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[[File:Coronet guide.png|200px|thumb|left|The different types of crowns and coronets.]] [[File:Heraldic orders.png|300px|thumb|right|The different chivalric orders of Graal.]] [[File:Tincture guide.png|200px|thumb|center|The different colours (known as tinctures).]] |
[[File:Coronet guide.png|200px|thumb|left|The different types of crowns and coronets.]] [[File:Heraldic orders.png|300px|thumb|right|The different chivalric orders of Graal.]] [[File:Tincture guide.png|200px|thumb|center|The different colours (known as tinctures).]] |
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=== Registry of Arms === |
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Below you can find the official registry of the coat of arms of individuals. |
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File:Arms of NSE.png |''New Sarovian Empire'' |
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File:Carolusburg.png |''Grand Principality of Carolusburg'' |
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File:CISA Arms.png |''Crown Intelligence and Security Agency'' |
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File:Coat of arms of Zor.png |''House of Zor'' |
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File:Small fairfax.png |''House of Fairfax'' |
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File:Duchy of Westling.png |''Duchy of Westling'' |
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File:Arms of Nassau.png |''Kingdom of Nassau'' |
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File:Home Garrison.png |''Home Garrison'' |
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File:Imperial Armed Forces.png |''Imperial Armed Forces'' |
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File:Imperial Army Arms.png |''Imperial Army'' |
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File:Ironwood.png |''Ironwood Military Academy'' |
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File:Reuss.png |''Kingdom of Reuss'' |
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File:Kiev Staff College Arms.png |''Kiev Staff College'' |
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File:Crown Prince of Kiev.png |''Principality of Kiev'' |
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File:Kingdom of Philippia.png |''Dominion of Philippia'' |
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File:Imperial Navy.png |''Imperial Navy'' |
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File:New Nassau.png |''Colony of New Nassau'' |
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File:New Reuss.png |''Colony of New Reuss'' |
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File:No.1 Guards.png|''No.1 Guard Battalion, badge'' |
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File:No.2 Guards.png |''No.2 Guard Battalion, badge'' |
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File:No.3 Guards.png |''No.3 Guard Battalion, badge'' |
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File:No.4 Guards.png |''No.4 Guard Battalion, badge'' |
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File:No.5 Guards.png |''No.5 Guard Battalion, badge'' |
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File:New Nassau.png |''Colony of New Nassau'' |
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Revision as of 02:30, 27 April 2021
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Heraldry is a term that discusses the design, display, study and creation of armorial bearings and vexillogy, also known as coats of arms and flags. Primarily, however, heraldry is the discussion around what is known as an achievement. The achievement (also known as armorial bearings) is a coat of arms alongside a helmet and crest, along with mottos, supporters, badges, heraldic banners, mottos, chivalric orders and medals and decorations. It is often believed that a coat of arms belongs to a family - this is false. It belongs to an individual as a head of a family and is inherited like any other possession, with other members of the family gaining "differences" to their shield to distinguish themselves.
Throughout all of GraalOnline Classic's history, as well as the other games the New Sarovian Empire exists on, an established set of heraldic rules were never established until Constantine IX enforced them in Sarovia.
Individuals, public and private organizations, corporations, cities, towns, regions, and other entities use heraldry and its conventions to symbolize their heritage, achievements, and aspirations. In New Sarovia, there is the College of Arms, which receives petitions for coats of arms and designs them.
Heraldry
A heraldic achievement is usually a shield (called a coat of arms) and everything else it may need, such as crests, supporters and more. The term coat of arms addresses everything in the common use of the word. The shield is the fundamental element to it all - no achievement or armorial bearings exists without a shield. There is a rule in heraldry - the rule of tincture, which traditionally establishes that colours (gules, azure, sable, vert, purpure, orange etc) shall not touch one another, and metals (or and argent) shall not touch one another.
Arms are frequently embellished with helmets placed above the shields. These in turn came to be decorated with fan-shaped or sculptural crests, often incorporating elements from the shield of arms; as well as a wreath or torse, or sometimes a coronet or crown.
If the bearer is entitled to the ribbon, collar, or badge of a knightly order, it may encircle or depend from the shield. Some arms, particularly those of the nobility, are further embellished with supporters, heraldic figures standing alongside or behind the shield; often these stand on a compartment, typically a mound of earth and grass, on which other badges, symbols, or heraldic banners may be displayed. Medals are often hung from the shield as well.
Sarovian heraldry
College of Arms
The establishment of a new set of peers and members of the nobility including Knights, Dukes, Archbishops and more, and the establishment of new organisations, institutions and buildings brought the need for an official institution to create, grant, and document all pieces of heraldry and vexillology as well as track the inheritance of certain heraldry and heraldic badges. The College of Arms Act was passed in 2021 and established the College of Arms under the administration of the Chief Herald and the Imperial Crown.
The College of Arms is the official heraldic authority for Reuss, Nassau, the State, Sarovia, Sarholm, as well as her Colonies, Dominions, and government organisations - including institutions of nations in the Sarovian Commonwealth. As well as being responsible for the granting of new coats of arms, the College maintains registers of arms, pedigrees, genealogies, Imperial Licences and flags. The heralds, besides having ceremonial duties, advise on all matters relating to the peerage and baronetage, precedence, honours and ceremonial as well as national and community symbols including flags.
Coats of arms belong to specific individuals and families and there is no such thing as a coat of arms for a family name. From their origins in the twelfth century to the present day arms have been borne by individuals, and by corporate bodies, as marks of identification. They have also been used to denote other characteristics, which have changed over the centuries as society and culture have evolved. New coats of arms have since the fifteenth century been granted both to individuals and corporate bodies by the senior heralds in Imperial service, the Chief Herald, which would be appointed by the Assembly of Peers as a hereditary position in the Nobility, and grant them the title and status of a Duke. The Chief Herald would be in charge of registering through a public slideshow all heraldic badges, coat of arms, flags and other insignia of Sarovian citizens, the Sarovian state and subservient nations, and foreign nations as well, and track their history, inheritance and history, for public knowledge.
Tinctures and tradition
To regulate Sarovian arms and heraldry, the Chief Herald of the College of Arms has established guidelines, such as the official shades of colours, coronets and shield shapes, which can be seen below.
![](http://static.miraheze.org/saroviawikiwiki/thumb/4/4c/Coronet_guide.png/200px-Coronet_guide.png)
![](http://static.miraheze.org/saroviawikiwiki/thumb/f/fb/Heraldic_orders.png/300px-Heraldic_orders.png)
![](http://static.miraheze.org/saroviawikiwiki/thumb/4/4e/Tincture_guide.png/200px-Tincture_guide.png)
Registry of Arms
Below you can find the official registry of the coat of arms of individuals.
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New Sarovian Empire
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Grand Principality of Carolusburg
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Crown Intelligence and Security Agency
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House of Zor
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House of Fairfax
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Duchy of Westling
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Kingdom of Nassau
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Home Garrison
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Imperial Armed Forces
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Imperial Army
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Ironwood Military Academy
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Kingdom of Reuss
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Kiev Staff College
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Principality of Kiev
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Dominion of Philippia
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Imperial Navy
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Colony of New Nassau
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Colony of New Reuss
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No.1 Guard Battalion, badge
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No.2 Guard Battalion, badge
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No.3 Guard Battalion, badge
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No.4 Guard Battalion, badge
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No.5 Guard Battalion, badge
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Colony of New Nassau