[MR] herald question.... unrelated

[E L Wimett]

Only quibble I have is that a lot of the Laurel staff heralds' titles 
really are not associated with particular jobs either.  For instance, the 
Pelican job has been lots of different things since it was first used a few 
years back.

Also a majority of the full heralds on the Laurel staff have titles that 
are more attached to THEM than to whatever they are doing.  For instance, 
Green Anchor is a title that I gave Gawain of Miskbridge when I was Laurel 
and he still uses it.  al-Jamal was created for Da'ud, a former Laurel. 
 Argent Snail, while originally registered from Atlantia, is associated 
with Jaelle, also a former Laurel.  Brickbat is associated with Marta, a 
former Aten Herald and long-time commenter (20 years or so at this point).

I'm a good example of this latter function.  The Laurel Office registered 
Metron Ariston for me a few years back.  It is registered to the Laurel 
Office and I am listed on their roster, but I also carry it on the 
Atlantian roster and use it for the things I do for Triton. . .

Alisoun, Metron Ariston
Quondam Sea Star, Elmet, Brigantia, Laurel, Marlowe, etc.


On Wednesday, June 06, 2001 1:51 AM, BATCOK at aol.com [SMTP:BATCOK at aol.com] 
wrote:
> Actually, what you've got is a slightly loaded question.  You see, there 
are
> actually two levels of Heralds that operate to the benefit of the Kingdom 
of
> Atlantia.
>
> The first level contains those who work directly for Atlantia, just over 
a
> dozen full ranked Heralds.  Of those individuals, only two have set jobs
> attached to their titles: Triton Principal Herald (Big Admin Boss), and
> Golden Dolphin Herald (Big Submissions Boss).  The remainder of the 
kingdom's
> Heralds have titles and jobs that they do for Triton.  The titles are
> attached to the person and not to the job they do, so while  today's Sea
> Urchin Herald is doing new herald welcome packages and Pearl Herald is
> setting University heraldic tracks, tomorrow's Sea Urchin and Pearl may 
have
> their duties swapped.  The Roster of Atlantian Branch Heralds includes 
the
> listing of who does what job for Triton, branch and direct, and can be 
found
> at:  http://herald.atlantia.sca.org/branch.htm
>
> The second level are those Heralds who work directly for the Society. 
 The
> titles for these individuals are more directly attached to the jobs they 
do.
> Examples include, but are not limited to: Laurel Queen of Arms (Big 
Society
> Boss Herald), Pelican King of Arms (Assistant Society Boss Herald), and, 
as
> you mentioned, Morsulus Herald (Keeper of the Big Book of Registered
> Heraldry).
>
> If you have any direct questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
>
> Lord Michael Batcok
> Triton Principal Herald
>
> In a message dated 6/5/2001 11:53:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> gmacneil at vcu.edu writes:
>
>
> > Okay.. I've got a completely unrelated heraldic question....
> >
> > How many different heralds are there?  Okay.. that may not be the RIGHT 

> > question... but see if you can fill in the blank here....
> >
> > I Know we have different heraldic offices with their own names... such 
as
> > Narwhal Herald and then today i found out there's a Mursulus Herald; 
what
> > other Herald named offices are there?
> >
> > Rhiannon the inquisitive and the heraldlicly challenged
> > Gina L. MacNeill
> > Division of Teacher Education
> > School of Education
> > Virginia Commonwealth University
> > 1015 W. Main Street
> > Room 3067
> > Richmond, VA  23284
> >
>
>
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