Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme

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Preferred title: Baron Their Pronouns: he/him/they/them Resides: Darach Status: Active Awards: Visit the Caid Order of Precedence
Heraldry
Azure, on a chief embattled argent a dragon couchant azure winged sable, as an augmentation the dragon maintaining between its forefeet an escutcheon azure charged with a cross of Caid argent. Motto: "I know whereof I speak"
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Baron Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme, OL, OP, Batonvert Herald Extraordinary. He has studied and practiced the heraldic arts since joining the Society in Caid. For his service, he was elevated to the Order of the Pelican by TRM Guy and Troy at their final court; for the practice of his heraldic art and the sharing of his heraldic studies, he was elevated to the Order of the Laurel by TRM Brion and Alysandra at their final court.

Offices & Positions

• Crescent Principal Herald, 05/1986-11/1989
• Laurel Sovereign of Arms, 06/1992-10/1993
• Scribe Armarius, 02/1995-06/1999
• Oak Leaf Herald, early 2000's
• Batonvert Herald Extraordinary, 02/2006-present

Classes Taught

• Drawing Heraldry, Collegium Caidis Spring 2004
• Heraldic Display, Documentation for Pentathlon: Beyond the Idea, Collegium Caidis Fall 2004
• Heraldic Documentation, Collegium Caidis Fall 2005
• Heraldic Drawing, Collegium Caidis Spring 2006
• Unusual Heraldic Charges, Collegium Caidis Spring 2006
• Second Level Heraldic Design, Collegium Caidis 2011
• Truly Obscure Charges, Collegium Caidis 2011
• Putting Your Heraldry to Good Use, with Astra Christiana Benedict, Collegium Caidis 2013
• Heraldry On The Scroll, Collegium Caidis 2020 Collegium Caidis in Aethera: Virtual Collegium 2020

Projects & Publications

Books

A Pictorial Dictionary of Charges with Akagawa Yoshio

The Compleat Anachronist

Illustrator of:

• The Compleat Anachronist #14, "Costuming to a T"
• The Compleat Anachronist #50, "Armorial Display"

External Links

• Mistholme, where Bruce keeps the Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry, as well as other heraldic projects

Scrolls

Image Preview	Award	Recipient
	Augmentation of Arms	Aliskye Rosel To all and singuler aswell nobles and gentils as others unto whome these presentes shall come, We, Patrick and Kara, by righte and by lawe Kinge and Quene of Caid, sende greetinge and benison. Wheras aunciently from the beginninge the vertuouse actes of worthy personnes have ben commendid to the worlde with sondrey monumentes and remembrances of their goode deseartes, amongest which the chiefist hath ben the bearinge of signes and tokens in shieldes called Armes, beinge evident demonstracions and testimonies of skille and valiauncy; and furthermore that personnes of especiall merit who have done exemplary service to their Prince and country are deservinge of particullar renoune, that others myght be the more inspirid to like vertue; and recognisinge that Aliskye Rosel is knowne to Us not only by Our owne knowlledge but by the reporte of Our consellours and populace to have labourid unstintingly and with greate joye to the better enrichemente of Our Realme of Caid, We are pleasid to graunt her an Augmentation to her Arms. We confirme and ratify her sole righte to beare Argent, a rose sable barbed and seeded proper, on a chief nebuly azure .iii. mullets of .vi. points argent; and that all may knowe the esteme in which We holde her, by these presentes We graunt her for augmentation the center mullet replaced with .iv. crescents conjoined in saltire horns outward argent, as is more lively depictid in the margent; and she may beare these emblemes of her honor now and to the ende of her dayes. Done by Our Hande and Seale in Our Barony of Dreiburgen at the Feaste of Twelfth-Night, Anno Societatis .xliv. which is the .ix. day of January in the yere .mmx. of the common era.
	Detail of Augmentation of Arms	Aliskye Rosel
	Detail of Augmentation of Arms	Aliskye Rosel
	Detail of Augmentation of Arms	Aliskye Rosel
	Award of Arms	Adrian Buchanon
‎	Award of Arms	Alaric Erskin
‎	Award of Arms	Astra Christiana Benedict
	Award of Arms	Balthazar van der Brugghe
	Detail of Award of Arms	Balthazar van der Brugghe
	Award of Arms	Jayme O'Darcy of Glen Laurie
‎	Award of Arms	Karl Tynken
‎	Award of Arms	Antonia Leonora Dragonsrun de Beaumont formerly Leonora Dragonsrun
‎	Award of Arms	Peter of the Golden Isles
‎	Award of Arms	Renata Kestryl of Highwynds
‎	County	Guy de Coldrake
‎	County	Isabel Antonia de Aranjuez
‎	County	Troy of Nodham Whyre
‎	Court Barony	Ghislaine d'Auxerre Wir Ivan und Ciar Lasse, Herrscher über die Reiche zu Caiden, König und Königin zu Calafien, zu Gyldenholten, zu den Angelen, zu Lyondemeren, zu Dreiburgen, zu Starkhafn, zu Nävehjemen, zu Nordwachen, zu Dun Or, zu Winternebelen, zu Altavien, und zu den Westlichen Meeren, grüßen euch. Es ist unsere königliche Vorrecht, diejenigen zu ehren, deren Wohltaten und edles Auftreten uns gefallen haben. Deshalb wir bekennen öffentlich mit diesem Brief und tun kund allermenniglichen nach, daß wir hiermit unsere gute Untertanin Ghislaine Triest, Delphinheroldin und Mondsichelkompanin, in den Rang einer Hofbaronin adeln, weil sie ist ein Schatz unseres Reiches ist. Wir bestätigen hiermit ihr Recht, folgendes Wappen zu führen: Schräggeteilt von Blau und Silber mit Kompaßstern in verwechselten Tinktur. Ebenso gewähren wir das Privileg, dies mit einer Baronskrone zu ergänzen, dieses Privileg kann sie bis an ihr Lebensende genießen. Durch unsere Hand und Siegel am neunzehnten November A.S. XXXV das heißt MM n. Chr.
‎	Detail of Court Barony	Ghislaine d'Auxerre
‎	Crescent of Caid	Ceridwen Dafydd
‎	Dolphin	Eilidh Swann Stralachlan
‎	Dolphin	Ghislaine d'Auxerre
‎	Dolphin	Su of the Silver Horn
‎	Duchy	Ceinwen ferch Rhys ap Gawain
	Duchy	Edric Aaron Hartwood
	Detail of Duchy	Edric Aaron Hartwood
	Detail of Duchy	Edric Aaron Hartwood
‎	Duchy	John ap Gwyndaf of Holdingford
‎	Harp Argent	Alexandre le Bonhomme
‎	Harp Argent	Lavendar of Lorne
‎	Harp Argent	Selene Colfox
‎	Laurel	Angelina Nicollette de Beaumont
‎	Laurel	Ariana verch Gwenllian To all maner people these present lettres seyng or heryng, We Valrik and Drada by righte 7 by lawe Kynge 7 Quene of the Souerayne Realme of Caid sende goode greeting. Forasmuch as the noble artes of Herauldrie haue ben practisid since auncient dayes when signes 7 tokens of honour callid Armes were first grauntid by Alexandre the greate to those of meritte and renoune, which example Kynges 7 Princes of succedyng ages haue ensued; and demyng that those who spend their dayes enlargyng the Herauldes artes are themselues worthy of recognicon 7 renoune that others myght be the more inspirid to artistrie 7 study; 7 hauing taken conseill with the Order 7 of Our own knowllege recognisyng her skill 7 noble deportmente; therfor by these Lettres Patent do We here eleuate Our true and belouid subiect Ariana verch Gwenllian to the most noble Order of the Laurel of the Societie for Creatiue Anachronism. We hereby confirme her sole ryght to bere the Armes Argent, a pile bendwise Or; 7 that she may be knowne admittid 7 welcomid into the compagnie of her Peers, We hereby graunte her the priuilege of displayng in whole or in parte the acheuemente propre to the Order: scilicet a wrethe of laurel vert, with a siluer heaume mantelid Or dowbelid argent; and these Armes and tokyns of her honour and station are hers to haue to holde 7 to reioyce to her goode worshippe now 7 foreuermore. In witnesse of which to these Lettres Patent We haue set Our Seale of armes 7 Signe manuell this xxixth daye of Maye in the yere lvij of the Societie beyng the yere mmxxij of the Gregorian era.
‎	Laurel	Astra Christiana Benedict
‎	Laurel	Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler
‎	Detail of Laurel	Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler
‎	Laurel	Xena Baxter Wynthorpe
	Lux Caidis	Ascelyn Schirleah
	Detail of Lux Caidis	Ascelyn Schirleah
	Lux Caidis	Bérengère Marguerite Madeline d'Acre À tous presens et advenir qui ces presentes lettres verront ou orront, Joseph et Caroline, Roy et Reyne de Caid, saluz. Pour son excellence dans lart de la danse, Nous elevons Notre sujette fidelle Bérengère Marguerite Madeline d’Acre à lordre de la Lumiere de Caid. Par ce brevet Nous lui confirmons larmoirie De geules au lyon endormi contourne dor et ung chef unde dargent, avec linsigne de lordre entourant lescu. Fait par Notre main le xxesme jour de Septembre, AS xxxij aultrement dit AD mcmxcvij.
	Detail of Lux Caidis	Bérengère Marguerite Madeline d'Acre
	Detail of Lux Caidis	Bérengère Marguerite Madeline d'Acre
	Lux Caidis	Megan de Barri Cognoscatur Nos Edricum et Albram, Regem et Reginam Caidis, hoc modo tollere civem Nostram delectam Megan de Barri ad Ordinem Lucem Caidis, cognitione peritiorum eius de metallarius. Hoc donatione ei asserveramus ius proprium ut haec arma ferat: Scutum de argenteo, monstrum cum anteriora caninus tricipitis nigris et posteriora maris leonis virides intra bordura nigra. Ulteriore cognitione, ei tribuimus privilegium demonstrandi adeptionem, signum huius Ordinis: bullam caeruleam ferentem solem argenteum orientem ex nubibus intra bordura turritum, cum casside ferreo et mantello nigro duplicato argenteo infra pictum. His testibus subscripsimus manibus et sigilis Nostris hac die XXI mensis Septembris, Anno Societatis XXXI id est Anno Domini MCMXCVI
	Detail of Lux Caidis	Megan de Barri
‎	Pelican	Adelaide de Beaumont
	Pelican	Brianna la Franceise
	Detail of Pelican	Brianna la Franceise
	Detail of Pelican	Brianna la Franceise
	Pelican	Fia Naheed

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  Crescent Principal Herald-elect, Spring Crown Tourney 1986

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  Crown, 1999