The submitter requested authenticity for 12th-14th century Irish. Submitted as Ailbhe Maigh_ Nuadhat, the genitive form of the locative byname Magh Nuadhat was not correctly formed. The correct genitive form of this placename for Early Modern Irish is Maighe Nuadhat and we have therefore changed this name to Ailbhe Maighe Nuadhat for registration. As corrected, this name meets the submitter's authenticity request.
Submitted as Per fess vert and azure, atop a grey stone bridge proper throughout a dove argent collared sable, the collar is too small and indistinct to be identifiable.
We have blazoned the number of spans of the bridge as required by the September 2007 Cover Letter, From Wreath: On Bridges.
The bridge is considered argent for conflict purposes, which we ask Morsulus to note in the O&A.
Submitted as Anfelisa le Aguilliere, the descriptive byname was not properly formed, as in French, le/la elides before a vowel. We have therefore changed this to Anfelisa l'aguilliere for registration. This name combines an English given name with a French byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Nice late 12th century English name!
Nice 14th century English name!
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th to 16th century Russian. This name meets that request.
Submitted as Finnr Eiríksson Steingrimssonar, diacritical marks must be used consistently throughout a name. We have therefore changed this to Finnr Eiríksson Steingrímssonar, as this is the smallest possible change to make to allow registration.
Per the January 2026 LoAR, Charges Within Charges, the central sun is entirely within the crescent and is thus the primary charge, and the crescent is a secondary charge. As such, this pattern of "A primary charge group, a secondary charge group around the primary charge group, and another secondary (non-ordinary) charge group" is not a documented pattern found in Appendix J.
However, as noted in that Cover Letter, we will consider armory that appeared on Letters of Intent dated prior to June 1, 2026 using our previous guidelines if it benefits the submitter. Under our previous guidelines the crescent was considered primary, and the design fit into the pattern "A primary charge group surrounding a secondary charge, with a separate secondary group", making this device registerable.
Nice 16th century English name!
Nice cant!
Per the January 2026 Cover Letter, From Wreath: Charges Within Charges, the central cat is entirely within the crescent and is thus the primary charge group. As the crescent is not the central charge, it and the mullet between its horns form a single secondary charge group, as per the March 2024 Cover Letter, From Wreath: Charges Within Charges.
Nice cant!
The submitter's prior name, Lucrezia Maddalena Moranducci, is released.
Nice badge!
Initially documented as a French given name with an English byname, Nest verch Gwilim was able to document both names to France, removing the lingual mix.
Nice cant!
The submitter and commenters were able to provide multiple examples from Japanese mon of streams being used as primary charges underlying overall charge groups. Thus, we will consider the Japanese stream an exception to the requirement of SENA Appendix I4 that overall charges or the charges they overlie must be either an ordinary or a long charge, and direct Palimpsest to note this in SENA Appendix I4.
The submitter requested authenticity for Rus/Slavic. While both name elements are documented in Russian from Wickenden, there are 300 years between the dates of the given name and byname. Therefore, we cannot say with certainty that this name is authentic, but it may be, as Wickenden only lists the first temporal instance of a name.
The submitter's prior name, Susane le Peyntour, is released.
The submitter is a royal peer of viscounty rank and thus entitled to display a crown.
The submitter's prior device, Azure semy-de-lys, a yale rampant argent spotted, armed, and gorged of a coronet, a point pointed Or, is released.
The submitter is a royal peer of ducal rank and thus entitled to display a ducal coronet.
Nice 1292 French name from Paris!
This device does not presume upon the important non-SCA arms of Cardinal de Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, Argent, three chevrons gules. There is a DC for the removal of the secondary books, and by precedent, a second DC for the change of the central chevron in the primary charge group to a fess [Evelun Lambert, 09/2021, A-Ansteorra].
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Nice cant on focho, Italian for fire.
Artist's note: Please draw the indentation of the field division deeper so that they are not obscured by the overlying charges.
As an arrondi line is a variant of a plain line, this device is not subject to the restrictions for low-contrast combinations discussed in SENA Appendix H. We direct Palimpsest to rewrite SENA Appendices H and M2 to clarify this point.
Nice cant on the name Ulf meaning wolf!
Submitted under the name Raina Li{sv}ka St{rv}elec.
This name combines an English given name, with a French byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
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There is a step from core practice for the use of a compass star.
Submitted as Helena of Alexandra, the submitter indicated during Kingdom commentary that they would prefer the entirely Greek name Helena _ Alexandrik{e-}. We are happy to register this name entirely Greek, per the submitter's wishes. If the submitter is interested in the entirely Roman form, Helena Alexandrina, they may submit a request for reconsideration.
The submitter requested authenticity for Middle Eastern/Andalusian Spain/Arabic. This name meets that request.
The submitter's prior name, Haukr Bjarnarson, is retained as an alternate.
The submitter's prior device, Argent, a bear dormant contourny gules and a ford proper, is retained as a badge.
Nice cant!
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The submitter requested authenticity for 15th-16th century Irish. Submitted as Aimilíona inghean Ui Domhnaill, the spelling of the given name was documented using Woulfe, which gives an undated spelling and is not a suitable source for given names per the Administrative Handbook Appendix F. Fortunately, commenters were able to document the spelling Aemiliana, and with the submitter's permission we have changed this to Aemiliana inghean Ui Domhnaill for registration. As changed, this name meets the submitter's authenticity request.
The submitter has permission to conflict with the badge of Cornelia vom Distelfeld, Or, three chevronels braced and a chief gules.
Nice Middle English name!
There is at least a DC between a multi-petaled flower and a multi-floreted flower, so there is not a sword-and-dagger issue with this device.
Submitters and consulting heralds are reminded that charges that have not been registered in a decade or more should be documented as part of the submission. Hemlock has not been registered since 2010. Hemlock sprigs are properly vert, taking their tincture from the stalk, bear a multifloreted argent flower, and are found in William Turner's New Herball, c. 1551.
Marigolds are multi-petaled flowers whose proper tinctures are Or or orange, slipped and leaved vert. When orange, the marigold is considered light (and conflicts with Or) on a dark field or dark (and conflicts with gules) on a light field; on a neutral field or on a fieldless badge must be a shade that is clearly light or dark.
We direct Palimpsest to add both these proper tinctures to Table 4 of the Glossary of Terms.
Nice cant on Pavonis, meaning peacock!
The umebachi and annulets are co-primary charges.
As with non-central combinations of charges, for repeating combinations of charges such as "three X each within a Y" the charges are considered to be part of the same charge group. We ask Palimpsest to issue a Rules Letter to add this information to SENA Appendix I1.
This device is not in conflict with the badge of Ambra Micheli, Sable, a stag rampant argent and a base ermine. There is a DC for the change in type of the peripheral ordinary and by precedent a second DC for the addition of a substantial tail to a beast that effectively has none [Alfarinn Refr and Ragnhild Jägerhorn, 06/2021, A-Drachenwald].
Submitted as Leander_ of the Sciritae, the attested Greek form of the given name is Leandros and not Leander. The form of the name Leander is derived from the Greek, but it is a later, Latinized version that is not temporally compatible with the byname. Therefore, with the submitter's permission, we have therefore changed this to Leandros of the Sciritae for registration.
This name combines a Gaelic given name with an English byname, an acceptable linguistic mix per SENA Appendix C.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a triskelion of spirals.
This name combines a Latinized German given name with a Dutch byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
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This name combines a Swedish given name with an English byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
The submitter is a knight and thus entitled to display an orle of chain.
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This 'hanging spoons' motif is found in the St. Gallen Armorial, p323 https://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/csg/1084/323. We will consider the bar to be a secondary charge conjoined to the primary spoons.
The submitter's prior device, Or, a torteau charged with a sea-horse erect Or, in base a ford proper, is released.
Submitted as Natasha Aldredsdohtor, the patronymic byname was not correctly formed. Old English given names ending in red form the genitive by adding es to the end, not simply s. We have therefore changed this to Natasha Aldredesdohtor for registration.
Natasha is the submitter's legal given name.
Nice cant!
Nice Middle Irish Gaelic name!
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We ask Morsulus to note in the O&A that the acorn is equivalent to a tertiary charge.
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Commenters were unable to find documentation for the toponymic byname of the Black Height. Fortunately, Alys Ogress was able to document le Blakbank as an early 15th century placename, and Black Height is a plausible lingua Societatis translation.
Nice badge!
Nice badge!
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This name combines an English given name with a French given name and byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Originally submitted as a moose, this creature was reblazoned at Kingdom as an elk. We have restored the term moose for registration. Please see the Cover Letter for more detail.
The submitter requested authenticity for Norse. This name may meet that request, however, we cannot be certain. While both name elements are documented to approximately the same time, we cannot be sure that both elements were used in the same place.
The submitter's prior name, Luca Spadini, is released.
The submitter's prior device, Azure, a greyhound passant guardant argent, in base a branch of hazel fesswise Or, is released.
This household name was originally returned by Laurel on the December 2023 Letter of Acceptances and Returns for presumption on the real-world WWII air squadron known as the Flying Tigers. The addition of the locative "of the South" clears this household name of presumption.
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th century Ireland. Unfortunately, we are unable to document the spelling of the given name to the desired time period. The source for the name, the Martyrology of Donegal relies mostly on the 12th century Book of Leinster, so this may be a 14th, but we do not know for sure if the name would have been spelled this way at that time or if it is a 17th century form of an earlier name. Therefore, while this name is registerable, it is not authentic.
Submitted as Rhieinwylydd Trwsgl, the spelling of the given name could not be documented to period. The submitter requested authenticity for 13th century Welsh, and the form of the name that can be documented to this time period is Rieingulid. This given name is taken from period literature -- specifically the 12th century Life of Saint Iltud, and as Welsh literary names may be registered, we have made this change for registration. While this spelling change allows us to register this name it is not authentic; we do not have evidence for an actual person named Rieingulid.
Nice late 16th century Irish Gaelic name!
Submitted as Wissel von Dragendorff, we were unable to document the submitted spelling of the byname to period, as the reference in Bahlow is undated. However, Lillia Crampette was able to date the desired spelling of the byname to 1580. We have therefore registered this name as submitted.
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The submitter's prior name, Willow Wren, is released.
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Submitted as Cúán of Cork_, Cork is the modern spelling of the Irish town. As the locative is registerable as the lingua Socetatis form of the Anglicized Irish of Corke, we have registered this name as submitted. The submitter also requested for the locative Cobn if it could be documented. We were unable to do so. If the submitter is interested in the 13th century locative form de Cork, or the Anglicized Irish of Corke, they may make a request for reconsideration. As changed, this name mixes a Gaelic given name with an Anglicized Irish byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Submitted as Stronghold of Emeralds Gate, the designator Stronghold is only used when a branch is tied to a military installation and not a particular geography. As this group is geographically constrained, we have changed this to Shire of Emeralds Gate for registration.
As the masoning of a wall is an artistic detail rather than a field treatment, it does not count as a tincture for the purposes of complexity count. Thus, this design has a complexity of eight: Sable, Or, argent, vert, wreath, wall, chief, gems.
The submitter's prior name, Rhys Faber, is released.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a compass star.
Submitted as Trißler Guotman, this name was not correctly formed as both name elements were bynames. With the submitter's permission, we have changed this to Ulrich Guotman for registration.
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The name phrase Ioannes doruphoros is registered to the submitter and used under the Existing Registration Allowance.
The submitter's prior name, Ioannes doruphoros, is retained as an alternate.
This is the defining instance of a firework arrow, a charge found in Guillim's A Display of Heraldry f. 95r blazoned as a barbed arrowe wth a fyerworke placed neare the heade therof enflamed.
Nice cant!
There is a step from core practice for irradiating a charge with the same tincture. We direct Palimpsest to add this to SENA Appendix G.
the Middle is the registered name of an SCA branch.
Originally appearing on the East kingdom's Letter of Intent this month, the submissions were accidentally misplaced after being submitted at Pennsic. Fortunately, we were able to determine the correct kingdom of residence.
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There is a step from core practice for the use of a creature other than the English panther spotted of diverse tinctures.
The stone is considered argent for the purpose of conflict, which we request Morsulus to note in the O&A.
Though the fox is blazoned as maintaining rather than wearing the coronet to be consistent with the submitter's other badges, our usual policy on crowned animate charges applies here and the coronet does not count for difference.
The submitter is a royal peer of county rank and thus entitled to display an embattled coronet. A chain gorging an animate charge does not count as an annulet of chain, and is not reserved to the Order of Chivalry.
The submitter requested that the badge (Fieldless) A three-tailed fox sejant erect argent charged on the shoulder with an annulet azure be released. That badge was released in January 2023.
Nice 15th century French name!
Nice mid-15th century French name!
This is the defining instance of a mantis shrimp in SCA heraldry. The submitter provided evidence that Mantis shrimp were known to Aristotle and to the ancient Assyrians and thus are registerable under SENA A2B2b.
Prior precedent requiring the use of the term elk rather than moose has been overturned. See the Cover Letter for details.
This name is clear of the registered Morgan Ni Mhaille under SENA PN3C2, Substantial Change to the Sound of One Syllable, as Ni versus O is different enough to prevent conflict.
Nice 16th century English name!
The submitter requested authenticity for 14th century German. The spelling of the given name Sigenant is interpolated, utilizing an i/y letter swap pattern for German, rather than attested. Additionally, the byname Eisenhardt is dated to the 16th century. Thus, while this name is registerable, it is not authentic.
The submitter requested authenticity for 16th century Ottoman Turkish. 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, Skaia Esperance was able to identify this request in commentary with enough time for commenters to respond. This name meets that request.
This name combines an Italian given name with a Greek byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
Submitted as Ulrich Aeowulf MacNaughtine, no documentation was provided for the name Aeowulf, and we have dropped this element for registration. Additionally, the spelling of the byname was not adequately documented. The spelling of the byname that was documented was MacKnaughtaine and this spelling can be used with the given name. Thus, we have changed this name to Ulrich __ MacKnaughtaine for registration. Ulrich is a German given name that has been borrowed here into English.
Submitters are reminded that all name elements should be adequately documented and that any justifications for a spelling that differs from what is documented should also be included in the documentation.
Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
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Nice 9th-11th century Old Norse name from Iceland!
Prior precedent requiring the use of the term elk rather than moose has been overturned. See the Cover Letter for details.
The submitter requested authenticity for 11th century Byzantine.
Submitted as Ekaterini Branaina, a consistent transliteration scheme must be used throughout a name. Therefore, to keep the transliteration scheme constant, we have changed this to Ekaterina Branaina for registration. This is the smallest possible change we can make for registration. As changed, this name likely meets the submitter's authenticity request, but we do not have enough information to know for certain.
This name combines an English given name with a Norwegian byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
The submitter's former primary name, {S,}eruda bint Mihail, is now an alternate name.
Submitted originally as Cauldron Keep, this household name conflicts with the Barony of Septentria's Order of the Cauldron. As we have been unable to obtain permission to conflict from the Barony, the submitter indicated that they would prefer the Old West Norse household name Ketilsgarðr, meaning Ketil's house. Therefore, we have made this change for registration.
In addition, the submitter requested authenticity for 11th-12th century Norse. As modified, this household name is authentic for 13th-14th century Old West Norse, but not for the 11th-12th century in any Old Norse dialect.
The submitter requested authenticity for Sengoku or Early Japan. Submitted as Kitsunejima-ke <kanji spelling> we only register names transliterated into Latin characters. Fortunately, we were able to contact the submitter, and obtain clarification that the submitter did not intend to register the kanji, and that the kanji was provided as a gloss to ensure that their intent was clear. We have therefore dropped the kanji for registration. As registered, this name meets the submitter's authenticity request. See the Cover Letter for more information.
This name combines a German given name and a Slavic byname, an acceptable lingual mix per SENA Appendix C.
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- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
This household name is returned under SENA NPN5B3, Derogatory Stereotypes, and NPN5B4, Offensive Political Terminology. The term Saracen is an outdated term used to refer, often in a derogatory manner, to Muslims. While this was the term used in period in much of Western Europe to refer to Muslims, it was primarily used as a way to "other" Muslims and dehumanize them -- essentially to play to xenophobic or religious prejudices. This is not a pattern of language usage that we want to perpetuate within the Society and therefore, we will not be registering the word Saracen as part of a household name or otherwise. See the Cover Letter for more information.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Moira Ramsay, Vert, a pall between three rams' heads erased argent. There is a single DC for the change of type of secondary charge from ram's heads to cotises.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Lowri Amarawd o'r Maes, Or, a basil flower purpure, slipped and leaved vert. There is a DC for the addition of the sparks, but no difference for type, orientation or for the slipping and leaving between the flowers.
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Kalara of Lochmere, Vert, a chalice Or and in chief a fish haurient embowed argent, with a single DC for the removal of the secondary charge, and the device of Graffico de Drell, Vert, entwined about a chalice Or, a serpent head to sinister sable, with a single DC for the removal of the serpent, which is equivalent to a tertiary charge.
We direct Morsulus to list Graffico's serpent in the O&A as a tertiary rather than a co-primary charge.
This badge is returned for conflict with the device of Hallþórr Úlfgarðarson, Azure, two snakes palewise tails nowed entwined at the necks argent. There is a DC for the field, but nothing for the position of the heads or the tails of the snakes.
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This device is returned for conflict with the badge of Genevieve Marie Etiennette de Montagne, (Fieldless) A hummingbird rising wings addorsed Or. There is a DC for the field, but per SENA Appendix M1d, birds striking conflict with other birds in their category in the same posture group. As owls and hummingbirds are both regular-shaped birds, and rising and striking are in the same group per SENA Appendix L1b, there is no DC between them in this posture.
There is a step from core practice for the use of a bird striking.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Edwin Bersark, Gules, a roundel so drawn as to represent a round shield battered in long and honourable service, argent. There is a single DC for adding the tertiary charges.
Submitted as Raina Li{sv}ka St{rv}elec, this name uses the masculine form of the second byname. However, as the submitter has only allowed changes to the spelling of the given name, we must return this name. The submitter may be interested to know that the feminine form of this name would be Raina Li{sv}ka St{rv}elkyn{ev}.
Additionally, the name was submitted with non-Latin characters on the Society Name/Name Being Registered line on the submission form. Submitters and Submission Heralds are reminded that our assumption is that the content of that line is what the submitter would like registered. Additionally, if the submitter has stated that no changes are allowed, unless stated otherwise in documentation, commentary, or in a private note to the relevant Sovereign of Arms, no changes should be made between the Society Name/Name being Registered section on the form, and on the electronic LoI. Changes between the two, unless otherwise documented, is grounds for an admistrative return. As we have no evidence that the submitter approved the change of dropping the Cyrillic characters, we are forced to return this name on administrative grounds.
The submitter's device is registered under the holding name Raina of One Thousand Eyes.
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This device is returned for violation of SENA A3D2a - Slot Machine. As the maintained needle is in the same charge group as the secondary charge holding it per SENA Appendix I5, the secondary charge group is made up of three different charges, the yarn, weasel and needle.
This device is returned for conflict with the device of Eilonwy Andereth, Azure, a unicornate sea-horse erect reguardant argent. There is a DC for adding the secondary charge group, but nothing for the position of the head or the absence of the horn.
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Submitted as Legio Sextus, the previous household name submission Legion VI Victrix was returned on the 02/2025 LoAR:
This name is returned for presuming upon the historical Legion VI Victrix, a legion of the Imperial Roman Army.
At that time, we stated that removing or changing Victrix or changing the numeral would clear presumption. While Roman legions were generally numbered in the order in which they were founded, over hundreds of years some legions were lost in battle or dissolved for other reasons and then refounded later using the same ordinal number so that there could in theory be multiple legions bearing the same ordinal identifier over the course of Roman history, though not usually existing at the same time. Therefore, removing Vixtrix would clear this household name of presumption.
That said, this household name is not correctly formed. Legio is a feminine noun, therefore the feminine form of Sextus should be used, which is Sexta. Correcting the grammar to Legio Sexta_ however, creates a conflict with the registered Sextant Herald. Both sextant and sexta have an identical number of syllables, and bar the change of the last two letters, are identical in spelling. While -nt does contribute to difference, the schwa at the end of the sexta is insufficiently different from the -nt sound at the end of Sextant to clear conflict, and we are forced to return this household name.
This item was withdrawn by the submitter.
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This device is returned for conflict with the device of Terrell al-Qassab, Per chevron azure and sable, a chevron between two cleavers in saltire and a lotus flower in profile argent. There is a DC for the type of secondaries, but the owls cannot be in saltire, so the change in arrangement of the secondary charge group is forced and thus not worth a second DC.
This household name has been withdrawn by the submitter.
This badge has been withdrawn by the submitter.
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This device is returned for conflict with the device of Zahira de la Sara, Per chevron azure and argent, three suns Or and a natural sea-tortoise vert. There is a DC for the change in type of the lower charge from a tortoise to a bird, but there is no DC for the tincture as there can only be one DC for changes to the smaller 'half' of a charge group per A5C2d. Likewise, there is no DC for changing the arrangement of the mullets and suns, as per Table 7 of the Glossary of Terms, the difference between three charges in fess or in chevron when only on the upper portion of a field divided per chevron is an unblazonable artistic detail.
This device is returned for conflict with device of Ottar Hrafnsson, Gyronny arrondy Or and azure and the badge of John Paul Devereaux, Gyronny of six azure and Or, a bordure counterchanged, and for presumption on the important non-SCA arms of Campbell, Duke of Argyll, Gyronny Or and sable. In each case, the necessary difference hinges on the treatment of per fess and per saltire when compared to gyronny.
Though SENA A5F1b says that "Gyronny (of six or more pieces)...[is] substantially different from all other partitions", this rule is intended to compare fields in the categories listed, not to account for all conceivable combinations of different field divisions, and we direct Palimpsest to adjust the wording accordingly.
SENA A5F1b also says that "Lines of division not mentioned here explicitly may be determined to be substantially different on a case by case basis". We hereby decline to grant an SC between a gyronny field and other combinations of field divisions such as 'per fess and per saltire' that result in radially divided fields of six or more pieces,
SENA A5G1b says that "A change in direction of half the lines of a design gives a distinct change". Though there is a blazonable difference between gyronny of six, which has equally divided gyrons, and per fess and per saltire, which has the lines of division issuing from the corners, there is not sufficient change in direction between them to grant this DC. Since there is also no DC between gyronny of different numbers of pieces per A5G1d, there can be no DC between this field and gyronny of any number.
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This name is returned under SENA PN3C1, Changes to the Sound of Two Syllables. The name as submitted is identical in sound to Gilcrist O'Phelan, registered in April 2000, and thus cannot be registered. Additionally, the name is incorrectly formed as it uses the Anglicized Irish O' with the Gaelic Faolain in the same name phrase. The fully Gaelic form would be Ó Faolain.
This device is returned for presumption upon the badge of the Teutonic Order, (Fieldless) A Latin cross formy sable fimbriated argent. There is a DC for the field, but no difference for the fimbriation per SENA A5C1.
This badge is returned for a lack of clarity of charge groups under SENA A3D1. The pen and flame are ambiguous as to whether they are secondary, tertiary, or overall charges.
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 wings, but no difference between different kinds of canine heads.
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This device is returned as the arrangement of the horns must be blazoned separately from the rest of the primary charge group, contrary to SENA A3D2e, Unity of Arrangement.
Though we consider sheaves and charges crossed in saltire to be single charges for the purposes of this rule, we are not willing to extend this exception to charges fretted in triangle, absent documentation of this arrangement as part of a larger charge group in period heraldry.
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- Explicit littera accipiendorum -
This device is pended for redraw to draw the wings of the catamount larger as they are currently too diminutive to be considered as half the charge, and to clear them of the tail to increase identifiability. The pale may be drawn wider to provide sufficient space for these changes.
This was item 12 on the Atlantia letter of December 9, 2025.
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This device is pended to redraw the lozenges larger so that they are clearly the primary charges. Lozenges conjoined in pale are equivalent to a pale fusily and thus must be the primary charge in this design. The sprigs and bordure may be drawn smaller to accomplish this aim.
Nice cant!
This was item 2 on the Calontir letter of December 4, 2025.
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This badge is pended to draw the bees larger so that they are more identifiable.
This was item 8 on the East letter of December 30, 2025.
This device is pended to redraw the mountain with a flame issuant from each of the three peaks, consistent with period examples.
This was item 14 on the East letter of December 30, 2025.
This badge is pended to await the outcome of the April 12th Rules Letter on forms of heraldic display. Under our current standard, the heart is a medium of display, so it cannot appear alone and charged in a fieldless badge per SENA A3A2. However, under the proposed rules as currently drafted, this is registerable as a display of Purpure, in saltire two passion nails as long as that design is clear of conflict.
This was item 19 on the East letter of December 30, 2025.
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This badge is pended to redraw the tertiary mullet through using a period depiction.
This depiction of a mullet of eight points composed of two overlapping delfs will not be registerable without documentation.
This was item 7 on the Middle letter of December 31, 2025.
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This badge is pended to await the result of the April 12th Rules Letter on forms of heraldic display.
Under our current rules, this badge must be returned for appearing as if the bear is a supporter of the pennant, which is a form of heraldic display.
This was item 7 on the Northshield letter of December 17, 2025.
This device is pended to redraw the secondary goutte larger so that it is more identifiable.
Orles composed of charges such as vine, chain, belts and rope count as peripheral ordinaries for the purposes of SENA Appendix J, so this is a documented arrangement of charges under that rule.
This was item 8 on the Northshield letter of December 31, 2025.
This device is pended to redraw the chevronels as a properly central primary charge group. Though a central ordinary can be moved slightly to chief by secondary charges in bases, they should remain approximately central.
This was item 8 on the Northshield letter of December 17, 2025.
This device is pended awaiting the outcome of the April 6th LoPaD on primary charge groups.
SENA Appendix I reads "Where one or more charges overlie the line of division, those charges are the primary charge group and the other ones are in a secondary charge group", making the head primary and the wings secondary. However, the charges here are in a unified arrangement and together fit our definition of a charge group, "a group of charges of approximately the same size and visual weight that act as a single visual unit".
This was item 10 on the Northshield letter of December 17, 2025.
This device is pended to redraw the eye sockets so that the chief is not visible behind them, per precedent "Period heraldic examples of skulls have the eye sockets in the same tincture as the skull or a range of darker shades of that tincture, up to and including black." [Vladimir Kraskov, 06/2025, A-Caid]
This was item 11 on the Northshield letter of December 17, 2025.
The badge is pended for further discussion about conflicts with animal-cut designs, specifically whether there should be an SC or a DC between this design and those of the devices of Sigrothr Melrakki, Wolves-cut sable and argent and Katrina MacCullauch, Per pale argent and sable, two swan's heads respectant couped counterchanged.
This badge does not conflict with the device of Stephen Baran, Per pale sable and argent, two raven's heads erased contourny counterchanged or the device of James Blackhawk, Per bend argent and sable, two falcon's heads erased counterchanged, with a DC for the orientation of half the charge group, and another a DC for the type of bird's head.
This was item 14 on the Northshield letter of December 31, 2025.
This device is pended to await the result of the April 6th LoPaD on mixed primary charge groups. As defined in Appendix I, the charges are co-primary, but they are not a single visual unit.
If registered, the submitter's prior device, Azure, a pale Or between two penguins addorsed proper, is released.
This was item 14 on the Northshield letter of December 17, 2025.
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Created at Sun 10 May 2026 01:38:49 PM CDT