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 == Heraldic Overview ==
+Heraldry is the time honoured practice of fashioning a unique visual identifier for an individual or an organisation. This identifier is known as the '''heraldric arms'''. Over the ages a complex language has developed around the practice of heraldry to describe the colours, styles and shapes associated with the artistry of the heraldric arms.
+Those who design heraldric arms are known as '''Heralds'''. Heralds are commissioned, and such a commission may be purchased from the Herald's Commission office in [[Delos]]. '''The Achaean Heraldry Association''' is a loose trade group that sets pricing guidance for the creation and emblazoning of heraldric arms, though membership in this association is not required to be an Herald.
 == Heraldic Terms ==
+Terms to define:
+*Armiger
+*Charge
+*Emblazon
+*Herald
+*Tincture
+What else? Not sure we need to include all of the tinctures or divisions since these are defined in their own sections. [[User:Trusler|Trusler]] 19:16, 30 July 2007 (GMT)
 == Heraldic Tinctures ==
+Tincture refers to the colour, metal or fur for either the field or charges of the heraldric arms. There are fourteen different tinctures:
+*Argent: a metallic silver
+*Azure: the colour blue
+*Carnation: the colour pink (or pale red)
+*Ermines: a fur of white spots on black
+*Ermine: a fur of black spots on white
+*Erminois: a fur of black spots on gold
+*Gules: the colour red
+*Or: a metallic gold
+*Purpure: the colour purple
+*Sable: the colour black
+*Sanguine: the colour brown
+*Tenne: the colour orange
+*Vair: a fur of squirrel with alternating blue and white
+*Vert: the colour green
 == Heraldic Divisions ==
+The division of the refers to the pattern on the field. Often the division will split the field into distinct partitions, each with its own tincture and charges. There are nineteen distinct forms of division:
+*Barry: divided into horizontal bars (of 4, 6, 8 or 10)
+*Bendy: divided into diagonal bars from dexter chief (of 4, 6, 8 or 10)
+*Bendy sinister: divided into diagonal bars from sinister chief
+*Checquy: a checkerboard pattern
+*Gyronny: divided into triangles touching in the center (of 8 or 12)
+*Lozengy: a diamond pattern
+*Paly: divided into vertical bars (of 4, 6, 8 or 10)
+*Per bend: divided in two by a diagonal line
+*Per chevron: divided in two by a chevron shape pointed up
+*Per fess: divided in two by a horizontal line
+*Per fess and paly: the paly division, divided per fess, counterchanged
+*Per pale: divided in two by a vertical line
+*Per pale and barry: the barry division, divided by pale, counterchanged
+*Per pall: divided in three, in a shape similar to the letter Y
+*Per saltire: divided in four by two crossing diagonal lines
+*Quarterly: divided into four by a vertical and horizontal line
+*Tierced per fess: divided into three horizontal bars
+*Tierced per pale: divided into three vertical bars
+*Undivided: an undivided field
 == Heraldic Lines of Partition ==
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 ;quill: One of the large feathers of the tail-wing of a bird, often used as a writing instrument. Often symbolic of scholars writers, and designers.
-;ring:
+;ring: Could symbolise the profession of jewellers, a ranked individual, as well as the ring some falcon's bear.
-;rose:
+;rose: A flower.
-rustre:
+;rustre: A circular hole in a diamond shape.
-saltorel:
+;saltorel: A small diagonal cross-shape.
-scimitar:
+;scimitar: A sword with a curved blade. Can refer to the scimitar of Yen-Sorte, the older flaming scimitar of [[Aegis]], the scimitars wielded by the [[El'Jazira|El'Jaziran]] guards, of the scimitar the Warleader [[Lockwood]] wielded in the [[Battle of Shallam]].
-scroll:
+;scroll: When crystalized, the symbol of [[Lorielan]]. Also the symbol of The Achaean Heraldry Association. Can be used in reference to scholars and those who pursue knowledge.
-spear:
+;spear: A pole weapon with a sharpened head. Can refer to the [[Spear of Arn]].
-staff:
+;staff: A pole, can be used as a weapon. Can refer to the [[Staff of Nicator]], the [[Staff of the Lorewardens]], and those of the Magi class.
-sun rayonny:
+;sun rayonny: A blazing sun, one of the symbols of [[Mithraea]].
-sword:
+;sword: A bladed weapon. One of the symbols of Miramar. Can refer to the sword of numerous historical figures.
-torteau:
+;torteau: A red circle.
-tower:
+;tower: A tall edifice. Several towers exist on Sapience, the [[Ember Tower]] of the Imps, the crystalline tower in [[Actar Valley]], the [[Sky Tower]] of [[Arcadia]], the [[Tower of the Blue Abyss]], [[Maklak]]'s tower of ice, the now destroyed [[Tower of Luminai]] in Shallam, [[Tower of the Moon and Stars]] in [[Hashan]], and the [[Living Spire]].
-tree eradicated:
+;tree eradicated: A tree torn up by the roots.
-tree:
+;tree: A tree. Can be symbolic of many things depending upon its species.
-trefoil slipped:
+;trefoil slipped: A three petaled rose torn from the plant.
-vial:
+;vial: A container used to hold elixirs, venoms, and other substances. Often used in relation to the concoctionists of the realm.
-adder coiled:
+;adder:
-asp coiled:
+;asp:
 basilisk: