bordure embattled azure.

Elenoré de Brus d'Artois. Ermine, a mortar and pestle Or, a bordure invected azure.

Gleann mac an Iasgair. Badge. A saltire couped, voided, and interlaced gules between four torteaux.

NOTE: appeal accepted.

Gyða of the Mystic Dragon. Sable, a human-breasted tricorporate lioness, each tail barbed and nowed, and in chief an estoile of four greater and eight lesser points Or.

NOTE: By default, each body is rampant.

Jane de Sealynn. Gules, on a lozenge azure fimbriated a welk within a bordure argent. (Busycon canal icuatum.)

Merlin Falconer. Azure, a sun Or between two merlins volant respectant and a merlin close affronty proper, a chief invected argent. (Falco columbarius aesalon)

NOTE: Merlin is his mundane given name.

Rhyance ap Llewellyn. Badge. Azure, in pale a harp seal pup couchant guardant to sinister proper resting on a bar argent and in base a bottlenosed dolphin embowed proper. (Pagophilus groenlandicus) (Tursiops truncatus)

Rowan Darklighter of Casidon. Per chevron sable and argent, a broken chain in chevron and a candle sconced and enflamed counterchanged.

KINGDOM OF THE WEST

Aireon of Kaerlidams-gar. Sable, a mullet voided surmounted by a sword bendwise inverted argent.

Anthony the Sinister. Badge. On a plate invected, a lotus flower sable.

NOTE: The household name (Household de Phogger) is rejected. The name is a joke name and is thus not acceptable for registration. Hence I have just registered this as a personal badge to Anthony.

Arachne's Web, Order of. Badge. Sable, a spider web argent within a bordure Or.

NOTE: This is a badge for use by the Guildmistresses and Guildmasters of the Order.

Brian Blackarrow. Per pale sable and argent, three arrows inverted counterchanged.

Briany Exeter de Baraine. Vert, a lioness rampant argent, estoilly of four points azure, within an orle Or.

NOTE: I have deleted Asfala per her letter to avoid having four languages in one name. The correct French usage is "de Baraine," not "du Baraine."

Caldarium, Province of. Name change from Province Beyond the Rainbows. Or, on a wooden tub between two peacock feathers crossed in base proper a laurel wreath Or.

Catriona Gillander. Azure, a straight tau cross throughout between in chief a panther passant guardant argent incensed proper and in base an increscent and a decrescent, all argent.

NOTE: A straight tau cross looks like a capital T. A normal tau cross has formy arms.

Corlaine of the Crags. Per chevron argent and sable, two rams salient combattant and a Celtic cross counterchanged.

Ella du Vergne. Badge for Chez le Vergne. Per bend Or and gules, in sinister chief two European black alder trees couped proper. (Alnus glutinous)

Eric of Sun Mountain. Name change from Richard of Wyvernsmark.

Esfenn, Shire of. Name approval only.

NOTE: This would be better as Esfennshire.

Evan MacGowan. Reblazon. Vert, issuant from a straight tau cross throughout argent a demi-sun throughout Or, and in base two shamrocks argent.

Gerstan Heah Leah. Sable, a hawthorn blossom argent and on a chief Or a spear sable.

Gregory Falconheart the Cloudwatcher. Name only.

Hirsch von Henford. Badge for House of the Singing Phoenix. Per chevron enhanced Or and azure, two garden roses slipped in saltire vert and issuant from base a phoenix Or enflamed proper.

NOTE: A phoenix is an eagle rising out of flames. It doesn't have hands at the ends of its wings. Draw the phoenix correctly.

Leothgar de Sithia. Per fess sable and argent, a fess between two crosses swallowtailed, each charged with a cross crosslet, counterchanged.

Maeve MacGowan. Sable, bend sinister argent surmounted by an ass rampant gules.

Michal Mandragora. Reblazon. Argent, a bat-winged sea-horse erect gules, on a mount vert a straight trumpet palewise Or.

Mists, Principality of. Badge for Order of the Golden Branch. A branch palewise hung with bells, within a bordure engrailed.

Pasgen ap Rhys. Badge for Dragon Run Household. Or, a turtle-headed wingless dragon statant and a bordure vert.

Siranna of Hawthorn Hall. Per bend sinister gules and sable, a bend sinister engrailed between a tower and a hawthorn argent.

Sive Níc Andreis. Per chevron sable and gules, a quill pen argent.

Sorren of Misham. Or, on a fess purpure between four rosebuds gules, slipped and leaved vert, three and one, a unicorn couchant reguardant argent, armed and crined Or.

St. Boniface, College of. Gules, in saltire a quill pen argent and a sword proper, surmounted by an open book and in base a laurel wreath argent.

St. Katherine, College of. Azure, a flame proper atop an acorn within a laurel wreath within a bordure engrailed Or.

Thomas Edmund of Ruislip. Per chevron azure and Or, two martlets rising respectant and a sun counterchanged.

Valina del Moreno. Name only.

END OF ACCEPTANCES

REJECTIONS March 15, 1982 XVI

KINGDOM OF ATENVELDT

Arian Rowan of Featherfin. Barry wavy vert and azure, a winged trout rising to sinister, wings elevated and addorsed, argent.

NOTE: Device rejected. This violates the rule of tincture. You cannot have barry wavy of two colors. Try barry wavy azure and Or.

Atenveldt, Barony of. Badge for Order of the Palm of Atenveldt. Argent, two palm trees conjoined at the base, the larger to sinister bend head to dexter so as to shade the smaller, proper. (Phoenix glactyliferas)

NOTE: Badge rejected. This is modern artistic style rather than period heraldry. Try two straight palms. Crossed Palm Pursuivant is not acceptable, as it implies the herald is bribable, and because the two palms are not in fact crossed. Try Palm Pursuivant.

Eric Ward of Emerald Castle. Vert, a sword inverted enflamed proper, on a chief embattled gules fimbriated a crescent between two mullets Or, all within a bordure ermine.

NOTE: Device rejected. This device is much too complicated. There are six different kinds of charges. Drop the three charges on the chief or otherwise simplify greatly.

Faleena Camille. Vert, a lion queue-forché salient to sinister and a stag rampant argent, in chief on a bezant a pome invected of six set fesswise charged with a bezant invected of six set palewise.

NOTE: Device rejected. This device is too complicated. Remove the volleyball.

Genevieve Nicolette of Evergreene. Azure, semé-de-lis Or, a unicorn's head cabossed argent.

NOTE: Device conflicts with France Ancient: Azure, semé-de-lis Or. This color-semé combination may not be used in the SCA.

KINGDOM OF ATLANTIA

Alderet le Marjolet. Argent, on a pile sable an opinicus rampant Or.

NOTE: Device rejected. Conflicts with Dickleston: Argent, a pile sable (Papworth, p. 1021).

Katherina-Theresia von Franke-Hessian. Per bend sinister gules and argent, two escarbuncles counterchanged.

NOTE: Name rejected. Franke-Hessian is not correct German usage. You could be Katherina Theresa Franke von Hesse. (Theresa is the more correct spelling.) The device seems acceptable.

Strykar Geirhaldsson. Badge. Pean, a tyger rampant voided Or.

NOTE: Rejected. This is too complex a form of voiding, leaving insufficient contrast. You cannot tell it from a lion rampant voided at any distance. You cannot void complex charges like a tyger. Voiding and fimbriation should only be used with simple charges.

Tir-y-don, Barony of. Badge for the Order of the Swan and Cygnet. Per fess vert and azure, atop a swan naiant to sinister reguardant a cygnet close to sinister argent, all within a bordure gules.

NOTE: The badge violates the rule of tincture. Delete the bordure or change it to argent.

William the Wolf. Sable, a sword dismembered inverted surmounted by a wolf's head cabossed argent, orbed gules.

NOTE: Device conflicts with Fandral Silver Fox: Sable, a fox's head cabossed argent.

KINGDOM OF CAID

Eden of Summerhawk. Badge for House Summerhawk. Purpure, on a sun Or two hawks rising respectant, wings addorsed and elevated, sable, the dexter voided argent.

NOTE: Badge rejected. Voiding a hawk is too complex to be allowed. Voiding, like fimbriation, should only be used for simple charges. If you must have a white hawk and a black hawk respectant, then divide the field per pale Or and purpure and counterchange the sun.

Fraser Summerhawk. Per pall purpure, vert, and argent, a sun, a Latin cross throughout argent and a wyvern erect gules.

NOTE: Name rejected; device rejected. Fraser was and is a surname, not a given name. The device looks like impaled arms plus an augmentation. Having a cross throughout part of the field can really only occur from marshalling. Try a Latin cross couped instead.

Haele Cynwyth. Quarterly vert and purpure, a cross parted and fretted and interlaced with an annulet between two trefoils Or and two acorns argent.

NOTE: Name rejected. You have no given name. Proper Welsh name usage would require a given name plus your descriptive adjective (i.e., Hael). Cynwyth does not appear to be a name or even a word. The only female name we found like it is Cynferth. The device seems acceptable.

Jayme O'Darcy of Glen Laurie. Per chevron sable and argent, a cat's pawprints argent and a horned pegasus rampant sable, winged, crined, and armed argent, fimbriated sable.

NOTE: The device is too similar visually to Phalin of Duramen: Argent, a bend sinister argent, fimbriated sable, overall a winged unicorn salient sable, armed, unguled, and trailing a broken chain Or, the collar charged with a crescent gules, and on a chief sable a wolf's pawprint argent. I suggest you write and ask permission (Douglas Klusman, 2521 Cabernethay, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670).

KINGDOM OF THE WEST

Carl of the Crossbow. Azure, semy of arrows inverted argent, a crossbow within a bordure Or.

NOTE: Device conflicts with Pilefelt: Azure, a crossbow between two arrows and a border all Or (Rietstaap). Try three crossbows.

Gregory Falconheart the Cloudwatcher. Or, chapé azure, two escallops argent and a mallet bendwise sable.

NOTE: The device conflicts with Arianyn du Penryn: Per chevron wavy throughout azure and Or, in chief two escallops argent and issuant from base a demi-mullet of ten points elongated to chief gules.

John the Un-found. Per fess Or and sable, an arrow fesswise reversed and an arrow fesswise counterchanged.

NOTE: Name rejected, This is not period name usage. Try John the Lost. The device seems acceptable.

END OF REJECTIONS