Ace of Arrows
Per Angusta Ad Augusta
Through difficulties to honors. An arrow passes through a ring—precision conquers obstacles.
The arrow passes through the ring with surgical precision — not by force, but by perfect alignment of intention and execution.
In Paradin’s emblem tradition, the ring represents the narrow gate through which honor must pass. The arrow cannot waver, cannot second-guess. Per angusta ad augusta — through straits to heights — was the motto of ambitious Renaissance princes who understood that greatness demands exactitude.
This is the ace’s promise: that difficult passages yield to those who aim true.
Source: Paradin, Devises Héroïques, 1557, p. 227