[MR] Question about fighters & unpassed heraldry

[Amie Sparrow]

Hi List,
 
I have a question about unpassed heraldry. My husband is a new heavy fighter (Fighter 1) and I have another friend who is also a new heavy fighter (Fighter 2). I am working with the assumption that fighters need heraldry.
 
What do we do in a situation where the heraldry has not been submitted yet? The two situations are slightly different.
 
Fighter 1 - Has passed heraldry, but wants new scarier heraldry. Should he use his current heraldry until the new heraldry gets approved? Or can he start using the new scarier heraldry because he likes it better?
 
Fighter 2 - Does not have heraldry at all. What should she do? Can she create a tabbard with heraldry that is being submitted while the submission works its way through the heraldic review process?

Fighter 3 - For good measure, I'm going to assume that there is at least one new person reading the Merry Rose and wants to fight, but doesn't have the foggiest idea of what heraldry he or she wants. What should that person do if that person wants to fight at an event?
 
You can assume that none of these fighters is going to be in a crown tournament before heraldry is passed, so we can remove that possiblity from the discussion.
 
I have skimmed the SCA Marshall's Handbook and the Atlantian Book of Policy. I did not find anything that implied a fighter had to have heraldry at all (much to my surprise).
 
What should these fighters do? 
 
Thanks,
 
Amie