Owen Edwards: A Request for Arms

[Owen Edwards]

a. "What is your name?" My name is Owen Christopher Edwards, of the Edwards-Taylor family of Flintshire and Liverpool, of noble descent and impeccable taste in reading material.

b. "What is your request?" If it so please the Squirrel King of Arms, I request the assistance of the College in designing and obtaining arms for myself and my lawful heirs.

c. "What is your favourite colour?" Blue.

In the unlikely event that I should ever be knighted or ennobled, I would like a coat of arms ready for use on my shield when defending the King's person and goods (presently, as my avatar suggests, I carry the national colours in lieu).

My present University colours are purple and silver, but chiefly purple (or rather, Palatinate). My county of residence is Hertfordshire, represented by a hart rampant. Could I have a silver hart rampant upon a purple field?

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

I thank the Citizen for his request, and it meets the criteria for acceptance by the College.

By my first action as Dean of the College, I will assign the creation of your CoA to one of our new Fellows, specifically the Mellow Fellow.

Good luck, and I hope it goes well!

[Owen Edwards]

Hey Owen,

Good to hear from you, you lovely little minx! Well, this is what your CoA WOULD look like:



However, in the College we discourage use of purpure (purple), so unless the higher-ups (the SKoA and Dean) judged otherwise, you'll have to use another field (background).

Knowing you as well as I do, might I recommend the use of the main colour of your undergraduate University? This would be gules (red). How does this look:

[Owen Edwards]

Woah, those are crazy size, Mellow Fellow! Do I get to carry a shield THAT BIG?

Also, what would be my funny demi-latin thing describing the arms?

[Owen Edwards]

Well (said the Mellow Fellow), I've downsized them for easier viewing!

Your blazon would be something like, for each field colour respectively:

Purpure, a hart rampant argent.

Gules, a hart rampant argent.

[Sir Tamorán dal Navâ]

You two keep it down.

[Hooligan]

Mellow Man --

I've been doing this college thing for seven years now (ever since the King twisted my arm into doing it), and I honestly don't think I've seen a more troublesome petitioner. Mellow Fellow, you have my sympathies as you attempt to work with this guy, and let me know if you want to just tell him to take a powder; as Squirrel King I'll back you up.

Rouge Lobster

[Hooligan]

S:r Edwards --

I want to apologise for the fact that your project was assigned to the Mellow Fellow, one of the junior members of the College, and whose work with you so far (at least that which has reached this public forum) shows him to be a real pain to deal with. Good luck, and let me know if you get sick of him. As Squirrel King, I'll back you up.

Rouge Lobster

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

Could we get a hart that wasn't so "emo" ?

[Sir Tamorán dal Navâ]

precisely what I'm looking for. Something more "classical" looking.

[Sir Tamorán dal Navâ]

I think I found our winner.

[Sir Tamorán dal Navâ]

Or one of these:





Let me know.

[Owen Edwards]

The first one's pretty good - not as awesomely combative as the Mellow stag, but still pretty good.

[Béneditsch Ardpresteir, O.SPM.]

What happened to this project ?

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

Jun 25, 2012 12:00:18 GMT -6 Béneditsch Ardpresteir, O.SPM. said:

What happened to this project ?

It is still a work in Progress.

The Mellow Fellow has it fully in hand, and is working diligently on it.

Citizen Edwards is completely pleased with the progress.