Locke was appointed to lead Naga Sadow in a tough time. The unit had just come in sixth in the latest Great Jedi War, but Locke knew what Naga Sadow was capable of. As soon as he was appointed to Consul, he set about changing the culture of the unit and bringing it back to being a force in our Brotherhood.

Locke’s leadership has transformed Naga Sadow into one of our most active units this year. Most notably, it was one of only two units to garner more than seventy percent of members participating in a competition in both of the DGM’s unit reviews this year. The unit has been among our top units in other important measures, such as the number of Knights, where Naga Sadow has had nine new Knights in the two reporting periods since February (second in the Brotherhood), and the number of competitions run, where Naga Sadow has had more than one hundred in the two reporting periods. Earlier this year, Locke helped run the CNS/CSP cooperative event Red Fury, which had a total of 12 competitions and garnered more than one hundred different entries. Locke and his team just finished a major Clan event, Awakening, in which Locke was the primary administrator in organizing the 9-competition event, as Cethgus and others discuss below. No matter how we splice it, Naga Sadow is succeeding under Locke.

Locke’s success as a leader pre-dates his time as Consul. He has spent nineteen of his 20 months at Equite 3 as a leader. Locke has run more than thirty competitions total since he was last promoted, and his excellent leadership of the unit has earned him an Anteian Cross, a Steel Cross, and a Sapphire Blade. Not only does Locke's leadership show in his unit’s current success, but it also shows in what he himself has earned over the last nineteen months.

Beyond just being an excellent leader, Locke has been a prolific member, as well. For all of his twenty months since his last promotion, Locke has been hard at work. He has participated in sixty competitions, earning nineteen Crescents. He’s helped the Brotherhood with the CS2.0 project (which earned him a Dark Cross). He’s dived into the ACC, where he has completed several battles already and is participating in the current ongoing Rivalries event. Locke leads by example, participating where he can, and reaching out to the Brotherhood as a whole to bolster not just Naga Sadow, but all of us.

In every way, Locke is what we expect from an Equite. He is a good leader, an example to his membership, and he works to better the club beyond just his unit. It is a great honor today that we can recommend Locke for a promotion to Equite 4, because he more than deserves it.

Locke, congratulations and thanks for all you do, both for Naga Sadow and the Brotherhood.

Mav and Sarin

Telaris "Mav" Cantor, 2015-09-19 18:46:00 UTC

I've known Locke Sonje for some years now. He's always impressed me as one of those members for whom leading and contributing is about what's best for the unit, instead of what's best for himself. He never brags on himself, is often humble when his achievements are touted by others, and looks to promote his members instead of himself.

Locke served from the time of his last promotion as Aedile of House Shar Dakhan until he was selected to be Consul on Feburary of this year. Since then, he has resumed a seat he once held when I was Quaestor of House Plagueis. He's served as one of the Brotherhood's most active and dedicated Consuls, working to establish the unit feud with Clan Scholae Palatinae in which CNS and CSP demonstrated some impressive performance numbers. Those numbers served as the clarion call to all other units that they needed to better engage their members into sustainable activity.

It's past time that he was rewarded for being the leader that he is.

Tra'an Reith di Plagia

Reaver Tra'an Reith di Plagia, 2015-09-19 17:38:08 UTC

Others talk about Locke's shinies and statistics. I'm here to talk about the person. The guy who sits down with me and offers advice. The guy who helped me get back into the swing of things as a leader. The guy who encourages others to do their best, who provides opportunities for others. Locke has served as Consul of Naga Sadow for the past six months and Aedile for eleven months before that. He has created a stable summit where once there was none. Under his leadership, Naga Sadow has strengthened itself and has added many new members who have hit Knighthood. He's run several Clan events, the most recent being Awakenings. Awakenings has been a success in bringing veterans out of the woodwork and making them work together with our newer members. It's enabled the Houses to capitalise on this as we progress into the future.

Coming back to the stable summit, Locke has given up his time to train us in what he wants in leadership and given us 1:2:1 advice and instruction in what the current MAA wants in recommendations for promotions and awards and goes to great length in making all leaders of varying position feel part of the Summit and that their opinions matter. He encourages everyone to get involved and contribute to the well being of the Clan.

Naga Sadow would not be in the place it is now if not for Locke. He has created a whole new direction for Naga Sadow, the Warhost and has changed how the members interact with the inhabitants of the Orian System. These changes have not been universally welcomed by our members, but Locke has assuaged their worries and taken on board their feedback in order to improve what we have.

Locke is a massive influence on all within Naga Sadow, from our newest to our eldest members. He has ensured that everything we do is not in vain, and that everyone in their respective areas is being productive, doing the best they possibly can and, most importantly, enjoying themselves. For all that and the rest of Locke's achievements that have been covered by others, I'm pleased to see Locke reach the pinnacle of the Equites. Congratulations, my friend.

Quaestor of House Marka Ragnos

Professor Sanguinius Tsucyra Entar, 2015-09-19 17:48:45 UTC

I am honoured to be recommending Locke Sonje for his elevation to the rank of Augur. He has been a pillar of stability inside Naga Sadow for a long time now, stepping up and taking the reins as Consul to give direction and focus to the Clan. Boosting activity and mentoring the newer leaders of the Houses to make the Clan what it currently is today.

Since his last elevation Locke has continued to serve the Brotherhood in a multitude of leadership roles. Currently, he serves as the Consul of Naga Sadow. Since taking on the position he has had to teach the job of Proconsul to me, explaining the new responsibilities and guiding me on matters that I needed help with. All the time keeping his cool and leading by example, participating in fifty-seven amount of competitions, as well as organising two events for the clan. The first one Red Fury in which both members from Naga Sadow and Scholae Palatinae brought members together, fostering ties between the two units, and running a successful event.

Though no sooner than the event had finished Locke was taking the reins to make sure that all members were awarded correctly, helping develop his leadership team to awarding members correctly, proofing countless recommendations from everyone as well as helping recc writing in general for his summit. Locke was a key part of the current Clan Event known as Awakenings, he instantly got the group running the Clan event together, keeping contact via the discussion email thread. Setting up the event with myself, Marcus and Vexatus organizing competitions as well as giving out fictional lead ups to the release of the event. Giving the members a build up which has seen a great amount of activity from the Clan with everyone getting involved in the event and enjoying the story that has been created for it.

The whole time that he has been leading Locke has never allowed his activity to drop, always taking the approach of leading by example for the members, he has managed to earn himself a total of ten Crescents varying in all different ones, as well as smashing out events for the Clan managing to take home twenty-seven seals of the Crusader as well as eleven Seals of Revelation. Locke has always been involved in writing, heavily ACCing his way through members and helping them expand their knowledge of the Antei Combat Center. For all his work with Clan members as well as anyone that challenges him he has managed to earn himself thirty-two Clusters of Ice. Always trying to improve himself, Locke has stepped out of his comfort zone and into the world of gaming, earning himself a total of fifty-three Clusters of Fire.

He also continues to keep a regular presence on both of the sites, these are in the form of his involvement with members of the summit. He has been guiding and teaching the newer members of the Clan and always getting himself involved with anything and everything, he constantly has new ways to progress Naga Sadow, this was by first implementing the way that we run houses, and the level of communication between the entire summit. As well as that we need to be seen participating in competitions as well as running them, driving us all to constantly update wiki pages, house fictions and keep bringing members into the fictional background making them feel involved in the Clan.

For all of his hard work and effort he has managed to earn himself a fairly large amount of medals, since his last elevation he has gained a Sapphire Blade, Steel Cross and a Dark Cross for his service to Clan Naga Sadow. Even during hard times his loyalty to the Clan has been unwavering having to make the hard decisions on numerous occasions is something we all forget about, I have seen him doing it countless times always putting the Brotherhood and Clan in the forpoint of his decisions. Thank you for all your hard work work and devotion not only to Clan Naga Sadow but to the Brotherhood as a whole, you have impacted many members and I continue to look forward to working with you in the future. Congratulations, Locke, this promotion is a testiment to your character and abilities in the Brotherhood.

Proconsul of Naga Sadow

Cethgus Tiberius Entar, 2015-09-19 17:37:23 UTC

Locke is the exemplar Consul. He dreams up projects, he forgoes personal merit in favor of merit of his members, and he creates opportunity for advancement, one of which I am personal proof, as I would not be here in this position if it wasn't for him. If you have an idea and you pass it to Locke, he will help you work it out and expand it to reach it's full potential. If you can't make a certain deadline, he will move heaven and earth to see it done. Locke is the kind of guy who will work silently behind the screen, but thanks to his silent and diligent work, you will get one hell of a show.

It's my distinct honor to support Locke's promotion to EQ4. Well done boss!

Clan Rollmaster of Naga Sadow

Marcus Kiriyu, 2015-09-19 17:48:15 UTC

During my time as Rollmaster and Quaestor, I have had the distinct pleasure of witnessing Locke's dedication the CNS first hand. Every action he makes is one towards instilling activity, and ensuring that our members are being taken care of. Particularly, as Rollmaster, he worked with me to ensure that new members were being addressed efficiently, and guided on the right path to making Knighthood without ever being “too pushy”. From there, he has continued to take on the role of “manager” within CNS. He expects regular updates from his Summit, as well as providing feedback in a timely manner. While coordinating so many strong-willed leaders, he still creates initiatives of his own and runs them past members in order to get feedback on what is, or isn't, a good idea to implement. Not a single project moves forward without a great deal of discussion and an initial “soft approval” before signing off on the full initiative. It is these actions that mark him as a strong leader for the Clan, and he doesn't get enough credit for what he does, in a role that is often difficult to measure.

Locke has dedicated himself to the betterment of the Clan, and fostering the growth of his team. It is for this reason that I wish to tender my recommendation for him, even if he likes purple a little too much, even for a Krath.

Quaestor of Shar Dakhan

Darth Renatus, 2015-09-19 17:49:10 UTC