Lucine has become one of Arcona's greatest assets. In the nine months since she joined the Brotherhood, she has exceeded every expectation we place on Journeyman - and by a margin so large as to make those very expectations laughable. She has participated 42 competitions since her last promotion (an average of 10 per month) and organized (or co-organized) eight of her own, earning nine Crescents in the process. She has been active in the Shadow Academy, completing 7 courses. And her amazing performance in the Winds of Change ACC event has been nothing short of astonishing, earning her a Bronze Nova. She has garnered a total of 5 Clusters of Earth and 44 Clusters of Ice (for both her fiction submissions and her ten ACC battles).

In addition to her personal activity, she has shown herself to be a capable and talented leader. Four months ago, she was placed in charge of Shadow Gate, the premier Battleteam in House Qel-Droma. She was given command at the same time as half the members of Shadow Gate were transferred to the newly-commissioned Voidbreaker. Maintaining the activity and enthusiasm of a team during a time of such turmoil would be a difficult task for even the most experienced of leaders. Friends get separated, those left behind wonder whether they would be better off joining the newer, shinier team, and morale and activity always take a hit. Faced with these challenges, Lucine was undaunted. She has done a phenomenal job keeping the remaining members of Shadow Gate engaged and active, and has been working to continue building and evolving the lore that surrounds both the team and their home of Port Ol'val.

I don't give out praise or awards as if they were candy. If you ask my fellow Summiters, I'm known as something of a hardass when it comes to medals and promotions. I often expect members to put in effort above and beyond the minimum or even average level of activity. Such are the standards I hold for our members.

Lucine has surpassed every one of those standards.

Lucine: it is both my honor and my privilege to have you on my Summit, and it is truly a pleasure to recommend that you be inducted into the ranks of the Equites. Congratulations!

• Terran Koul, Quaestor, House Qel-Droma of Clan Arcona

Terran Koul, 2017-09-16 03:36:37 UTC

I enjoy working with all my members and every single one brings something unique to the table. Lucine Vasano is no exception. Not only is she a hard working, dedicated leader who balances her DJB hobby with odd hours of work, Lucine is expressive and has a personality that attracts those around her. Perhaps it is her helpful hand and silver tongued way with words, but whatever her magic is it reflects in the success of her Battleteam Shadow Gate. Lucine often collaborates with them on fiction ideas and encourages the development and growth of others' characters. She continues this helpful streak by offering a hand to a few Summit projects, such as the ongoing wiki revamp. Lucine keeps active in other measures by participating in competitions, and she even placed in the ACC Winds of Change competition, despite being relatively fresh to it prior. That takes a certain degree of will and determination.

It is because of all of these points and more that I also recommend Lucine Vasano for promotion to Equite I. Keep radiating that fiery passion, bestsisprentice! I look forward to where the stars bring you next.

• Zujenia, Aedile, House Qel-Droma of Clan Arcona

Proconsul Diyrian "Diy" Grivna, 2017-09-16 03:36:14 UTC

Anyone who speaks with Lucine will discover several things very quickly: she is kind, efficient, intelligent, and burns with a drive and zeal somewhat akin to unholy glee that is, frankly, terrifying. All of these qualities embody her ethics and her work in everything she does. From her first week with us, she broke into the scene with astoundingly long, eloquent fictions that took a karmic few days to grade, dove right into leadership as a perfunctory and diligent Battleteam leader and Summit member, conquered War-level ACC Preliminaries, proofed everything she could get her hands on, helped others with and wrote Custom Aspects, and generally made quick work of befriending anyone new she met. Her offers to help in any possible way she can, with Summit leadership, projects, or anything else, are endless and hungry. There's no giving this woman enough to work on, but we can certainly try. To put it most succinctly, though Lucine has only been with us these few months, she is already running harder and faster than many more experienced members, and only seems to be getting started. She deserves this leap to Equitehood, and I've absolutely zero doubt she'll blow us all away with even more as time goes on...and then proceed to conquer the Brotherhood. Utterly. With surgical precision.

Bestprentice, I've said it to you many times, but I am proud of you. You, your sisterhood with your sisbestprentice and other Journeymen, your synergy and excellence and encouragement, they all amaze. I've rarely, if ever, written a more deserving Equite promotion. Congratulations, welcome, and well done.

Atyiru Caesura Entar Arconae

Consul of Clan Arcona

Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir, 2017-09-16 03:36:32 UTC