Heraldry
The head of a noble household or institution has a charge. Male family wear the charge shaped as a shield and females as a diamond. Members of an organization wear their charge as an oval.
Children of the head of household can wear the charge with a cadence inside the design. Siblings wear the charge with a colored border. Parents siblings wear it with a cadence outside the design. Members of an organization can wear a cadence denoting their rank inside the charge. As a members relation to the head of the household or institution changes, so does their insignia.
All gentry qualify to wear their own charge. Higher levels have additional components to their insignia.
Children of the head of household can wear the charge with a cadence inside the design. Siblings wear the charge with a colored border. Parents siblings wear it with a cadence outside the design. Members of an organization can wear a cadence denoting their rank inside the charge. As a members relation to the head of the household or institution changes, so does their insignia.
All gentry qualify to wear their own charge. Higher levels have additional components to their insignia.
| Holdings | Ordinaries |
|---|---|
| Royalty | Mantling |
| Province | Crest |
| Shire/ Clergy | Supporters |
| Fief | Wreath |
| Estate | Helm |
| Organizations | Charge |
| Unlanded | Motto |
History
The use of heraldic insignias goes back to before the rise of the Aeonian empire. Major cities and townships bore their insignia on banners and carried them for identification in commerce and combat alike. Over time their use extended to families and factions, and they were passed along the generations. Organizing these insignia because they were becoming too complex, the Arres leadership formalized a set of rules after the fall of the Aeonian empire.
Execution
Cadences differ from sons to daughters and denote the order of birth, and therefor role they play in the family structure. Borders work the same way for siblings.
The charge itself varies greatly in patterns. The County and eastern marches deal in images of natural things, while the Duchy and western dukedoms have geometric designs and divisions. The Demesne has a mix of both. Lines can be straight, engrailed, invecked, embattled, indented, wavy, nebuly, or raguly. Additions can be added to a personal charge when granted by the King; such as chief, tierce, and canon. Regardless of design there is at least one tincture and one color.
| Cadences | Sons | Daughters | Siblings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Label | Heart | Red |
| 2 | Sword | Ermine | Orange |
| 3 | Book | Elephant | Yellow |
| 4 | Annulet | Fir Twig | Green |
| 5 | Crescent | Escallop | Blue |
| 6 | Cross | Buckle | Violet |
| Adopted | Mullet |
- Gold: generosity and enlightenment.
- Silver: peace and sincerity.
- Red: sacrifice, warrior.
- Green: hope and joy, loyalty in love.
- Violet: sovereignty and justice.
- Gray: concealment.
- Orange: worthy ambition, strength.
- Blue: loyalty and truth.
- Black: constancy and grief.
- Maroon: patient victory.
- For the East- wolf, bear, lion, hound, fox, hare, snake, squid, trout, badger, tortoise, lizard, raven, owl, eagle, pigeon, stag, deer, goat, ram, horse, oak, pine, daisy, tulip, rose, acorn, apple, grapes, and olive branches.
- For the West- pale, fess, chevron, inverted, bendy, sinister, cross, saltire, pall, pile, inverted pile, and all can be party per or wise per.
Components and tools
Insignia are worn on banners, tunics, tabards, shields, and signet rings. Among a number of other items. Knights tend to engrave their orders insignias on their weapons, while the church wears medallions on necklaces, and sartrix emblazon their curio. All carry flags and banners or wear tunics bearing their insignia. The nobility have a tendency to carve theirs on any structure they possess or build.
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