Submitted as Áedán Mac Suibhne, he requested an authentic 9th-13th century Irish name. We have therefore changed the byname to an early form.

His former name is retained as an alternate name. His former device, Vert, a torc inverted Or between a pair of stag's attires argent, is retained as a badge.

Her former name is retained as an alternate name. Her former device, Per pale azure and purpure, on a pale dovetailed between two escallops inverted argent, three quatrefoils saltirewise slipped vert, is retained as a badge.

The mini-emblazon appeared in the An Tir November Letter of Intent; this correction was timely enough to prevent the pending of the device.

Submitted as Sveinn inn Sandimásiski, he wanted a Norse name meaning 'Sven of Gull Coast'. However, we found no evidence that sandi 'sand, beach' was used in place names of this kind. We have substituted strønd 'beach, coast', which does appear in period place names. We have also changed the order of the elements in the compound byname to match Norse practice.

The badge is clear of Erc FitzMungo, Sable, a card pique argent, his badge, A card pique argent, and the badge for Barnabas z Husinece, A whitebeam leaf inverted argent. Against Erc, there is enough difference between a seablatt and a card pique for there to be a CD for changing the type of the primary charge (in addition to the CD for fieldlessness). An examination of Barnabas's leaf shows that is quite distinct from a seeblatt, therefore there again is a CD for changing the type of the primary charge and another for fieldlessness.

The Rules for Submission give the following standards for documented exceptions:

An armorial design element that is adequately documented as a period practice may be deemed acceptable even if it violates other sections of Part VIII (Compatible Armorial Style). Such design elements will be accepted only on a case-by-case basis and only in armory comparable in style and complexity to the documented period examples. The strength of the case for such an exception increases in proportion to: the similarity of the documented examples to the submitted armory; and the number of independent period examples offered as evidence.

a. General Exceptions - In most cases the documentation for a proposed exceptional armorial design element should be drawn from several European heraldic jurisdictions. The strength of the case for such an exception increases in proportion to the geographical and chronological breadth of the supporting period evidence.

She has permission to conflict with the badge for the Barony of Septentria, Gules, a bear passant argent.

Escarbuncles of six arms are found in period arms according to A Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.

Please instruct the submitter that couping should be a straight line cutting through both the neck and the neck flap. The identifiability of the brown moose on the vair field was barely acceptable.

Submitted as Ailonóra ni Echmercach, the byname mixed Anglicized and Gaelic orthographies. We have made it entirely Gaelic and changed it to the genitive case to be grammatically correct. We have also changed the given name back to the form used in the holding name, as that matches the submitted documentation.

Submitted as Ásta Torvaldsdóttir, we have changed the spelling of the byname to match the submitted documentation.

Submitted as Cecilia Kedzierzawy, the byname was in a misspelled masculine form. She requested an authentic name, so we have changed it to a period form in addition to making it feminine.

The device is clear of Martin le Harpur of Faulkbourne, reblazoned elsewhere in this letter, Azure, in pale a falcon rising wings displayed argent perched on a harp Or, a bordure ermine. As the harp also one of the primary charges and there is a CD for type between a falcon rising and a swan rousant, there are two CDs for number and type of primary charges, as well as a third for the difference in posture (wings addorsed vs. wings displayed) between the two birds.

Submitted as Éamonn mac Rioghbhardain, the name mixed orthographic practices: accents should be used in either all the elements or none. We have thus added the accent to the byname.

Nice armory!

She requested an authentic Welsh name. While we cannot comply with that wish we can register the name, as Gwyneth has been ruled SCA compatible.

Submitted as Irena z Poznan, the byname was grammatically incorrect and the given name, while registerable, was a standard modern form. She requested an authentic 14th century Polish name, so we have changed both given and byname to period forms. It should be noted that Poznañska would be a more usual period form of the byname. However, she indicated that she prefers the z form.

The documentation for the name was insufficiently summarized on the LoI. It is not enough to say that a S. Gabriel report dates a name to a certain year; we need to know where the Academy of S. Gabriel found this information. However, commenters were able to find independent justification for this name so we can register it.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the sun larger.

It was the consensus of the College that a divided field in which the two parts are tinctures that share the same background is allowable if there is an ordinary to aid in the separation of the two parts, though the practice is not documented.

Submitted as Tristan vom Shwarzwald, we have corrected the typo in the byname.

This was pended from the August 2000 LoAR.

The submission included a letter signed by the Crown of Drachenwald giving their permission to conflict with the title Rautahirvi Pursuivant, registered to the Kingdom but used by the Barony.

Submitted as Adam mac Artur, we have changed the byname to the genitive case to be grammatically correct.

Please instruct the artist to draw the pall issuing from the center of the corners of the shield.

Submitted as Ailgheanan mac Sithigh, the accents were accidentally removed from the name. We have changed it back to the originally submitted form.

Her former device, Per chevron inverted azure and sable, a chevron inverted between an arrow fesswise and three decrescents argent, is released.

Submitted as Angharad Twr Blaiddlwdd, we have changed the byname to match the submitted documentation.

Submitted as Cailleach ingen Thuathail, the submitted documentation only supported the compound form Cailleach <Saint>, not Cailleach. Orle, however, found some isolated 8th century examples of the name element in the form Caillech. We have therefore changed the given name to match the documented solitary form. We have also changed the spelling of the byname to match the time period of the given name and to be internally consistent.

Her former name is released.

This was pended from the August 2000 LoAR.

The shire's former device, Per pale vert and argent, a phoenix within a laurel wreath, on a chief two fir trees all counterchanged, is released.

Submitted as Reginleif Hildebrand, we have changed the byname to a Norse spelling and a proper patronymic form.

Submitted as Remy li Chat, we have changed the article to match the submitted documentation.

Please instruct the submitter to draw the boar's head larger and the chief slightly smaller.

Submitted under the name Salih of Aksaray.

Submitted as Una Bardrdottir, we have changed the byname to a proper Norse spelling.

Submitted under the name Caitríona inghean Aoidh.

The device is clear of Tristan of Ryddingbrooke, Azure, on a bend sinister Or between a unicorn's head erased and sinister facing argent, armed and crined Or, and a tower argent, three crosses crosslet fitchy gules. There is a CD for changing the type of the secondary charges and a second for changing the orientation of half of the secondary charge group.

Submitted as Robert mac Cormaic, the given name was documented from on-line transcripts of the Annals of the Four Masters and the Annals of Tigernach. The URL given for the former source was insufficient for members of the College to locate the citation. We have therefore changed the given name to match the form of the name found in the latter source.

Submitted under the name Ildikó the Blonde.

Submitted as Zoraya al-Navarre, the byname combined Arabic and English. However, mixed-language name elements are not allowed. As the submitter requested an authentic name we would have liked to be able to register the name entirely in Arabic, but unfortunately the College was not able to find an authentic Arabic form of the byname. We have therefore changed the byname to be uniformly English, which makes the name registerable under the Lingua Anglica rule. The Spanish form de Navarra would also have been acceptable, but making it English was a smaller change.

This conflicts with the borough of Pembroke, which has its own entry in the Encyclopædia Britannica. As this is a direct conflict, we are not at this time making a ruling whether Company of <Place> is registerable as a household name. Also, we wish to remind the College that for conflict purposes there are two kinds of names: personal and others. Household names, therefore, can conflict with place names, order names, or titles.

Conflict with the badge for Caellyn Shadowhawk (Anika Gael Quicksilver), Per bend sinister argent and sable, in bend two hawks rising addorsed, wings displayed, counterchanged. As rising is a reasonable posture for both ravens and hawk, we would normally give a CD for the change of type of the bird. In this case, however, each raven is drawn so that its head lies on one of its wings which obscures the features that make them identifiable as ravens. It is likely that this particular wing position would be returned even if there were no conflict as the posture is in somewhere in between rising and rising wings displayed, blurring the distinction between the two postures, as well as reducing the identifiability of the type of bird.

Conflict with Tahira of Carolingia (holding name), Sable, on a fess argent an Arabic pen-box azure, registered June 2000, and Roswitha of Suanesfeld, Sable, on a fess argent three swans rousant sable. In each case there is only a single CD for the changes to the tertiary charges.

This violates the ban on depictions of the same charge in two different sizes on the field. As drawn, it is unclear if the arrows on the sides are intended to be secondaries or overall charges.

Withycombe, used to document the given names, does not date Franziska. The closest period form we could find was Francesca, in Italy. However, as no forms were received we have to return this submission.

The new submission does not solve the problem from the previous submission. There are still two similar but non-identical charges on the device (the pen and the brush), a practice which has been prohibited for some time. Making them primary charges does not change the problem.

The documentation for the name was insufficient: while the construction was cited as period, nothing was said about the words used. Also, the source used is not on the no-photocopy list, but we received no copies.

Conflict with Toran Weisszahn, Per chevron raguly sable and argent, two crosses bottony and a lion rampant counterchanged. By prior Laurel precedent, there is not a CD between embattled and raguly. Furthermore, while there is a CD between crosses formy and crosses bottony, they are not substantially different. Therefore the two device are not clear by RfS X.2, "Difference of Primary Charge," and there is only a single CD for changing the type of the primary charge group.

The primary charge is not really a winged unicorn but a unicornate pegasus with a lion's tail. It is missing both the beard and the cloven hooves. Thus it blurs the distinction between unicorns and horses. It is also in conflict with Kathleen of Riverrose (registered 1976), Or, a unicornate pegasus statant sable, with only a single CD for the posture of the monster.

Conflict with a number of arms, including Germany (important non-SCA arms), Or, an eagle displayed sable. There is not a CD between generic birds displayed or migrant and an eagle displayed; therefore there is only a single CD for adding the roses.

The demi-arrows are not identifiable. Most commenters were unable to determine what the charge was from its emblazon. It is unclear if it is possible to draw the lower half of an arrow in an identifiable way. Thus the device violates RfS VI7.a, "Identification Requirement - Elements must be recognizable solely from their appearance... Elements not used in period armory may be defined and accepted for Society use if they are readily distinguishable from elements that are already in use..." Before we will register this charge we need to see a clearly identifiable depiction and would like to see evidence that using just the lower half of an inanimate charge is consistent with period practice.

There are several minor anomalies with the artwork. The most serious, however, is that wolf is not maintaining the sword, but is barely touching it. As we cannot blazon the sword in its current form, we are returning this for redrawing. Furthermore, please instruct the artist to draw a thicker bordure with fewer lozenges.

This was pended from the August 2000 LoAR.

Conflict with the badge for Mariposa de los Montoyas, reblazoned elsewhere in this letter, Or, a butterfly sable marked Or within an annulet sable. The markings are insufficient to add difference, therefore there is only a single CD for removing the orle.

The bend is not bevilled; the lower half must be raised relative to the upper half rather than dropped.

The given name was documented in two different ways. First, it was mentioned in a web site listing Turkish names. Unfortunately, this list does not give any dates, and it appears to be a modern list. Second, the argument was made that the period name Nasuh-u Silahi includes the submitted name or a variant. However, this name appears rather to be a similar construction to some Arabic titular-style names, e.g. Nasr al-Din. This would mean that the cited period reference is not evidence that the submitted name was used in period. Barring better documentation we have to return this.

His device has been registered under the holding name Tim of Aksaray.

The given name was only documented as a modern one.

According to section IV.C.2 of the Administrative Handbook, any non-standard names must be documented. In the case of the submitter's legal name, such documentation is normally a photocopy of a driver's license, a passport or other such document. As no such documentation was provided we have to return this name.

Since there is no registerable given name, we cannot form a holding name; therefore the device must be returned as well.

No documentation was provided for the given name. We would have changed it to the documented Artemas, but as he does not allow any changes we have to return it.

This name conflicts with Catriona Nic Aoidh, registered in December 1998.

Her device is registered under the holding name Caitríona of the Middle.

No documentation was provided for the given name. We would have changed it to a similar-sounding name dated in Withycombe's The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names to 1606. Since she requested an authentic name we would have changed the byname to a wholly Anglicized form as well. These changes, however, would have resulted in her currently registered name.

No evidence was given that per pale bevilled is a legitimate line of division. Furthermore, even the documented per bend bevilled cannot, by Laurel precedent, be used with dissimilar charges. Legh, Accidences of Armory (1586), asserts that the field should not be charged at all. We have, as one step beyond period practice, allowed the field to be used with a single type of simple charge. The submitted device, however, would be at least two steps beyond period practice.

Unfortunately, the submitted documentation for the given name does not support the claim that it was used in period. As the College could not provide such documentation either we have to return the name.

Her device has been registered under the holding name Maria the Blonde.

The byname is constructed from a modern Mexican colloquial word for 'mad'; the period Spanish word would be loca. Unfortunately for the submitter, changing the byname to a registerable form would result in a conflict with Juana la Loca (1479-1555), Queen of Castile and Countess of Flanders.

As we wrote in the July 2000 LoAR,

While we allow real-world name elements in SCA names without further documentation, this is restricted to cases where "such elements are not excessively obtrusive." Combining a Gaelic Irish given name with what appears to be a non-European surname falls afoul of this restriction.

The ostrich plumes were not recognizable as such. One standard depiction can be found in the badge of the Prince of Wales, available in many standard heraldic sources or at http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/about/role/feathers.html.

The Arabic phrase and its translation, A hero collects many arrows was not included on the submitted blazon. While a correction was sent, too few commenters received it in time.

This is currently in technical conflict with Katherine Goodpasture, Per fess and per pale embattled erminois and gules, in bend sinister two talbots passant Or. There is a CD for the field, but nothing for the difference between passant and statant, and, as the arrangement of Katherine's talbots is forced, nothing for arrangement. By current precedent there is not a CD between a talbot and a wolf; however, in the November LoAR we pended an item for discussion as to whether there should be a CD between a greyhound and a wolf. Therefore we are similarly pending this item for discussion on whether there should similarly be a CD between a talbot and a wolf.

Please instruct the submitter to draw deeper waves and larger wolves.

The tincture of the leopard was missing.