Lusitan

My turn now.

Handle : The lusitans where a tribe of celtic origin that ocupied the north-western part of the iberic peninsula (northern Portugal and the spanish province of Galiza). They resisted the Roman invasion for almost 200 years before being defeated. Most portuguese consider them our ancestors.

Avatar : That is the Portuguese coat of arms.

- The five blue shields represents the five moor kings defeated by the first King
of Portugal, D. Afonso Henriques, at the Battle of Ourique (1139).
- The dots inside the blue shields represent the five wounds of Christ when
crucified.
- Counting the dots and doubling those five in the center, there are thirty dots
that represents the coins Judas received for having betrayed Christ.
- The seven castles represents the fortified cities D. Afonso Henriques conquered
from the moors.
- The globe represents the world discovered by the Portuguese navigators in the
fifteen and sixteenth centuries.

Signature : I first used it as a tribute to all those involved in any space program, after the last shuttle accident. I compare what they're doing with what my ancestors did when they took those litle boats and decided to explore the oceans, establishing the sea route to india, the first voyage around the world, etc.