This article describes the symbols and colors of the more common organizations found within Bralspace. Any PC who takes Heraldry:Bralspace would know these without making a proficiency check, more obscure designs would require a check. Characters without heraldry should only learn these as they are encountered, or within the framework of the PC's background. An elf of Spiral, for example, would know the Elven designs below, and clan Delvar, but likely known of the others.
Dwarven Clans of Bralspace
Diamondhammer's Stake
Symbol: White field with a black hammer upon a blue diamond
Deepdelve Clan
Symbol: Dwarf carrying a black forge on a gold background
Delvar Clan of Spiral
Symbol: Grey tower on a green field
Elven Houses of Spiral
House Spiral
Symbol: a white swan, wings outstretched, on a blue field
House Traim
Symbol: a silver sword clutched in the claws of an eagle on a field of white
House Or'Rusaris
Symbol: a pair of stag's antlers framing a golden tree on a field of green
House Nuavel
Symbol: A gold harp on a blood-red field
House Ruadar
Symbol: a pair of silver swans in flight on a red field
House Zathereth
Symbol: a longbow and axe crossed on a blue field
Goblin Tribes of Spiral
the Red Skulls
Symbol: Red Skull on a black field
the Bonegnawers
Symbol: a pair of thigh bones crossed on a red field
the Wolveskin
Symbol: a black wolf's face on a yellow field
the Speared Eye
Symbol: a blue & white eye speared against a yellow field
the Slashing Claw
Symbol: a claw w/ tip dripping a drop of blood on a white field
the Horned
Symbol: A pair of black goat horns on a green field
The Dripping Dagger
Symbol: A dagger, point to the side, dripping blood on a black field
The Demons
Symbol: A red demonic figure on a purple field
Orc Tribes of Spiral
the Black Eye
Symbol: a black eye on a field of red
the Slayer
Symbol: two crossed scimiters dripping blood
the Black Blood
Symbol: the orc rune for death in black on a red field
Shattered Bone
Symbol: a thigh bone snapped in two on a black field
Headhunter
symbol: a severed elven head on a red field
Deathdealer
symbol: a scythe and hourglass on grey field
Render
Symbol: a severed human arm on a grey field
Other Groups
Gnomes of Ironpiece
Symbol: Four iron clock gears of different sizes centered on a white field,
with a hammer, a pick, a book, and a hoe in each corner
Elven Imperial Fleet
Symbol: An Elven man-o-war on a gold field
Company of the Chalice
Symbol: A golden Chalice on a starry black field
Pragmatic Order of Thought
Symbol: Torch held aloft by a human hand against a black field
The Seekers
Symbol: An blue and white eye with a silver sword behind it on a blue field
The Scro Tarantula Fleet
Symbol: a red spider against a black field
Mercenary Groups
The Trading Company
Symbol: A black infinity sign within a grey circle
The Long Fangs
Symbol: a sword, point down, above a blue-green world backed by a starry field
The Dwarven Boarding Company
Symbol: A battleaxe on a brown field
Trading Companies
Smith's Coster
Symbol: Wheel-lock pistol on a shield, muzzle up
Gaspar Reclamations
Symbol: Staff and Dagger
Sindiath Line
Symbol: A golden elf-rune, 'S', on a white field
Chainmen
Symbol: Seven grey links of chain, looped into a circle on a white field
Rock of Bral Organizations
Rock of Bral
Symbol: A crossed rapier and wheellock pistol against a starry field
Note: Ship's which register Bral as their home port may fly the Bralian
flag, provided they fly a second flag as well identifying themselves
further. Royal Bralian naval vessels fly two Bralian ensigns.
The Shipwrights' Guild
Symbol: workman's hammer and angle crossed against a blue field
Noble Houses
Each Bralian noble house also has a pair of colors which its bravos and servants wear.
House Cozar
Symbol: A gold crown over a grey city against a starry field
Colors: Purple and gold
Note: House Cozar colors and symbol are used by the non-royal members of
the family and their servents (currently just Aric and his mother Ellana).
The ruling Prince and his immediate family (currently just Andru) use the
city's symbol and the colors white and gold.
House Cartan
Symbol: Two gold snakes in a circle, each w/ the others tail in its mouth
against a black field
Colors: Gold and Black
House Ellodan
Symbol: a gold evergreen tree against a green field with 'Ellodan' spelled
out below it in elven
Colors: gold and green
House Kullek
Symbol: A red skull above a brown hammership against a black field
Colors: Brown and black
House Lianin
Symbol: Three grey mugs above a red stripe against a gold field
Colors: Red and gold
House Murawa
Symbol: A white lotus flower on a green field
Colors: White and green, usually silk clothing in the oriental style
House Mosantas
Symbol: A pair of crossed cutlasses on a blue field
Colors: Blue and silver
House Daxault
Symbol: A yellow sheaf of grain w/ a dagger on either side against a brown field
Colors: Yellow and Brown
House Riogan
Symbol: Three silver spears upright against a diagonal striped red and
black field
Colors: Silver and Black
House Nobrodduk
Symbol: A silver hand axe horizontal above a silver anvil against a red field
Colors: Red and Silver
House Calanda
Symbol: Three red griffons, one above the other, on a red field
Colors: Red and green
House Mingor
Symbol: A white gull on a dark blue field
Colors: Blue and white
Merchant Houses
Some merchant houses have symbols, but none use a specific set of colors for their employees. Noble Houses of Bral which are also Merchant Houses, like House Kullek, for example, use their normal symbols and colors.
House Moune
Symbol: Upright rapier against a starry field
House Zudrik
Symbol: Crossed pick-axes
House Eirenfezt
Symbol: Three spice bottles
Bibliography
- Spelljammer Boxed Set
- SJR5 Rock of Bral
- Roger E. Moore _The Maelstrom's Eye_ Book 3 of the Cloakmaster Cycle
- "Campaign Classics:The Scro" by Roger Moore, Dragon Annual #1
Net.Bibliography
The articles below can be found at Static's Beyond the Moons website http://www.spelljammer.org/
- "Deepdelve Clan Holdings" by Toby Mekelburg
- "Diamondhammer's Stake" by Adam Miller
- "Bralspace: Spiral [expanded]" by Paul Westermeyer
