[MR] Laurel Returns for November

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Greetings Atlantia from Lord Michael Batcok, Triton Principal Herald.

The following items were RETURNED by the Laurel Sovereign of Arms for futher 
work at her November meeting:

ATLANTIA

Bran Trefonin. Badge for House Corvus. (Fieldless) Three birds close
  conjoined in annulo sable.
     These birds are not conjoined in annulo, they are connected by the
     legs.  As such, this depiction is not bla-zonable.  We would need
     evidence that this motif is a reasonable heraldic depiction as
     well as a valid blazon for it in order to register it.  As his
     currently registered badge, Three birds close conjoined in annulo
     argent, has the birds connected head to tail, we cannot register
     this motif using the Grandfather Clause.

Highland Foorde, Barony of. Badge for the Order of the Golden Hawk.
     Gules, a bird perched on the hilt of a sword inverted Or issuant
     from a ford proper.

     Conflict with Adelicia Gilwell, Gules, an owl Or, and Sabia
     Gunnhild Hunang, Gules, a Celtic hawk statant close reguardant Or.
     Originally blazoned as a hawk, the barony's bird is not clearly
     recognizable as a hawk: hawks do not normally have a vertical body
     and they have a prominent tail.  The sword does not have the same
     visual weight as the bird, and so does not contribute to
     difference.  Therefore there is but one CD for the addition of the
     ford.

Isolde Corby. Badge. (Fieldless) Three birds close conjoined in annulo
  azure.
     These birds are not conjoined in annulo, they are connected by the
     legs.  As such, this depiction is not bla-zonable.  We would need
     evidence that this motif is a reasonable heraldic depiction as
     well as a valid blazon for it in order to register it.

Jonathas Reinisch. Device change. Azure, on a mountain argent a fox's
  head couped gules.
     The mountain was not identifiable as such.  It needs to be a bit
     smaller and to have more crags, to distinguish it from a point
     pointed or a per chevron line division.  In addition, the fox
     could also be more recognizable.

Robert of Sacred Stone. Badge. (Fieldless) Three birds close conjoined
  in annulo Or.
     These birds are not conjoined in annulo, they are connected by the
     legs.  As such, this depiction is not bla-zonable.  We would need
     evidence that this motif is a reasonable heraldic depiction as
     well as a valid blazon for it in order to register it.