[MR] Things I didn't know about Barracuda

[Nicole E. Miller]

That is why The Laurel Sovereign passed a ruling that banned non-period monsters formed by adding unicorn’s horns to natural animals in October, 1992. Only those individuals and groups who had registered a unicornate natural seahorse before that date may use it in new armory. (Atlantia had done so which is why the kingdom can continue to register badges using “Spike” and, having registered such a badge, may use it in augmentations.)
---- Anthony Bryant <anthony_bryant at cox.net> wrote: 

For me, it's shame on bad heraldry, and shame on bad history, and  
shame on whoever thought this would be a good idea in the first place.

Where, historically in medieval Europe, would *anyone* have ever  
conceived of a seahorse (with a horn, yet -- I suppose butterfly wings  
are right out as it's aquatic!) as a totem for a martial kingdom.



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