This depiction of a comet is permitted under the Existing Registration Allowance.
The submitter requested that this badge be associated with Award of the Purple Comet. As this name is not registered, we are unable to make this association.If the submitter would like to make this association, we ask that the submitter the order name for registration.
This depiction of a comet is permitted under the Existing Registration Allowance.
This depiction of a comet is permitted under the Existing Registration Allowance.
The submitter requested that this badge be associated with Award of the Green Comet. As this name is not registered, we are unable to make this association. If the submitter would like to make this association, we ask that the submitter the order name for registration.
This depiction of a comet is permitted under the Existing Registration Allowance.
Nice Spanish name from the second half of the 15th century to the end of our period!
Nice cant on a byname meaning 'green tree'.
The submitter has been granted a court barony and is thus entitled to display a coronet.
The submitter's prior device, Per pale sable and vert, three plates each charged with a tree eradicated vert, a bordure argent, is retained as a badge.
Artist's note: Please draw the crescent larger to aid in identifiability.
Nice cant!
Submitted as Sanada no Daigoro Nobukatsu, this name was not correctly formed, nor was the element Diagoro adequately documented. No date was given for the name element Daigoro -- P.G. Oneill's book Japanese Names: A Comprehensive Index by Characters and Readings (1972), is not appropriate for documenting period names as there are no dates given. Fortunately, Elisabetta Makejoye was able to construct Daigoro using NCMJ, dating Dai to 1126 and Gourou to 1600, with the constructed name having the same meaning as desired by the submitter (grand fifth son).
Additionally, no is only ever used with an uji i.e., a clan name and Nobukatsu is a yobina rather than an uji. We have therefore removed the element no for registration.
The submitter’s prior name, Sigvaldi the Ram, is retained as an alternate.
The submitter requested authenticity for French. This name meets that request for the late 16th and early 17th century French.
(to Æthelmearc acceptances) (to Æthelmearc returns) (to Æthelmearc pends)
Nice Kamakura-era Japanese name!
The submitter's prior name, Onóra inghean Uí Cléirigh, is retained as an alternate.
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th-17th century English/Scottish. As this is a Welsh given name in an English context, combined with a Scots byname, the name is registerable, but not authentic.
Nice device!
There is a step from core practice for using a chevron couched diagonally. We direct Palimpsest to add this to SENA Appendix G.
The submitter's prior device, Sable, on a bend sinister cotised argent three oak sprigs gules, is retained as a badge.
Submitted as Fatimah bint Ziyad al-S{u-}', this name combines two different transliteration schemes with differing uses of diacritical marks within each name. As we require diacritical marks to be used consistently throughout a name, we have changed the transliteration of this name to use a consistent transliteration, rendering this name as F{a-}{t.}ima_ bint Ziy{a-}d al-S{u-}' for registration.
Nice cant on a byname meaning "of the Oak"!
Nice 16th century Spanish name!
Nice English name for the 14th and 16th centuries!
There is a step from core practice for the use of fewer than three wolf's teeth [Skallagrimr Ulfheðinn, 06/2017, A-Caid]. We direct Palimpsest to add this to SENA Appendix G.
The submitter's prior name, Sigbj{o,}rg Kaladóttir in fróða, is retained as an alternate.
The spots on a cow are a type of marking. As such, they are not worth difference and do not require good contrast with the tincture of the beast.
The submitter's prior device, Per saltire purpure and sable, within a snake in annulo vorant of its own tail argent an annulet Or, is retained as a badge.
There is a step from core practice for using charges in annulo which are not in their default palewise orientation.
There is a step from core practice for using charges in annulo which are not in their default palewise orientation.
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns)
Blazoned when registered as Azure, six plates two two and two each charged with a delf azure, we are reblazoning this device to reflect the fact that it uses a common charge in Japanese heraldry, the square-holed coin.
This is the defining instance of a square-holed coin in Society armory. A square-holed coin, with or without text on the face of the coin, is a common charge in Japanese sources such as O-umajirushi. For conflict purposes, a square-holed coin is equivalent to a roundel charged with a tertiary delf.
(to Artemisia acceptances) (to Artemisia returns)
Nice 16th century Turkish name!
The submitter's prior name, Neot the Pict, is retained as an alternate.
The submitter's prior name, Odo of the Abbey of Saint Martin, is retained as an alternate.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a tricorporate bird [Garth ap Collin, 01/1997, A-An Tir]. We direct Palimpsest to add this to SENA Appendix G.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns) (to Atenveldt pends)
Submitted as Aelfwynn the Mouse, the documentation for the given name shows that it begins with the ligature Æ rather than the two separate letters A and E. We have made this change for registration.
Nice cant!
The submitter's prior name, Pariselle Chouet, is retained as an alternate name.
This Persian name is formed using the name pattern [given name] + [descriptive byname]. Commenters raised concerns as to whether the byname Deraz Dast rose to the level of presumption, as Deraz Dast translates to of long hands, which could be treated as a figurative byname implying that the bearer's power is immense. However, several Arabic sources treat this byname almost literally, giving us some ambiguity as to how this byname would have been used. With that in mind, we are registering this name as submitted.
Tanwayour is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Submitters are reminded that if a source is not listed in Appendix H of the Administrative Handbook, photocopies or screenshots of the source are required.
This badge does not conflict with the badge of Alaxandair Mórda mac Matha, Orly sable and Or. Just as we don't consider two bars the equivalent of barry, we don't consider two orles/tressures to be the equivalent of orly.
Nice badge!
The submitter requested authenticity for "Norse, pre-1000". This request was not noted on the Letter of Intent. Kingdoms are reminded that all authenticity requests must be summarized on the Letter of Intent to ensure a name does not need to be pended for further research. Fortunately, Ollivier Ragged Staff was able to identify this request in commentary with enough time for commenters to respond. This name meets that request.
Nice late 16th century French name!
Submitters are reminded that documentation should be included with all name submissions.
There was no documentation provided for the spelling of the given name. Fortunately, Elisabetta Makejoye was able to construct the desired spelling from common letter switches. We thank her for her work on documenting the submitter's desired spelling.
This is the defining instance of a king penguin in Society armory. The king penguin's range includes the southern tip of South America, which has been inhabited by humans for thousands of years, so it is an acceptable charge per SENA A2B2b.
A king penguin proper is sable bellied argent with spots of Or on its head and neck and is considered neutral for the purposes of contrast. We direct Palimpsest to note this information in Table 4 of the Glossary of Terms.
Nice late 16th century English name!
The submitter's prior device, Counter-ermine, on a bezant a rabbit salient to sinister sable, is released.
Nice late 16th century English name!
This is the defining instance of an escoffion, a type of period headwear, in Society armory.
Submitters and consulting heralds are reminded that charges that have not been registered before and charges that have not been registered in a decade or more should be documented as part of the submission.
Artist's note: Please ensure more of the line of division is visible so the complex line is identifiable.
Nice 16th century English name!
The byname Scheffer is used here as a gender-neutral inherited surname but can be used as a masculine occupational byname meaning shepherd or overseer. If the submitter is interested in the entirely feminine Wilhelmina Schäferin, they may submit a request for reconsideration.
(to Atlantia acceptances) (to Atlantia returns) (to Atlantia pends)
(to Avacal acceptances) (to Avacal returns) (to Avacal pends)
Azure, a cross of Caid and a bordure argent is registered to Caid as a standard augmentation elsewhere on this letter.
The submitter requested the use of the named motif, cross of Caid.
The submitter requested the use of the named motif, cross of Caid.
The byname the Genuine is a reasonable lingua Societatis translation of the Old English le Trewe.
The submitter's prior device, Quarterly gules and Or, a cross patonce counterchanged, is retained as a badge.
Nice cant!
This is the defining instance of a Meroe pyramid in Society armory. This is a period type of building, so is an acceptable charge per SENA A2B2d. It is depicted affronty by default. The temple portion of the pyramid is an artistic detail not worth difference.
The elephant's head is considered sable for the purposes of conflict, which we ask Morsulus to note in the O&A.
Nice English name from the 1560s!
Submitted as Yuuki Blake, the submitter requested that if the spelling Yuki could be documented, then that would be preferable. Jeanne Marie Palimpsest was able to document that spelling, and we have made this change for registration.
Blake is the submitter's legal given name and is used here as such.
(to Caid acceptances) (to Caid returns)
Submitted as Atticus Drakontos, commenters raised the issue of presumption with the well-known Athenian lawmaker Drako of Athens, who codified Athens' first legal code. Atticus is listed in the LGPN as both a given name and as a locative byname meaning of Athens. The patronymic byname, Drakontos, means son of Drako. Therefore, as this name is saying that Attikos is Drako's son, and not that this person is Drako of Athens, this name is clear of presumption. Additionally, commenters were able to document the entirely Greek rendition of the given name -- Attikos, versus the Latinized form, Atticus, that was submitted. Therefore, with the submitter's permission, we have made this change for registration.
This name combines a Scottish Gaelic given name and an English byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Submitted as Eawynn bean Broccáin, the relationship marker bean comes from Middle and Late Irish, while the given name spelling Broccáin is an Old Irish spelling. As each name phrase must be in a single language, we have changed this to the Old Irish spelling ben for registration.
The submitter's prior name, Eawynn ingen Broccáin, is released.
Nice cant!
The submitter grants permission to conflict with any name that is not identical to their registered name.
The submitter grants permission to conflict for all armory which is not identical to their device.
Nice 14th century German name!
This was submitted as a badge for Walker Herald. Precedent says:
Submitted as a badge for Mistle Thrush Herald, we can't associate a badge with a heraldic title. Submitters are not allowed to register armory for officers that fall under the auspices of Society-level officers that have registered badges. As the College of Arms has a badge for heralds, Vert, two straight trumpets in saltire, bells to chief Or, badges for subsidiary offices, including Heralds Extraordinary, may not be registered. The sole exception to this rule is for tinctureless seals for principal heralds of kingdoms, under SENA A3A2. [Dorcas Whitecap, 08/2025, R-Calontir]
Therefore, we are unable to make this association.
The default foot is a human foot, which we direct Palimpsest to add to Table 8 of the Glossary of Terms.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Wolfgang Grothe de Verron, Sable, a mullet of eight points between two scarpes Or.
This device does not conflict with the device of Ayloara de Meddestane, Sable, in base a sun in its splendour, flaunches Or. There is a DC for changing the type of secondary charges. There is also a DC for the placement on the field of the primary charge; in period heraldry primary charges with flaunches default to being central, so Ayloara's sun is not forced to base.
Nice cant!
This is the defining instance of a hanakaku in Society armory. A hanakaku is a four-petaled flower found in Japanese armory, stylized to be approximately a bendwise square in shape, equal in width and height; as opposed to hanabishi, a similar flower that is lozenge-shaped, taller than it is wide.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a hexagon.
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns)
The submitter grants permission to conflict for all names not identical to their registered name.
The submitter grants permission to conflict for any armory that is not identical to their device.
(to Drachenwald acceptances) (to Drachenwald returns)
There is a step from core practice for the use of compass stars.
If the submitter is interested in the entirely German name Hermann der Rote, they may submit a request for reconsideration.
Artist's note: Please draw the foxes with fluffier tails to aid in identifiability.
(to Ealdormere acceptances) (to Ealdormere returns)
This name combines an Irish Gaelic given name and an Old Norse byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Nice cant on the Middle French word geline, meaning "chicken"!
This name combines an Old Norse given name and an English byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
This device does not conflict with the device of Ucko D'Aosta, Per chevron inverted argent and azure, in chief a caltrop gules. There is a DC for changing the tincture of half the field. We have previously ruled that there is a DC between a caltrop and a mullet of five points [Stargate, Barony of, 06/2025, R-Ansteorra]. We now extend that decision to grant a DC between a caltrop and a mullet of five or more points, giving us a second DC.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns)
Commenters raised the issue of presumption with the rock band Steppenwolf. At least two letters have changed between Steppenwolf and Steppes Wolf, and there is an extra syllable in the band name, making Steppes Wolf clear of Steppenwolf under our usual rules. We decline at this time to rule as to whether the name of the rock band should be protected. Additionally, concerns were raised about whether the use of Steppes in the substantive element would cause this order name to be interpreted as being an order associated with the Barony of the Steppes, rather than the Kingdom of Gleann Abhann. The pattern Order of + [locative element] + [heraldic charge] is not a documentable pattern, and therefore not registerable. Thus, this name cannot be considered in that way, and is registerable as submitted.
(to Gleann Abhann acceptances) (to Gleann Abhann returns) (to Gleann Abhann pends)
The submitter's prior name, Alazais de Chainebrigge, is retained as an alternate.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a bordure flory.
Nice English name for circa 1600!
The submitter requested authenticity for "16th century Germanic". This name meets that request.
Nice mid-13th century name!
This name is a variant of the submitter's currently registered name, and registered via SENA PN3E.
Nice canting device!
Nice English name for the late 13th century!
Nice English name from 1582!
This device does not conflict with the badge of Annette of Faire Monte, (Fieldless) A brown owl proper. There is a DC for adding the field, and another for the difference between an owl and a hawk.
Nice cant!
Commenters raised the question of whether the name was offensive. This name is transliterated from Chinese using the standardized Pinyin scheme, where q represents an Alveolo-palatal, aspirated consonant sound that does not exist in English, but bears resemblance to the sound ch in the word punchy. In the Tongyong Pinyin system that was commonly used in Taiwan, the same sound is transliterated as ch.
Therefore, this name is correctly pronounced as faa chu with an aspirated consonant sound, and not the unvoiced stopped consonant represented by k or q in English. Any understanding of it as an offensive word depends on deliberate mispronunciation or misreading of a transliteration of a language written in non-Latin characters. We have therefore registered this name as submitted. We direct Morsulus to add a note regarding the correct pronunciation of this name in the O&A.
Commenters circled the waters over whether Flundrepool is a reasonable constructed placename. The name is clearly meshed together from the sense of a pool or estuary where flounder are found, which seems perfectly on porpoise. We have plenty of examples swimming around in the historical record of placenames formed with the pattern [animal] + pool. These include Froggepol (1320), Endepole (circa 1300, where Ende means duck), and Fishpool (1550). Given this shoal of evidence, the construction of Flundrepool is neither fishy nor a red herring, but a thoroughly plausible name that fits neatly into documented streams of topographic place names.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns) (to Lochac pends)
This name combines French given name with a German byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Nice late 16th century English name!
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns)
Commenters raised concerns as to whether Kintar{o-} ("Golden Boy") presumed upon a hero from Japanese folklore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintar%C5%8D#), and whether this was a documentable period name. While Kintar{o-} is the name of this hero, no other names are associated with him, and the other names included in the name as submitted clear any issues of presumption. While this clears the issue of presumption, the question of documentation must also be addressed. The ending -tar{o-} is a period male birth-order name. As noted in NCMJ, prefixes to birth-order names such as -tar{o-} can be derived from on'yomi readings of abbreviated uji names. Therefore, this can be registered as a constructed yobina.
The given name Galeon was not documented as a given name, but rather a byname. Fortunately, Iago Wreath was able to document Gallian and Gallion as given names, dated to 1566 and 1571. By using the tables in Elisabetta Tommaso di Carducci's 'Early Modern English Spelling Conventions', we can construct the desired spelling from these examples, allowing us to register the name as submitted.
In reviewing this name, Elisabetta Makejoye documented several instances of what appear initially to be English surnames being used given names prior to 1550. In light of these examples, we are opening a Letter of Pends and Discussion to discuss the evidence available as detailed in the Cover Letter.
Kirkpatrick is the submitter's legal middle name. Evidence was provided that Kirkpatrick is occasionally used as a given name, allowing us to register it as a given name.
The submitter's prior device, Gules, a dog courant and in chief two suns Or, is retained as a badge.
The submitter's prior device, Argent, a salamander vert enflamed proper, on a chief triangular vert a Bowen knot argent, is retained as a badge.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns) (to Middle pends)
Nice cant!
Submitted as Birgitta inn Stórráða, the feminine article is either in or hin. Alternatively, no preposition need be used. We have therefore, with the submitter's approval, changed this name to Birgitta in Stórráða for submission.
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns) (to Northshield pends)
Nice Roman name from the 3rd century CE!
This combines an English given name with a Swedish byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Submitted as Auria Innocentes, no evidence could be found of the plural form Innocentes rather than the singular form Innocente, being used as a byname. We have therefore changed this to Auria Innocente_ for registration.
The submitter's prior name, Auria of St. Golias, is retained as an alternate.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a pile that extends between 75% and 85% the length of the shield.
The submitter's prior device, Argent, a pile sable between two valknuts purpure, is retained as a badge.
The submitter requested authenticity for 13th century Scotland. Submitted as Forveleth atte Grenhok, the attested form of the byname is de Grenhok, meaning of Greenoak, versus the constructed atte Grenhok meaning at the Greenoak. While the submitted version is registerable, it is not authentic. We have therefore changed this to the documented Forveleth de Grenhok for registration. As changed, this name fulfils the submitter's authenticity request. If the submitter would prefer the submitted form Forveleth atte Grenhok, they may submit a request for reconsideration.
Nice cant!
This name was input into OSCAR as Levi Bakere __ Featherstone, while the documentation and submission form are for the name Levi Bakere of Featherstone. We have restored this name to the name on the form for registration.
Savannah is the submitter's legal given name.
Nice English name from the 1570s!
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns) (to Outlands pends)
This name combines a Gaelic given name with an English or Anglicized Irish byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Nice device!
If the submitter is interested in the Italian name Ettore Corsare, where Corsare means pirate, they may submit a request for reconsideration.
The submitter requested authenticity for late 15th and early 16th century Florence.
The name phrase la Gazza was submitted under the Existing Registration Allowance; however, that name phrase is registered as La Gazza. We have changed the submitted name to match the registered form for registration. As the submitter is relying on the Existing Registration Allowance and we do not have enough data to date la Gazza to the submitter's desired time period and location, this name is registerable, but not authentic.
The submitter's prior name, Giuliana La Gazza, is retained as an alternate name.
The submitter requested authenticity for "14th Century Czechlands/Kingdom of Bohemia". This name does not meet that authenticity request, but it is authentic for the same region in the 16th century.
Julie is the submitter's legal given name.
The submitter's prior device, Argent, in pale an estoile sable and a unicorn's head couped gules, is released.
Nice name from 1497 Nürnberg, Germany!
(to West acceptances) (to West returns) (to West pends)
- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
This household name is returned as we do not have any evidence of the word Annex being used as part of a place name pre-1600 CE. While use of the word was documented to the end of the 15th century, its use as part of a placename is not. Without that evidence, we cannot register this household name.
This name and device were withdrawn by kingdom.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Obida Losev, Sable, a chevron throughout argent between two boars combatant and a stag rampant Or. There is a DC for the change of type of the secondary charges, but as noted on the June 2024 Cover Letter, "enflaming is not worth difference".
The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge of Shannon ni Connell, Sable, a chevron argent between three cat's paw prints Or.
This device is returned for presumption due to the combination of the family name Sanada and the kamon of the Sanada clan, six square-holed coins, three and three. SENA A6E reads "Even if a piece of armory is not considered important enough to protect from presumption under A6D above, the use of a piece of historical armory combined with the family name of the holder may be presumptuous" and the Sanada kamon is prominent enough to warrant this protection.
Though period examples of the Sanada kamon generally depict argent coins rather than Or ones, per the March 1991 Cover Letter, MON (or, How do you treat a mon, man?), we "treat mundane mon as tinctureless armory for purposes of conflict checking."
This device is also returned for presumption against the arms of Cornwall, Sable bezanty. There is a DC for the holes in the coins, which are equivalent to tertiary charges, but there is no DC for number between six or more charges, nor is there a DC for arrangement between three and three and semy, as three and three is not a standard arrangement of six charges.
(to Æthelmearc acceptances) (to Æthelmearc returns) (to Æthelmearc pends)
This device is returned for violation of SENA A3D2e, Unity of Arrangement, as the arrangement of the mullets needs to be blazoned separately from the entire secondary charge group. If the mullets were in their default arrangement as part of a secondary group filling the space beneath the ordinary they would appear to be arranged approximately in bend sinister, with each of the end mullets being partially on the sable portion of the field, so there is not a forced move for low contrast in this design.
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns)
(to Artemisia acceptances) (to Artemisia returns)
This device is returned as neither the overall roundel or the underlying saltire formy are an ordinary or a long charge as required by SENA Appendix I4. By precedent, "any non-ordinary cross used as a charge... is not an ordinary" [Eithne Ruad, 05/2006, R-Gleann Abhann]
On resubmission, please draw the outline of the voided charge wider, so that it is more noticeable.
This device is returned as neither the overall charge group or the underlying saltire formy are an ordinary or a long charge as required by SENA Appendix I4. By precedent, "any non-ordinary cross used as a charge... is not an ordinary" [Eithne Ruad, 05/2006, R-Gleann Abhann]
It is also returned as it features overall charges that do not overlie a primary charge, which is part of the definition of an overall charge per SENA Appendix I. The spearheads are conjoined to the roundel and thus appear to be part of the overall charge group, but they do not overlie the primary saltire.
On resubmission, please draw the fimbriation wider, so that it is more noticeable.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns) (to Atenveldt pends)
This device is returned for lack of identifiability of the primary charge. Fracting a charge makes it harder to identify in general by changing the outline of the charge. Having the two parts of a fracted charge in different tinctures adds to this confusion, and in the current submission makes the pieces look like separate charges.
This badge is returned for having the charges in ambiguous orientations. The loop of rope's end is crossed somewhere between sinister and sinister base, and the oak leaf is oriented between bendwise sinister and fesswise. These are both issues that could be corrected with a redraw. However, due to potential conflicts, we cannot find a way to redraw this that would make it registerable. As drawn, the rope looks more like an extra long slip than a separate charge. If the leaf were redrawn to be bendwise, this would conflict with the badge of Tadc mac Nuadat for House of the Silver Leaf, Per pale sable and vert, an oak leaf bendwise sinister argent. If the leaf were redrawn as fesswise, this would conflict with the device of Anne of the Tall Trees, Vert, an oak leaf fesswise argent.
We note that Table 5 of the Glossary of Terms states that the orientation of an oak leaf is optionally blazonable. This is only true for the location of the stem on leaves with the same long axis (such as palewise versus palewise inverted, or fesswise versus fesswise reversed). There is still difference granted for changing the orientation of the long axis of the leaf. We direct Palimpsest to update this information.
(to Atlantia acceptances) (to Atlantia returns) (to Atlantia pends)
(to Avacal acceptances) (to Avacal returns) (to Avacal pends)
(to Caid acceptances) (to Caid returns)
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Ragnarr ulfheðinn, Sable, a chevron Or, overall a fleur de lys argent. There is a single DC for changing the type of the overall charge.
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns)
This device is returned for conflict the device of Elewys Bramhall, Per chevron throughout argent and gules, a sprig of three oak leaves inverted vert surmounted by an acorn Or. There's a DC for changing the field tinctures. By the definition on the July 2023 CL, the charges on Elewys's device can be interpreted as an oak sprig, so there is no difference for the type of charge. There is also no DC for orientation, as changing the orientation of an oak sprig is not worth difference.
(to Drachenwald acceptances) (to Drachenwald returns)
This name and device have been withdrawn by the submitter.
(to Ealdormere acceptances) (to Ealdormere returns)
(to East acceptances) (to East returns)
Submitted as Geneviève de la Rivèire, the grave accents are a post-period editorial marking, and thus are not registerable. As the submitter has stated that they will not allow any changes to the given name, we must return this name.
As the submitter does not allow the creation of a holding name, we are forced to return this device.
As the submitter does not allow the creation of a holding name, we are forced to return this badge.
(to Gleann Abhann acceptances) (to Gleann Abhann returns) (to Gleann Abhann pends)
This name has been withdrawn by the submitter.
The submitter requested authenticity for Norse/Danish. While this name meets the submitter's authenticity request, we must, unfortunately, return it for aural conflict with Tófa Eiríksdóttir under PN3C1. While two letters in the given name and byname have changed, Tove and Tofa are pronounced almost identically -- TOE-veh versus TOE-vah -- there is insufficient difference in the final syllable to count for difference. Additionally, we do not grant difference between Erik and Eirik.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns) (to Lochac pends)
(to Meridies acceptances) (to Meridies returns)
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Sabine Berard, Per bend sinister azure and argent. There is a single DC for changing the number of pieces under SENA A5G1d.
Submitted as Dýrfinna Hróðgeirsdottir, accents must be used consistently throughout a name. As the submitter allows no changes, we must return this name.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns) (to Middle pends)
This device is returned for lack of identifiability of the bow. As emblazoned, it looks more like internal detailing on the rabbit. We do not believe this can be corrected by a redraw, as making the bow larger will put it on the field, with which it has poor contrast.
This badge is returned for lack of documentation of enflaming only one side of a charge. By precedent, upheld as recently as May 2024:
Usually, an entire charge must be enflamed, although at times the SCA has allowed a clearly separable portion of a charge to be enflamed (such as enflaming only the blade of a sword). It was the opinion of the College that it is not appropriate to only enflame the top of a wheel. Thus, even if the enflaming were redrawn so that it did not appear to be fimbriation of flame, this submission has a stylistic problem. Without supporting documentation, this motif may not be registered. [Shih Tan Po, 01/2004, R-Middle]
A single side of a billet is not a clearly separable portion, so this may not be registered without documentation of the motif.
On resubmission the submitter should note that a charge enflamed proper would have each individual flame as a mix of gules and Or, rather than the flames alternating between the two tinctures.
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This device is returned for lack of contrast between the dandelions and the chief. Table 4 of the Glossary of Terms notes that a dandelion plant, which has multiple flowers and stems, takes its tincture from the stems and leaves; these charges are simply dandelion blowballs slipped and leaved, which, like most flowers slipped and leaved, take their tincture from the flower itself.
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This device is returned for the use of a roundel with a complex line. Precedent says:
Due to the potential confusion with other charges, roundels with complex lines will not be registered after the September 2012 decision meeting without evidence of period practice. [Drake MacGregor, 03/2012, A-East]
No evidence supporting this practice was submitted.
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This device is pended for redraw as it currently blurs of the distinction between the charge groups under SENA A3D1. After discussion with the submitter, we direct Quarterstaff to redraw it with the transfixed skull centered on the rapier blade, making the rapier and the skull more clearly co-primary charges and putting the skull in a less unified arrangement with the pitchers.
This was item 9 on the Æthelmearc letter of August 25, 2025.
This badge is pended to discuss whether we should overturn current precedent and grant a DC for the addition of a collar and chain to an animate charge, now that we grant DCs for maintained charges generally.
If precedent is upheld, then this device will conflict with the badge of Ghislaine Triest, (Fieldless) A pantheon rampant azure semy of compass stars argent collared and chained Or. There is a DC for the field, but by precedent "The mullets of a pantheon ... do not count for difference." [Vukasin of Tirnewydd, 10/2007, R-Middle]
This was item 14 on the Æthelmearc letter of August 25, 2025.
This badge is pended awaiting the outcome of the October 2025 Letter of Pends and Discussions about charges within charges.
This was item 16 on the Æthelmearc letter of August 25, 2025.
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This badge is pended awaiting the outcome of the October 2025 Letter of Pends and Discussions about charges within charges.
This was item 10 on the Atenveldt letter of September 29, 2025.
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This device is pended to redraw it with thicker fimbriation.
This was item 3 on the Atlantia letter of September 9, 2025.
This device is pended so the correct emblazon can be commented on. Normally, such a submission would be returned administratively for not using the approved escutcheon shape, and for the emblazon on the form not matching the emblazon in OSCAR. In this case, however, a timely redraw was done, the form was updated, and submitter approval of the new emblazon was confirmed; the corrected image just was inadvertently not made available for commentary.
This was item 16 on the Atlantia letter of September 9, 2025.
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This device is pended to redraw the swans as properly naiant. As emblazoned they blur the line between multiple postures: the feet are showing, though not in a way that could be treated as close, and the head and wings more closely resemble rousant, though not enough to blazon the birds as that posture either.
This was item 1 on the Avacal letter of September 24, 2025.
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This badge is pended awaiting the outcome of the October 2025 Letter of Pends and Discussions about charges within charges.
This was item 3 on the Gleann Abhann letter of September 6, 2025.
This badge is pended awaiting the outcome of the October 2025 Letter of Pends and Discussions about charges within charges.
This was item 4 on the Gleann Abhann letter of September 6, 2025.
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This device is pended to redraw the tertiary charges to be more equal in size and balanced around the center of the pale. As emblazoned, the cup is noticeably larger than the flame, and crosses the fess line while the flame does not, creating the appearance of two separate tertiary charge groups on the pale; per SENA Appendix I3, "A single charge group may only have one tertiary charge group on it."
This was item 21 on the Lochac letter of September 30, 2025.
This device is pended awaiting the outcome of the October 2025 Letter of Pends and Discussions about charges within charges.
This was item 22 on the Lochac letter of September 30, 2025.
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This device is pended awaiting the outcome of the October 2025 Letter of Pends and Discussions about charges within charges.
If registered, this will be the defining instance of a fuji wreath in Society armory. This is a charge found in period Japanese armory, comprised of a wreath of two sprigs of wisteria blossoms with a small sprig of wisteria leaves overlapping the place where the slips cross. Though period depictions typically have the opening at the bottom, we will blazon this as inverted to align with our typical depictions of other sorts of wreaths.
A fuji wreath does not presume on the reserved charge of a laurel wreath, as the individual wisteria blossoms are not leaf-shaped.
This was item 1 on the Middle letter of September 30, 2025.
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This device is pended for redraw to make the fretboard and area under the strings argent. As submitted, these use the same color as the field, which is visually confusing.
This was item 5 on the Northshield letter of September 29, 2025.
This badge is pended awaiting the outcome of the October 2025 Letter of Pends and Discussions about charges within charges.
Artist's note: Please draw a thicker annulet.
This was item 7 on the Northshield letter of September 30, 2025.
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This device is pended to redraw the axes to make them clearly primary.
If the redraw is accepted, the submitter's prior device, Sable, a caravel Or and issuant from base three chevronels braced argent, is to be released.
This was item 8 on the Outlands letter of September 25, 2025.
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This device is pended to redraw the primary charge. The submitted emblazon lacks the distinct blades with engrailed inner edges that are characteristic of a pheon. Commenters suggested reblazoning the charge as a trowel blade, but no evidence was presented that a trowel blade would look like the submitted emblazon.
This was item 8 on the West letter of September 26, 2025.
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