House Ostrel

“Charge at the first sound of the horn”

A house of 39 members across 11 generations.

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.
ColourVertHope, joy and youth: the green of spring and the fields.
DivisionPlainOne tincture, no division: the simplest field.
OrdinaryCross · SableFaith and the crusade: the cross of Christ.
ChargeBoar · OrBoldness and ferocity: a wild boar that does not run from a fight.

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