ACCEPTANCES August 22, 1982 A.S. XVII

AN TIR

Alphonse de Lorraine. Azure, on a pile indented throughout sable, fimbriated argent, a lion rampant and in canton a flour-de-lis Or.

Your full name conflicts with King Alfonso el Sabio (X of Castile). I have therefore deleted "le Sage" from the name. The correct French form is Alphonse, not Alphonsus.

Alwyn of Glanymorniwl. Potenty en pointe Or and vert, a bend Or fimbriated and surmounted by a hummingbird displayed gules.

This would be more correct as Alwin or Alwyne.

Kendrew MacFlandry of Dundee. Counter-ermine, an enfield rampant within a double tressure Or.

A simple double tressure is acceptable except in conjunction with a lion or thistle.

Marcia of Jarrow Motte. Gyronny of six azure and argent, an estoile of alternating straight and wavy rays counterchanged Or and gules within a bordure counterchanged.

This is rather busy, but legal. The tinctures of the gyronny and the estoile and the locations of the rays all follow the same rules. Therefore, by default there are straight rays Or on azure and wavy rays gules on argent. Gyronny of six begins with a per pale division and then has two more lines at 60 degree separations.

Yulseth of Darkwood. Per chevron inverted argent and sable, in chief a death's head gules, in base in saltire two bardiches couped argent.

"Yulseth" seems acceptable as a madeup name, but is not Russian for Joseph. There is no th in Russian. Proper Russian for Joseph is Osip (or Jossif).

ATENVELDT

Aleta Ara of Helsgard. Badge for House Helsgard. Vert, a great helm affronté per pale sable and argent, ocularium counterchanged, plumed argent and sable, fimbriated Or.

Aleta Ara of Heisgard. Reblazon. Gules, a hawk, wings displayed and elevated, sable perched on a kris fesswise argent, quillioned sable, all fimbriated argent.

Alys Carvelsdatter. Badge. Quarterly arrondi Or and argent, a compass star, the chiefmost point broken to sinister, azure.

You cannot register a household name of Lost Tribe, as that conflicts with the famous Lost Tribe of Israel which the Mormons hold came to America. You would appear to be claiming to be the head of the Lost Tribe.

Bridget of Glenburo. Azure, a bottle-nosed dolphin bendwise, in chief a mullet of six points elongated to base argent.

Since this dolphin is stretched out straight, it is not naiant bendwise but instead just bendwise.

Camelen Melintaur. Per pale indented purpure and argent, in fess three mullets of eight points in pale Or and a cat sejant guardant sable.

Cassandra la Sable. Name and blazon correction. Per fess argent and sable, a hawk stooping to sinister and a leopard's head erased affronté counterchanged.

Catharina Brozek z Bagnopagórek. Or, semé of oak leaves vert, on a hurt in fess two harps addorsed and conjoined Or.

The strings should be changed to palewise running from the top bar to the sound box. The vertical support bar has no strings attached to it.

Clea de Húnedoara. Badge. Or, a sírin harpy statant guardant to sinister proper within a bordure engrailed vert.

The College found the name Gildiya Souk (Bitches' Guild) to be in very poor taste and therefore we declined, under the offensiveness clause, to give it official approval by registering it. (Heraldry is supposed to be honorable and uplifting. This sort of joke name is neither.) The badges are acceptable and will be registered as personal badges. The sirin harpy lacked contrast, so I reversed its field and bordure tinctures, as allowed on the submittor's form.

Clea de Húnedoara. Badge. Vert, a cockatrice erect maintaining in its upraised dexter claw a needle palewise, point to chief, within a bordure engrailed Or.

Cuthalin MacFarlane of Montrose. Argent, a serpent nowed sable, bellied gules, within a bordure gyronny azure and gules.

Evan Mawr. Name approval only.

Evan is his mundane given name.

Gareth of Bloodwine Gorge. Badge. Sable, in pale a heart bendwise sinister rent, distilling two gouttes gules, fimbriated, and a chalice argent.

Genviève Nicolette of Evergreene. Name change. Azure, ermined Or, a unicorn's head cabossed argent.

Draw the ermine spots correctly. The dots go in chief, not in base.

Geoffrey of Atherstane. Ermine, a pale gules, overall a dragon passant reguardant Or.

While similar to the Middle Kingdom, this has 4 points of difference, which is sufficient even for a Kingdom.

Irminsul the Improbable. Per pale embattled Or and gules, a winged unicorn rampant and in pale three of the same counterchanged.

Appeal accepted on a hardship basis. (She has been patiently trying to submit this for seven years, and the heralds kept fouling up.) This is an exception to the rules and constitutes no precedent. (I have dropped the "Zoe of" per her own request.)

Ivar Corwin. Or, in saltire a spear inverted and a lightning flash couped to sinister surmounted by a battle axe, all within a bordure azure.

James Darkstar. Azure, mullety, on a pile throughout a compass star elongated to base throughout sable.

John the Idiota. Badge. Gules, a woolly spider monkey rampant proper grasping with its upraised tail a pouch Or.

John the Idiota. Badge. Azure, two xonecuilli in saltire throughout forming a fylfot within a bordure Or.

Julia of the Forest, the Childless. Badge. Argent, a shoe, toe to sinister, azure strapped and lined gules.

Chateaubriand is a place in France and therefore it cannot be used as a household name. Draw the shoe on the badge to look more like a shoe.

Leanne Elaine du Ciel. Per bend azure and Or, in sinister chief a butterfly bendwise, wings elevated and addorsed, Or.

Marta as tu Mika-Misliwy. Badge. Or, pellety, a rabbit sejant affronté sable, muzzled, bellied, and forelegged argent.

Morgan Stardancer. Sable, mullety argent, an urchin rampant proper maintaining a veil fesswise argent.

Idril was a Noldor elf, and hence this is a unique, non-human name and may not be used. I have therefore dropped Idril from the name.

Morgana Swansdottir. Name change from Meve ni Suileabhain.

Olaf Bjargarson. Per chevron Or and azure, a grizzly bear rampant proper. (Ursus horribilus)

Just because we goofed once and passed a Bjorgssen doesn't mean we will voluntarily goof again. The correct form is Bjargarson.

Ormilda Freydis of Olmsfjord. Vert, a serpent with a head at both ends nowed respectant, so as to form a figure 9 between in fess two drakkar figureheads couped respectant Or.

Rhiain of Toadhaven. Name approval only.

Rhianwen o Enfys Disberod. Badge for House of the Beached Whale. Or, in fess a compass star elongated to base and a palmer robed, hooded and bearing a staff sable, on a chief pointed azure a sperm whale proper. (Physeter catodon)

Robyn of Romney Marsh. Name approval only (see REJECTIONS for device).

Thorgunn Harolfsson. Name approval only.

Widsith Devona of Exmoor. Badge. Per bend sinister sable and vert, a snowy egret rising, wings elevated and inverted proper. (Leucophoyx thula)

William the Cursed. Badge. Vert, a winged three-headed unicorn rampant affronté displayed, heads facing dexter, affronté and sinister, argent, armed and unguled Or.

William of the Flaming Swan. Per bend sable and argent, in bend three mullets of eight points between in bend sinister two swans naiant counterchanged, the swans breathing flames proper.

CAID

Allan Bluehood of Wood's End. Vert, a longbow fesswise inverted surmounted by three arrows conjoined in pile Or.

A bow is strung by default.

Ameliana die Weisse aus Siena. Argent, a carnation gules, slipped and leaved vert, surmounted by a rosewood recorder proper.

Andrew Lejon of Shadow Mountain. Sable, on a mullet of four points between three points Or a fireball gules.

Draw the mullet and the fireball bigger.

Antonio Francesco Nicolo Luigi Topaz di Saranno. Name approval only.

"Nicolo Luigi" is the order of name found on the information sheet, which prevails in case of discrepancy with the emblazon sheet, which had "Luigi Nicolo."

Aoife nic Ruairl. Per pale sable and vert, a mouse sejant erect playing an Irish harp argent.

Bran Firehawk. Per fess rayonny gules and Or, a hawk striking counterchanged.

Caid, Kingdom of. Badge for Order of the Dolphin of Caid. Azure, a dolphin embowed uriant to sinister between three crescents within a bordure embattled argent.

Ceinwen Haele Cynwyth. Badge. Vert, a falcon displayed Or, charged upon the breast with a trefoil vert, and in base an acorn argent.

Claryce Lostlove of Castle Rising. Badge. Per bend sinister sable and gules, a bend sinister engrailed Or between a fleur-de-lis and a unicorn rampant to sinister argent.

Eadward of Blacktower. Name approval only (see REJECTIONS for device).

Ehrich the Dreamer. Name change from Erich the Dreamer.

Fionna Ramsay of Bronwyn Vale. Badge. A griffin's head erased Or environed of a triquetra inverted vert, fimbriated Or.

Gwyneth Wallis Amberon of Glendwry. Per chevron sable and Or, in chief three gouttes in fess and in base a patriarchal cross bottony counterchanged.

Jason Griffiths of Shadowhyrst. Badge. Azure, a dexter hand couped at the wrist maintaining a sword proper, on a chief embattled argent a chain throughout sable.

Jasper Greensmith of the Seagirt Glen. Name change from Gleann mac an Iasgair and badge. A cart, issuant therefrom a dragon's head, wings and tail gules.

Jayme O'Darcy of Glen Laurie. Argent, a unicornate Pegasus rampant sable, armed, crined and winged sable, chased argent, within a winged annulet sable.

Karl de Blenkinsopp. Azure, a chevron argent charged with another gules, in chief two mullets of eight points argent.

Kathren of Sandesward. Badge. Argent, a legless quail close to sinister reguardant sable.

Lynn Mallory MacRobert. Azure, a fleece argent, banded and ringed, on a chief Or three thistles proper.

Roberts is the surname form of Robert. The proper patronymic form is MacRobert, not MacRoberts.

Lyondemere, Barony of. Badge for the Lyondemere Levy. Vert, issuant from a fess abased engrailed invected argent a dexter lion's jamb bendwise sinister maintaining a sword bendwise Or.

Mark of the Crimson Pegasus. Or, a Pegasus volant gules, upon a chief sable three fleurs-de-lis Or.

Morgan MacNeil of Clan Fergus. Argent, on a fess between a dragon couchant reguardant sable and a sword gules, a unicorn passant argent.

Morgan MacNeil of Clan Fergus. Badge. Sable, on a pile argent a sword inverted gules, the hilt between three crescents, one and two, azure.

Pasqual Cabarruvias de la VaTa. Gules, on a pile throughout argent between two lightning flashes Or a mushroom gules.

Sieglinde von der Hohenwuste. Badge for House Ekhamn. Per fess wavy Or and azure, a longship proper, sailed gules, and a tree eradicated argent.

Siobhan of the Grey Mists. Sable, a wingless sea-dragon haurient guardant argent, the sinister arm extended maintaining a dirk Or.

Susanna von Braun. Azure, a bend between an Easter lily reversed, slipped and leaved, and a unicorn rampant argent.

Terellys of Darkmoor. Badge. A winged cushion lozengewise displayed.

Household name rejected. Kushyon's Flyte is a whimsical misspelling of Cushion's Flight, which would not have been done in period. Cushion's Flight is not a period-style name for a household. Try the House of the Flying Cushion.

Yasemin Amberstar of Ironstone. Vert, a pithon erect, tail debruised to dexter, wings addorsed and inverted, Or and to dexter a mullet of eight points voided and interlaced argent.

EAST

Alanna ni Druhan. Vert, a leaf within a bordure Or.

Draw the bordure much wider. You did not draw a proper mulberry leaf, so we just called it a leaf.

Angharad of the Sleeping Lion. Name approval only (see REJECTIONS for device).

Aramg merch Emrys. Azure, three piles wavy in point argent, overall a sea-lion erect guardant vert headed Or, maintaining in both forearms a wand sable surmounted by an estoile of five points gules.

Bors of Uri. Per bend sinister argent and gules, a dragon rampant to sinister azure and a double-
bladed axe argent.

Catherine Cameron Stewart Morgan. Name approval only (see REJECTIONS for device).

Cairistiona of Dun Glas. Name approval only (see REJECTIONS for device).

Charles Stewart O'Connor. Badge for Clan O'Connor Dubh. Gules, a triquetra argent.

This is the proper Scottish method for creating a new sept name and is different from the other O'Connor septs. A triquetra is like a trefoil voided and interlaced. It is not a triskelion, which was used by several Nazi units.

Colbert de la Foret Pourpre. Per chevron ployé argent and azure, two fleurs-de-lis purpure and a fish hauriant embowed argent.

Nicknames should not be included in the formal name. I have therefore deleted "le Poisson Sauvage". The proper French for "of the Purple Forest" is "de la Foret Pourpre". "Purpure is Norman French, while Foret is Modern French. Adjectives must agree in language with their nouns. Please draw the charges larger so as to properly fill up the field.

Dafydd o Llyn Cwellyn. Name approval only.

"Ap" or "ab" means "son of," not "of".The proper translation for "of" is "o".

Diana Brythonwen ferch Cynfarch ap Cynan. Name change from Giliniel Silmeline and joint household badge; see Philip of Stryer for blazon.

Elena des Nachts. Purpure, on a mullet of four points elongated to base argent, a sword inverted gules.

Gwenllian Rhiannon of Dragon Keep. Name change from Patrice Rhiannon of Dragon Keep.

The correct Welsh is Gwenllian.

Jaelle Armida. Name approval only (see REJECTIONS for device).

By your own documentation, Armida in period was a given name. Therefore, you cannot be "of Armida," as that is the form for a place name, which Armida is not (in period). I have therefore deleted the "of."

John the Artificer. Name approval only (see REJECTIONS for device).

Klaus von Trollenburg. Argent, two axes in saltire surmounted by a double-headed battle axe sable, a chief vert.

Morgan of Clwyd. Name approval only.

Motogoshi Sumiko. Name approval only; see REJECTIONS for mon.

Philip of Stryer. Joint household badge. Argent, a walnut leaf bendwise vert between a mullet of six points azure and a walnut proper.

Richard le Noir. Quarterly argent and gules, two piles and a pile inverted sable, each charged with an ermine spot Or.

Proper French is Richard (German gives us Ricard). Rickard is incorrect. If you want the German pronunciation, let us know and we will change it to Ricard.

Ruaidhri O'Flionn. Sable, on a chevron Or a card pique sable, a lozenge gules, a trefoil sable, and a heart gules, and in chief an owl displayed argent.

The proper Gaelic is Ruaidhri, not Ruadrhi. The device is rather busy, but apparently the suit symbols were in period and thus can be considered a set of charges.

Ruairidh MacErc. Argent, a bend sinister cotised gules between a lymphad and a hand appaumé, all within a bordure sable.

Sean the Mad. Pean, a bend wavy between a harp Or and a boar's head erased gules.

Sean o Wode translates as John of the Wood, which we just rejected. That was the name of the Green Man, the mythical entity who was the "father" of the children born nine months after the celebration of Beltane Eve. (That's one of the reasons there are so many Johnsons.) I have therefore used the English to allow us to pass the device. Single diminutives of ordinaries should not be used without good reason. In this case, this should be a bend, not a bendlet, and thus drawn much wider.

MERIDIES

Angharad ferch Gwydden Fychan. Argent, an enfield sejant, dexter forepaw upraised, and in chief three ermine spots sable.

The correct form for " daughter of" is "ferch".

Antonia Martin de Castilla. Vert, a garb of five stalks between a bar nowy and a bar counter-
nowy Or.

The submission had the accent in the wrong place. If you want Martin' you will have to give us very good reasons for it.

Axemoor, Barony of. Sable, in bend sinister an axe inverted reversed and an axe, both bendwise sinister Or between two scarpes, overall a laurel wreath argent.

Make the scarpes much wider. Thin lines aren't used in heraldry.

Conrad de Burgh. Azure, a pale argent surmounted by a drakkar and in chief three mullets counterchanged.

Draw all charges larger. Fill the shield. The standard Viking longship is called a drakkar. This is sufficiently different from Storvik.

Enawynne Olwen. Per bend vert and azure, a sword proper surmounted by a horse's head couped argent gorged of a collar Or, chased sable.

The LoI had an incorrect blazon. Olwen is not a made-up place name but is instead a female given name from the Mabinogion. Therefore, I have dropped the "of."

Eric of Telemark Badge. Gules, a lightning flash bendwise sinister issuant from sinister chief surmounted by a tau cross argent.

Household names may not be the names of mundane places. You can be from Telemark, Norway, but you do not rule Telemark, and thus you cannot register House Telemark.

Esmeralda of Kimaden. Vert, in pall inverted three crescents interlocked, horns outwards, between three mullets voided Or.

Ki'Maden is not consistent with period usage. Made-up names should not have made-up grammar. I will accept Kimaden. Interlocked differs from interlaced in that the objects are not deformed to continue the over-and-under crossing. Instead, they do the over-under pattern only once. (There is sufficient difference from Terasson de Chatelus).

Esmeralda of Kimaden. Badge for House Kimaden. Azure, a tower argent surmounted in base by a timber wolf couchant to sinister and in chief atop the tower a round natural rose bush proper. (Canis lupus) (Rosa canina)

Period heraldic practice would have only a few large roses showing on the bush.

Evelyn Demond. Vert, fretty Or, on a pair of flaunches argent two fleurs-de-lis, the sinister inverted, vert.

Nikolai Aleksandrovitch Staritsyn. Purpure, on a pile inverted throughout between in chief two wolfhounds sejant respectant argent in base a rose azure, barbed vert.

Robert Hightower of Meridies. Name approval only.

The addition of a place name indicates that he is of a different branch of the Hightowers. This removes the conflict with Randall of Hightower and House Hightower.

Yves Walenstein. Per chevron enhanced azure and argent, a rose slipped and leaved and in dexter chief an owl counterchanged.

MIDDLE

Denys de Caergwen. Name change from Denys of the Fair Tower.

Appeal accepted. Some transplanted Welshmen used "de" instead of "o" in period.

Fenix, March of the. Sable, a phoenix of flames statant, wings elevated and addorsed, issuant from flames proper and in canton a laurel wreath Or.

Appeal accepted. Changing the laurel wreath to Or provides sufficient contrast. Fimbriate the gules portions of the phoenix with Or to avoid having gules on sable. Flames proper consist of gules on the inside and Or on the outside, when placed on a colored field.

Valmai Arcalien of Dernhealde. Per fess argent and azure, an oak leaf bendwise and a goblet counterchanged.

The documentation on "Valmail" as a Welsh given name was sufficient. The "Arcalien" combined with Valmai still makes one think of Valar-Maia. A surname of place name must be added to make it clear that Arcalien is a nickname. I have added your shire's name as a place name. If you wish to submit a different surname or place name to replace it, there will be no fee.

WEST

Aelfwynn Gyrgesdohtor. Badge A cat statant azure, winged argent.

To avoid conflict with the Kittyhawk of Windmaster's Hill, I had to change the position to statant. The wings are attached details and so this badge consists of both a metal and a color. The objections to other badges were due to separate charges, some metal and some color. If placed on either a metal or a color, one of them would violate tincture. As this is a single charge, there is no problem, since the wings count as a detail. Details can violate tincture.

Brian of Nordskogen. Argent, a roundel indented vert within a bordure rayonny sable.

What you have is a roundel indented, not a mullet of 12. Proper rayonny has fewer, larger flames.

Brighid ni Roane. Device change. Gules, a California sea lion naiant to sinister, its tail reflexed above its head, proper within a bordure sable, fimbriated Or. (Zalophus californiansus)

Carolina Johnston of Lindley. Per pale vert and azure, a ram's head caboshed argent, armed, and a chief urdy Or.

There are specific rules on how to change a male name to a female form. In Italian, the correct form of Carlo is Carolina, not Carolin. Using Carolin would be like using Barbar instead of Barbara. It would be wrong. I have therefore added the "-a."

Fridalf von Windheim. Sable, a pall inverted Or between two bugle horns reversed and a boar's head couped argent.

James the Fisher. Joint household badge. A rabbit-eared fish fesswise sable.

Lachlin nic Colin. Argent, a pile throughout embattled azure and in chief three mullets of four points counterchanged.

Mairi nic Colin. Joint household badge. (for blazon, see James the Fisher).

Malakas Blackstone. Or, a rustre and on a chief sable a partially broken arrow reversed chevronwise Or.

Mists, Principality of. Seal for Sea-Wolf Herald. On a roundel a pale invected charged with a sea-wolf erect grasping in its dexter forepaw two straight trumpets in saltire.

A sea-wolf is a fish-tailed demi-wolf with webbed paws, like all other sea-beasts (except for the sea-dog, which is a special case).

Paul of Sunriver. Reblazon. Azure, a compass star Or.

Quai de Corneille, Shire of. Name approval only; see REJECTIONS for arms and badge.

Tristan Morgana of Gwynedd. Per pale argent and Or, a unicorn trippant to sinister and on a chief triangular purpure a compass star argent.

West, Kingdom of. Reblazon of Order of the Silver Molet. Argent, on a pile gules an antique crown voided Or.

West, Kingdom of. Badge for King's Huscarls. Or, an antique crown voided vert surmounted by a sword gules.

Crowns may be used on personal arms only by past royalty. They may be used on branch arms only by Kingdoms and Principalities, as those will be the King's and Prince's arms. Kings may use crowns as part of a king's badge only for use by the king's guard or bodyguards when they are acting in this official capacity.

William of Hoghton. Badge. Sable, a grey wolf's head erased proper. (Canis lupus)

Draw the head as boldly erased.

END OF ACCEPTANCES

REJECTIONS

AN TIR

Kendrew MacFlandry of Dundee. Badge. An enfield rampant.

Clan badges can only be displayed by clan members within a belt, with the chief's motto on the belt. The chief does not use the belt. As you are registering the badge, I assume you are the chief and therefore what you register is the enfield. Crests are always borne on torses and so the torse is also default. Thus the clan badge is actually an enfield rampant. This is the crest of the Kelly family in Ireland (A. C. Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, P. 231). I suggest you use an enfield salient or passant.

ATENVELDT

Dracus of Sharth. Sable, a flame between in chief a pair of bulls' horns argent.

Name and device rejected. Dracus is an estate in upper New York and is thus a place name, not a given name. Neither the horns nor the flame are drawn in a correct heraldic manner. The horns just look like more bits of flame.

Ghyslaine Felinnoir. Or, a	lion passant, in base an estoile, within a bordure rayonny, all sable.

Name rejected. You cannot use two languages in one word. (By the way, there is no such language as Teutonic, just as there is no single language called Celtic.) Choose a different surname. Draw fewer, bigger rayonny points on the bordure. The device seems otherwise acceptable.

Kathryn of Iveragh. Badge for House of the Fervent Kip. Per bend sable and azure, a passion nail inverted gules enflamed Or.

This still conflicts with William of Sark: Sable, a flame proper. There is no visible difference between a flaming passion nail and a flame.

Orin of the Argent Lions of Mightrinvood. Badge for House Rolling Thunder. Sable, within a lightning flash conjoined in annulo Or another bendwise sinister argent.

This is not period style. In fact, a lightning flash conjoined in annulo joins the two ends in a point. Try a heraldic thunderbolt within a wheel or an annulet.

Outlands, Principality of. Badge for Office of Hospitaller. Gyronny from dexter chief Or and vert, a mug argent.

Badge rejected. There is already a badge for the Office of the Hospitaller in Atenveldt, which can and should be used at all levels within Atenveldt.

Phillip of Lockshelldrake. Per chevron throughout Or and argent fimbriated between in chief two Great Dane's heads cabossed a Great Dane passant to sinister, all sable.

Name and device rejected. Explain Lockshelldrake. Is this a lake? Then it should be Loch Shelldrake. Fimbriating lines of division is not period practice and thus is not allowable. Send copies to Laurel of all documentation when you send in a submission if you want Laurel to accept it. In this case, send in a copy of the citation that Great Danes are in period. The OED lists them as 18th century.

Ratiri Duskwind. Sable, on a pile argent a horse's head couped at the shoulder sable.

Name and device rejected. Ratri is the Hindu goddess of night, and thus Duskwind would be a possible epithet for her. You may not use a goddess's name as a given name. The device conflicts with Forneys: Sable, a pile argent (p. 1022, Papworth).

Robyn of Romney Karsh. Azure, an eagle stooping to sinister between in chief an arch of five estoiles and in base a demi-sun issuant from base, all argent.

The device conflicts with Petr Aleksivitch of Novgorod: Azure, semé of stars au natutelle, a hawk volant to sinister argent.

Suleiman ben Jacob.

Name	rejected. The proper Hebrew form for Solomon, son of Jacob, is Shlomo ben Yakov. The proper Arabic is Suleiman ibn Ya'akov. What you have is neither one nor the other.

CAID

Antonio Francesco Nicolo Luigi Topaz di Saronno. Sable, semé of lozenges Or, a garden rose stemmed and leaved between six of the same in annulo argent.

Device rejected. What you have drawn are argent roses chased sable plus a field semé, which is too complex to allow. The pattern of your emblazon is not a period style, as it has large blank sections of the shield. Drawing the device from the blazon does not always yield this pattern, as one tends to draw the lozenges first and then put the roses over them. Try a field semé of alternating lozenges and roses.

Eadward of Black Tower. Gules, on a pile rayonny Or, a tower and in sinister chief a decrescent sable.

Device rejected, This is not period style. The decrescent is not in sinister chief. Either eliminate it or place a second one to the dexter of the tower.

Kevin Lawence. Argent, two lions dismembered combattant azure and purpure, on a triangle inverted issuant from chief Or, fimbriated sable, a sprig of mistletoe vert.

Name and device rejected. "Lawence" is not an acceptable variation of Lawrence. There are rules for varying names. The fimbriated triangle lacks contrast. The whole device is not period heraldic style. Use a pile or a chief triangular.

Patée Pautaay of Småland. Argent, semé-de-lis purpure, a dragon ship gules, sailed and pavisaded Or, fimbriated sable, on a chief gules a lion passant and a lion passant to sinister, tails entwined, Or.

Name and device rejected. Patée is your surname and thus cannot be used as a given name, although it can of course be used as a surname. You need to add a given name. The device is very busy. If you change the sail to, paly gules and Or or else just gules, you can eliminate the fimbriation. The shields, being small details, do not have to be fimbriated.

Roncor Woodclaver. Or, on a saltire vert between four trees couped a battle axe proper, the handle fimbriated argent, and a sword inverted proper.

Name and device rejected. Roncor is not consistent with period usage. Woodclaver is totally wrong. "Clavell is the imperfect tense of "to cleave" and this is not the tense one uses for an occupational name. One uses the present tense. The fimbriation is unnecessary.

Rosealind de Broceliande. Per chevron azure and argent, a shooting star Or and a portcullis sable surmounted by a rose gules, barbed, seeded, slipped and leaved proper.

Name and device rejected. Roselind or Rosalind are both correct, but not Rosealind. Choose one of the correct versions. The rose on the portcullis is color on color. Try a rose Or.

EAST

Angharad of the Sleeping Lion. Argent, a lion dormant sable within on a bordure azure three roses argent, barbed sable, seeded and en soleil Or.

Device rejected. The College chooses to not restrict those royal badges consisting of common charges in wide use because they were of wide use. Those royal badges which were limited only to royalty are restricted. The white rose en soleil is one of these. It may not be used in the SCA. (It is even today a royal badge used by the York Herald.)

Balloghlan, Shire of. Per bend azure and purpure, a lightning flash bendwise throughout between a laurel wreath and a clamshell argent.

Name rejected. The name doesn't seem to mean what you think. Ball-lochlann translates as "member of Norway." "Ballocks" is a relatively common expletive in Great Britain, so Ballocks-land would not be acceptable, and your name sounds like that. Master Ioseph of Locksley tells me that you cannot safely combine words in Scots Gaelic to form a name as you can in German, and Balloghlan translates directly as "fondler of the cow's tit." He says the best translation for what you want is Ballmanncamussa, after Ball (member) + mann (of the society) + camussa (bay). I suggest you write directly to Master Ioseph and work it out.

Bergental, Shire of. Sable, a mullet of six points within a laurel wreath Or.

This still conflicts with the Barony of Hammerhold. I must receive a letter of permission from the current seneschal or Baron of Hammerhold before I can register this. As soon as I receive the letter, I will accept the arms. (The motto of the College of Arms is "Scribendum Est," or "Get it in writing.")

Cairistiona of Dun Glas. Per pale vert and argent, a chevron between three oak leaves counterchanged.

The device conflicts with Stokes: Per pale vert and argent, a chevron counterchanged (Papworth, p. 376). Change the argent to Or or else use a line of division on the chevron.

Catherine Cameron Stewart Morgan. Gyronny of twelve azure and argent, a mullet of eight points throughout Or.

The device conflicts with Paul of Sunriver: Azure, a mullet of four greater and four lesser points Or. (We now call this a compass star.)

Jaelle Armida. Gules, in bend a bell Or and a tower azure masoned and fimbriated Or.

Device rejected. Given the heavy reference to Darkover already present in Jaelle and Armida, any reference to Darkover in the arms would be too much, as Darkover is not an allowable source for the SCA. The field is red (the color of the comyn), there is a golden bell (Cleindori), and there is a tower (a keeper's station). This is too much. I have allowed the name. Please resubmit a device with no reference to Darkover. May I suggest using a blue jay and a chevron. A chevron looks like a rotated "L" and so you would have Jay + L, as canting arms. You could even add a cubit arm as well.

John the Artificer. Sable, a cross couped between and conjoined to two bars couped Or, all within an annulet argent.

Device rejected. The central charge is a chemistry symbol meaning "very poisonous." It is also a Japanese kanji. In either case, it cannot be used in a device.

Kathryn Morgan. Or, a fox dormant gules and on a bordure sable a tressure parted and wreathed Or.

The name conflicts with Catherine Cameron Stewart Morgan and with Catherine Morgan Dudley. The device seems acceptable.

Laura Hawkwood. Badge. A phoenix gules issuant from flames proper between in fess the Gothic capitals "L" and "H" Or.

Badge rejected. Fieldless badges must be of all colors or all metals or else, as in this case, you wind up unable to place it on any simple field without violating the Rule of Tincture. Change the tincture of the letters or of the phoenix. If you make the phoenix a phoenix of flames, with Or on the outside, then it would work.

Motogoshi Sumiko. Argent, in pall two Japanese combs gules and another azure within a bordure sable.

Mon rejected. Mon only had two colors. We register mon as argent on sable or sable on argent. You can't have four colors in a mon like this. I suggest you resubmit it with sable combs. The mon seems otherwise acceptable.

Tara Sandra of Morgandy. Per chevron ployé argent and gules, two fleurs-de-lis purpure and a mullet of eight points argent.

Name rejected. Tara is the name of the hill which was the seat of the Irish kings. Sandra is an Italian diminutive of Alessandra. The use of Tara and Sandra as independent given names is modern and hence out of period. Try Allessandra of Morgandy. The device seems acceptable.

MERIDIES

Anne Wycliffe. Or, a sea-horse erect gules, crined purpure, within a bordure gyronny gules and purpure.

Name rejected. The name conflicts with Anne Wyecliffe. The device seems acceptable, although placing red next to purple has very poor contrast.

Boon MacCleburne. Quarterly vert and azure, a Doric column couped argent.

Name rejected. Boon and Cleburn are both surnames. Boon cannot be used as a given name, so you need to add a given name. Since Cleburne is a surname, not a given name, you cannot use MacCleburne, as patronymics use the father's given name. The device seems acceptable. By default, any object couped is the upper portion of the object. Columns existed in period and therefore by our rules may be used as charges. A complete Corinthian column may not be used, as that is the badge of the Corinthians.

Lillith of Starfire. Sable, in cross three mullets argent and a flame Or.

Name rejected. This conflicts with Lilith, alleged first wife of Adam, who was alleged to be a demon garbed in garments of fire. Thus Starfire makes the resemblance even worse. The name Lilith may not be used, as it would never have been used in period. The device seems otherwise acceptable.

Volsungen Redebeard of Kimaden.

Name rejected. The Volsungs were a particular tribe of warriors in Norse mythology. Therefore Volsungen is not acceptable as a given name. "Redell is not red, but knowledge. Use Redbeard instead. I have changed the household name to Kimaden. As I am rejecting Volsungen's name, I have registered the household badge to Esmeralda.

WEST

Quai de Corneille, Shire of. Vert, a hammer argent, banded sable, environed in base of a laurel wreath Or, and on a chief argent three roundels azure, each charged with a palet endorsed argent.

Arms rejected. Croquet balls are out of period. The total arms is too busy. Drop the palets endorsed from the roundels. Draw the laurel wreath larger so that the whole hammer is within it. (I don't think horseshoe tossing is in period, either.)

Quai de Corneille, Shire of. (badge for Game Tourney Champions). Checky gules and sable, on a roundel within an annulet Or a bendlet cotised vert.

Badge rejected. Most period chessboards were black and white, as are most modern tournament chessboards. I see no good reason to make an exception to the Rule of Tincture. Croquet balls, as I said above, are out of period. Try Checky argent and sable, a bezant within an annulet Or.

END OF REJECTIONS

Pray believe, my Lords and my Ladies, that I remain your servant,

Master Wilhelm von Schlüssel

Laurel King of Arms

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