Order of the Doe & Mountain
Order of the Doe and Mountain
The Order of the Doe and Mountain is a Kingdom-level Award of Arms Order in the Kingdom of the Outlands. It honors individuals who have demonstrated fifteen or more years of consistent and dedicated contribution to the Arts and Sciences within the Kingdom.
Purpose and Recognition
This award recognizes long-term excellence, commitment, and service in the Arts and Sciences over a period of at least fifteen years. It is one of the highest honors for sustained artistic achievement in the Outlands.
Recipients of this award are entitled to use the post-nominal letters [CDM] after their name.
The Order bestows an Award of Arms upon the recipient, if they do not already possess one.
Precedence
This Order carries the **precedence of an Award of Arms**. If the recipient already holds an AoA, their precedence remains unchanged but the honor is added to their list of recognitions.
Badge
- Vert, a doe statant atop a mountain argent within a bordure embattled Or.
Recipients are entitled to display the badge of the Order and may wear appropriate regalia.
Scroll Text
[King's Name] and [Queen's Name], King and Queen of the Outlands, to all who come by these presents, Greetings.
It is Our prerogative to recognize those persons whose consistent and continued skills and dedication to the Arts and Sciences in the Outlands for fifteen years or more has served Our Realm.
We do therefore take and admit [Recipient's Name] to the Order of the Doe and Mountain, that all may know of the esteem in which We hold him/her/them. We further grant him/her/them the right to bear the insignia of the Order.
To which We set Our hands this [Day] day of [Month], Anno Societatis [AS Year], being [Gregorian Year] Gregorian.
[King’s Signature] King
[Queen’s Signature] Queen
Optional Additions for Arms
If the recipient does **not** already hold an Award of Arms, the following line may be added after the first sentence in paragraph (4):
We further wish to reward him/her/them with an Award of Arms. We award [Lord/Lady/Noble Name] the right to bear those Arms approved by the College of Arms, [BLAZON], throughout the lands of the Known World as a sign of his/her/their great merit.
The heraldic attestation must also be included:
The College of Arms, finding no impediment to the Arms here blazoned, has assigned their exclusive use to [Recipient's Name].
White Stag Principal Herald
If the recipient has **no registered Arms**, use this language instead:
We further wish to reward him/her/them with an Award of Arms, and charge [Lord/Lady/Noble Name] to consult with Ourselves and Our heralds to determine suitable and unique Arms.
Heraldic Achievement Notes
If the scroll conveys an Award of Arms, a full heraldic achievement may be used. The shield may be encircled with a ribbon (no chains) from which hangs the badge of the Order: a doe statant atop a mountain argent on a green field, within a bordure embattled Or. The ribbon may be any color except white.
If no AoA is conveyed, the recipient’s Arms should not be displayed in achievement.
See Also
External Links
- https://wimble.outlandsheralds.org – Wimble Heralds: Outlands Awards Site
- https://scribes.outlands.org/handbook2021/aoa.html - Outlands Scribes Handbook