ACCEPTANCES              		January 17, 1984 A.S. XVIII

Kingdom of An Tir

Aaron de Mantel. Per bend sinister azure and argent, a bend sinister counterchanged and in dexter chief a seagull displayed bendwise argent.
NOTE: This would be better if there were another bird in sinister base to balance, but a single charge in dexter chief did occur in period.

Alan of Northcrest. Argent, a pall between three Maltese crosses gules. 
NOTE: Classic heraldry.

*An Tir, Kingdom of. (title for Bealidh Pursuivant).

Charles of Saxony. Gules, on a pale between two swords inverted argent a sea­dragon erect gules.

Charles of Saxony. (badge for Household of Niveum Caelum). Sable, two sea­dragons combattant and in chief a snowflake argent.
NOTE: Snowflakes have six­fold symmetry, so draw it with six arms, not eight.

Damian Fowke. (name approval only; see RETURNS for device).

Edwin Corrison. Per pale vert and sable, a two­headed dragon statant Or, wings elevated and addorsed argent, in chief a bezant and a decrescent argent. 
NOTE: As Corria is not an English name but Koori is an old Norse name that led to the English surname Cory, I have changed Corriason to Corrison. Draw the dragon as correctly statant (standing on all four legs). It looks more like sejant as drawn.

Fiona Drummond of Perth. (name approval only; see RETURNS for device).

Francis de Grâce. Argent, in saltire a rosebud gules, slipped and leaved vert, and a sword sable, in base a crescent azure.

Gaius Aurelius Praestigiator. (name approval only; see RETURNS for device).

Garrick the Silent. Azure, a fess cotissed argent, overall a wyvern salient to sinister reguardant, tail nowed, gules. 
NOTE: Draw the cotises wider. This is granted as an exception because it was sent out in an LoI before the rules changed and because there is a reasonable amount of contrast.

*Guy de Montferrat de la Meslaye. (name correction: Montferrat). (badge for La Maison de la Meslaye). Gyronny azure and argent, five fleurs­de­lys in cross gules.
Knut Skytja Thorngundobald. (submitted as Knut Thorgundobald Bueskytter). Per fess Or and argent, in chief a brown bear statant reguardant proper, maintaining in its mouth a fish embowed argent, and in base a bow bendwise sinister reversed surmounted by three arrows bendwise inverted sable. 
NOTE: Bueskytter is Modern Norwegian. The period form is Skytja. Thorgundobald is trithematic and consists of two languages in one word; it does not seem to be a valid construction for either a given name or nickname. Your example of the addition of thorn­to ­gumbald to form a place name just means Gundobald's Thorn, such as a thorn bramble where Gundobald lives. No such meaning can be ascribed to Thorgundobald. In order to pass the device, I have changed the name to Knut Skytja Thorngundobald. Proper Anglo­Saxon and Norse name order puts the nickname between the given name and the place name.

Michel of Cedarwood. (name approval only; see RETURNS for device).

Perilous Guard, Shire of. (name approval only).

Randell Elinor Raye of Crianlarich. (name approval only).
NOTE: Batonvert states that Randell is a valid variant of Randall.

Rianna van Heiniken. Or, a sun and on a chief embattled sable a pithon wavy volant to sinister Or. 
NOTE: The Dutch form is van, not von, and since Heiniken is Dutch, I have changed von to van so it will agree in language with Heiniken.

Thorvald Grimsson. Argent, a tau cross per pale gules and sable within a bordure per pale sable and gules. 
NOTE: Nice heraldry.


Kingdom of Atenveldt

Adelicia sans Coeur of Gloucester. Per chevron vert and Or, two fleurs­de­lys Or and a swan naiant sable. 
NOTE: Good heraldry.

Aiden the Halfbreed. Argent, on a bend dovetailed azure between a mullet of eight points vert and a fox's mask gules a dagger proper. 
NOTE: Draw the charges bigger. The handle should be all Or. Dovetailed has previously been ruled acceptable in the SCA because, although it was not used in period heraldry, it was a well­known design element from the time of the ancient Greeks and is consistent with and distinguishable from the other period lines of division.

Alix d'Orleans. Azure, on a fess between in pale a goblet and a heart argent a pair of hands in pile couped azure.

Amadis d'Aquitaine. Per bend azure and pean, on a bend gules fimbriated a fleur­de­lys palewise Or.

Blue Rose, Brotherhood of the. (transfer of badge from Atenveldt to the Brotherhood) Sable, a rose azure imbrued gules. 
NOTE: I need the name and address of a representative for the Brotherhood. Any group that is not a personal household or an official office or order of an SCA branch may register a badge under its own name. The name and address of a representative must be provided so that we have someone to contact.

Davan inn Spaki. (name approval only; see RETURNS for device).

Deidre of the Wilds. Per pale azure and gules, a pale Or between a unicorn argent and a dragon Or combattant.

Estasia de Fiorenza. (name appeal accepted).

Eurion ap Gruffydd. (name approval only; see RETURNS for device).

Godfried von Ballard. Azure, two natural tigers rampant addorsed argent, their tails entwined around a sword inverted proper. 
NOTE: Swords proper have pommel, quillions, and hilt all Or. The more correct German spelling would be Gottfried.

*Gustav Athanasius von Hausenstadt. (badge for the Monastery of St. Athanasius). Or, a pall counter­ermine, surmounted by a Paschal lamb proper. 
NOTE: According to Parker and Woodward, the pallium, when used as a charge, was a symbol of archiepiscopal. (archbishop) rank. I have therefore changed it to a pall. If you can give examples of period secular arms using a pallium, I will reverse the change. The Paschal lamb is almost entirely on the pall and in this case there is sufficient visibility, so I grant an exception to the surmounting rule.

Gwynaeth Nathair. Per chevron sable and vert, in cross three plates and a cobra coiled erect affronty Or.

James Robert de Mont Blanc. (name approval only; see RETURNS for device).

*Jarlene of Bendun. (badge). Vert, on a pale between two mullets of seven points Or a pithon bowed­embowed palewise, wings elevated and addorsed, and in base a roundel vert. 
NOTE: This is rather complex for a badge, but as it is just the counterchange of her device, I will allow it.

Jeanne Tenneur de Bec. Or, semé of quills sable, a bend sinister engrailed azure. 
NOTE: Simple heraldry. The field can be so specified but gets no points of difference from erminois.

*Julia of the Forest. (badge for Cháteau Brilliant). Argent, a shoe, toe to sinister, azure strapped and lined gules. 
NOTE: This was formerly listed as a personal badge.

*Leiannka Zorya Zelolev. (badge for Marcelle Desirée la Belle). Purpure, a dove migrant palewise Or within an orle of fleurs­de­lys argent.

Mary Elizabeth Howard. (submitted as Mary Elizabeth Howard of Arundel). Azure, ermined argent, a dexter cuffed glove clenched fesswise Or. 
NOTE: When using the surname of a famous family, you may not also use the name of its seat, as that is the form used by the family of the actual head of the clan.. (Remember Campbell of Argyll.) I have therefore deleted "of Arundel." If you wish, I will delete "Howard" instead and put "of Arundel" back in. You can have either one, but not both. The device is good heraldry.

*Melissa of Greenbranch. Vert, in chevron three roundels between in base a goblet and on a chief Or a serpent nowed gules. 
NOTE: Lower the goblet a little and it will be better form. Separating the serpent from the cup by placing it on the chief is sufficient to avoid excessive allusion to St. John the Baptist, and therefore this device is not too excessive in use of Christian symbolism.

Rapheal the Rogue. Per bend sinister argent and sable, a stag springing bendwise sinister and a wolf courant bendwise sinister counterchanged. 
NOTE: Nice heraldry.

*Sun, Principality of the. (name approval only for Order of the Esprit de Soleil).

*Sun, Principality of the. (name approval only for Order of the Hope of the Sun; see RETURNS for badge).

Thorkel Arnisson. (badge). Azure, a sword proper between five bezants one, two and two, all within a bordure Or.


Kingdom of Atlantia

Aelwyn of the Wynd. Per chevron argent and azure a hunting horn Or between three maunches counterchanged.

*Alais Llewella du Bois. Per pale argent and vert, two lilies slipped and leaved counterchanged. 
NOTE: When the charges on both sides are identical and counterchanged, as in this case, the rule against the use of plain per pale is waived, as this is not marshalling of unrelated arms. This is very nice heraldry.

Alyosha Vyshatavich. (name approval only).

Arianwen Cyffaith of Caerleon. Sable, a sea­lion erect maintaining a goblet Or, a chief ermine. 
NOTE: Good heraldry.

*Arindale, Shire of. Per chevron sable and vert, a chevron and in base an eagle's head erased within a laurel wreath argent. 
NOTE: Good heraldry.

*Armand Vozon d'Angoumois. (badge for House Vozon). Azure, a snail passant to sinister within a bordure embattled Or. 
NOTE: Do not draw the embattles all the way to the edge. Vozon was not sufficiently prominent, either in size or fame, to prevent its use as a household name. We check for conflict against names throughout all times and areas and even in fiction. The date of creation or extinction of a conflicting name does not affect the conflict. Thus the fact that Vozon no longer exists is of no effect here. Its size is what counts.

Ascellina Bethell from Twekesbury. Per chevron azure and argent, two triple­towered castles or and a greyhound rampant gules. 
NOTE: Good heraldry.

*Atlantia, Kingdom of. (badge for War Leader). Two tridents in saltire surmounted by a unicornate natural seahorse erect argent. 
NOTE: As stated before, the mundane usage for surmounting or overall objects is to apply the Rule of Tincture between the object and the field. Thus the surmounting object generally was of the same class of tincture as the surmounted object. In this case, both the tridents and the seahorse are argent, which is correct historical usage. This badge can be placed on any color. (NOTE the problem that would occur were the seahorse to be a color.).

*Axel of Taavistia. Sable, a bend sinister argent surmounted by a dove descending, maintaining in its beak an arrow fesswise reversed counterchanged. 
NOTE: If there is any difference of color or number or type of charge, the rotation rule is not invoked. The rotation rule states that irrespective of points of difference, if a simple rotation results in an exact. (and I mean identical) conflict, then there is a conflict. Even a single additional minor point of difference prevents the rotation rule from being invoked.

Evan ap Llywelyn of Caernarfon. Azure, on a fess argent between three dragons passant Or a dragon passant gules.
NOTE: "Bevan" was in period the surname derived as a mutation of the patronymic "ap Evan." It was not a given name. I have therefore changed it to Evan. Classic heraldry!

Evan ap Llywelyn of Caernarfon. (badge for Teramura Shigeru). Sable, two vajhra in cross within a lotus blossom pierced argent.

Bjorn Bjorklund. (name approval only; see RETURNS for device).

Catriona Mairi Ann nic Ghriogair. Azure, in pale a lynx couchant guardant argent and a bar couped rayonny counterrayonny Or.
NOTE: The lynx was erroneously blazoned Or on the LoI. The rayonny couped bar is very unusual. The particle "nic" always aspirates the initial consonant of the father's name.

Elizabeth de la Vigne. Vert, a broken snaffle bit chevronwise argent and in base a sun Or.

*Erich von Kleinfeld. (badge). Per saltire gules and sable, a catapult within a bordure Or. 
NOTE: Good heraldry.

Giles O' Culzean. (badge). Sable, on an oak leaf Or a battle axe sable. 
NOTE: Nice heraldry.

Gwynne of Brynmawr. Per chevron sable and Or, in chief two daggers and in base two griffins combattant counterchanged. 
NOTE: Good heraldry.

Janos Casmir of Krakow. Purpure, a wyvern erect to sinister, maintaining in dexter claw an open book and in sinister upraised claw a cross bottony argent within a bordure ermine. 
NOTE: Good heraldry.

Jeannette Louise McCullough. Per bend sinister argent and azure, in dexter chief three violets purpure conjoined, stemmed and, leaved vert and in sinister base a squirrel sejant, holding a nut Or. 
NOTE: Nice heraldry.

Klaus von Hallerstein­Obersüdland. (name approval only; see RETURNS for device).

Morgana dé Mont St. Michel. Argent, four lavender flowers purpure, slipped and leaved vert, conjoined in annulo within a bordure purpure. 
NOTE: Good heraldry.

Nathon of Arindale. (name approval only; see RETURNS for device).

Phillip of Sparta. (name approval only; see RETURNS for device).


Kingdom of Caid

Alaric Wulfgar of Amberwood. Per pale sable and argent, two spears in saltire surmounted by a wolf's head cabossed within a bordure embattled, all counterchanged. 
NOTE: Nice heraldry. Draw the bordure wider.

*Aldred von Lechsend aus Froschheim. (name appeal as A. von L. aus Seatea denied) Sable, on a hexagon Or, a frog sejant affronty vert, and on a chief Or a feather, point to dexter, vert. 
NOTE: While hexagons were not used in heraldry, they were widely known and used in period in other ways, such as tiles. We allow triangles, squares, and pentagons, so I find no reason not to allow a hexagon. I will need some documentation on Seatea before I will change the byname. Tee See is German for "Tea Lake/Sea," but that doesn't give your mundane initials of C.T. Seetee is modernly used for anti­matter. (contra­terrene).

*Angelina Nicollette. (badge). On a bottle­nosed dolphin embowed azure a cinquefoil argent. 
NOTE: Nice badge.

Angharad of the Blue Rose. Per bend argent and azure, a bend counterchanged between a rose azure, barbed, seeded, slipped and leaved proper, and a unicorn couchant argent, armed and collared, Or.

Basil of Trebizond. Azure, a scroll argent pierced by a sword palewise proper, all between three compass stars Or.

Boethius, College of. (name approval only; see RETURNS for arms).

*Caid, Kingdom of. (name approval only for Order of the Silver Arrow of Caid).
NOTE: This does not conflict with Scouting's Order of the Arrow, as its badge is Argent, an arrow fesswise reversed gules. Do not adopt a badge with an argent arrow on a gules field, as then there would be a conflict.

Charles of Calafia. (submitted as Charles of Warwick). Per pale azure and argent, a dragon's head jessant­de­lys between three compass stars, all counterchanged. 
NOTE: Draw the compass stars bigger. To avoid the conflict with Charles, Earl of Warwick. (1659), I have changed "Warwick" to "Calafiall in order to register the device.

*Ealasaid nic Chlurain. (badge). A swan's head erased at the shoulders proper, maintaining a rose gules, barbed, slipped and leaved vert.

Gwenddoleu Idonea of the White Dove. Per pale sable and Or, three chevronels braced, in chief two feathers in chevron inverted, within a bordure, all counterchanged. 
NOTE: Draw the bordure bigger.

Gillian Constance Brothwell of Durham. (submitted as Jillian). Per fess wavy purpure and barry wavy azure and argent, a demi­horse salient, issuant from the line of division, between in chief a mask of comedy bendwise and a mast of tragedy bendwise sinister argent. 
NOTE: Withycombe states that not until­the 17th century were "Julian" and "Gillian" declared different names. "Jillian" is not one of the many variants of Julian listed in Withycombe. The change G to J was not a period change. It occurred after 1600. I have therefore changed "Jillian" to Gillian.

*Natalya de Foix. (name change; formerly Natalya Gregorovna of Shadowhyrst). Purpure, a dove migrant to base argent, ducally gorged Or. 
NOTE: The old arms become a badge. Good heraldry.

*Rosemary Willowwood of Ste. Anne. Or, two willow branches crossed in pall inverted proper between three roses gules, barbed and seeded proper, all within a bordure purpure. 
NOTE: This was omitted from the September 1983 LOA&R.

*Thomas Danlar of Herrick. Quarterly sable and argent, in fess two swords palewise, above each sword a pair of scales, the beams bend­wise sinister, all counterchanged. 
NOTE: Draw the scales thicker so they can be seen.


Kingdom of Calontir. (Middle LoI 10/l/83).

Aelfwulf Skye Morgatha. Vert, on a bend argent between a harp reversed Or and a wolf rampant reguardant argent three oak leaves palewise vert. 
NOTE: Draw the wolf as correctly rampant.

Alix Coeurbois. (name approval only; see RETURNS for device).
NOTE: The byname would be closer to Heartwood as Coeur de Bois.

Bogvarr Bjarnarsonr Bloglatr. Per bend gules and argent, a ford and overall a tree eradicated proper. 
NOTE: The correct Norse patronymic form for son of Bjorn is Bjarnarsbnr.

*Calontir, Kingdom of. Purpure, a cross of Calatrava, in chief a crown, within in bordure a laurel wreath Or. 
NOTE: You have not drawn an ancient crown, which is the same as an antique or Eastern crown. (long straight triangular points). What you have drawn is, according to Parker, an English marquis coronet. I have just called it a crown, and you may draw it as you please.

Geoffrey of Emerald Glen. (name approval only).

Maksymiliana Agata Michalska. (name approval only; see RETURNS for device).

Myrddin de Munro. Or, an eagle's head erased to sinister within a double tressure gules. 
NOTE: Good heraldry.

Sarann of Rainsend. Per fess Or and vert, on a pale counterchanged a mullet Or and a rose gules, barbed and seeded proper. 
NOTE: Nice heraldry.

Sarann of Rainsend. (badge for Household of Starrose). Or, on a rose gules, barbed vert, a mullet or, within a bordure urdy vert. 
NOTE: The urdy of division should not go to the edge of the field.

Thousand Hills, Shire of. Per fess wavy argent and vert, a laurel wreath vert and a fountain. 
NOTE: The fountain should only have six wavy bands.

Victoria de Reuthbenden. (name approval only; see RETURNS for device).


Kingdom of Meridies

*Heinrich Alaric Freidrich von Kreissmann. (name correction from Kriessmann).

*John of Ean Airgead. (name correction from Airghead).

*Kelvin Alastair MacGowan. (name correction from Alistair).


Kingdom of the Middle

*Adayand Aniatai. (name correction from Aniantai).

Aine of Meredene. Pean, three bendlets vert and a chief urdy Or. 
NOTE: "Ainesleah" is a place name. The theme ­leah. (meadow), according to Batonvert, is never found in Anglo­Saxon given names. "Ainell is a valid name, so I have dropped the ­leah part. You could also use Ansleda, Anslida, Ansleofu, Anslufu, Ancilla, Aodhnait, Aithne, or Eithne. The bendlets have poor, but legal, contrast.

*Alarice nic Thaoitearain. Sable, a chevron invected between an owl close to sinister guardant, a griffith sejant, and a rose Or, barbed vert. 
NOTE: Draw the invecting in a bolder manner.

Catharine Tancred. (name approval only).

*Daemon de Folo. (blazon correction). Sable, a pall inverted between three death's heads, each wearing a rounded helm with coif, all argent.

*Donato Pulcinella. (badge for Casa del Tre Leoni). Vair en point, a tricorporate lion rampant guardant and in chief a castle of three towers Or. 
NOTE: This is rather complex for a badge.

Eric of Blackfjord. (name approval only; see RETURNS for device).

Ginevra da Sanfidelio. Quarterly sable and Or, in bend sinister a juniper branch bendwise fructed and a mongoose rampant to sinister maintaining in its mouth a serpent sable. 
NOTE: Trim the sinister chief twig on the branch so it doesn't look like a laurel wreath.

Gwenhwyfar ferch Llewllyn ap Morganwyn. (submitted as Gwynfreya ap L. ap M.). Per fess azure and vert, a tortoise­shell cat couchant guardant proper, winged Or. 
NOTE: I grant a hardship exception to the device. Be sure to draw the cat as mostly yellow with some red and black, so that there will be sufficient contrast. "Gwynfreya not only combines Welsh. (gwyn) and Norse. (Freya) in one word, but uses the name of a goddess. (Freya) and translates to White Freya. While I am willing to give the benefit of the doubt to hardship cases, we cannot drop our rules entirely for them. White Freya would not have been accepted in 1978 either. In order to register the device, I have replaced the given name with the old form of her mundane name, Genevieve. She could also have Gwenfrewi, a variant of Winifred. "Ap" means son of; "ferch" means daughter of.

*Jararvellir. (Barony of). (badge for Jararvellir Musicke Consort) Pean, a catfish naiant Or. 
NOTE: Nice badge.

*Leanore deVertearbors. (name correction from deVertearbore).

Robin Fréawine. Argent, a natural leopard dormant sable and in chief an ivy vine wavy fesswise throughout vert. 
NOTE: The surname would be more temporally consistent with the given name if it were spelled Frawin or Frewin. Draw the vine more obviously wavy.

Seamus MacOwen of Kirkhill. Per chevron sable and Or, two wolf's heads erased addorsed argent and a mullet azure, and on a chief Or three lozenges azure. 
NOTE: This is rather busy. Draw the field as correctly per chevron.

Stephen Cassye the Melancholy. (reblazon). Sable, a quill pen bendwise sinister distilling a goutte Or between in bend two bezants.

Tristan Verde. Sable, on a pomme fimbriated three annulets conjoined Or. 
NOTE: Draw the charges bigger. The pomme has poor contrast. Fimbriation does not count as an extra layer. "Verde". (green) is not a valid place name, so "de Verde" is not correct. If you want it as an epithet, it should be "le Verde." I have deleted "de," as Verde alone is a valid surname.

*Tsivia bas Tamara of Amberview. (name correction from ben Tamara).
*Urien Aflonyddwynt ap Taliesin Darianlas. (blazon correction). Purpure, on a bend sinister argent three roses purpure, barbed and seeded proper.

Kingdom of the West

Achmere ibn Tamin. (name approval only; see RETURNS for device).

*Anne Barton of Great Oaks. Vert, a horse's head couped between three acorns slipped and doubly­leaved argent. 
NOTE: Good heraldry.

Aurora Isabella Ferrara. Per bend sinister indented sable and argent, a rose slipped and leaved and a wilting columbine slipped and leaved counterchanged. 
NOTE: Draw the flowers bigger.

Bedwyr ap Cedifor. Counter­ermine, two dragons rampant addorsed breathing flames Or. 
NOTE: There is no V in Welsh, so I changed Cedivor to Cedifor.

Caithlin de Corwyn. Vert , on a fess between three thistles Or, a griffin statant sable. 
NOTE: Good heraldry. I deleted "ferch Morgan" to avoid conflict with Duke Morgan of Corwyn from the Deryni series.

*Eadweard of Northampton. Argent, a water bouget and a chief embattled azure. 
NOTE: Classic heraldry.

Farin of Rauberg. Per fess dovetailed sable and gules, in pale two lances fesswise Or. 
NOTE: Complex lines of division with a field divided into two colors result in poor contrast at the line of division, making it difficult to tell at a distance exactly what the line of division is.

Fredric of Castlerock. Or, a bend sable between a triple­towered castle and a griffin sejant erect to sinister gules.

*Gabrielle Tara Dwenwyn. Per pale vert and argent, a fess cotised counterchanged. 
NOTE: Classic heraldry!

Jacob Seumas MacGregor. (name approval only; see RETURNS for device).

*Morgillian of Greenbough. (name appeal approved; formerly Moira Gillian of G.).

Roderick of Griffin's Guard. (submitted as Roderick Blaine). Lozengy argent and azure, a wyvern passant Or, on a chief gules three plates. 
NOTE: Paly bendy argent and azure is essentially the same as the famous arms of Bavaria: Lozengy bendwise argent and azure, which was used on corporate arms in Bavaria as a sign of the fact that they were in Bavaria. As in the, case of France ancient, I am forced to agree with Nereid that the Bavarian field should be reserved. I therefore have changed this field to lozengy. Roderick Blaine is the main character of The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle, so I have changed the byname to "of Griffin's Guard," the household he belongs to. The device is nice heraldry.

Roxana of Windy Meads. Azure, an ibex passant between three mullets of eight points argent. 
NOTE: Roxane was the wife of Alexander the Great and the daughter of the Emperor of Persia and therefore she was from the capital of Persepolis, later called Shiraz. I have therefore changed "of Shiraz" to "of Windy Meads" so I can pass this device, which is good heraldry.

Samuel Harulfssen. Pean, on a bend sinister argent three natural sea­otters statant proper.. (Enhydra lutris).

*Wilhelm von Schlüssel. (release of two badges). Two keys in saltire, wards in base, crossed by a thistle slipped and leaved proper.

AND A key, the bow shaped as a two­leaved thistle.


* = individual has pre­existing College of Arms file


END OF ACCEPTANCES

Kingdom of An Tir

Damian Fowke. Vert, a cobra's head couped at the neck affronty Or, the inner hood gules, within a bordure Or. 
NOTE: The device conflicts with Alanna ni Druhan: Vert, a leaf within a bordure Or. This rendering of a cobra's head is not period style, as it is hard to identify at a distance.

Evercleare, Shire of. Azure, goutté d'eau, on a chief rayonny Or a laurel wreath vert. 
NOTE: Everclear is a trademark name for a 95% pure grain alcohol preparation, and thus may not be used as a branch name. If you want the arms as drawn, call it per fess. If you want a chief, the line must be raised so the Or part takes up one­third of the field. Rayonny has all the rays wavy.

Fiona Drummond of Perth. Argent, an oak tree bendwise, embowed to dexter base, eradicated sable within on a bordure vert three sprigs of two holly leaves in chevron argent conjoined with three holly berries Or. 
NOTE: This is not period style. The tree is not heraldic and is not easily recognizable as a tree. The little sprigs are rather complex for their tiny size.

Gaius Aurelius Praestigiator. Per bend vert and argent, issuant from base two brown bear's dexter forelegs palewise appaumé, first claw bent over the central pad, proper. 
NOTE: The device is not heraldry. Bears do not have opposable thumbs. Bear's arms issuant from base like this are not period style. The period usage would be two bear's gambs, either erased or couped. The brown arm doesn't show up well on vert.

Gudrun Amanda Beatriz. Bueskytter. Pean, a unicorn rampant argent, in chief two roses gules, within a bordure embattled Or. 
NOTE: Name and device unacceptable. Bueskytter is an out­of-period modern form. The Norse version is Skytja. The use of three given names violates English, Norse, and French naming practices. Either Amanda Beatriz or Gudrun Skytja would be very authentic. The former would be more in keeping with the device. Gules on pean is legal but has poor contrast. The device would be much better if the roses were Or or argent.

Michel of Cedarwood. Gules, a ewer, spout to sinister, within a bordure dovetailed argent. 
NOTE: The device conflicts with Marcus de Clermont: Gules, an osprey volant to sinister within a bordure dovetailed argent.


Kingdom of Atenveldt

Eurion ap Gruffydd. Per pale and per chevron sable and vert, a cross crosslet fitchy within a bordure argent. 
NOTE: The device conflicts with Vergil William de Comyn: Per pale and per chevron vert and Or, a cross crosslet fitchy sable within a bordure counterchanged. The two are too visually similar. I suggest using a line of division on the bordure, or else change the vert part of the field to another color.

James Robert de Mont Blanc. Azure, a bend Or between a lute in profile bendwise proper and an unrolled scroll argent. 
NOTE: In the SCA we consider brown to be a color with regard to the Rule of Tincture, and here we have brown on blue and therefore color on color. I suggest making the lute Or. It would be more normal to show the lute face on so the strings show.

Kathryn of Iveragh. (badge for House of the Fervent Kip). Or, a passion nail inverted gules within a bordure­rayonny sable. 
NOTE: The badge as drawn conflicts with the Order of the Aspen: Sable, on a sun Or an aspen leaf vert. You have drawn a closing nail. A passion nail is like a lozenge with one end considerably elongated.

Seilide of the Desert Lands. Sable, a pall inverted Or surmounted by a snail shell facing sinister gules, all within a bordure Or. 
NOTE: The snail shell gules on the sable field is color on color. Try making the field pean. "Seilide". (snail) is not consistent with period Celtic naming practices. According to Mistress Eriod of Eire, Celtic given names taken from natural objects tended to be from plants more than from animals, and animal names were from the more obviously "heroic". (powerful) or common. (familiar) animals. These names tended to imply personal characteristics or ancient totems. They didn't use such small creatures as snails. There is "Sile," an Irish form of Cecelia, the patron saint of musicians, if you want a name that sounds similar.

Seilide of the Desert Lands. (badge for Household of Esquilinus). Per chevron gules and vert, in pale a winged frog sejant affronty, wings displayed, and a gryphon couchant to sinister Or. 
NOTE: You cannot use a prominent mundane place name as a household name because, according to period practice, that means that that mundane place is your estate.

Solidith Oregail. Vert, a sand dollar shell argent. 
NOTE: Name appeal denied. S and SH are different letters in Hebrew. None of your examples could be changed to Solidith according to proper Hebrew usage. "Oregail" does look like a valid construction. If you want a Jewish name. (and the Jews were the only ones who regularly coined new Hebrew names), you should know that the Jews always used the form: given name + patronymic. The device conflicts with Edwin Bersark: Gules, a plate. A sand dollar's marks are just that. They are not slots, as you have drawn.

Sun, Principality of the. (badge for the Order of the Hope of the Sun). Or, upon a bend sinister argent fimbriated azure a sprig vert, all within a bordure indented azure. 
NOTE: This is too complex for a badge. The fimbriated bend sinister argent on Or is poor practice. The badge looks like Azure, a sun Or charged with a bend sinister argent, fimbriated azure, charged with a sprig vert, which is four layers. This impression is increased by the name of the Order, which makes it clear that the appearance of a sun is intentional.

Tir Ysgithr, Barony of. (badge for Cooks' Guild of Tir Ysgithr). Argent, a boar's head cabossed sable holding in its mouth a wooden spoon fesswise proper. 
NOTE: The badge conflicts with Garth the Lost: Argent, a boar's head cabossed vert, armed gules. Try making the field Or or separating the head and spoon to have them in pale.


Kingdom of Atlantia

Bjorn Bjorklund. Gyronny vert and Or, a saltire counterchanged. 
NOTE: The device conflicts with Marshall: Gyronny Or and sable a saltire counterchanged. (Papworth, P. 1059). Beware of Joan of Crawfordsmuir: Per saltire vert and argent, a cross patty throughout counterchanged.

Caitlin ni hArrachtain. (badge for Sakakiya Maroe). Sable, a septfoil of four ivy leaves and three bamboo leaves argent.
NOTE: This conflicts with the mon of the Yugyu clan, which replaces two of the ivy leaves with bamboo leaves, but is otherwise identical. (Mon, the Japanese Family Crest, p. 45).

Gwenwilf of Tintagel. Azure, a wolf rampant maintaining in sinister forepaw a sword enflamed and on a chief argent a fire­tailed dragon passant reguardant gules. 
NOTE: "Gwenwilf" combines two languages in one word. Welsh for wolf is "blaidd," although I do not know if Gwenblaidd is a valid name. The device conflicts with Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme: Azure, two trefoil knots interlaced Or and argent, and on a chief argent a dragon couchant azure winged sable,­and with Dun: Azure, a wolf rampant and a chief argent. You might try changing the chief to Or.

Klaus von Hallerstein­Obersüdland. Tierced in gyron arrondi Or, vert, and ermine. 
NOTE: The device conflicts with Crispus Alexander: Gyronny of three arrondi gules, Or, and purpure.. (Tierced in gyron arrondi seems the better term to use.).

Nathon of Arindale. Azure, a patriarchal cross throughout between in base two bears combattant argent. 
NOTE: This is not a patriarchal cross, which has three arms of increasing length as you move to base and then a fourth short arm in base. What you have is similar to a Russian cross, except that the arm in base should be bendwise instead of bendwise sinister. Draw the cross wider.

Phillip of Sparta. Per pale vert and argent, three double­headed eagles displayed counterchanged. 
NOTE: This conflicts with Mogridge: Per pale Or and azure, three double­headed eagles displayed counterchanged. (Papworth, p. 325).


Kingdom of Caid

Boethius, College of. Azure, on a bend sinister between an open book and an Arabic lamp reversed Or, a laurel wreath palewise azure. 
NOTE: "Differences of only part of a group of secondary charges are demoted one step. Differences of tertiary charges are demoted one step.". (Rules for Submissions, XIII.3) There are only three minor points from Barbara Caballeus: Azure, a bend sinister Or between in chief an open book argent, leathered Or, and in base a horse trippant Or.

Dimitri Mátyás László. Argent, a bear's head couped sable, muzzled Or, conjoined with four holly leaves in cross vert, a bordure nebuly gules.
NOTE: Submission returned for lack of payment of submission fee. The name violates both Hungarian and Russian naming practices, as it consists of three given names. Laszlo proper has the accents. The bordure should be drawn wider. Ivy leaves are ivy leaves. Don't specific particular types of ivy leaves in the blazon.

Dimitri Mátyás László. (badge). Argent, four holly leaves conjoined in cross vert, a bordure nebuly gules. 
NOTE: See above comment re submission fee.


Kingdom of Calontir. (Middle LoI 10/l/83).

Alix Coeurbois. Argent, a chevron azure, in sinister chief a cross crosslet gules and in base a cleft oak erased proper. 
NOTE: This is not period style, as it is very unbalanced. When changing, beware of the following: Buckworth: Argent, a chevron azure between three crosses crosslet gules, and Athelwulf von dem Rhein: Argent, a chevron azure between two fleurs­de­lys gules and a wolf's head erased sable. It is difficult to differentiate the cleft oak as drawn from two oak trees, as they only touch at a point.

Maksymiliana Agata Michalska. Or, three bendlets enhanced gules, azure and vert, in base a serpent nowed vert, langued gules. 
NOTE: Three bendlets enhanced of three different colors is not period style. Make them all one color, but not azure, as then you would conflict with Solondra Carryl: Or, three bendlets enhanced azure and in dexter base in bend three fountains.

Victoria de Reuthbenden. Vert, a horse salient within a bordure argent. 
NOTE: The device conflicts with North Kent and Surrey District: Vert, a horse forcene to sinister and a bordure argent, and with Maria Theresa de la Pefia: Vert, a rabbit rampant within a bordure argent.


Kingdom of the Middle

Eric of Blackfjord. Sable, on a pile argent between two crescents Or a drakkar under sail sable. 
NOTE: The device conflicts with the Barony of Madrone: Sable, on a pile argent a madrone tree eradicated proper and in base a laurel wreath Or.

Vasili iz Naitemnshoi Dollina. Gules, a seraph's head Or. 
NOTE: The device is identical to Buccafoco. (Rietstaap) and conflicts with the Barony of the Angels: Gules, a standing seraph proper winged Or.


Kingdom of the West

Achmere ibn Tamin. Or, a palm tree bending to sinister erased azure. 
NOTE: The device conflicts with Lesguen: Or, a palm tree azure. (Rietstaap).

Jacob Seumas MacGregor. Erminois, a lion's head erased gules. 
NOTE: The device conflicts with Genevieve du Vent Argent: Or, fretty sable, a lion's head erased gules, and with Dunk: Argent, a lion's head erased gules. (Papworth, p. 911).


Kingdom of Atenveldt. (sorry; out of order).

Davan inn Spaki. Argent, in saltire a sword inverted Or, hilted of wood proper, fimbriated sable and a wooden staff sprouting leaves proper between in chief a lantern and in base in fess three wizard's cups above three balls sable. 
NOTE: This is excessively complex. It has nine charges of five types, a fimbriated proper hilt, a lack of contrast between the blade and field, and the cups and balls are not recognizable as such. Please simplify.

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

Your servant,
[Signed]

Master Wilhelm von Schliissel
Laurel King of Arms

WvS:CFCvS

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