@TheEdVerse do you have any information on the heraldry, colours, signs and so on of Cormyrean House Illance? I've checked everything and come up blank on those details for that family.
— Erika Muse, the Siren (@icequeenerika) March 17, 2020
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The Illances have been around for a long, long time, and have used various blazons, down the years, but for the last two centuries have used a black raven, clutching a black lance, on a crimson (blood-red) field. The raven is 2)
…facing the viewer directly, but its head is turned to look off to its right (the viewer’s left), in the pose known in real-world heraldry as “displayed” (wings and legs splayed), and in this case its talons are clutching a…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 18, 2020
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…horizontal lance (like a jousting lance), point towards the viewer’s left. The raven’s beak is closed and horizontal, and its lone visible eye is crimson. If this is on a banner or surcoat, or painted on a shield, the 4)
…royal purple field will be triangular, with a flat horizontal top, and a long, symmetrical point (an upside-down isoceles triangle).
An earlier version of the House Illance blazon, in use for almost the entire 1200s, was…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 18, 2020
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…identical except that the field (background) was royal purple and not crimson. The raven’s eye, however, WAS crimson.
The Illances call their blazon “The Vengeful Vigilant.”#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 18, 2020