There is a step from core practice for the use of a triskelion of spirals.
Submitted as Asa'i Kamiko, commenters remarked that the transliteration scheme used in the 2017 Gakumon Reissue of the Corrected Reprinting of the NCMJ Revised 2006 Edition uses an apostrophe to denote syllables, a practice which is not carried through other editions nor is it of common usage in any other Japanese transliteration schemes. The primary complication with the transliteration scheme used in this edition arises during conflict checking, when a name with the apostrophe, and an identical name without the apostrophe do not show up in the same conflict check, even though technically they are spelled and pronounced identically. In order to keep conflict searches simple, we are at this time, advising that names taken from this source should be conflict checked both with and without an apostrophe. Going forward, names with the apostrophe will have the apostrophe removed automatically.
Given the issues raised in commentary, we have, with the submitter's approval, changed this name to Asai Kamiko for registration.
Nice 14th century partially Latinized English name!
Proper coloring for a poppy is gules seeded sable, slipped and leaved vert. We direct Palimpsest to add this to Table 4 of the Glossary of Terms.
Nice 16th century Spanish name!
The submitter's prior device, Argent, on a saltire vert two spears in saltire argent, is released.
Nice late 15th-16th century Spanish name!
There is a step from core practice for the use of a compass star.
For conflict checking purposes, the snail is half brown, half sable. We ask Morsulus to note this in the O&A.
Submitted as Skygard Archers Guild __, we could not find any justification for the pattern [Toponym] + [Profession] + Guild. Therefore, with the submitter's permission, we have changed this to __ Archers Guild of Skygard for registration.
Blazoned when registered in April of 2016 as Argent, a Japanese crane displayed and in base a bar gemel azure, we are reblazoning the posture of the crane.
The submitter's prior device, Quarterly vert and purpure, a chatloup rampant argent maintaining a bezant, a bordure Or, is retained as a badge.
The number of toes on a jambe is a blazonable detail, but is not worth difference.
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th-16th century Irish. This name is entirely documentable to the mid-16th century in Anglicized Irish and fulfills the submitter's authenticity request.
This device does not conflict with the badges of Darcy Graham, Argent, a bowen knot in cross sable, and Clare RosMuire St. John, Argent, a cross avellane sable, the center roundel gules, or the devices of Ádís Ulfsdóttir, Argent, a cross bottony quarter-pierced sable, and Dorothea of Caer-Myrddin, Argent, a cross formy sable. In each case, there is a DC for the addition of the secondary skulls, and at least second DC for the difference in the type of cross. Palimpsest is directed to add these DCs to SENA Appendix M1f.
Ples is the submitter's legal given name.
The submitter requested authenticity for Scottish. This name meets that request.
Blazoned when registered in March of 2017 as Azure, four greyhounds courant in annulo Or, we are reblazoning this device to clarify the orientation of the greyhounds.
Blazoned when registered in January of 2023 as Azure, a Japanese crane displayed argent, we are reblazoning the posture of the crane.
Blazoned when registered in January of 2023 as Azure, three Japanese cranes displayed in pall inverted heads to center argent, we are reblazoning the posture of the cranes.
Nice early 14th century Byzantine name from Macedonia!
The submitter requested authenticity for "Norse and Anglo-Scandinavian (Danelaw and
North Sea Empire)." Submitted as
The submitter's prior name, Amber van Immen, is retained as an alternate.
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Three Mountains is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Concerns were raised in commentary as to whether this household name conflicted with the order name Order of the Golden Ram. In some dialects the vowel is identical in Ram vs. Rath. Therefore, we cannot apply SENA NPN3C2, as only the consonant sounds on one side of the vowel has changed, m versus th. Since the substantive element is less than two words, and the comparable word is single syllable, and the consonant sounds at the end of the two words are different, we are able to find sufficient difference using NPN3C3, NPN3C4, and NPN3C5. We have, therefore, registered this name as submitted.
The substantive element of this household name, Hearth has on two prior occasions ([Marcaster, Barony of, Order name Order of the Golden Hearth Nov. 2006, R-Trimaris] and [Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Order name Order of the Horn and Hearth, July 2015, R-Atenveldt]), been returned as not being an attested or plausible charge. We have since removed the restriction that a charge has to have a standard description. Hearth has been documented to be an alternate word for a brazier and is spelled as such in Early Modern English. Therefore we are explicitly overturning prior precedent, and stating that hearth can be registered as a synonym of brazier.
Additionally, this is the first registration of the designator hostel. The word has been in use to describe a lodging or temporary dwelling since the 11th century, and the spelling hostel is dated to 1464. Therefore, this is an acceptable Early Modern English household name designator, and we direct Palimpsest to update SENA Appendix E4 with this information.
The word cub was used in the 16th century to describe a "crib for fodder; a chest, bin, or other receptacle" (OED s.v. cub, n2.b). This is not unlike the attested heraldic charges of bucket and tub. Therefore, we can consider a cub as a plausible heraldic charge and this order name may be registered as submitted. [07/2023, A-An Tir]. In this case, Lion is being used as a given name and not as in the big cat.
If the submitter is interested in the order name Order of the Lions Cub which may be constructed using the Existing Registration Allowance, as Order of the Lions X where X is a heraldic charge, is a pattern previously registered by the Kingdom, they may make a request for reconsideration.
This order name is formed using the Existing Registration Allowance, since the Kingdom has previously registered the pattern Honor of the Lion(')s X, where X is a heraldic charge.
Royal Guard is a generic identifier.
The submitter is advised that use of this badge must be restricted to those members who are entitled to bear a crown on their personal armory, that is Royal Peers and members of the Court Baronage.
Blazoned when registered in November 1987 as Chequy Or and argent, a lion's head caboshed within a bordure sable, the kingdom has requested a reblazon to spell the field division as Checky.
Royal Escort is a generic identifier, used here under the Existing Registration Allowance.
The submitter is advised that use of this badge must be restricted to those members who are entitled to bear a crown on their personal armory, that is Royal Peers and members of the Court Baronage.
The prior association, Queen's Escort, is removed.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a raven striking.
Mountain Edge is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Clare is a Middle French given name, recorded in an English context, and is a thus this name is treated as an entirely English name. Futher, Clare can be documented as a 16th century byname that can be used as a given name.Therefore this is a nice English name for 1570-1600 CE!
The submitter's prior device, Azure, a tricorporate sealion contourny Or, a chief rayonny erminois, is released.
Ducky is already registered to the submitter and is used here under the Existing Registration Allowance.
Four Rivers is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The submitter's previous name, Ducky of Wealdsmere, is released.
The name phrase of Hrassvelg is already registered to the submitter and is used here via the Existing Registration Allowance.
Though this device uses a per chevron inverted throughout field division, disallowed on the April 2025 LoAR, this submission was in process at that point, returned for administrative reasons on the July 2025 LoAR and was resubmitted unchanged in a timely manner, under four months from the date of return.
Stromgard is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Nice cant!
Wyewood is the registered name of an SCA branch.
This badge does not appear to be marshalled. Per SENA A6F2b, a peripheral ordinary that is charged so that identical charges appear on both sides of the line of division does not have the appearance of marshalling. Throughout the SENA armory rules and examples, the word 'identical' is used to describe charges of the same type as each other, and is agnostic as to tincture. We direct Palimpsest to revise the Glossary of Terms to make this usage clear.
We would like to commend Elisabetta Sable Chime for their excellent summary of the issues raised in this submission.
Kara is the submitter's legal given name.
This name combines a Hungarian given name and a Tuscan language byname, a language combination not previously documented. The documentation accompanying this submission shows evidence of mixed Hungarian and Tuscan Italian names starting in the 13th century. This evidence includes Hungarian given names written in Italian and the same names recorded in both Italian and Hungarian. Therefore, at this time, we are explicitly stating that Hungarian and Italian is an acceptable lingual mix from the 13th century onward. See the Cover Letter for additional information.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a pawprint.
the Summits is the registered name of an SCA branch.
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Submitted as an acorn slipped and leaved, the leaves and acorn in this design have similar visual weight, making this an oak sprig per the July 2023 Cover Letter, From Wreath: On Acorns and Oak Leaves.
Commenters raised concerns as to whether this name was too close to the submitter's legal name Conrad Kuehn. While there is no difference in the given names, the pronunciation of the submitter's legal last name is one syllable (coon), while the submitted name, Küne, has two (coo-ne). The addition of an extra syllable is sufficient to allow registration per AH III.A.10.
The submission asked that this badge be associated with H{u-}s Rosenfeld, but as this household name is not registered, we are unable to make the association at this time.
This name combines an Old/Middle Irish given name with a Danish byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
There is a step from core practice for using both fimbriation and cotising in the same design [Aurora Galena, 03/2011, R-Caid]. We direct Palimpsest to add this to the SENA Appendix G.Submitted as Floriano Latini, the name was documented in DMNES as being in the Latin ablative case, which indicates movement or being from somewhere. The nominative Latin form of this name is Florianus, and we are unable to document Floriano as a nominative given name. Therefore, we have changed this name to Florianus Latini for registration.
Nice late-16th century English name!
Normally the name and arms of a dissolved branch revert to the parent kingdom. However, when the Board dissolved the Shire of Rosenfeld they did it explicitly to merge it with the Shire of Graywood. This allows us to accept Rosenfeld's request to transfer their registrations to Graywood without requiring a letter from the Kingdom of Ansteorra.
Submitted as James Dunno_ sunu, the patronymic byname was not correctly formed. In Old English, the patronymic is formed using the father's name in the genitive. The genitive of Dunno is Dunnos. We have accordingly changed this name to James Dunnos sunu for registration.
James is the submitter's legal given name.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the device of Dunno Jamesson, Per pale argent and sable, a lightning bolt bendwise Or.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a lightning bolt when not part of a thunderbolt.
This badge does not conflict with the badge of Colin of Duntamknackan, (Tinctureless) A merman, bow in dexter and arrow in sinister hand, tail raised to sinister. There is a DC for the field and another for the facing of the merperson.
This badge does not conflict with the badge of Colin of Duntamknackan, (Tinctureless) A merman, bow in dexter and arrow in sinister hand, tail raised to sinister. There is a DC for the field and another for the facing of the merperson.
The capitalization of the article de is variable in both Middle English and French names. The capitalized version is not as common as the uncapitalized version. If the submitter would prefer the uncapitalized Lucy de Stonham, they may make a request for reconsideration.
It has been more than a decade since the last registration of a hide as a stand-alone charge, so the charge must be documented.
Pelts are period charges found in the Zurich Roll. As there is little to distinguish a pelt from a hide when drawn heraldically, this is sufficient documentation for hides as conceivable heraldic charges.
The submitter requested the use of the named motif, Star of Ansteorra. There is a step from core practice for the use of a mullet of five greater and five lesser points.
Normally the name and arms of a dissolved branch revert to the parent kingdom. However, when the Board dissolved the Shire of Rosenfeld they did it explicitly to merge it with the Shire of Graywood. This allows us to accept Rosenfeld's request to transfer their registrations to Graywood without requiring a letter from the Kingdom of Ansteorra.
The submitter's prior device, Per fess argent and gules, a raven sable and a tree blasted argent, a bordure sable, is retained as a badge.
The submitter's prior name, Valgard of York, is released.
Nice 16th century Hungarian name!
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The submitter's prior device, Per bend wavy argent and sable, two crosses formy counterchanged, is now a badge.
This name combines a Gaelic given name and two English bynames, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Nice cant!
Submitted as Desislava Dragona doch_, the use of the metronymic marker doch' requires the parental name to be used in the genitive case. In this case, the assumption based on the provided documentation is that the patronymic byname is to be formed from the name Dragon, as all name elements are taken from Wickenden, precedent states that we treat all of them as Russian names. We have also corrected the metronymic marker from doch_ to doch'. Therefore, we have changed this name to Desislava Dragonova doch' for registration.
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Blazoned when registered in June 2011 as (Fieldless) An acorn inverted slipped and leaved proper, per the July 2023 Cover Letter, From Wreath: On Acorns and Oak Leaves this charge is better described as an oak sprig, as it has an acorn and two leaves of similar visual weight.
Under our current standards on Charges within Charges set on the January 2026 Cover Letter, this device would be returned for voiding the secondary heart, in violation of SENA A3C. However, prior to this change the heart would have been considered the primary charge, enclosing the trees. Therefore, since it appears on an LoI prior to June 1, 2026 this badge is registerable under that standard.
Submitted as Athena Alexandreis, the submitter desired the byname to mean a woman from Alexandria. Such a byname needs to be the feminine nominative singular version of the ethnic byname Alexandreios, which is Alexandreia.
Commenters raised concerns that the first name is a mix of dialectical spellings. The spelling is dated to approximately 200-300CE, a period where Latin had already had significant influence on Greek and followed patterns such as the nominative form of a feminine given name ending with alpha rather than eta. Thus, Athena is a perfectly acceptable spelling for the given name, particularly in the documented time frame.
Therefore, we have changed this name to Athena Alexandreia for registration; this being the smallest possible change we can make for registration.
As edited, this name fulfills the submitter's request for a name that means Athena of Alexandria.
This name is the Latinized form of the Germanic Chariovalda, and has been registered as submitted.
The submitter's prior name, Eugene Haraldson, is retained as an alternate.
Blazoned when registered in September of 1986 as Sable, a Japanese crane inverted and displayed, in base a cross argent, we are reblazoning the posture of the crane.
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The submitter's prior name, Bronwyn Hewlett, is retained as an alternate.
Blazoned when registered in April of 2005 as Sable, a crescent bendwise, within its horns a Japanese crane displayed bendwise argent, we are reblazoning the posture of the crane and taking the opportunity to update the blazon to meet current standards.
Blazoned when last reblazoned in June of 2023 as Argent, in pale a Japanese crane displayed and in saltire two arrows inverted within the uprights of a torii gate sable, we are reblazoning the posture of the crane.
This name combines a Welsh given name with lingua Societatis translation of a Norse or Old English byname.
This name combines an Old West Norse given name with a Scots byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
This device was pended on the December 2025 LoAR so the correct emblazon could be commented on.
Nice cant!
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Champion of Rapier is a generic identifier.
Submitted to be associated with Champion of Sword, this is not sufficiently generic. We have changed this association to be Champion of Armored Combat.
Submitted to be associated with Champion of Arrows, this is not sufficiently generic. We have changed this association to be Champion of Archery.
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The submitter's prior device, Sable, an escutcheon vair within a bordure engrailed argent, is retained as a badge.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
Blazoned when registered in March of 2002 as Purpure, three horse's heads erased in pall inverted, necks to center, and in chief three demi-cranes displayed Or, the cranes are a depiction of complete rather than demi-birds.
Thelma is the submitter's legal given name.
Nice 16th century Hungarian name!
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There is a step from core practice for the use of a triskelion of spirals.
The byname Arrowbreaker is a lingua Societatis translation of a constructed Norse byname following the pattern of [breakable object] + brjótr.
Submitted as Der-Ilei of Ce, no evidence can be found for a period spelling of the given name that includes a hyphen. Therefore, we have changed this to Derilei of Ce for registration.
The byname Fauconneau is registered to the submitter and is used here under the Existing Registration Allowance.
The submitter's prior name, Elspeth Fauconneau, is retained as an alternate.
Blazoned when registered in September of 2022 as Per fess purpure and argent, a demi-crane displayed argent and a turtle inverted vert, the crane is a depiction of a complete rather than a demi-bird.
Nice cant on refr meaning fox!
Blazoned when registered in April of 2016 as Argent, a Japanese crane displayed purpure, we are reblazoning the posture of the crane.
Blazoned when registered in April of 2016 as (Fieldless) On a triangle inverted argent a Japanese crane displayed purpure, we are reblazoning the posture of the crane.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
The Da'ud notation {i} represents a dotless i, a letter that is common in Turkic alphabets representing a close back unrounded vowel sound that does not exist in English, but sounds similar to the e sound in open.
The given name Ragnar is registered to the submitter and is used here under the Existing Registration Allowance.
The submitter's prior name, Ragnar MacCrimmon, is retained as an alternate.
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Nice cant!
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The name phrase al-Talhi is already registered to this submitter and is used via the Existing Registration Allowance.
The submitter's prior name, Eliyah al-Talhi, is released.
Commenters raised concerns as to whether this name presumed upon Gülfem Hatun, a lady-in-waiting in the harem of Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. While she is famous in her own right, having established a soup kitchen, a women-only mosque, and madrasa (school), she was never known as Gülfem of Constantinople. Thus this name is registerable.
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Small Gray Bear is the registered name of an SCA branch.
The emblazon was not correctly appended to the Letter of Intent. Although this oversight was quickly noted and addressed by commenters, no official correction was issued. Though we decline to require an administrative return in this case, kingdoms are reminded that the use of corrections to amend errors on Letters of Intent is a requirement of the Administrative Handbook V.B.2h.
Artist's note: Please draw the tails of the cat either separate from each other or intertwined, rather than overlapped.
Submitted as Order of the Green Flame of Brigit, this order name was not constructed properly. This order name uses the undocumented pattern of Order of [Heraldic Tincture Equivalent] + [Heraldic Charge] of [Personal Name], a pattern not documented in this submission, nor supported by SENA Appendix E2b. The supplied documentation cites the documented order name pattern of Order of [Someone] with [Heraldic Tincture Equivalent] + [Heraldic Charge], so we have used this pattern with the provided elements to construct the order name Order of Brigit with the Green Flame. This keeps both the intent of the order name, and uses the elements that the submitter stated were important. We have made this change for registration.
Submitted as Order of the Mark of Friðbrandr, this name presumes upon the Society peerage name Order of the Mark. Per SENA NPN4B2, Names of the Society-Wide Orders and Historical Orders, "Non-personal names may only include the names of the Society-wide orders or overt references to famous historical orders such as the Garter in contexts where no reference to the order is likely to be perceived by members of the order and the general populace. The addition of a branch name or locative to a protected order name does not remove the appearance of a reference to that name." While the addition of Friðbrandr would ordinarily clear presumption, the use of the preposition of, causes this order name to appear akin to a locative, which is explicitly prohibited.
Using the pattern used to document this name, Order of [Someone] with [a heraldic charge], additionally does not clear presumption, as this order then becomes Order of Friðbrandr with the Mark, implying an order composed entirely of people called Friðbrandr, who are companions of the Order of the Mark. Fortunately, NPN4B2 states "For non-personal names based on the pattern [designator] of [charge], adding a color, a saint's name, a charge that is not generally associated with the order or the name of another order we protect is generally sufficient to remove the appearance of presumption." We have therefore changed this order name to Order of Friðbrands Mark for registration.
Submitted as Order of the Sovereigns Letter, this name was documented using the pattern Order of [Someone's] + [Heraldic Charge]. In this case, the [Someone] is the Sovereign, and usable anywhere where we would use the Kings. Therefore, we have registered this order name as submitted.
The substantive element War Drum is the lingua Societatis translation of the 16th century Spanish Atambor de guerra.
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We thank Iago Frankley for providing multiple examples of plain-line ordinaries fimbriated engrailed in 16th and 17th century English heraldry.
We hereby partially overturn past precedent disallowing complex fimbriation, and permit plain-line ordinaries to be fimbriated engrailed.
The submitter requested authenticity for "Preferably Pictish, but definitely post-Roman/pre-10th century Scotland". All the name elements are dated to the 15th century and later, meaning that this name is registerable, but not authentic to the submitter's desired time period and culture.
A crescent is a simple geometric charge and may be fimbriated. We thank Iago Frankley for finding a period example in Blasons de Bretagne, 16th C French (Saint-Brieuc, Bibliothèque municipale, 013), f. 13r.
The use of fimbriation on part but not the whole of a charge group has not been documented in period heraldry. As this practice has not previously been disallowed, we are extending the benefit of the doubt to register this device and directing Palimpsest to issue a Rules Letter adjusting SENA A3C to disallow this practice pending period documentation of the practice.
Nice cant on sionnach, meaning fox!
The submitter's prior device, Per pale argent and gules, two chevronels inverted counterchanged, is now a badge.
Nice late 15th century Dutch name!
The submitter's prior device, Per pale argent and azure, two chevronels inverted counterchanged, is now a badge.
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Nice late 16th century English name!
A demi-beast with its tail separated from the main body is found as a disjoint charge in period heraldry, and may be used in a fieldless badge.
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Nice Imperial-period Roman name!
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This is the defining instance of ears of maize in Society armory. Maize is a period charge, found in the arms of Hernando de la Parra from 1560.
This device does not conflict with the badge of Sean of Bergental, (Fieldless) A tuft of three cattails slipped and leaved argent, or with the device of Llywelyn Gruffydd of Elfsea, Vert, three cattails slipped and leaved conjoined at the base argent. In each case there is a DC for the field and another for the arrangement of the charges. We decline to rule at this time whether there is a DC between maize and cattails, and ask Morsulus to index this charge in the PLANT-REED category in the O&A.
Nice device!
Siobhan is the submitter's legal given name.
This device does not conflict with the device of Katherine Rhys, Azure, on a bend between two quadrants argent three crosses couped azure. There is a DC for removing the secondary charge group and at least a DC between a cross couped and a Celtic cross.
For conflict purposes the stone is considered argent. We ask Morsulus to note this in the O&A.
Nice cant!
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- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
This badge was pended on the December 2025 LoAR to discuss whether we should overturn current precedent and grant a DC for the addition of a collar and chain to an animate charge.
This badge is returned for 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].
Documentation was found showing examples of animate charges variously collared and chained in some depictions and not in others, in both German and English armorials. Therefore, we uphold our current precedent that collaring, chaining or gorging a whole animate charge is an artistic detail not worth difference.
We thank Bruce Batonvert and Iago Frankley for their research in this area.
This device is returned lacking documentation to support a complexity count greater than eight per SENA A3E2. This device has a complexity count of nine (vert, azure, argent, brown, sable, chevron, compass star, mullet, chisel).
There is a step from core practice for the use of a compass star.
This device is returned for presumption due to the combination of a chief of Or, four pallets gules and the byname de Valencia per SENA A6E, as it appears to be a claim to be a close relation to the rulers the Kingdom of Aragon. Though the use of a chief is not generally considered presumptuous unless part of an augmentation, in this case the appearance of a chief of allegiance is too significant to overlook. We direct Palimpsest to open a rules letter to discussing changing SENA A6C1 to reflect this.
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This badge is returned for presumption upon (Tinctureless) A crown, (Tinctureless) A coronet with strawberry leaves, and (Tinctureless) A coronet embattled, which are items of regalia registered to the Society and also protected as badges. There is only a single DC for tincture between this design and these tinctureless badges.
On resubmission, the submitter should show support for charges accented in this manner.
The submitter asked that this badge be associated with Inspirational Consort. As that name is not registered nor is it a generic identifier, we are unable make this association. If the submitter would like to make this association, we ask that they submit the name for registration, using appropriate and documented heraldic order name patterns.
This device is returned for not having a unified posture for the primary charge group under SENA A3D2c. The passant counter-passant arrangement has only been documented for use with identical animate charges.
This device is returned as neither the overall lynx's head or the underlying annulets are ordinaries or long charges as required by SENA Appendix I4.
This badge is returned for the use of an undocumented combination of field divisions. Per SENA A2B1, elements must be used and combined in the same ways they were used in period armory and must be describable in standard SCA terms. Though both orly fields and chevronelly fields are attested in period heraldry, no documentation has been provided for the combination.
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Gianna Vettori, Per fess indented flory at the points sable and argent, with a single DC for the change in line treatment, and with the badge of Kane Greymane, Per fess embattled sable and Or, masoned sable, with a single DC for the change in tincture to half the field.
If registered, this would have been the defining instance of the field division embattled ghibelline, a square line treatment which is found in German armorials including Neustifter Wappenbuch and Italian armorials including Insignia XI. We will call this depiction with swallowtailed merlons embattled ghibelline, and the depiction with swallowtails on both the merlons and the indentations embattled swallowtailed. Some period depictions of this line of division show extremely tall merlons, similar to this submission.
There is no DC between embattled ghibelline or embattled swallowtailed and embattled or other square lines of division. We direct Palimpsest to add both divisions to SENA Appendix M2 in the square category.
This device is returned for having poor contrast between the field and the bordure placed on it. Per SENA A3B1, the divided field is more than half color and therefore has poor contrast with the gules bordure per SENA A3B4a.
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This device is returned as the emblazon on the LoI and the submission form do not match in violation of the Administrative Handbook V.B.2(f). The device was updated at Kingdom but an updated form was not supplied.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a spiderweb covering only part of the field.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Fandral Silverfox, Sable, a fox's mask argent. There is a single DC for adding the chief.
This name was withdrawn by the submitter.
This device is returned per SENA A3E2, lacking documentation to support a complexity count greater than eight. This device has a complexity count of nine (argent, sable, gules, star, doe, arrows, base, chief, bars).
It is also returned for having an undocumented arrangement of three or more charge groups on the field per SENA Appendix J. The pattern "A primary charge group, with sustained or maintained secondary charges, with a separate secondary group and a peripheral ordinary" has not been documented.
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This badge is returned for conflict with the badge of Anastasia of Three Oaks, reblazoned elsewhere on this letter as (Fieldless) An oak sprig proper. There is a single DC for the field.
(to Artemisia acceptances) (to Artemisia returns)
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Rioghnach inghean Aireachtaigh, Sable, a lotus flower affronty and a mount argent. There is a DC for the change of type of secondary charge, but no difference between a lotus flower affronty and a daisy, which are both multi-petaled flowers.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns) (to Atenveldt pends)
This device is returned for being obtrusively modern per SENA A3F3. The use of a pile inverted charged with a line of billets gives the unmistakable impression of a modern highway, and is not registerable without support for this combination of charges from period heraldry.
This augmentation is returned per SENA A3A3 because the base arms Argent, on a pile inverted throughout sable five billets in pale argent, in canton a closed book proper spine to dexter and overall a double-bitted battle axe bendwise sinister purpure are returned elsewhere on this letter.
(to Atlantia acceptances) (to Atlantia returns)
(to Avacal acceptances) (to Avacal returns)
This badge is returned for lack of documentation of ducks close in orientations other than palewise. Precedent states that "We do not allow inverted animate charges in SCA heraldry except when in recognized orientation" [Daibhidh MacRaibert, 2/1999, R-Artemisia]. Although the motif of three rabbits conjoined in pall is found in period heraldry, they have their ears conjoined rather than their feet, and no support has been provided for birds conjoined in pall or in pall inverted.
(to Caid acceptances) (to Caid returns)
This name and device change have been withdrawn by the submitter.
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns) (to Calontir pends)
(to Drachenwald acceptances) (to Drachenwald returns)
(to Ealdormere acceptances) (to Ealdormere returns)
This badge was been withdrawn by the submitter.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns) (to East pends)
This order name is returned as we have insufficient evidence to use Hirð as an order name designator. The word Hirð in Old Norse refers to a group of people tasked initially to be the king's bodyguard. By the 14th and 15th centuries, the Hirð referred to the King's household and closest advisors. Thus, this order name translates approximately to man of the King's household or man of the King's bodyguard. However, in both of these cases, King's household or King's bodyguard do not constitute an order designator, but rather a household name. Therefore, while this is a plausible household name, it is not a plausible order name, and therefore we must return it. Furthermore, even if one was to use the potential household designator Hirð, this would then conflict with the Barony of Sundragon's awards -- Baron's Award of Drengr and Baroness's Award of Drengr . In all cases, the substantive element is Drengr, and the designators Baron's/Baroness's Award vs Hirð do not count for difference per SENA NPN3C.
Submitted as Order of the Pilgrims Pleasure, using the documented order name pattern Order of [Someone] + [a heraldic charge], the element Pilgrim was documented as a heraldic charge, while Pleasure was documented as a byname. Therefore, we cannot use this pattern to construct an order name. Unfortunately, as there is no documentable pattern of Order of [Given Name] + [Abstract Quality] there is no other way to construct the order name that fulfills the submitter's requirements, and we are forced to return this order name.
The cited pattern is not found in SENA Appendix E. Order names that are cited include Order of [Personal Name in possessive form] + [Heraldic Charge] and Order of [Someone] with [a heraldic charge]. This Order Name follows a pattern similar to Order of [Heraldic Charge] of [Abstract Quality], a pattern not documented currently. The Order of Chivalry is a Society-wide order, protected as described in SENA NPN4B2, and is not documented anywhere as a personal name, meaning that the first pattern in the documentation is inapplicable. Looking at the second pattern in the documentation, while [Someone] can either refer to a saint, e.g., Saint George, or a group of people, e.g., Cross Bearers, that could be used as an order name in its own right, the fact that the Order of Chivalry is a Society-wide order still stands, as do the proscriptions in SENA NPN4B2. Combining the Order of Chivalry with a wreath -- a heraldic charge associated with the Order of the Laurel, the Order of the Rose, and branch armory within Society, and with victors and kings more broadly, still creates the appearance of presumption. Therefore, we must return this name.
(to Gleann Abhann acceptances) (to Gleann Abhann returns) (to Gleann Abhann pends)
This device is returned due to the low contrast between the tertiary kitchen knife and the chief on which it is placed, per SENA A3B4a. Swords and knives take their tinctures from their blades, thus this knife is considered argent, and has low contrast with the Or chief. We direct Palimpsest to list this information in Table 4 of the Glossary of Terms.
(to Lochac acceptances) (to Lochac returns)
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Gemma Evangelista Borgia, Or, on a heart purpure a hart's head caboshed argent, and the badge of the Barony of Arn Hold, Or, on a heart purpure in fess the capital letters S and H Or. In each case there is a single DC for the removal of the tertiary charge group, but as last confirmed on the June 2024 Cover Letter, From Wreath: Enflamed Charges, there is no difference for the enflaming of the primary heart.
(to Middle acceptances) (to Middle returns)
(to Northshield acceptances) (to Northshield returns)
This heraldic title is returned as the word Resounynge is an adjective, not a noun or verb. Per precedent, abstract qualities/traits in non-personal names need to be nouns, not adjectives or verbs: "Abstract qualities are nouns such as hope, love, freedom, justice, etc." [Atenveldt, Kingdom of. Order name Order of Custodes Praeteriti, July 2025] being used as a motto or desirable trait commensurate with the period examples we have. An alternative word that would allude to the desired meaning is Dulcett, in the sense of a wind instrument, using the pattern [Heraldic Charge] Herald.
(to Outlands acceptances) (to Outlands returns)
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This device is pended to redraw the charges clearly in a single primary charge group. As drawn, the hawk is the central primary charge and the kanji are smaller secondary charges in base.
The motif of a bird migrant in roundel is found in Japanese heraldry and has been previously registered in SCA heraldry, most commonly as a Japanese crane displayed. Birds in this posture are shown from the back with their wings swept up to nearly meet each other in chief. For the purposes of conflict we will consider birds in this posture to have blazonable artistic difference but not a DC from birds displayed.
We have sometimes described birds in this posture as demi-birds. By precedent:
While this is a Far Eastern stylization of an entire crane, from the Western perspective this crane lacks the bottom of a bird displayed: no tail or legs are visible. Therefore, this is, for purposes of SCA heraldry, a demi-crane. [Ise no Kusunoki Kametsuru, 09/2002, A-Calontir]
However, this has been inconsistently applied, and as this depiction is clearly intended to depict a complete bird and in the light of the expanded scope of Society armory we elect at this time to overturn it and to consider birds in this posture to be complete birds rather than partial ones. The two registered examples have been reblazoned elsewhere on this letter.
This was item 12 on the Æthelmearc letter of January 25, 2026.
(to Æthelmearc acceptances) (to Æthelmearc returns) (to Æthelmearc pends)
This device is pended to redraw the primary chevron wider. Elements must be drawn at an appropriate size for their role in an armorial submission per SENA A2C3.
This was item 22 on the An Tir letter of February 28, 2026.
(to An Tir acceptances) (to An Tir returns) (to An Tir pends)
This augmentation is pended to redraw the demi-sun issuant from base. As currently drawn it blurs the distinction between a demi-sun and a flame.
This was item 18 on the Ansteorra letter of January 31, 2026.
(to Ansteorra acceptances) (to Ansteorra returns) (to Ansteorra pends)
This device is pended to consider whether the use of the motif Sable, a Maltese cross argent and potentially other emblems of the Order of Saint John should be restricted. Tabards and banners using this badge are widely used in some Kingdoms to designate modern medical services.
This was item 6 on the Atenveldt letter of February 28, 2026.
(to Atenveldt acceptances) (to Atenveldt returns) (to Atenveldt pends)
This device is pended to redraw the mullets to be the same size as each other. As drawn currently, the differing sizes detract from the appearance of the charge group acting as a single visual unit as required by SENA Appendix I.
This was item 3 on the Calontir letter of February 4, 2026.
(to Calontir acceptances) (to Calontir returns) (to Calontir pends)
This device is pended to redraw the head of the pithon on the ermine portion of the field. As drawn, the head, which is the main distinguishing feature of a pithon, is on the low-contrast sable portion of the field, impeding identifiability.
We direct Palimpsest to add an example to SENA A3B4b to more clearly illustrate this requirement.
This was item 2 on the East letter of February 28, 2026.
(to East acceptances) (to East returns) (to East pends)
This device is pended to redraw the tree and the wolves more clearly as a single charge group in fess. As drawn, the wolves appear to be a secondary charge group surrounding the tree, resulting in an undocumented pattern of four charge groups on the field per SENA Appendix J.
This was item 1 on the Gleann Abhann letter of January 8, 2026.
This device is pended to redraw the field to place the argent secondary charges mostly or entirely the blue traits of the field. As drawn, the flowers have low contrast with the Or section of the field they overlie in violation of SENA A3B4a.
This was item 3 on the Gleann Abhann letter of February 11, 2026.
This item is pended for further discussion as the household name appearing on the submission form and the household name appearing on the Letter of Intent do not match. Further this name was submitted under the name Gellir Gunnersson, and corrected to the registered spelling. The household name on the submission form is Harmar-Úlfheimer, but the name on the LoI was Hamars-Úlfr which would conflict with Ulfshird, registered to Sveyn Egilsson. Fortunately, Gunnvor Gerfalck was able to document the hypothetical male name Hamars-Úlfr meaning "Úlfr from the farm called Hamarr". The male name Hamars-Úlfr could then be combined with the designator -heimr as the substantive element to get Hamarsúlfsheimr. Thus, Hamarsúlfsheimr is the actual household name under consideration, and we request commentary on that.
Submission heralds are reminded that name differences between the submission form and the Letter of Intent require clear explanations as to the difference.
This was item 2 on the Gleann Abhann letter of January 8, 2026.
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