Heraldry

Heraldry is the general ruleset for roleplay coat of arms, while by no means be-all-end-all, the general ruleset is here to make sure there is some common ground

Family Crest and Personal Coat of Arms
For role-play purposes, Family Crest are different then Personal Coat of Arms.

Family Crest are representative of the Family/House as a whole, while Personal Coat of Arms are representative of the Individual.

Coat of Arms are often based on Family Crest but differentiated in some manner, for example Blacksmiths often add a Hammer or Anvil into the iconography of the their crest for their personal coat of arms.

Misthalinian, Asgarnian, and Kandarin Crest
As these three Kingdoms are based on Europe, they follow mostly similar Heraldry

Gypsy Crest
The Crest that represent Gypsy Houses are wide and diverse, Gypsy crest are interesting because in all the kingdoms only Gypsy Houses have Purple/Purpure Shields.

Fremennik Heraldry
Fremennik Heraldry is often simple, unlike other Crest and Coat of Arms, it is often the case that the design is based on the Surname attached, which is not often the case elsewere, for example The Crest of House Three-Willows literally has 3 Willow Trees on it.

Al Kharid and Menaphos Heraldry
Al Kharid and Menaphos have unique desert/middle eastern/egyptains themed designs on thier shields and generally use unique styles of shields for crest and coat of arms

Shield Styles
These are the names of the styles on World Spinner
 * Round
 * Crescent
 * Trojan

Useful tools

 * https://worldspinner.com/heraldry/device_editor/
 * http://abarothsworld.com/heraldry.htm