Heraldry

Heraldry allowed soldiers to keep each other straight when it came to the battle field. No use killing your own men. It has become a symbolic history of family-trees.
      An Armourist keeps lists of the peerages or "a company of equals", an knowledgement of ones standing to his king. The family using Heraldic charges has rights to ancient usage or can be awarded by duty done for ones' king. It can also be achieved by accomplishments through a guild. A charge can only be issued by a king.   By the 15th century heraldry became an exact science. The Heraldic designer decides what charges are used for the arms, usually the name or the sound of the name of the family is used. The Heraldic charge given to a family was to be worn on surcotes, shields, horse trappings, including household uses, such as wall hangings, ladies houpelands, mantles, as well as on badges, stamps, rings brooches and metals. These are passed on from father to sons, each generation adding to the heraldry for their own, as well as taken away upon death. A Herald will announce during ceremonies or tournaments, knights or Courtiers who are emblazoned with Heraldry arms. With a blast of a horn, The Herald will interprete the arms that tell where the knight comes from and who they compete or fight for. This allows for a knight to be acknowledged as a recorded competitor by his peerage, but still keep his identity a secret.
     These arms are symbolized with intricate permutations of field divisions, tintures, ordinaries, lines them on a shield that is divided into 13 parts. These are all placed in combinations on different fields according to your family's history and standing in your society.

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