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I wasn't sure if this should go here.... sweatdrop

But if anyone here knows anything about heraldry, could they PLEASE teach me? This is one area where I am lacking. "Damsons fleur-de-lis on gules" doesn't really make sense to me.

Ohh, okay.

So they just use funny names for colours and things.

Still, something like this:

Shield renaissance, Quarterly, I gules a lion salient to sinister Or, II vert a serpent argent, III Or a badger reguardant proper, IV azure an eagle displayed Or, in fesse couped Or scroll with letter H sable, top riband for the name Hogwarts, base riband for the motto "draco dormiens nunquam titillandus".

is pretty incomprehensible unless you know what it's talking about beforehand.

@ Galad Damodred: Yes, they just use uncommon, maybe even Archaic words. I believe those words originated from Latin.

Oh, that's a tough one. I believe it's about a shield divided into four sections. I. red lion; II. green serpent; III. gold badger; IV. blue eagle; a gold horizontal band in the center with a dark red or black letter H in the center; ribbon on top with the name Hogwarts and ribbon on the bottom for the motto. It should look something like this: though I was too lazy and lack the artistic ability on MSPaint to include the animals. xD

fishsama999's illustrates this quite well.

As for the adjectives that follow, such as "salient to sinister," those are just there as sophisticated descriptions of the animals.

@ fishsama999: Your family must have had a long history of valor and glory. =]