Pelican

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A Society wide order that carries a Patent of Arms. This is the highest recognition one can receive for service to the Society. The badge for this order is, a pelican in its piety. Companions of this order are titled "Master" or "Mistress" of the Pelican and may use the abbreviation OP behind their name.

Masters and Mistresses of the Pelican may wear a cap of maintenance as a symbol of their station. The cap of maintenance is a black hat with a turned up brim of ermine similiar to those worn in the late 15th and into the 16th centuries. However, few Pelicans in the Middle Kingdom wear one, preferring to indicate rank with a medalion of the badge of the order.

The dependant of a Pelican is a protege or associate whom they give guidance and instruction in service to the Society.

It is equal in rank to the Chivalry (containing the Master at Arms and Knight) and Laurel.

The webpage for the Order of the Pelican is: http://pelican.midrealm.org/