The Realm of Aurelmarch
Arms of House Caerwynd

House Caerwynd

“Hold the key, hold the road”

A house of 125 members across 12 generations.

Years
851 – 1209
Dynasty tree

Only a steward can change the arms and the succession

What the arms mean
  • Shield shapeHeaterThe usual knightly shield of the 13th and 14th centuries. The shape shows period and fashion, not a symbol.
  • ColourGulesCourage and military strength: the red of a fighter's blood.
  • ColourVertHope, joy and youth: the green of spring and the fields.
  • DivisionPer bendSplit on the diagonal, from top left to bottom right.
  • ChargeKey · OrTrust and office: the keeper of a house, a castle or heaven's gate.

These meanings are a later tradition. Medieval heralds mostly chose a charge for how it looked, or as a pun on the family's name.

The number of figures, where they stand and which way they face are choices of design, with no fixed meaning.

Succession

Rulers and titled members