The Bloodletter Guild Banner | One of a Kind Necklace | Garnet | Nox ex Libris

Will release on 10-10 to all visitors of the Romantasy Fair in Rotterdam. Worldwide website release 12-10-26.

Handcrafted Medieval Banner Necklace in Recycled Sterling Silver with Garnet | One of a Kind

A medieval banner in recycled sterling silver, hanging from a bar and swinging freely the way a real one does, hand engraved with two swords beneath a star and set with a marquise garnet at the point. The sterling silver necklace is included and fixed to the piece, so it arrives complete. There is one of her, and she will not be made again this way.

The Essence

Two swords and a star.
One drop of red at the point.
A guild for the ones who fight.

Inspiration & Story

The Bloodletter Guild Banner belongs to the Nox Ex Libris collection, a realm built from books, medieval revival, knightcore and the kind of fantasy you disappear into on purpose.

Bloodletting was a real trade, and the person who did it was usually the barber-surgeon: the man who cut your hair, pulled your teeth, set your bones and opened a vein when the physician said so. The red and white barber's pole comes directly from that work. Someone who worked with blades all day and was not a knight. A guild that fought its own way.

Her arms are their own. Two swords, points down, beneath a star, with a marquise garnet set low at the banner's point, exactly where a drop would fall. Swords pointing down are the older reading of peace or a fight finished, and a star above them is guidance. Read together, this is not a house that goes looking for a war. It is a house that finishes one.

She is a banner, built properly. The silver field hangs from a horizontal bar and swings on it, which is the whole reason she works: a banner that cannot move is a plate. She turns as you walk and catches the light differently every time.

Heraldry was never decoration. A banner told you, from a distance and often before anyone spoke, whose side someone was on. In a period when most people could not read, a field with a mark on it was a functioning identity. Wearing one is a small declaration of allegiance, which is why it belongs in a bookish collection. Everyone who reads deeply has a house, an order, a guild they would have joined.

All of the engraving is done by hand, cut into the metal with a graver, and it carries the variation of a hand rather than a machine. That is deliberate and historically correct: a real medieval banner was painted or stitched by a person, so no two lines matched and no two banners from the same house were identical. A perfectly uniform line would be the anachronism. Hand engraving is also the one process on our bench with no second attempt, because a graver removes metal and metal does not come back.

Garnet is the right stone for a guild named this. It does not sit bright. It runs deep, still and slightly black at the edges, then catches a lamp and goes properly red, lit from inside rather than reflecting off the surface. It is also the stone that turns up most often in genuine antique mourning jewelry, so the lineage is real rather than decorative.

Everything is made in our own atelier in the Netherlands, in real recycled 925 sterling silver. No plating, no filled, no vermeil, explained honestly in solid gold vs gold filled vs vermeil vs gold plated. If you want the wider case for why readers wear their books, bookish jewelry, why romantasy readers wear their stories is the one, and how to spot genuinely ethically made handcrafted jewelry will make you better at reading listings.

Perfect for lovers of heraldry and medieval banners, knightcore and medieval revival, romantasy and bookish jewelry, garnet, hand engraved jewelry, fantasy, LARP and RPG aesthetics, renfaire and castle festivals, and one of a kind sterling silver jewelry.

Creation Details

Jewelry Type: Necklace
Availability: One of a Kind
Collection: Nox Ex Libris
Brand: Atelier Wolfstone
Material: Recycled 925 Sterling Silver
Gemstone(s): One marquise cut garnet. [CONFIRM genuine or synthetic]
Detailing: Hand engraved throughout.

Weight: 10 gr
Size: 24 x 25 mm. Necklace circumference 45 cm
Sizing: Fixed. This is a finished creation and cannot be made in other dimensions or chain lengths.
Necklace: Included. Unlike our pendants, the sterling silver necklace is part of this creation and is fixed to the piece. Nothing further to buy.
Personalisation: None. She is finished as shown.

Shipping Time: Ships within 5 working days

This is a One of a Kind creation. There is one of her and she will not be made again in this form. Her sister banner, The Midnight Guild Banner, carries different arms and a sapphire.

Crafted using in-house digital and traditional techniques: 3D designing, 3D printing, casting, sawing, shaping, soldering, hand engraving, stone setting, blackening and polishing.

Every engraved line was cut into the metal by hand with a graver, with no way to correct a cut once made. The banner is built to hang and swing on its bar rather than being fixed flat, and the blackening was worked into the engraved lines and polished back off the surface so the swords and star read clearly.

Style & Wear

A heraldic statement for medieval revival, romantasy and fantasy baddies.

She sits high on the chest, which is where a banner should be: visible, and reading like something worn on a tabard rather than hanging low as an ornament.

Because she swings on her bar, she wants a bit of open neckline rather than being flattened under a high collar. Deep red against blackened silver is a warm, high-contrast combination, so she sits happily with gold and mixed metals as well as an all-silver stack, and garnet holds its colour under warm indoor light, which is where most people actually see a necklace.

She is also one of the easiest pieces on our site to give, because there is nothing else to buy. The chain is on her.

Perfect for renfaires and castle festivals, romantasy fairs, LARP weekends, a book release you queued for, and every day you want your allegiances visible.

Practical Notes

• Sterling silver necklace included and fixed to this creation.
• Images are unedited and photographed in a light box and only lightly enhanced to adjust the lighting.
• Model pictures can be edited.
• Colors may vary slightly in real life.
• 6 months warranty starting from the day of delivery.
• Warranty covers defects in workmanship.
• This warranty is in addition to your statutory rights under EU consumer law.
• Always check gemstone hardness and physical properties to see if this gemstone suits you.
• Prices include 21 percent VAT.

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Questions & Answers

Is the necklace included?
Yes. Unlike our pendants, the sterling silver necklace is part of this creation and is fixed to the piece. It arrives complete, with nothing further to buy.

Can I use my own chain instead?
Not with this one. The chain is fixed to the banner rather than hanging from a bail, which is part of how the piece is built.

Does the banner really move?
Yes. It hangs from its bar and swings freely, so it turns as you walk and catches light differently each time. A banner that cannot move is a plate.

What was a bloodletter?
A real medieval trade, usually carried out by the barber-surgeon: the person who cut hair, pulled teeth, set bones and opened a vein when the physician ordered it. The red and white barber's pole comes directly from that work.

What do the swords and star mean?
Swords with the points down are an older reading of peace, or of a fight already finished. A star above them reads as guidance. Together they suggest a house that ends a conflict rather than one that goes looking for one.

What is heraldry actually for?
Identification. A banner told people from a distance whose side someone was on, which mattered enormously in a period when most people could not read. A field with a mark on it functioned as an identity.

Is the engraving machine made?
No. Every line is cut into the metal by hand with a graver, which is why the lines carry the variation of a hand rather than the uniformity of a machine. That is deliberate and historically right, since a real medieval banner was painted or stitched by a person and no two were identical. Engraving is also the one process with no second attempt: a graver removes metal and metal does not come back.

Why does the garnet look almost black sometimes?
Because that is what garnet does. It runs deep and slightly dark at the edges and comes alive under warm light rather than daylight. It is the stone behaving correctly, not a flaw.

What is a marquise cut?
A long, narrow shape pointed at both ends. Set at the point of a banner it echoes the shape of the field it sits in, which is why it was chosen here.

Is garnet hard enough for a necklace?
Garnet sits around 7 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale, which is fine. A necklace has a far easier life than a ring, since it is not being knocked against door frames and keyboards all day.

Is there a matching piece?
Yes. The Midnight Guild Banner is her sister, built the same way with different arms and a sapphire instead of a garnet. Two banners, two houses.

Will sterling silver tarnish?
Yes, all sterling silver does. Normal reaction to air and skin, not a fault. On an engraved piece it helps, since tarnish in the cut lines is what makes the engraving read. Your upkeep document explains how to clean her without lifting the blackening out of the lines, and a soft brush is better than a cloth here.

Can you make me one of these?
Not this one. If you want a banner with your own arms or engraving on it, that is exactly the sort of thing our Custom Realm exists for.