If you haven't read The Locked Tomb series this is gonna be pretty inexplicable. Uhh so spoilers ahead, but there's a character from a group that uses their names to memorialize snatches of Earth culture left over after an apocalypse, even if they don't necessarily know the significance of any one bit. The motto ribbon is her entire name, but she goes by Wake for short.
And once again - now for the fifth time - we kick off a new edition of #Heraldecember! Things are the same as the previous years, but if you need a refresher, please check out the FAQ, and if things are still unclear after that, feel free to drop us a message. Actually, you should check the FAQ either way, because there might be some useful info in there you might not yet be aware of.
This year's prompts are inspired by various famous novels from around the globe.
As a little extra from us, we are providing you with fillable sheets this year. One large poster sized variant for all 31 days, and four separate sheets for easy printing out at home. You can find them attached below the cut. These sheets are of course entirely optional to use.
overlapping Heraldecember and Terror Camp, for Day 5: Journey
The Worst Journey in the World (Wilson, Bowers and Cherry-Garrard's trek during the Antarctic winter to get Emperor penguin egg samples), part of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition
Blazon: Argent a sledge manhauled by three Sable a chapé Sable
Motto: Ready Aye Ready (taken from Scott's sledge flag)
This prompt made me think of Bagheera the panther, so this shield refers to the moment at the very end of The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Bagheera buys Mowgli's freedom back by slaying a bull, and he says this line. It's one of the very few scenes in books that have actually made me cry.