For those who would hold honor in their breast,
Thou shalt be brave in the name of the Warrior
Thou shalt defend the innocent in the name of the Mother
Thou shalt be just in the name of the Father
Thou shalt shield all women in the name of the Maiden
Thou shalt be steadfast in the name of the Smith
Thou shalt guide the lost in the name of the Crone
Thou shalt uphold thine oaths from this day until thy last in the name of the Stranger
And so rise, a Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Commentary below the cut
While my giftee is no longer involved their prompt was illuminated manuscript with a kneeling Dunk (amazing line up with my own offer), and I knew just the Codex Manesse image.
Though the 'plot' veneer here is after Ashford, Ser Arlan's coat of arms (with the black diamond of a funerary hatchment) gets a top spot as part of Dunk's lineage.
Dunk's arms are simplified to be a little more real world heraldic.
The Targaryen arms are not the show version again for real world heraldry - where the important part is a consistent blazon (written description) rather than a absolutely consistent image. So unless the dragon was specified as in annulo (in a circle), these are can still be described as Sable, a thee-headed dragon Gules.
The little arm beasts are also Dunk & Baelor. I like to imagine them curled up together like the weirdest little cat things.
Dunk-beast is pointing specifically at the 'hold honor in their breast' line as an "I remembered my vows, did you?"
The helmet Baelor is presenting has the Targ color torse (fabric twist) as livery for a knight sworn to the house - the similar twist on Dunk's arm is absolutely his King's ✨favour✨. Winged crests in shield colors were very common in Germanic heraldry though it also double up here as a trace of Ser Arlan again.
Baelor's little cape has a pattern called vair which is supposed to look like a squirrel's winter fur. Royal mantles and all that.
If I had a nickel for every time everything was distinctly not "All Well", I'd have two nickels-- which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice
Blazon: Sable, a pale wavy Argent charged with three lotus flowers Gules between four billets Or
During the 7th month (seven total charges) of the Chinese lunar calendar, ghosts and spirits are believed to visit the living. White, as a traditional mourning color, is the river that red lotus lanterns are floated down as guides to the afterlife. Four gold billets are the spirit money burned in offering. The character for "four" (四) is pronounced similarly to "death" (死)
