Khemetian heraldry

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Khemetian heraldry refers to the coats of arms, heraldic bearings and ceremonial insignia used within the kingdom of Khemetu. The unique Khemetian heraldic style is exemplified in the arms of the Khemetian royal family, Khemetian nobility, cities, universities, and other institutions.

The overall governing body that oversees the issuing of amorial bearings within the kingdom of Khemetu is the Royal Heraldic College.

Characteristics

The Khemetian heraldic tradition originated with use of ancient standards and emblems known as serekhs bearing the totems of ancient Khemetian deities or animals associated with particular deities as a kind of precursor. Although the notion of heraldry in Khemetu as it is known in modern terms only emerged after the end of Latin rule in the 8th century AD.

During the early period of the medieval kingdom of Khemetu the heraldic tradition of the country was heavily influnced by Lihnidosi Tyreseian, and Latin heraldic practices, an influence that had been firmly established following the 1400s, after the Kingdom's independence was revived folowing a brief occupation by Ihemod.


Tinctures Khemetian Heraldic Shield Or.png Khemetian Heraldic Shield Argent.png Khemetian Heraldic Shield Azure.png Khemetian Heraldic Shield Gules.png Khemetian Heraldic Shield Vert.png Khemetian Heraldic Shield Purpure.png Khemetian Heraldic Shield Sable.png Heraldic Shield cheetah.png File:Khemetian Heraldic Shield zebra.png File:Khemetian Heraldic Shield cowhide.png
English Or Argent Azure Gules Vert Purpure Sable Cheetah Zebra Cow
Khemetian Gold Silver Blue Red Green Purple Black Cheetah Zebra Cow
Ordinaries Khmetian Pale demo.png Khemetian Fess demo.png Khemetian Bend demo.png Khemetian Bend Sinister demo.png Khemetian Blason-argent-croix-gueules.png Khemetian Blason ville fr Offignies (Somme).png Khemetian Chevron demo.png Khemetian Bordure demo.png
English Pale Fess Bend Bend sinister Cross Saltire Chevron Bordure
Khemetian TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
Division
of the field
Khemetian party per fess.png Khemetian party per pale.png Khemetian party per bend.png Khemetian party per bend sinister.png Khemetian quarterly.png Khemetian party per saltire.png Khemetian gyronny.png
English Party per fess Party per pale Party per bend Party per
bend sinister
Quarterly Party per saltire Gyronny
Khemetian TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA


Particular Charges

As a result of its ancient history and close association with the sea there are certain particular charges that are commonly found blazoned upon the arms of the noble houses of Khemetu, this includes ben-ben (pyamid), obelisks, eye of horus, eye of ra, scarab, the white and blue lotus, ankhs, the djed pillar, the tyet, the shen ring, naval vessels, Scipian animals (cobras, lions, hippopotamasus, crocodiles, leopards, cheetahs, etc), and most infamously the served heads of the country's foreign enemies.


Personal heraldry

Royal coat of arms and heraldry

The royal heraldry of Khemetu refers to not only the official arms of the Khemetian monarch, but extended members of the Khemetian royal family, princes, princesses of the blood, and consorts by marriage.

Khemetian Royal Family heraldic system
Arms of the King of Khemetu lesser.png File:Arms of the Queen of Khemetu.png File:Arms of the Crown Prince of Khemetu.png File:Arms of the Prince of Shemaw.png File:Arms of the first Inepu Khemetu.png File:Arms of the second Inepu Khemetu.png File:Arms of the third Inepu Khemetu.png File:Arms of the Inepuet Khemetu.png
Monarch of Khemetu Consort of Khemetu Prince of Desheret Prince of Shemaw First
Inepu of Khemetu
Second
Inepu of Khemetu
Third and following
Inepus of Khemetu
Inpuet of Khemetu