Last modified: August 9, 2008

Outlands College of Heralds

August 9, 2008
From the Office of the Castle Herald
Baronessa Francesca di Pavia, OP, OL
castle@outlandsheralds.org

UNTO the Outlands College of Heralds, our respected friends and colleagues who give freely of their time to provide commentary, and all others who come by these letters, on this 9th day of August A.S. xxxxiii (2008 CE), does Maestra Francesca di Pavia send greetings on behalf of The Honourable Lady Marie de Blois, White Stag Principal Herald.

Here follows the Kingdom of the Outlands Letter of Presentation for August 2008. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome. Errors found herein are undoubtedly mine.

Anyone may comment upon the items found herein, and e-mail commentary to the herald's commentary list is encouraged. Please have comments on items contained herein to Rampart H erald by September 13, 2008, for the decision meeting tentatively scheduled for September 14, 2008.

This brief missive shall be my final letter to you as Castle Herald. Next month, Baron Randal Carrick shall be assuming this office. Please send all submissions to him, and not to me, effective immediately. Address your questions to him at castle@outlandsheralds.org. I shall be assuming the office of Ray de Soleil Pursuivant to the Barony of Caer Galen. It's been a pleasure working with you all. So long, and thanks for all the fish.

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August 2008 Letter of Presentation
September 2008 Letter of Response
September 2008 Letter of Intent
January 2009 LoAR Results
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1. Ambroius von Beck. New badge. Bendy gules and Or, a double-headed eagle displayed checky ermine and sable estoily Or.
(Nahrun Kabirun)

2. Eoin Roy. Name and device resubmission. Argent, a wolf sable and a stag gules combatant.
(St. Golias) Gender: Male. Submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name, defined as Lowland Scotland. Changes accepted.
The previous submission, Eoin Kerr, was returned on the March 2007 LoAR: "Aural conflict with Eoin Cerd, registered August 1996. The only difference in sound is the consonant at the end of the byname." The new submission changes the byname completely.
Eoin: http://www.MedievalScotland.org/problem/names/iain.shtml (Arval Benicoeur): "Eoin persisted in Scotland well past 1600 as the standard Gaelic form of John."
Roy: Black, Surnames of Scotland, header Roy - dated in this spelling to the reign of James II [which is post-period-Castle], and also in 1563.

The previous device submission, Or, a wolf sable and a stag gules combatant, was returned on the September 2006 Outlands Letter of Response: "Conflict with [Conrad Stronghand] - August 2002: {Or, a wolf counter-salient sable, maintaining in its mouth a rose gules, barbed and seeded proper.}Commenters note that changing the field to argent appears to clear it of all conflicts. Commenters also note that the beasts should be drawn larger to fill more of the field, and the addition of some internal detailing would assist with identifiability (an issue that could potentially cause a return). The current submission makes the suggested change to the field.

Thus ends the August 2008 Letter of Presentation.

Your servant,

Francesca di Pavia
Castle Herald