Nothing was more embarrassing than creating your Pledge, spending the 500k, drawing your masterpiece, and then... being unable to afford the for your own territory. If your Pledge didn't own a castle, you had to pay a weekly tax just to keep your emblem visible.

Basic emblems (Level 1-3) can be purchased from accessory merchants in Heine or Oren. These are placeholders. No serious PvP player uses a shop emblem past level 45.