one more try...

[trystbat]

Y'know, asking for opinions sometimes just makes you more confused!

Comments

[sarahbellem]

Violet Ruthvene is VERAH gothy. I likes it better than the other two, honestly. So Violet really is a period name? Not that I don't believe you, I'm just surprised because it seems to early-20th century to me.

I think you're safe with the bat, too.

[trystbat]

Heh, T. said this could be my 16th-century vampire name ;-)

I found both on this list, via Academy of St. Gabriel, & I'm double-checking w/the heraldry office to make sure it's an ok list; tho' looking thru the West Heraldry minutes, ppl have used similar lists from the same place & gotten OK'ed.

[sarahbellem]

Me too. I had them document "Sarah" with an "h", because it was much less common pre-17th century than after the Puritans got a hold of the English government. Even with it being a biblical name, it was easier to document variants like "Sara", "Sarai", and "Sarra" than "Sarah". But I have very definitely feelings about how Sarah is spelled, and I didn't want to take any chances. I also had St. Gabs do the docs for my last name too... I wanted it "Wydville", not the more common "Woodville" or "Wydevile". Everything passed on the first try! Thanks, Academy of St. Gabriel!

[trystbat]

The badges I've seen are stripped-down versions of ppl's devices, which makes sense for consistency. Plus, I wouldn't want to go thru the hassle of registering yet another thing -- that's what I meant ;-)

[howlgirl]

I love Violet Ruthvene!

[trystbat]

Ah, wherever I read the 'slot machine' part wasn't very clear to me. Heraldry is so totally not my strong suit! If I *can* have the cups with the center one raised, that's more visually attractive, imo, so I'll see if it's possible & what it's called.

Thanks!

[trystbat]

Awesome! I just made this post public, so you are welcome to forward it to a herald. Thank you so much for your help! (And if this person can either comment here or email me at trystkat(at)yahoo(dot)com :-).

[dark_phoenix54]

Oh, that's marvelous! Love the name, colors and, er, um, motifs?