Cloud (Rockallic heraldry)

In Rockallic heraldry, Cloud (Rockallic: Scáimeail; Fernolian: Cúimuill; Astrallic: Scéaimmuaibheall or Siwmyl) is the name used to refer to the tincture of. It is separate tincture Silver, unlike in many other heraldic traditions, where the two are generally used interchangeably. Cloud is not recognised as a separate tincture from Silver by the Heraldic Council of the Seafaring Confederation, which describes both as Argent.

Origins


The first recorded usage of Cloud is on the coat of arms of the city of Peuibhneachall, recorded as early as 1302 in the armorial of the ancient Duchy of Penniling. The coat of arms, blazoned by the Heraldic Council of the Seafaring Confederation as Vert a pale nebuly Azure, in the sinister quarter a cloud Argent and by the Rockallic High Council of Nobility as Forest a river Twilight, in the upper left corner a cloud Cloud, is precedent for a large number of similar used across northwestern Rockall, and was first named Cloud in 1334 in the aforementioned armorial.

Until the 16th century, Cloud was only used when a shield included a cloud as charge. In 1555, however, the first examples of Cloud being used for other charges, and later and, the most famous examples of these being the coat of arms of the Leuibhtheoig family (Silver a bend Cloud) and the coat of arms of Teoubhnoigheadhtheauill (Chequy Silver and Cloud), which first started using Cloud and Silver as separate tinctures on the same shield.

Cloud and Silver


There is no proof that there was a difference between Cloud and Silver prior to 1555, which is one of the main reasons historians and heraldists assume that Cloud and Silver could be used interchangeably prior to that year. After 1555 it was official in the northwestern duchies of the island of Rockall to differentiate between the two tinctures, and by 1600 this seemed to be the standard across the whole of the archipelago, although not on Gléaoinnenoileun.

The differentiation between the tinctures is only recognised by the Rockallic High Council of Nobility. The Heraldic Council of the Seafaring Confederation refers to both tinctures as, which, in examples like the coat of arms of Teoubhnoigheadhtheauill, can create a problem. The HeCoSeCo solves this by simulating the field with black lines, calling this ligny. The coat of arms of Teoubhnoigheadhtheauill would thus be described as Argent ligny chequy Sable. This approach, however, is not popular in Rockall, and is also not used by official Confederate institutions, which do differentiate between Cloud and Silver for the purpose of aesthetics alone.