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Written by Robert de Giselles
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Friday, 23 September 2005 |
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The Knights of Bretonnia are renowned for their heraldry, and the Knights of the Round Table should be no exception. I have made some templates for online heraldry that can be uploaded to this site. The examples are in my colours of blue (azure) and white (argent), but changing the colours is as simple as opening the image in MS Paint, the GIMP, or virtually any other painting program and flooding the area with a different colour.
| A blank shield. This could be used for a template for your own design - possibly a badge of some description (grail, fleur-de-lys, heraldic animal, etc.) on a single-colour background. | 
| A blank lozenge. This is the traditional shape for a lady's heraldry and would be suitable for damsels and prophetesses. |  | A Bend. This has a colour (blue, or azure) on a metal (white, or argent). Using the fill with colour command on your paint program, you can replace these with any colour and metal combination you want.
|  | Party per bend. This divides the field into two colours or a colour and a metal along the line of a bend. |  |
A Cross. One of the most basic heraldic signs. Decoration would often be added, or the cross truncated before it reaches the edges, or both. One option for Bretonnians would be the Cross Fleuretty, where cross is truncated, its arms ending in fleurs-de-lys. In red (gules) on white (argent) it is the St George's cross, the flag of England; in white (argent) on black (sable) the St Priren's cross, the flag of Cornwall and it yellow (or) on black (sable) the St David's cross, the flag of the patron saint of Wales. |  | Quartering. This is often used when 2, 3, or 4 different coats of arms are merged into a single shield, but can also be used with a simple colour - metal combination, as here. |  | A Saltire. This diagonal cross is also a popular pattern. In white (argent) on blue (azure) it is the St Andrew's cross, the flag of Scotland; in red (gules) on white (argent) it is the St Patrick's cross, the flag of the patron saint of Ireland. |  |
Party per saltire. This is a division into a colour and a metal along the lines of the saltire.
|  | A Pale. This is a vertical band running the length of the shield. It could easily be wider than shown here, and could also bear other charges,such as stars (etoiles) of fleur-de-lys.
|  | Party per pale. This divides the shield into two parts of different colours. It can also be used to combine two different coats of arms onto the same shield by impaling them, as seen in the heraldry of Etien de Rochefort.
|  | A Fess. This is a horizontal band running the width of the shield. As with the pale it could bear other charges.
|  | Party per fess. This divides the field into two colours along the lines of the fess. An example of this can be seen in the shield of Earl Cadfael.
|  | A Chevron. This does not indicate a knight with the rank of Private! However, it is the shape used in the US army for the rank insignia of enlisted men (the British army uses an inverted chevron, with the point downwards).
|  | Party per chevron. This divides the field into two colours along the lines of a chevron. |  | A Pall. This is a Y-shape laid over the field.
|  | Party per pall. Unlike the previous divisions, this splits the field into three colours along the lines of a pall - here blue (azure), white (argent) and yellow (or),
|  | A Pile. This is a large wedge-shaped charge laid over the field. It could easily bear other, smaller charges.
|  | A Pile Inverted. Similar to the pile, but with the point upwards rather than downwards.
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