Title of Universal Honour

A Title of Universal Honour, commonly an "Honour," is a western Suran tradition of appellation intended to decorate a person who has performed honorably on the field of battle. Commonly entitled by the highest position of power, Honours are nontransferable and die with the entitled. Honours entitled by high powers are recorded in heraldic histories and are often given a level of social priority that can only be attained through appellation.

History
The Title of Universal Honour is a practice that began roughly 515 years ago, sometime during the Ume Deshon Empire, and it began in the Pradian Lower States. It was first recorded by the Five Thorned Houses in order to distinguish members of their military that served well in battle, but original documents use the term as an established term, suggesting its development occured earlier. During this time and throughout the Snow Wars between the Lower States and Eusudros (now in the northern part of Enla), an Honour was given to a high-ranking official that became wounded in battle.

Honours took on their current Enlan meaning some two hundred years later, when the term was fully adopted by the new state of Enla. Currently, an Enlan Honour is given to any member of a military who performs honorably or viciously in combat, celebrating both firm judgment and survival against all odds. A Title of Universal Honour cannot be a posthumous appellation, except in Prad, where the tradition persists only in the nobility. Pradian Honours are recognized in Enla, but Enlan Honours are not recognized throughout most of Prad.

Enlan

 * Cairas Fenpeles [hn. the Red]
 * Colme Arkcepulicol [hn. the Honored Thief]
 * Jaol Kermud [hn. the Spear-Rider]
 * Lharmegan Agerilhau [hn. of the Eight Crosses]
 * Marte Conrecese [hn. the One-Man Vanguard]
 * Parek Lecincir [hn. of the Violet Sunrise]
 * Valoce Temaitel [hn. the Gravedigger]