The View from Valehaven is pleased
to announce the start of a new feature series, A Call to Arms, the aim
of which is to showcase the different heraldries in the Realms. Every
group and many organizations, guilds, and individuals have distinctive
and different heraldries, and sometimes the outsider can't help but
wonder what those heraldries mean to the people who bear them - what
does the heraldry represent? How did it come to be? What is the story
behind it? And so started the idea for this series. It is our hope at
the View that we can all learn a bit more about each other, our game,
and our history along the way.
[Editor's
note: if you are interested in submitting an individual, nation, guild,
or group heraldry for the series, please email Jen
(areni.daru@gmail.com) or any other View staff member]
Gau Dring
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| Photo courtesy of Josh Fitzgerald |
1. What does this heraldry
currently represent? (ie: a nation, an individual, a group, etc)
The
Heraldry represents the Nation of Gau Dring
2. Please describe your
heraldry for us.
The Full Symbol of Gau
Dring which is a Purple Tomoe surrounded by a Blue Mountain and blue borders on
the tabard represents a full Member of Gau Dring.
Without a Symbol and
with a Green Border is a Petitioner to becoming a full member.
If they have no Border it is the mark
of a civilian of Gau Dring.
3. Give us some
background. How did your heraldry come to be? Who or what created it?
The
idea behind the symbol began with Lako's idea and with the help of the other
nation members it grew into what it is now.
4. Why was this heraldry
chosen to represent you? What is the symbolism behind it? What was the
inspiration behind the design?
The Heraldry is a
symbol that Lako sees as his future growth and remembering where he came from.
The mountain around the Tomoe is a throwback to the Borderlands as well as
representing the region that Gau Dring is in. The Tomoe represents the ideas
behind the Nation that most things come in threes.
The Realms has Questing, Tournaments and Feasts; in the Realms we have Fighters, Supports and
Questers, each with its own roles in the world yet they all are part of a
larger force and all have something in common.
This is also represented in the
Leadership, there should always be three in charge, a Top a second and a third
they will always keep each other in check and do the best for the nation.
5. How long has the heraldry
been in the game? Has it changed at any time since it was first created?
The
Heraldry has only been in the game for a short time less than a year now.
6.
What do you hope seeing this heraldry means to the rest of the Realms?
Honestly i want people
to look at Gau Dring as a nation that is there to help and can be trusted.
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| Lako and Enlon of Gau Dring by Robyn Nielsen |