Over a year ago, I asked you about some information on the goddess Murdane, and you described her holy symbol. However, when I got back to it, I was struggling a bit with grasping the description, so I tried to design it.https://t.co/MYbBZA4LAY@TheEdVerse
#Realmslore pic.twitter.com/oEOLxvDVU3— MadHatterHimself (@Madhatterhim) January 21, 2019
Is this visual design how the description is meant to be interpreted?
Additionally, there is no indication of what the Field-of-Gold is shaped like; is there a specific shape? Or is that unimportant?Your Murdane answerhttps://t.co/pG7HAo6amPhttps://t.co/WFjBOUVi9q#RealmsLore
— MadHatterHimself (@Madhatterhim) January 21, 2019
1/2) You've nailed it. In heraldry, the "field" is the background. In this case, the shape of the field would depend on where and how the symbol was depicted. Temple door: entire door gold, black gears upper center. Breast badge on priest's tabard or very large…#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 22, 2019
2/2) …on a temple wall behind/above an altar: the field would be chevron-shaped, echoing the gear arrangement (so, making a border of gold all around the gears, of the same chevron shape). Sometimes (cufflinks, pendant) an oval, but usually a chevron-shield-shape.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 22, 2019