Banners and Insignia – Defender and Hyarmi

Banners of the Nations

Image of a scarlet flag with stylized white mountain peaks and foothills. The flagpole is rough wood, topped by a finial in the shape of an eagle. — Banner of Avarome

Image of a flag with the top half green and the bottom half blue, displaying a golden star with sixteen rays enclosed by a circle. The flagpole is bronze, topped by a final in the shape of a flower. — Banner of Bivord

Image of two flags. The white flag on the left is square, with a green upward-pointing triangle that has a white oval inside it. The flagpole is painted white and topped with an egg-shaped finial of translucent white stone. On the the right is a swallowtail crimson flag, displaying a pair of crossed golden short swords. The flagpole is in the shape of a polished bronze spear. — Banners of the Dominion

Image of a dull orange (rust colored) flag depicting a black bear, rampant, with jagged silver slashes coming from the bear's right forefoot. The flagpole is rough wood, topped by a final in the shape of an iron axhead. — Banner of Eastshield

Image of an emerald green vertical banner (gonfalon) depicting two crossed heads of golden wheat. — Banner of Glashowal: Summerland Duchy

Image of a square purple flag with lime green bars at the top and bottom, depicting a stylized sun with many rays. The flagpole is polished bronze, topped by a final in the shape of a circle off-center inside of another circle, so that light passes through in the shape of a crescent. — Banner of Lansend

Image of a square flag of undyed linen, bearing an embroidered circlet of heads of ripe wheat and blue flax flowers. The flagpole is rough painted wood, topped by a final in the shape of reflective silver circle inside of a bronze circle. — Banner of Nestondom

Other Banners and Insignia

The Council of the Races

The Defender’s Banner was adopted by the Council of the Races and their mage-allies in 75 AK, shortly after the Defender’s discovery of Traveling. It replaced the banner of the Sevenfold Alliance used since 934 DH, but the original extended length was retained.

Image of a long, dark grey flag with stylized golden fire surrounding a silver seabird (a fulmar). The flagpole is rough wood, topped by a pewter final engraved with a seven-rayed star. — Banner for the Defender and the Council

The seal of the Council of the Races actually predates Hu-Harek. It was originally inlaid as a mosaic in the floor at Bannerhall, lost when the Council relocated in 923 DH. A similar emblem appears in the Overmage’s quarters at the Council’s mage school. Traditional usage rotated the seal’s image based upon the race of the user. As shown below, the human figure was situated upright when the user or bearer of the seal was a human.

An image of a bone-colored, disc-shaped pendant, engraved with three figures hand in hand (as if lying on the ground with their heads together), one hyarmi, one human, and one avarii. — The Seal of the Council

Hu-Harek

Acolytes or confederates chosen to represent Hu-Harek were given a disk of color-changing chrysoberyl (green outdoors and ruby under firelight). It was engraved with an oak tree and also bore a microscopic message only readable by hyarmi seers or avarii shapechangers.