Aeronwen said:
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Uesugi Kenshin said:
And finally since in-game custom banners are confirmed (I think):
The Roll of Arms-Custom Banner sharing and making.
nice idea
College of Arms reads better to me though
The Academy of Heralds? Although roll of arms if I'm not mistaken, is the historically accurate term to designate a book containing arms and the family names associated with them. We could have stickied threads in the Roll of Arms (sorry that's really my fav name
) with some history buffs writing about the rules of blazon, the colors, the pieces, the fields, the écus and the significations they carried. Some examples and articles dedicated to national/regional exceptions:
The Great Roll of Arms of Calradia by Albert the Wise (sorry but Uesugi Kenshin is just SOOO out of place) for people who want quick advice or exposure for their banners instead of cluttering the subsection. Can also serve as a F.A.Q thread.
The Roll of Arms- Introductional Treaty
The Roll of Arms-Treaty on French Heraldry
The Roll of Arms-Treaty on English Heraldry
The Roll of Arms-Treaty on Italian Heraldry
The Roll of Arms-Treaty on Heraldry in the Arab World
The Roll of Arms-Treaty on Late Roman Heraldry(Western and Eastern)
The Roll of Arms-Treaty on Late Viking Era and Medieval Scandinavian Heraldry.
And so on, and so on. As always...sorry for the wall of text.