Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25045079-20140826195207/@comment-24994749-20151201040103

Or it might be a combination of all the above.

The emblem thing strikes me a closely tied to the idea of individuality.

It's a pictoric way to identify yourself, which ties in the CNR that supposedly comes from people feeling visual arts are the strongest form of expression.

It speaks of identity, so if you choose to wear an emblem that reflects your surname/was also worn by an ancestor, you are identifying yourself with your heritage.

If you wear an emblem related to your given name, then you are identifying yourself with your independence.

If you wear an emblem related to your aura/semblance, then you are calling attention on your soul. But also possibly your heritage as semblances are influenced by linage.

I would think this last kind of emblems would be more popular among hunters, since developing a semblance is something most people without that kind of specific training wouldn't do.

In a hunter, an emblem referring their semblance also works as a demonstration of power and it reinforces their identity vs the Grimm as manifestations of anonymity.