What the purple/ gold symbol over 2 character in the new HotS loading screen?

What do these symbols mean?? Does it mean they are in a group?

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Solution 1:

This was a new feature added in the Dec 15, 2015 patch to help identify which players are grouped together in a party.

Party Indicator Icons

New Loading Screen icons have been added to indicate which players queued together as a part:

  • Players in the same party will appear next to each other on loading screens.
  • Parties will be separated by icon color so that it is easier to see how many parties there are, and how many players are in each.