One of the organisations outlined in the new
Players Guide is the Knights Capellar.
And it has this to say about their symbol:
After a ceremony and all-night vigil at the Capellars' headquarters on the isle of Barada, the initiate takes up the distinctive accoutrements of the Capellars - a slender, slightly curved sword and a white surcoat adorned with an eight-pointed purple cross.It is also mentioned that the Capellars take a somewhat heterodox approach to the True Faith, and to some extent engage in practices that are not quite in line with common True Faith beliefs.
In one of the
Blood Sword books (
The Demon's Claw), we are given a bit of information about the Capellar's as well:
You ask Tobias the significance of the eight-pointed indigo star which the knights of his Order wear on their tabards.Now, the Capellar symbol is described in two slightly different ways - as an eight-pointed purple star, and as an eight-pointed indigo cross. As somebody who pays a lot of attention to the heraldry of
Dragon Warriors, I got thinking about this during the writing of the
Players Guide and came up with this design for the Capellar symbol.
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I think this symbol can be easily seen as either a cross or a star by those who desire to interpret it in either way. In a context of the Crusades where most Knights are wearing a cross of some sort, and the other orders are most likely all wearing crosses of particular colour/design it would easily be seen as a cross. But those Capellars who are less enamoured of the True Faith, can see it as the star.
Dave Morris has seen the design and liked it. He said that having a design that looked a bit cross like made sense, because why would you want to risk a charge of heresy for no good reason. For me, his opinion matters a lot, enough that I thought I'd put the image online.