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| name = LaVioletaThe Violet Herald

| crest = A IssuantMoorish fromArtemisian amelusine torseerect of the liveries, a nude Moorish many-breasted demi-maidenaffronty, head irradiated orOr, maintaining in each hand a Spanish black pomegranate slipped and leaved all proper. Two scrolls cover her breasts, reading "Crezco E Ilumino Mi Huerta".

| motto = "Crezco E Ilumino Mi Huerta" - 'I Grow and Light My Orchard'

'''Pomegranates''' have been cultivated for thousands of years, including in ancient Egypt. The armiger is a descendant of the Bamileke tribe in Cameroon, which can trace its origin back to the region known as Egypt. So theirher earliest Bamileke ancestors were Egyptian, and they migrated to modern-day Cameroon several centuries ago.

Over the past couple of years the armigersarmiger's life has changed quite a bit and theirher love for themselvesherself has deepened immeasurably. TheyShe havehas become very maternal toward themselvesherself and though theyshe areis not sure why, theyshe attributeattributes maternal and self-preservative qualities to Medusa.

Granada was also the last Moorish stronghold in Spain before the Catholics reconquered it, and Spanish is theirthe armiger's favorite language. Funny enough, the black pomegranate is a premium variety of pomegranate that was recently developed by Spanish growers.

Though theirher favorite colourcolor is '''purple''' (obviously lol), theythe armiger wanted to use sable as the background because theyshe areis obsessed with creation myths from all of the world. One common theme is that in the beginning, there was a dark, watery void from which all of existence was birthed. MyHer favorite Greek goddess is Nyx, the primordial Goddess of Night (she has never read the House of Night books, this was from independent research) of whom even Zeus was afraid.<br>

While the armigershe is not Christian, the Black Madonna and Child is theirher favorite piece of Christian iconography, further tying into theirher use of sable.

IShe made the charges and ordinary argent for contrast and to fit the Greek aesthetic. Also, all colors of visible light combine to make white, while if all pigments are mixed together something approximate to black is produced. So it is all-encompassing.

The crest, designed to match theirher motto, features an idealized version of myselfherself, illuminating and growing fruit in theirher own little corner of the universe. She reminds themthe armiger of Lilith in the Garden of Eden (and both Medusa and Lilith have been done wrong by their respective religious lore). The Spanish black pomegranate is the most beautiful and valuable fruit in theirthe armiger's opinion (from what theyshe'ves read it is one of the more elite crops on the Spanish fruit market), and theyshe areis the kind of person to readily eat the fruit from a Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.