House Standards and Banners

House Standards and Banners begin as towering, three-dimensional emblems of fabric and metal carried aloft during noble processions in Golden Son, serving as both battlefield identifiers and symbols of ancient lineage. Across the series they evolve from static displays of rank into living icons of rebellion and unity, their designs and meanings shifting as Houses fracture, fall, and are reborn under new allegiances. By later volumes the banners become rallying points for multi-Color coalitions, their very presence on a field capable of turning the tide of war or legitimizing a claim to power.