House Tiiopa'U: Argent a bend (diagonal band) azure in sinister (left) base a pentagon of the last, in dexter (right) chief a wolfs head sable erased. House Delambre: Party per fess azure and purpure a bar potenty argent, in chief a lasgun or, in nombril a harp or. House Ezharian. Vert on a fess argent, three roses gules fesswise. GREAT HOUSES. INSIGNIA 278 GREAT HOUSES, INSIGNIA House Montant Azure on a bend argent a ringed planet gules, in sinister base and dexter chief a star of five points of the second. House fenring. Argent a chain sable palewise two lions rampant combatant gules. House Harkonnen. White a ram's head caboshed guardant azure House Ordos Or two bones white per saltire, in dexter chief entwined with ivy vert. GREAT MOTHER 279 GREAT MOTHER PENNANTS The pennant served chiefly as a battle flag, flown on a long staff, it marked a rallying point for troops in combat For easy recognition, it usually bore only the principal color or colors of the arms The House Atretdes pennant, for example, was black and red, House Comno's was white with a gold stripe, but as the pennant of the House (rather man the throne) was never used as a battle flag The Imperial Battle Flag was that of the Sardaukar, plain black Houses did not hesitate to adopt special battle flags for situations in which ambiguity might threaten command control BADGES Those attached to a Great House often wore a badge to show their allegiance The badge was usually the charge, or figure, from the coat of arms Thus, the badge of Atreides was a falcon's head m red, that of Corrmo, a golden lion, that of Montant, a ringed planet in red THE COLLEGE OF HERALDS The registry and approval of coats of arms rested with an office of the Landsraad called the College of Heralds Three ranks of officers, kings of arms, heralds, and pursuivants, settled dis pules over claims and administered die use of arms WEM Further references; A C F Dmweez, A Complete Guide to Heraldry (Katun New Butfce) ZP BmgLidal Historic Heraktrt (Kaitam New Burke) GREAT MOTHER, A deity of vast complexity, older than my m pre-Irapenttm history Possibly the earliest reference to Great Mother is found in The Book of Anctent Teachings1, which documents the aphorism,''Before there was anything,, there was Great Mother " The Apocryphus, a similar text of the same penod, records the tale of a young votary who, thinking to unveil the image of Great Mother Goddess m her temple at Gnosken, found his tongue forever after paralyzed from the shock of what he had seen ^ Both sources concur in suggesting an image of Great Mother as unapproachable and unknowable, a smiling mask covering multiple faces According to the Apocryphus, frequent mention of Great Mother is found in parchments dating back at least one hundred centu ncs before the Butlenan Jihad A fragment of one manuscript on cosmogony purpo