@TheEdVerse does Loudwater, circa 1300s DR have a coat of arms? If so, can you describe it please. Thanks.
— stephen parlin (@smparlin) January 24, 2020
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It does: a “pale” (vertical stripe down the center of the heraldic heater-shaped shield) of deep blue, representing the River Delimbiyr. On either side of this, the shield is gold (representing the grain-verdant farms on both2)
…banks of the river). In the “chief” position (a vertical bar crossing the top of the shield, overlapping the pale) is a steel-gray bar, representing the bridge that crosses the Delimbiyr at Loudwater. (The blazon predates…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 24, 2020
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…the growth of Loudwater to the confluence of the Greyflow and Delimbiyr rivers, so the Greyflow doesn’t appear in Loudwater’s arms at all.)
In the gold field on either side of the pale (dexter and sinister positions in the… 4)
…fess, “floating” in from the edge of the shield), are two identical steel-gray gauntlets, palms toward the viewer of the shield but clenched into fists, a left-hand gauntlet on the left and a right-hand gauntlet on the right. #Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 24, 2020
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These represent both the Gauntlets of Loudwater, who police and guard the settlement and its surrounding farms, and the protection/“civilization” they provide.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 24, 2020