Besides, why do pseudo-vikings use heraldry at all? As a suggestion, the Hoares could have integrated the bounty of the sea, pine nuts and Arbor grapes with cornucopia imagery, it would be a much more efficient use of space. The Hapsburgs had a huge-ass shield for the same purpose yet even so it was quite cramped. The Hoare coat-of-arms goes here because it looks like the old Microsoft quadcolor logo it is too stuffed with various charges denoting all the lands they hold and held, again not ticking "simple enough". It is fairly unique (not many houses use the weirwood, a symbol strongly associated with the old gods, on their coat-of-arms), and red, black and white is a palette fairly distinct at a distance, but putting a shield on a shield then stuffing all the remaining space in between with ravens makes it very hard for the Blackwood coat to tick "simple enough for minor variations". The Blackwood coat-of arms is a good example of coat-of-arms done wrong. If not for real-life precedent, the Rowan coat goes right down in the "wrong" category, but it gets a "Jerusalem pass". In normal coat-of-arms, you should avoid putting gold-yellow "directly in contact with" silver-white, but somehow the Kingdom of Jerusalem made the match work and white field with yellow charge has been a thing ever since. The Rowan coat-of-arms follow what I call a "Jerusalem color scheme". Just look at how many real life national flags feature a yellow charge on red field, e.g North Macedonia. Of course, if we're going about the Brackens, then the Lannisters of course also have coat-of-arms done right. brackets space to paint a bar denoting their eldest child status. It would probably look like stir-fried eggs with tomato on a wood platter at a distance and inspire soldiers to fight bravely for a good dinner, but it still ticks all 3 criteria. On a similar note, the Bracken coat-of-arms is one done right. From a more pragmatic point, if the other house was within striking distance of the stormlands, the Durrandons would probably just force the other house to visibly alter their coat to avoid confusion anyway. Black stag on yellow field easily ticks all 3 criteria, and even if there is another house with black stag on yellow field, the Durrandon coat has a crown on the neck of their stag, a feature that could easily brought out by changing the color of the crown. The Durrandon-Baratheon coat-of-arms is a very good example of coat-of-arms done right. But, I would like to follow up on the right, wrong and absolutely criminal. I'm not going to declare a BEST or WORST coat-of-arms because I'd rather appreciate not starting a flame war. Simple enough for minor variations to discern the house head and other house members So a good coat-of-arms for a house should be: Having one house's coat-of-arms be 6 vertical white stripes on a red field and another 7 vertical white stripes on a red field was an issue that IRL would have called the attention of the Heraldic Office (or their respective equivalents in other countries, should you be not Bri'ish). Moreover, banners with the top commander's house's (or the overlords of the entire army's) coat-of-arms signalled the position of the center, with flanks similarly marked by their respective commander's coat-of-arms, which meant patterns on coat-of-arms should be distinct even at a distance. Which means knights should ideally have unique coat-of-arms, so they could still be identified even after their face is caved in or if their helmet is bent and stuck, hiding their face. No, this is a far more simple thread.īeyond their use as pretty pictures on the wiki, what does coat-of-arms do? What is a coat-of-arms done right? What is a coat-of-arms done wrong? And what is an absolutely criminal coat-of-arms?įor starters: a coat-of-arms is an identification device. I shall leave that to more knowledgable people. However, this is not a "these coat-of-arms all have marine animals, so these houses should all be connected to the sea god" or "Deciphering the runes on First Men coat-of-arms" thread. The world of Ice and Fire contains many coat-of-arms for its highborn houses, some well-storied, some perhaps clues to plot arcs, others mentioned only in passing. HOUSE-BASHING WILL BE REPORTED BY ME TO MAINTAIN THE THREAD.
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