There is a long line of great Taldryan Consuls, and I can say without a doubt in my mind that when all is said and done, Duga will rival Kir as the greatest. The amount of dedication that Duga has to his clan is extraordinary. He takes pride in all that he does. He works and strives to keep a standard of excellence. Duga is a selfless individual, every free thought and every free moment is "For Taldryan."<br> <br> I know very well the amount of work that I put in when I was Consul, and it pales in comparison to what Duga does. He is consistenly active in all channels of communication. He reaches out to not only help members, but to get to know them and become friends. He instills a pride in his membership for the clan, and trains them in the ways of Taldryan. Duga has not only upheld the tradition of excellence, but he has added to it.<br> <br> Duga's work with the GJW was nothing short of phenominal. It takes a strong will to get over 55% of a large clan to participate in a long and drawn out competition. He set goals for himself and he reached them; Taldryan came out victorious again. Duga also did things above and beyond what a normal leader would do. His tracking of member activity was amazing, and his contributions to the Dark Council over the past months have been invaluable. Duga has reached a level of service and dedication that I only with I could learn from.<br> <br> Duga has about him an air of greatness. It has been an absolute pleasure getting to work with him and getting to know him.<br> <br> Thank you, Duga, for all that you do.<br> <br> - GM Jac Cotelin<br> <br> _________________________________<br> <br> I have always enjoyed working with Duga. From his work as Dinaari Aedile to Consul of our victorious Clan, Duga's natural talent when it comes to leading always shines through. In all honesty, we'd all be pretty lost without Duga. He is a constant source of strength for our clan. When something needs to be "just done", Duga is always around to get the ball rolling. He's picked up projects that were, for all intents and purposes, left for dead. He's taken initiative in starting new projects. Lastly, he leads by example. In addition to his duties as Consul, Duga excels in regular activity.<br> <br> Duga really is the glue that keeps our summit together, and it's a position he truly excels at. He takes long-forgotten projects like the invitational and actually completes them. Duga was vital in the planning of a very successful clan feud with Arcona. But those are only the bigger projects. One glance at Duga's summit plans page on Tal.org shows just how much work he does around here.<br> <br> I've always thought that leading by example is a very important trait for any leader. Duga is quite obviously a model member for younger generations. I mean, if the truly insane number of "Cluster of Fire"s doesn't impress someone, then maybe Duga placing third in the GJW will. In light of the small margin of victory, one could say that without Duga's participation, we wouldn't have placed first in the war.<br> <br> All I can say is:<br> Thank you Duga for all that you do.<br> <br> -Ben<br> <br> ______________________________<br> <br> Duga is one of those people who you can never say too many good things about. He consistently goes out of his way to make sure things happen the way that they need to. His leadership during GJW 6 was invaluable to Taldryan; even though we started off strong by the last month of the war we would have faltered without Duga to guide, prod and yell at us to keep moving forward. Duga is such an incredible asset to the clan, without his leadership we'd be hard pressed to be able to keep up the kind of excellence that is expected from Taldryan.<br> <br> Battlelord Taku Matsuki Taldrya, Son of Taldryan and Aedile of House Ektrosis of Taldryan<br> <br> __________________________________<br> <br> I'd like to recommend Duga to receive a nice shiny for all the time and effort he put into getting Taldryan through the GJW in first place.<br> <br> As well as personally competing in hundreds of matches (alright, maybe a slight exaggeration there... but not much! :P), he was easily the most organised CON that I've ever had the pleasure of working with during a major competition. He kept a spreadsheet of each individual's activity to ensure that they would be fairly rewarded at the end, and checked each person's points to make sure Taldryan wasn't being short-changed. He could have delegated those tedious jobs, but he didn't - he realised the importance that each individual makes in a competition like this, and he put his own time into ensuring that each individual's efforts would be recognised.<br> <br> Duga, thanks for all your work for Taldryan. I honestly don't think we would have held onto 1st place without you! It's just a shame you went and got yourself promoted before the GJW! :P ~Alanna

Jac Cotelin, 2006-09-27 22:00:00 UTC