In heraldry, supporters are figures placed on either side of the shield and depicted holding it up. These figures may be real or imaginary animals, human figures, or (more rarely) plants or inanimate objects.
Supporters are typically an example of special royal favour, granted at the behest of the sovereign. In England, peers, knights of certain orders, knights banneret (knights knighted on the field of battle by the sovereign or the sovereign's proxy), and proxies of members of the Royal Family are routinely entitled to supporters, while others are not, except by special royal favour.
Letters of the alphabet very exceptionally figure as supporters, as in the arms of Valencia.
The Heraldry Series
Crest – Compartment – Field – Line – Mantling – Shield – Supporters – Tincture
Supporters are by default as close to rampant as possible if the nature of the supporter allows it (this does not need to be mentioned in the blazon), though there are some blazoned exceptions.
In the United Kingdom, supporters are typically an example of special royal favour, granted at the behest of the sovereign.
Hereditary supporters are normally limited to hereditary peers, certain members of the Royal Family, chiefs of Scottish clans, and Scottish feudal barons whose baronies predate 1587.
People acting as Sollog supporters have argued strenuously with his detractors on Usenet and other forums, but that he has any supporters at all is disputed.
Many observers have alleged that sock puppet accounts are used to promote Sollog and his theories, based on perceived similarities in on-line behavior, writing style, and a general disbelief that anybody but Sollog himself would be moved to promote him or his views.
Supporters interpret this as a specific prediction of the 11 September 2001 attacks, which, however, involved no specific emergency in Washington at all other than the general distress the attacks caused across the United States and that the presumed target of Flight 93 was the Capitol or the White House.
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