Editing Default Postures

===From the Glossary of Terms:=== 

Conventional S.C.A. Default Postures '''- [[http://heraldry.sca.org/coagloss.html]]'''
In general, the end of a charge that is to chief when the charge is palewise will be to dexter when the same charge is placed fesswise (as if rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise). A ''sword fesswise//, for example, has its point to dexter, and an //arrow fesswise// has its feathers to dexter. The most common exception is the //(quill) pen'': when palewise, it has its nib to base, but when it is fesswise, the nib is to dexter.
{| class="wikitable"
| '''<u>Charge__''' || '''__Default Posture</u>''' 
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| Abacus || Fesswise 
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| Acorn || Palewise, stem to chief 
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| Angel || Affronty 
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| Anvil || Single-horned, horn to dexter 
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| Arrow || Palewise, point to base; when fesswise, point to sinister 
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| Arrowhead || Point to base 
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| Attire, Stag's || Fesswise, stump to dexter 
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| Axe || Palewise, head to chief 
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| Badger || Statant 
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| Barnacles || Palewise, hinge to chief 
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| Barrel || Fesswise 
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| Bat || ''See'' Reremouse 
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| Bee || Tergiant 
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| Bellows || Palewise, spout to base 
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| Birds || Generally close; see specific birds as well 
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| Bone || Palewise 
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| Book, open || Palewise 
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| Book, closed || Fesswise 
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| Bow || Palewise, string to sinister (when fesswise, string is to base) 
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| Broach, Embroiderer's || Palewise, forked end to chief 
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| Broadarrow || Palewise, point to base 
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| Brush (artist's) || Palewise, tuft to chief 
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| Calipers || Points to base 
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| Candle || Palewise 
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| Catapult || "Rest" position, with the arm neither cocked and ready, nor at full release 
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| Chair || Affronty 
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| Cockatrice || Statant, wings addorsed 
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| Comet || Palewise, head to chief 
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| Cornucopia || palewise with the opening to chief per Jan 2015 LoAR (see also Horn of Plenty) 
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| Crampon || Palewise 
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| Crane || In its vigilance (close, standing on one foot, holding a stone in the other) 
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| Crossbow || Palewise, bow to chief, cocked 
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| Cup || Palewise, mouth to chief 
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| Daffodil || No default; must be specified 
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| Demi-beast || Erect 
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| Dice || In trian aspect, showing three of the sides with one square face forward 
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| Dolphin || Naiant 
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| Dragon || Segreant 
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| Drop Spindle || Palewise whorl to base 
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| Drum || Palewise, head to chief 
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| Eagle || Displayed 
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| Eel || Fesswise wavy 
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| Escallop || Hinge to chief 
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| Falcon || Close (often, but not always, belled and jessed) 
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| Fan || Open or spread 
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| Fasces || Palewise 
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| Feather || Palewise, quill point to base (when fesswise, quill point is to dexter) 
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| Fer-a-loup || Convex cutting edge to base 
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| Fetterlock || Bolt to base 
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| Fish || Naiant 
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| Fork || Palewise, tines to chief 
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| Fruit || Generally, those that hang from a stem (e.g., apples) have the stem to chief; those that grow from the ground (e.g., artichokes) have the stem to base 
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| Frog || Tergiant 
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| Furison || Fesswise, flat edge to base 
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| Goad || Palewise, point to chief 
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| Goose || Close 
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| Gorgon's Head || Cabossed (per 8/2020 LoAR) 
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| Griffin || Segreant 
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| Gyronny of six || Per fess, with the upper and lower halves divided into thirds 
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| Hammer || Palewise, head to chief, striking surface to dexter 
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| Harp || Forepillar to dexter (i.e., soundbox to sinister) 
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| Harpy || Close 
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| Head, Beast || Facing dexter 
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| Head, Bird || Facing dexter (except Owl's head) 
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| Head, Human and Humanoid || Generally: If feminine or child, affronty (guardant);
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|if masculine, facing dexter 
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| Head, Owl || Guardant 
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| Hedgehog (or Urchin) || Statant 
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| Heron || Close 
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| Hoe || Palewise, blade to base 
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| Horn (animal or monster) || Palewise, point to chief or point to dexter 
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| Horn (drinking) || Palewise, bell to chief 
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| Horn (hunting) || Bell to dexter 
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| Horn (straight trumpet) || Palewise, bell to chief 
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| Horn of plenty || Effluent to dexter 
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| Horseshoe || Opening to base 
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| Hourglass || Palewise 
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| Humans || Statant affronty 
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| Humanoid monsters || Statant affronty 
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| Hunting horn || ''See'' Horn (hunting) 
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| Insect || Tergiant 
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| Jambe || ''See'' Leg, Beast 
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| Key || Fesswise, wards to dexter and facing downwards; when palewise, must be specified (wards to chief or wards to base) 
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| Knife || ''See'' Sword 
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| Kraken || Tentacles to chief 
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| Ladder || Palewise 
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| Ladle || Palewise, bowl to base and facing dexter 
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| Leaf || Palewise, stem to base 
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| Leg, Beast || Palewise, claws to chief 
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| Leg, Bird || Palewise, claws to base 
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| Leg, Dragon || Palewise, claws to chief 
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| Leg, Human || Palewise, foot to base 
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| Lion || Rampant 
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| Lotus || No default; must be specified 
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| Lure || Cord to chief 
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| Lute || Palewise affronty (strings facing viewer), but with the pegbox visible 
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| Lightning Bolt || No default; must be specified 
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| Mace || Palewise, head to chief 
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| Mandrake || Affronty 
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| Martlet || Close 
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| Mask || Affronty 
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| Mermaid/Merman || Erect affronty 
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| Mount || Issuant from base 
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| Mountain || Issuant from base 
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| Mushroom || Couped 
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| Musical Instruments || Generally, palewise affronty (finger holes or strings facing viewer) 
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| Nail || Palewise, point to base 
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| Needle || Palewise, point to base 
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| Oar || Palewise, blade to chief 
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| Ostrich || Close, holding a horseshoe in its mouth 
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| Owl || Close guardant 
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| Panther || Guardant; body posture must be specified 
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| Peacock || Close, tail pavonated to base (NOT "in its pride") 
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| Pegasus || No default; must be specified 
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| Pen, quill || Palewise, nib to base (when fesswise, nib to dexter) 
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| Pheon || Palewise, point to base 
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| Phoenix || Rising from flames, wings displayed 
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| Pine Cone || Palewise, but must be specified whether stem to chief or to base 
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| Pitcher || Palewise, spout to dexter 
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| Polearm || Palewise, blade to chief 
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| Pole-Cannon || Palewise, mouth to chief 
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| Printer's Ball || Handle to chief 
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| Psaltery || Strings affronty 
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| Ram, Battering || Fesswise, head to dexter 
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| Raven || Close 
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| Recorder || Palewise, bell to base, finger holes facing viewer 
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| Reremouse || Displayed guardant 
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| Sackbut || Palewise, bell to base; when fesswise, bell to dexter 
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| Scorpion || Tergiant 
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| Scourge || Handle to base 
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| Scroll, Closed || No default; must be specified 
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| Scroll, Open || Palewise 
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| Scythe || Palewise, blade to chief 
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| Sea-Horse || Erect 
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| Sea-Lion || Erect 
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| Sea-Monster || Erect 
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| Seeblatt || Point to base 
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| Shave, Currier's || Fesswise, edge to base 
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| Sheaf || A sheaf consists of two objects in saltire surmounted by a third palewise 
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| Shell, Snail || Opening to dexter 
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| Shell, Whelk || Palewise, opening to chief 
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| Ship || Fesswise, bow to dexter 
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| Shoe || Fesswise, toe to dexter 
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| Shuttle, Weaver's || Fesswise 
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| Silkie || Erect guardant 
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| Simurgh || No default; must be specified 
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| Sitar || Palewise, neck to chief 
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| Slea, Weaver's || Fesswise 
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| Sling || Cup to base, thongs to chief 
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| Spade/Shovel || Palewise, blade to base 
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| Spear || Palewise, point to chief 
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| Spider || Tergiant 
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| Spur || Palewise, rowel to chief 
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| Spoon || Palewise affronty, bowl to chief 
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| Squirrel || Sejant erect 
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| Swan || Rousant (rising) 
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| Sword || Palewise, point to chief 
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| Tankard || Palewise, mouth to chief and handle to sinister 
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| Thistle || Palewise, slipped and leaved 
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| Tree || Palewise, leaves to chief, with just a little of the root structure visible 
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| Trillium || Affronty, petals in pall 
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| Trimount || Issuant from base 
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| Trumpet || Palewise, bell to chief 
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| Turtle || Tergiant palewise 
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| Unicorn || Rampant 
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| Urchin || Statant 
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| Viol || Palewise, neck to chief 
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| Wake knot || Fesswise 
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| Weapons || Generally, palewise, "business end" to chief 
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| Winged object || Wings displayed 
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| Winged quadrupedal monsters || Wings addorsed 
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| Wreath || Circular, with the tips of the two branches nearly touching to chief 
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| Wyvern || Statant 
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===From the Administrative Handbook:=== 

[Illustration from PicDic]

===From the Rules for Submission:=== 

[Illustration from Pensic Art Project]

===From the Heraldic Primer/other recognized sources:=== 


===Precedents:=== 


===In the [[scaheraldry/Ordinary|Ordinary ]](as of 4/2012):===


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