APPROVALS 16 February XX (1986)

THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS ARE APPROVED:

Kingdom of Ansteorra

Ansteorra, Kingdom of. Barding Herald Extraordinary (name only).

Ariana Zsigmondy. Device. Azure, three Celtic crosses and on a chief triangular argent a wolf's head erased sable.

Beatrice Huebschemann von Rechberg. Name only.

NOTE: The letter of intent gives the place name as Rechberg; the form says Rechburg. Which is correct?

Egil Ironwood. Name and badge. Argent, a triquetra sable.

Eirene Emeraldstar. Name and device. Or, a pale between a shamrock and a mullet inverted vert.

Francesca da Trani. Name only.

Frederick Rug. Name only.

James de Montfort. Name only.

Juliana of Eashing. Name only.

Korwin Freawine of Maeldun. Name only.

Lothar der Grauwolf. Name only.

Margery de Bray. Name and device. Per pale azure and argent, a lighted torch, doubly banded, counterchanged.

Rebekka die Blonde. Name only.

Sigrid Eiriksdottir. Name and device. Vert, a griffin segreant reguardant between in pile two halberds addorsed argent.

NOTE: This was submitted as a name change from Maria Theresa von Eichendorf. We have no record of this name having been registered.

Tristian of Tyne Weir. Name only.

Wilhelm Zwillingstern. Name only.

William of Monmouth. Name and device. Per bend vert and purpure, a bend argent between a demi­sun issuant from sinister chief and a compass star Or.

Wolfgang von dem Schwartzwald. Name and device. Per fess indented vert and sable, a long cross paty enhanced Or between two swords argent.

Kingdom of Atenveldt

Aase Jonsdatter. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Ailinn Shadowfox. Name and device. Argent, a fox passant contourny sable atop a base vert, in chief a trefoil slipped sable.

Angelina MacDougal. Device (correction). Azure, on a four­leaved shamrock vert fimbriated a horse rampant and in chief a falcon displayed, head to sinister, Or. [September 1980]

Athelwulf the Ancient of the Dry Lands. Name change (from Athelwulf Bolverksson).

Eric Morrison of Thistlekeep. Name and device. Or, two thistles purpure slipped and leaved vert, a base embattled sable.

NOTE: Very pretty.

Kendra Lianne. Name and device. Per bend Or and vert, two butterflies counterchanged.

NOTE: Wonderful!

Kenneth Underhwealf. Name and device. Or, a wooden door proper, hinged, latched and padlocked, in base a key fesswise, wards to sinister, sable.

Kiriel of Windhover Cliff (submitted as Kyriel of Windhover Cliff). Name and device. Vert, a sword inverted, overall an American kestrel stooping affronty proper. (Falco sparverius sparverius)

NOTE: According to Batonvert, "In Sindarin, y and i are distinct vowels." We have substituted i, which is correct for the element being used. The most correct spelling would be Ciriel.

Nimriel of the Far Winds. Name change (from Nakakaze Shiromi).

DISCUSSION: According to Batonvert (who cites Allan's An Introduction to Elvish, a more recent and more authoritative work than Noel's The Languages of Tolkien's Middle­Earth), ­ liel is a feminine name suffix in Sindarin, as well as Quenya.

Olaf Bearcrusher. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Sandra Adorian (submitted as Allocen Adorian). Name and device. Per pale wavy sable and Or, two swans naiant respectant counterchanged.

NOTE: Most of the heralds commenting on this submission questioned the given name Allocen. Suggested alternatives include Allicen, Alisceon, and Alicen, all forms of Alice and Alison. (Withycombe 15­16) We have used her mundane given name (an Italian diminutive of Alessandra) as a holding name, in order to register the device.

DISCUSSION: Yes, Virginia, Adorian really is documented in Edward MacLysaght's The Surnames of Ireland ­ page 19 in the second edition, and page 2 in the fifth.

Susannah Northwind. Name and device. Azure, a dance between two fleurs­de­lys and a compass­star argent.

DISCUSSION: Dance is another name for a fess dancetty, and medieval to boot. "It was often found in early blazon and has been used in the blazon of some recent grants of arms." (An Heraldic Alphabet, p. 81)

Tristram Lorentz of the Coffins. Name only.

Kingdom of Atlantia

Donovan Delane. Name correction (from Dovana Delane). [July 1983]

Guardians of the Sacred Stone, Canton of the. Device (correction). Argent, a batwinged man displayed maintaining above his head a spear fesswise to sinister environed of a laurel wreath vert. [August 1979]

NOTE: This is incorrectly listed in the Armorial as a badge for the Barony of the Sacred Stone.

Guardians of the Sacred Stone, Canton of the. Badge (correction). A bat­winged man displayed maintaining above his head a spear fesswise vert. [July 1980]

NOTE: This is incorrectly listed in the Armorial as a badge for the Barony of the Sacred Stone.

Tir­y­Don, Barony of. Device (correction). Per bend sinister vert and azure, on a pile inverted throughout enarched issuant from dexter base argent a dolphin haurient in base gules and in canton a laurel wreath Or. [August 1979]

Kingdom of Caid

Alfonso Chaves de Gascogne. Badge. Per pale gules and argent, on a fess four crosses couped all counterchanged, overall a goblet Or.

Avenel Kellough. Name and device. Per bend sinister azure and argent, a Celtic cross fitchy and an escallop counterchanged.

Balin the Grisley. Name and device. Per pale argent and sable, two dragons rising addorsed counterchanged, breathing flames and their tails grasped by, in base, a gauntlet counterchanged gules and Or.

Bard's Keep, Canton of. Badge. Azure, a tower argent, surmounted by three bars wavy counterchanged, all within a bordure argent.

Caid, Kingdom of. Badge for the Caid Master of Archers. Sable, two arrows in saltire, points to chief, between four crescents, horns outward, all within a bordure embattled Or.

Caitlin mac Cumhaill na Cruachan. Device. Argent, a domestic cat herissony sable between three torques gules all within a bordure nebuly vert.

Cei Myghchaell Wellinton. Badge. Per bend sable and gules, a unicorn passant, head lowered, ermine.

Cepheus de Valletta. Badge for Domus Peritiae. Argent, a fox sejant reguardant within a bordure gules.

Cynan an Math Mer. Name and device. Per saltire argent and Or, a brown bear's head cabossed proper, on a chief engrailed sable three Irish harps Or. (Ursus middendorffi)

NOTE: At the behest of Brigantia, we have corrected na to the masculine nominative article an.

Eileen O'Kitspa. Device (reblazon). Argent, a cat's pawprint sable and on a chief embattled purpure a lion couchant guardant Or. [August 1979]

Elain y Moryn. Name and device. Azure, a natural seahorse between in cross four mullets argent.

Elgil Mirdil of Dor Mallos. Badge for House Drachenstern. Per pall inverted vert, azure and Or, two mullets of seven points argent and a dragon passant sable.

NOTE: His old badge ("Per pale nebuly Or and sable, a dragon segreant to sinister sable and in pale three mullets of seven points argent") is released.

Erik von Koeln am Rhein. Name change (from Erich der Bereite aus Kreuztal).

Freowulf of Stromwald. Name change (from Frank of Stromwald).

Glyn ap Rhodri. Name and device. Argent, three lions passant guardant gules and on a bordure sable three lozenges argent.

DISCUSSION: Glyn is actually a Welsh common noun "glen; valley", and appears to be out of period as a given name. I am permitting it here on the grounds that (1) the applicant's mundane given name is Glenn, (2) the name as a whole is made more consistent by rendering the given name in its Welsh form, and (3) Glyn has passed into common use in modern Wales.

Gunnar Redbeard. Badge for the Siegecrafter's Guild. Per fess embattled gules and Or, masoned sable, in saltire a double­bitted axe and a spade surmounted by a sword, all blades to base, within a bordure sable.

DISCUSSION: This is complex enough to make me uncomfortable, although it is not completely out of line for the pseudo­device of a guild. After a certain amount of fingernail chewing, we concluded that the unified disposition of the charges was barely adequate to keep it from being pushed over the borderline.

Heatherwyne, Shire of. Badge. Argent, a sprig of heather palewise vert surmounted by a single­horned anvil sable.

NOTE: The sprig of heather should be drawn more recognizably.

Iana of Tallowcross. Badge for House Tallowcross. Per fess azure and Or, a sun Or and an arrow fesswise, point to sinister, sable, all within a bordure embattled counterchanged.

Igraine d'Abernon. Name and device. Quarterly vert and argent, a phoenix sable rising from flames proper.

NOTE: Pretty.

Ivar Krigsvin. Device change. Checky sable and argent, a sea­lion erect gules.

NOTE: Very nice. His previous device is released.

Ivar Krigsvin. Badge. Checky sable and argent, a sea­monster's foot erased to sinister gules.

James Ronson Tarleton. Name and device. Gules, a mallet between in fess two garden roses, slipped and leaved, all within a bordure embattled argent.

Javanne MacIver of Lost Keep. Name and device. Quarterly vert and Or, a Celtic cross between four shamrocks counterchanged.

NOTE: Pretty.

Jeanne d'Aussay. Device. Per chevron azure crusilly Or, and argent, in base a fleam gules.

NOTE: Very nice.

DISCUSSION: "The fleam is not a restricted charge." (BoE, 14 Apr 85, p. 4) The "medical symbols" referred to in RFS IX.6 are ones that have a widely­recognized mundane (and sometimes legal) meaning, such as the caduceus, the rod of Aesculapius, and the bowl of Hygeia.

Jeanne d'Aussay. Badge for Household of the Sleepy Lamb. Vert, semy of cinquefoils, a lamb dormant argent within a bordure Or.

John of the Pines. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Leo Winthrop of the Torn Surcoat. Name and device. Purpure, a fess cotised argent between two lions statant respectant guardant and a lion's head cabossed Or.

Mark the Blackheart (submitted as Marlais the Blackheart). Name and device. Quarterly Or and argent, a heart sable within a bordure gules.

NOTE: Marlais appears to be formed according to the principles for Welsh place names; its use as a given name, as nearly as we can tell, is out of period. We have used the submitter's mundane given name as a holding name, in order to register the device.

Pietro Antuono di Napoli. Name change (from Pietro della Due Napoli).

Robert ap Llywellyn (submitted as Tawe ap Llywellyn). Name and device. Or, a cross cotised sable, surmounted by a lion rampant gules, within a bordure counter­compony sable and Or.

NOTE: Tawe is the name of a river and, to the best of our knowledge, did not become a given name until modern times. Towe also appears to be incorrect. We have used the applicant's mundane given name as a holding name, in order to register the device.

DISCUSSION: The question sometimes arises of whether it is legitimate to have a charge checky or counter­compony that includes one of the tinctures of the field. Our feeling is that this is generally acceptable for a bordure,.provided there is more than one row in the treatment, but not for a charge that actually crosses the field (such as a chevron).

Talorc of Calafia (submitted as Talorc the Pict). Name and device. Argent, a chevron wavy vert between two penguins displayed sable, bellied argent, and a tun proper.

NOTE: The name conflicts with that of various Pictish kings named Talorc. We have used the name of the applicant's branch as a holding name, in order to register the device.

Teresa Chavez de Gascogne. Name and device. Azure, two pallets argent, overall a Latin cross fleury and on a chief Or two garden roses gules, slipped and leaved, stems crossed in saltire, sable.

Tressa Helana Beaumaris. Name and device. Azure, a sword Or between in fess two garden roses argent, slipped and leaved vert, in chief a bar indented Or.

Tuvor Sabledrake. Device change. Per chevron inverted raguly Or and sable, in chief a tower and in base three crescents all counterchanged.

NOTE: His old device is released.

Wilihelm Roderick FitzLovel. Name change (from Wilihelm Heimirich von Donnerkeil) and device change. Gules, a bend dancetty between a thunderbolt and a wolf rampant Or.

NOTE: His old device and the name of his alternate persona (Roderick FitzLovell) are released.

Kingdom of Calontir

Aed Mac Feidlimid. Name and device. Quarterly argent and counter­ermine, in bend a griffin sejant erect to sinister and another sejant erect purpure.

Barbary Elspeth Ham. Name only.

Calontir, Kingdom of. Badge for Clerk of the Chancery. Name and device. Sable, in pale a beardless man's head affronty and two pens in saltire Or.

Crescent Moon, Canton of the. Name change (from Estoiles de Lune) and ensign. Azure, in annulo an increscent and between its horns three mullets Or.

DISCUSSION: There is no guarantee that a group may register its device, without the laurel wreath, as a badge. The submission is still subject to the usual checks for conflict.

Edward Cire of Greymoor. Badge for House Greymoor. Argent, a scorpion passant sable within a bordure gules.

Elisabet Coeur d'Or. Name and device. Erminois, on a heart purpure a bezant all within a bordure engrailed purpure.

Fenella Gormlaith (submitted as Fenella ni Gormlaitha). Name and device. Per bend sinister vert and Or, a ram's head couped to sinister and a trefoil counterchanged.

NOTE: The name following the patronymic particle ni is normally in the genitive case and aspirated. We have registered the anglicized form, which is closer to what she submitted; in Irish, the whole name would be Fionnghuala ni Gormfhlatha.

Heinrich Wolfhart. Device. Per bend argent and Or, a bend embattled azure between a mullet of six points and two gouts gules.

Isadora of Orange Wode. Device. Ermine, chaussé­ployé sable, an orange tree eradicated proper.

NOTE: The lines on the chaussé need to extend to the base of the shield. Please correct the emblazon.

James Buehler. Name and device. Gules, a mountain couped and on a chief argent a lion passant gules.

NOTE: The mountain needs to be "craggier," and drawn with more internal detail, to make it clear what it is. The documentation on the mountain was quite well done.

James Greenleaf. Name and device. Azure, two bendlets dancetty between a fleur­de-lys and a lion rampant argent.

Juan Macias de Alarcón. Device change. Per chevron indented sable semy of annulets Or, and Or, in base on a sun sable semy of annulets Or, an annulet Or.

NOTE: This is a fairly complex treatment for a single charge. His old arms are released.

Juan Macias de Alarcón. Badge. Or, a bend gules, overall on a sun sable an annulet Or.

DISCUSSION: I am granting an exception here on the number of layers. The submitter has simplified his old device, which is laudable; he could have retained it unmodified.

Michael Bjornsson (submitted as Dain Bjornsson). Name and device. Vert, a Viking longship sable upon flames of fire argent.

NOTE: Dain is a dwarf­name, in both Norse mythology and the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien. To the best of our knowledge, it was not used by humans. We have used his mundane given name as a holding name, in order to register the device. He might want to consider Dane. (Bassi 9)

Onami Ryome. Name only.

Phillip le Verdant. Badge. A fanged tooth vair.

DISCUSSION: Teeth are, in fact, used in mundane armory. Woodward (p. 203) cites the coats of CAIXAL of Spain, and the Dutch KIES. The terminology is courtesy of Shield and Crest: "The [charge], blazoned as a fanged tooth (the insignia of St. Appollonia), is drawn as a molar, the fangs being the roots, but it is a Continental charge, almost unknown in British heraldry." (p. 139)

Robert of Grandloch. Name and device. Or, a gore sinister azure, in chief a lion's head erased, and in dexter base an anvil sable.

Sherry Foxwell. Name only.

Thorwulf Blueshield. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Ulrich Hagenauer. Name and device. Sable, on a bend Or a bendlet nebuly sable and in sinister chief a cross crosslet fitchy argent.

NOTE: Very nice.

Valentine Hawkwood. Name only.

Zenobia of Rebelswood. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Zenobia of Rebelswood. Badge for Clann O' Torr. Gules, a mountain couped Or.

NOTE: The mountain should be craggier, and drawn with more internal detail, to make it clear what the charge is intended to represent.

Kingdom of the East

Aleric Stensson de Bras d'Or. Name and device. Argent, a pegasus volant to sinister and on a chief vert, a quill argent.

Anna Elisabeth von Gelsenkirchen. Name and device. Per pale sable and lozengy gules and Or, a cross formy counterchanged.

Arwyn ab Arthur. Name only.

Aurddeilen ap Robet. Name and device. Gules, in bend sinister three oak leaves bendwise within a bordure Or.

DISCUSSION: Batonvert feels this is a reasonable made up name, but she notes that, in Welsh, "the second theme always determines gender." Since ­deilen is feminine, Aurddeilen would be a woman's name. Our rules permit cross­gender names, but the submitter should be advised.

Barak Carthalo. Name change (from Hamlin Isaiah de Sheel Elandris).

Brendel the Swordfish. Name and device. Azure, a swordfish palewise hauriant embowed to sinister argent.

Bronwyn Acthorn. Device. Or, an oak leaf vert between three thorn branches pallwise in pall, all within a bordure nebuly sable.

Bronwyn Acthorn. Badge. Argent, an oak leaf vert, charged with an Old English letter "B" Or.

DISCUSSION: This is an appropriate use of an "abstract charge" (a letter) in a badge. A gingko leaf is fan­shaped, which brings this clear of visual conflict with ULFHEDINN INN VEGFARANDI.

Cynwyl MacDaire of Land's End. Device. Per saltire argent and sable, four sinister hands couped apaumy, all counterchanged.

DISCUSSION: I have extended the complete­difference­of­charge rule to include four identical charges in a standard arrangement (15 Dec 85, p. 4), so this does not conflict with PAYNE: Per saltire argent and sable, four lions rampant counterchanged. (Papworth 178)

Deormund Wulfscyld. Device. Purpure, estoilly Or, in pale a moon in her complement and a dexter gauntlet apaumy argent.

Donnan the Solitary. Name and device. Vair en pointe, an enfield rampant Or and a chief sable.

Dulcinea Margarita de Salamanca. Name and device. Argent, a chevron sable between two mullets gules and a rose gules, barbed and seeded proper, an orle gules.

NOTE: Kraken has noted that Dulcinea is more properly an informal endearment or diminutive. "Dulcia or Aldoncia, or one of the regional variants of those names, was much more common than the diminutive as a formal name." Please advise the submitter.

Dur of Hidden Mountain. Badge. Argent, a tau cross throughout and in chief a spear fesswise gules.

East Kingdom. Badge for East Kingdom Musician's Guild. Azure, in fess a pan pipe argent and a cithara Or within a bordure argent.

DISCUSSION: A cithara, or kithara, is a plucked string instrument related to the lyre. It consists of a relatively square wooden box that extends at one end into a pair of heavy arms. The strings (5, 7, or 11 of them) are stretched from the sound box across a bridge and up to a crossbar fastened to the arms. (NCE 14851486)

Eilonwy ferch Morgant. Name and device. Vert, a hart rampant to sinister Or and in chief two wagon wheels argent.

Elektra Leonidas. Name change (from Elektra Leonides) and badge. Sable, a lion's head caboshed argent within a bordure ermine.

Elizabeth Idlewine. Badge for Castel Mardcage. Argent, a bulrush slipped and leaved within a bordure vert.

Elwynne Rowenna of Wentworth. Device. Azure, a cross voided erminois, overall a griffin segreant argent, all within a bordure erminois.

DISCUSSION: I have reservations about voiding something erminois, but I seem to be alone in this concern.

Eric Stormrider of Dragon's Ayrie. Name and device. Gules, on a bend between two dragon's heads erased Or, a wingless dragon passant gules.

Etain Sableswan. Name only.

Galiana Branwen Clwyd. Name and device. Per saltire purpure and gules, a saltire argent between four estoiles Or.

Geoffrey MacInnes. Name and device. Chequy purpure and argent, a cross formy Or surmounted by a heart gules.

Giovanni d'Avila. Device. Azure, a chevron Or, in base a tree eradicated; a chief embattled argent.

Gwenneth ni Gallighir. Badge for Harpweaver Hall. Sable, a harp between in fess a drop spindle and a shuttle, joined by a thread entwined through the strings of the harp, all argent.

NOTE: Please make the secondaries a tad larger, to make clear the distinction from HARPHAM: Sable, a harp argent, stringed Or. (Papworth 908)

Gwilym ab Eifion. Name and device. Sable, an owl displayed gardant argent, goutty de sang, on a chief argent, a long bow fesswise sable.

Harald Ulfson. Device. Sable, a bear's pawprint and on a chief wavy argent, a pellet between a decrescent and an increscent sable.

DISCUSSION: Under the point­and­a­half rule, this is clear of both FRIAR RANDALL and ISAAC QUENTIN.

Ilana Martha of Armida. Name only.

Ivan Andreivitch. Name and device. Quarterly sable and argent, a lion's head cabossed counterchanged.

Jacquetta de Mehun. Name only.

Michael of Riversmeet. Device. Azure, a sun Or eclipsed sable and on a chief wavy argent two barrulets wavy azure.

Michel le Jeune. Name only.

NOTE: The French adjective meaning "young" is jeune (with a final "e").

Morgan of Aldermire. Name and device. Per pale Or and sable, two scorpions tergiant counterchanged, on a chief argent two quill pens in saltire azure.

Morwydd Fyngwen. Name and device. Azure, a basket Or, in chief three snowflakes argent.

Octavius Bluetooth. Name and device. Gyronny gules and argent, a bear's tooth azure.

DISCUSSION: It should be noted that there is no heraldic difference between this charge and a drinking horn.

Otfrid Ammerthaler. Name and device. Azure, in bend sinister three swans naiant within an orle wavy, all argent.

Philippia Cupbreaker. Name only.

Rose Marian of Edgewater. Name and device. Azure, on a bend between a lyre Or and a fish naiant to sinister argent, three roses gules.

DISCUSSION: "According to Master Wilhelm, it is sometimes possible to combine three distinct changes to a group of tertiary charges to get a full point of difference. In the present case, a difference in number (added to the differences in type and color) would be sufficient." (BoE, 28 Aug 84, p. 5)

Seosamh O' Choda. Badge for Clann O' Choda Chill Choinnigh. Argent, a harp vert within an orle of golpes.

Sophia Magdalena of Mataria. Name only (see RETURNS for device).

Tomas MacSeumas an Ceard. Name only.

Ulrich Drachendonner. Name and device. Tierced in pall azure, gules and sable, in chief a compass star argent.

William of Bellefonte. Name and device. Gules, a helmet between in fess two hammers reversed and in base another, on a chief Or three anvils gules.

Wolfgar the Mad. Name and device. Sable, three portcullises argent and a chief embattled ermine.

NOTE: Very nice.

Wladislaw of Concordia (submitted as Wladislaw Poleski). Name and device. Sable, a cross swallowtailed, gyronny gules and argent, fimbriated and within a bordure Or.

NOTE: The name Wladislaw Poleski was carried over from the October 1985 meeting to allow the College to address the question of whether the name conflicted with the several kings and grand dukes of Poland named Wladyslaw. After reading over the comments, I have decided to err on the side of caution, and regard this as a conflict. It is not altogether reasonable, but it makes the rules simpler, and it makes it less likely that we will get burned by an artful piece of special pleading. We have used the name of his SCA branch as a holding name, in order to register the device.

Kingdom of Meridies

Alric Egilsson. Name only.

Brand Olafsson de Chartres (submitted as Brand Olafsson de Chantre). Name only.

NOTE: Chantre is a French noun meaning "chanter, cantor, chorister. We assume the locale he had in mind was Chartres, site of the Cathedral of Notre Dame.

Catrin Gwynedd (submitted as Catrin y Gwynedd). Name only.

NOTE: Welsh y means "the" not "of". Catrin "of Gwynedd" would be Catrin Gwynedd (without the preposition) or Catrin o Wynedd (the initial G disappears following the preposition o).

Dragonfly Marsh, Shire of. Name only.

Gwenievere Perreal Smythe. Name only.

NOTE: A more normal spelling of Guenevere would be preferable.

James von den Wolfen (submitted as James des Wolfes). Name only.

NOTE: Des Wolfes is in the genitive case; it means "James who is the property of the wolves. According to Star, "of the Wolves" requires the dative case, which is von den Wolfen.

Marcus Atticus Neapolitanus. Name only.

DISCUSSION: According to Brigantia, "This is exactly the sort of name a neo­Latin Renaissance scholar would have chosen."

Matthew de Bostequet. Name only.

Moriah MacLachlan. Name only.

DISCUSSION: Moriah is her mundane given name.

Nikolaj Zhestoky. Name only.

Thorgrim Boarsbane. Name only.

Kingdom of the Middle

Eirik Broken­ax. Device (correction). Argent, a Norman ax reversed fracted and in chief a decrescent between two mullets of six points all within a bordure sable. [December 1985]

Kingdom of the West

Alaric of Shadowood. Device. Argent, a bull's head couped at the shoulders azure semy of plates.

NOTE: Please draw this as it was represented on the miniature emblazon, with the plates covering more than just the bull's neck. (We would appreciate a replacement emblazon for the files.)

Alaric of Shadowood. Badge for House Shadowood (correction). Per pale and per chevron sable and argent, in sinister chief in pale three ermine spots. [November 1982]

NOTE: This is incorrectly listed in the Armorial and Ordinary as a device.

Alarice Beatrix von Thal. Name change (from Bronwyn ferch Eliseus).

Andred Fairhair. Name only.

Annora of Shadowood. Badge. Azure, two needles in saltire surmounted by a third palewise, eyes to chief, Or between in cross four thimbles, domes to center, argent, all within a bordure Or.

Bran of Lochiel. Name only.

Cerdic Lejoune. Name and device. Or, a crescent pendant azure within a serpent in annulo, head to base, gules.

DISCUSSION: "In some coats it is noted that the crescents are to be reversed, i.e. with the horns downwards, and they are then' blazoned as pendent. Gules, a bend argent between six crescents 'pendent' or ­ Esmond FO YOT., (Parker 144)

Corwyn of Sablewood. Name and device. Per pale sable and argent, a pine tree couped within a bordure counterchanged.

Daniel Windchaser. Badge. Sable, a triple­towered castle Or issuant from a base invected argent.

Dark Skies, Shire of. Name only.

Edwin Griffin de Lyons. Name and device. Azure, a lion rampant to sinister within a double tressure argent.

NOTE: Wow!

Edwin von Elsass. Badge. A raven close to sinister within on an annulet sable an annulet Or.

Gwyneth of Hillhaven. Device. Per bend sinister Or and purpure, in bend sinister two butterflies bendwise sinister counterchanged, the one in chief inverted.

Gwynhavyr of River Haven. Name and device. Argent, a bend sinister azure surmounted by a lion's head cabossed, all within a bordure sable.

NOTE: We would prefer a form of Gwenhwyvar in which the spelling and pronunciation are better matched. Gwyn, it should be noted, is masculine, not feminine. The variant that most closely approximates this in pronunciation is.Gwenhevare. (Withycombe 141)

John Claymore. Badge. Per bend sinister indented Or and purpure, a bend sinister counterchanged.

Karen of Lockenvar. Name only.

Katherine Beausoleil. Name and device. Per chevron vert and sable, two Catherine wheels and a sun Or.

Kay the Innocent of Bel Anjou. Name and badge. Per pale sable and argent, a saltire conjoined with a pale counterchanged.

DISCUSSION: In the interests of clarity, we have blazoned this as a "saltire conjoined with a pale" rather than a "starcross throughout". The justification for referring to the charge as a "cross" is lost when it is made throughout.

Out of curiosity, I just pulled the file of ALAIN DU ROCHER (the defining instance of the SCA starcross), and found that the description quoted in Precedents I is misleading. The charge in question looks somewhat like a "Railroad Crossing" sign.

Malak Boga. Device. Quarterly Or and ermine, four bull's heads cabossed sable.

NOTE: Wonderful!

Michael Scrollseeker. Name and device. Per bend sinister gules and azure, in bend an open scroll and a sword bendwise sinister Or.

Richard de la Croix. Name only.

River Haven, Shire of. Name and device. Barry wavy argent and azure, a seahorse erect to sinister within a laurel wreath Or.

NOTE: Very pretty.

Rory Phelan. Device (correction). Argent, a fox rampant gules between two flaunches sable. [December 1982)

Siona of the Eagle's Nest. Name only.

NOTE: The usual feminization of Sion are Sian and the diminutive Sioned.

Wulfwine Grimwald. Device. Argent, a wolf with the head of a demon, rampant guardant gules maintaining a seax sable within a bordure sable charged with estoiles Or.

THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS ARE RETURNED:

Kingdom of Ansteorra

Alanna of Ravenwood. Badge. A raven volant to sinister sable.

REASON FOR RETURN: This conflicts with BRAN OF CORNWALL: Vair, a raven displayed sable. (SCA) There is a single point of difference, for the position of the charge.

Kingdom of Atenveldt

Aase Jonsdatter. Device. Azure, a cross paty throughout argent and in dexter chief a sun Or.

REASON FOR RETURN: This conflicts with GREECE: Azure, a cross throughout argent. National arms and flags require two full points of difference.

Davan Inn Spaki. Device. Sable, a staff bendwise sinister Or, overall an owl stooping affronty, all within a bordure argent.

REASON FOR RETURN: This still conflicts with JAMES MACCHLURAIN: Sable, an owl argent (SCA); and with KNIGHTS OF THE WATCH: Sable, an owl displayed argent. (The World of Greyhawk) The staff is largely obscured by the body (and the sinister wing) of the owl. We would suggest reorienting it, to make it a more prominent part of the design.

Olaf Bearcrusher. Device. Counter­ermine, a pale embattled counter­embattled between two bears combattant argent.

REASON FOR RETURN: This conflicts, alas, with the badge of MORRIGAN FITZROLF: Two polar bears combattant proper gorged of belled collars Or. (SCA) There is a single point of difference, for the pale; the field counts for naught.

Kingdom of Caid

Giles Hill of Sweetwater. Badge. Per bend purpure and vert, a unicorn passant, head lowered, argent, armed and crined Or.

REASON FOR RETURN: This conflicts with SELENA OF DRAGON'S BAY: Vert, a dapple grey unicorn statant. (SCA) There are three minor points of difference, for tincture of field, tincture of charge, and position of charge.

John of the Pines. Device. Or, a pine tree proper and on a chief azure a cloud argent.

REASON FOR RETURN: The device conflicts with EADWINE BE BOCCE SELE: Or, a beech tree eradicated proper and on a chief azure a pair of gauntlets clasped Or and argent. (SCA) There is a major point of difference for the primary charge, and a minor for the tertiary. Please draw the cloud so it is more recognizable.

Tuvor Sabledrake. Badge for House Luciter. Per chevron raguly azure and Or, a comet fesswise and a mullet of four points counterchanged.

REASON FOR RETURN: Most of the heralds commenting on this submission found the charge in chief unrecognizable. Please draw either a conventional heraldic comet (with a beard, not an erratic tail) or the Bayeaux tapestry rendition that has become popular of late.

Brigantia has said that the medieval or classical form of the household name would be 'iter lucis: it is apparently more consistent with the way such names were manufactured, and it avoids possible confusion with the name Lucifer. Please use this instead of Luciter.

Kingdom of Calontir

Brian d'Amarcian. Device. Per fess vert and Or, a fess gules and a dexter gore, in sinister chief a crescent argent and overall a sea­unicorn rampant argent tailed vert.

REASON FOR RETURN: This is complex, and the background is confusing. We question whether it is appropriate for a gore to overlap another charge (in this case, the fess), and suggest removing it altogether.

Lorenzo Fabbrodino di Firerize. Badge. Per fess argent and barry wavy azure and Or, a mill gules and an armored leg embowed couped at the thigh argent.

REASON FOR RETURN: This is a landscape, and it is too complex for a badge. Please simplify.

Olga Krombashnya Cherepansha. Name and device. Sable, a lion rampant guardant Or holding in its mouth a chain sable, within an orle of towers argent.

REASON FOR RETURN: Both bynames appear to be incorrect. No documentation was provided for Krombashnya, and Sea Wolf Herald was unable to find the element Krom­ in any of her references. "Fortress", she says, is Krepost. According to Lady Adelaide de Beaumont, who read over the documentation, the examples are all of imperative or adjective­noun formations. A noun­noun formation requires that one of the words be in a case other than the nominative. In addition, the documentation (Unbegaun 120) shows "potter" as cerepan, not cherepan. Lady Adelaide says the second byname should be Serepansha or Tserepansha.

The device conflicts with BROCAS: Sable, a lion rampant guardant Or. (Papworth 95) There is a single point of difference, for the orle of charges. The chain is not visible enough to be significant.

Thorwulf Blueshield. Device. Azure, chaussé argent, in pale a wolf's head erased argent and in saltire a sword inverted proper and a pen argent, all between two tilting spears in pile azure.

REASON FOR RETURN: This is too complex. The sword and the feather are too small to be recognizable, and we would recommend bringing in the lines in chief so they form a pile throughout, rather than chaussé. In redesigning, watch out for ROANE FAIRGGAE OF LOCHLANN: Argent, on a pile throughout azure a harbour seal haurient argent. (SCA).

Torin Carson of V'tavia. Name and device. Per fess sable and azure, a tau cross throughout Or between in chief a mullet of eight points elongated in fess argent and two swords inverted Or.

REASON FOR RETURN: Torin is a variant of Thorin, a dwarf­name in Norse mythology (and borrowed wholesale by J. R. R. Tolkien); the latter has ruled unacceptable for use in the SCA. According to Batonvert, "The shift from initial Th to initial T is very common in Old English, and if there had been a Norse or Old English name Thorin, I would have readily justified Torin as a valid variant form." In addition, the registered form of the branch name is vatavia (without the apostrophe).

Although the individual components of the device are reasonably heraldic (with the possible exception of the cross), the combination is fairly complex, and the blazon awkward. Please redesign.

Zenobia of Rebelswood. Device. Argent, a unicorn rampant between in chief two arrows palewise gules.

REASON FOR RETURN: This conflicts with JIANE OF OCUIRIN: Argent, a horse forceny gules, animee and alumee azure (SCA); and with CRATFORD: Argent, a unicorn salient gules. (Papworth 983) The charges in chief are worth only a minor point.

Kingdom of the East

Sophia Magdalena of Mataria. Device. Azure, a double­bitted axe argent, hafted Or, surmounted in base by a crescent argent, all within a bordure Or.

REASON FOR RETURN: This conflicts visually with DAMON CRAGDWELLER (né CRAIG OF WESTERMARK): Purpure, a double­bitted axe Or debruised by an eye argent irised azure, all within a bordure Or. (SCA).

Kingdom of Meridies

Flanna Dunwalton. Name only.

REASON FOR RETURN: Duplicate submission. This name was approved on the letter from the January 1986 meeting.

Gabriella Franchesca Calleja de Warre. Name only.

REASON FOR RETURN: The surname combines Spanish and French in a single phrase ( "street of the warren"), which we do not believe is correct. In addition, the sources consulted by the heralds who commented on this submission gave the Spanish for "street" as calle, not calle La. Please document both the translation and the construction, or choose another byname.

Katinka Redbook. Name only.

REASON FOR RETURN: According to Lady Adelaide, the only diminutive of Ekaterina that stands by itself is Katya. We would suggest.she use either Katya or the full form of the name.

Mirrim Morningstar. Name only.

REASON FOR RETURN: Mirrim appears to be unique to Anne McCaffrey's Pern stories, which, being post­technological, are not considered compatible with the SCA. Would she be willing to accept Merriam?

Sionann Morgean ni Domnall Tir Conaill. Name only.

REASON FOR RETURN: The name does not appear to be what the submitter intended, and it contains at least one grammatical error. I thought it better, under the circumstances, to pass on Brigantia and Batonvert's comments, and let her decide which form she would like to register. Batonvert says this is rather long for a traditional Celtic name. She might want to consider shortening it to a given name and patronymic or given name and place name.

DISCUSSION: Sionnan appears to be made up, although Batonvert doesn't think it sounds unreasonable. The usual Irish form for Janet is Sinóad. Brigantia suggests that she might also want to consider Siobhan, or the diminutive form Siobhainin. Morgean is also unusual; the usual Irish form of the Welsh name Morgan is Murchadh. Mistress Alisoun suggests the Irish feminine name Muireann as perhaps being more appropriate. The patronymic particle ni requires the aspirated genitive form of the parent's given name, so it should be ni Dhomnaill (or the modern ni Dhomhnaill). And finally, to be "of" Tir Connell, she needs to insert the preposition o.

Kingdom of the West

Lochac, Region of. Order of the Silver Lilies (name only)

REASON FOR RETURN: Withdrawn at the request of the Principal Herald.

Peter Na' Marstal. Name and device. Per pale gules and argent, a fess counterchanged, in dexter chief a patriarchial cross Or.

REASON FOR RETURN: Our knowledge of Danish is admittedly limited, but we believe the preposition should be fra. Please document the grammar of the name.

The device conflicts with BANEIT: Per pale argent and gules, a fess counterchanged. (Papworth 708) There is a minor point of difference for interchanging the tinctures, and another for the addition of the cross.

THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS ARE PENDING:

Elizabeth Idlewine. Device. Per chevron azure and Or, two suns and a griffin segreant to sinister, all counterchanged.

PENDING: This submission has been deferred to the next letter.

Lochac, Region of. Order of the Silver Tear (name only).

PENDING: This submission has been deferred to the next letter.

Megan O'Reilly. Device. Vert, three bendlets enhanced Or, overall an otter statant argent.

PENDING: This submission has been deferred to the next letter.

Morgan of Caer Graeme. Device. Sable, on a pale between two roses argent, barbed and seeded vert, an armored cubit arm, fist clenched, sable.

PENDING: This submission has been deferred to the next letter.