Augmentation

[msmemory_archive]

Blush. People are saying the nicest things about my work :) I love it, but it's embarrassing.

So what shall I use to augment my arms? The Crown did not specify, so I believe I get to choose and submit the modification myself. (Hm, probably get to pay for it myself too.)

Not doing this with a poll, just opening discussion. I could have what I think of as the default thing, a (metal) canton charged with a blue tyger passant, the badge of the people of the East. This tyger could be plain, or he could be bearing something - a shepherd's crook, since I am Shepherd's Crook Herald? or some totem of Thorvald and Svava who gave me the right to augment?

Someone on the East list suggested I charge the canton with Hebrew letters, but given my arms (see icon) I think that's not a good idea.

What else am I missing that I might like better?

Comments

[goldenstag.livejournal.com]

An augmentation, eh? Kewl, and congrats! I think the Shepherd's Crook idea is a good one ... I am sure you can come up with something there. Augmentations are very rare in the West. The few times they are given (out this side of the world), they are usually specific (the Pillar of the West grants an augmentation of the voided Crown used on the Western arms, for example, on a green canton, gold crown). An augmentation by itself (not part of another award) is even more rare here -- there are a total of six of them listed in the awards database.

[jducoeur]

They're *slightly* more common here, but still quite rare -- they're basically given to Peers who have gone Above and Beyond. Less than two dozen total...