- Event ID
- 255180
- Target
- General Zentru'la
- Award
- Sapphire Blade
- Quantity
- 1
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Non-site XP
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1012
XP
- Requested by
- Headmistress Alethia Archenksova
- Primary reason
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Supposedly, Augustus bragged that he had found Rome a city of brick, and left it a city of marble. And that’s more or less where Zen is heading with regards to the Department of Writing. That department was in rough shape when he took it over. Most courses dated back years, over a decade in at least a few cases, and they had received minimal updates. Ciara and Erinyes had big plans for the department but real life removed them from the SA before they get could get very far along. Zen took on responsibility for the project, developed his own take on that plan, revised it again for the new HM, and has kept pace with my evolving megalomania vision for the SA.
In addition to the two courses recognized by his last Sapphire Blade, Zen was the sole author on Character Development. He developed an outline and wrote the 2041-word course notes and the exam with minimal assistance from me. On the contrary, Zen had to navigate our differing ideas and expectations for a Character Development course and revise his initial draft accordingly. The resulting course provides general principles and actionable advice that apply to almost every solo fiction, co-op fiction, run-on, or ACC match that a member would want to write. The quality of the course notes and the exercise-drive exam both reflect Zen’s professional experience as an educator and his personal experience with the subject matter and his extensive research through books, articles, and videos written by professional authors and screenwriters.
I like to think that every course we release is polished and professional, but sometimes it takes a while to get there from the first draft. Zen’s drafts, however, are always within a few Markdown tags of publishable, significantly reducing my workload as HM and allowing me to focus my energy on SA-level innovations. A mixed blessing, perhaps, as he would be getting an award for two new courses if not for one of Arch’s bright ideas bogging down the process. I suppose I’ll have to save that for my fourth SB rec for him.
Alethia Archenksova
Headmistress
Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2023-10-20 13:46:34 UTC
- Additional reasons
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The chin. The myth. The legend. Zentru'la continues to make his presence felt in Taldryan, as both a valued and outspoken member of our community, and a solid performer who keeps up a steady stream of activities. In GJW XVI, Zen submitted entries to every bin and took top-ten placements in no less than 6 events, including a Silver Nova for Phase I fiction.
More stats for the stat bear. Since his last recognition (a Sapphire Blade on February 28th), Zentru'la has organised 1 and participated in 50 competitions. He's also participated in 7 gaming activities and 11 fiction and RP activities, for a total of 7819 words written, and passed 2 Shadow Academy courses. These activities have earned him a Silver Nova (mentioned above), a Crescent with Diamond Star, 3 Crescents with Ruby Stars, 7 Crescents with Amethyst Stars, 6 Crescents with Sapphire Stars, 4 Crescents with Emerald Stars, 1 Crescent with Topaz Star, 12 Clusters of Ice, 7 Clusters of Earth, 12 Clusters of Graphite, a Dark Side Scroll, and a Seal of Loyalty.
In total, as a member of Taldryan, Zen has racked up 4439 XP since his last recognition. He's also been working as a Shadow Academy Professor, which will be addressed separately.
Congratulations, Zen!
Master Seraine "Erinyes" Taldrya Ténama, 2023-10-20 03:29:30 UTC
Zen,
You've been one of our core staples for longer than I've been a member of Taldryan. You're always there to support and throw in ideas when asked, or even just as you see them needed. You aren't afraid to throw competing thoughts or comments even when they conflict with others, which is something I extremely appreciate as it shows different perspectives and gives additional insights that might not otherwise have been seen.
Even in recent discussions around the next lore developments for the Republic, directions of several upcoming storylines, and your direct contributions to our starship reward, you've done nothing but demonstrate time and time again why you're both a General in DB rank as well as fictionally with the Vornskr's.
Even helping out our members with their fiction writing and critiquing, you always go above and beyond at every possible step. Keep it up, brother. Though I don't have to say that, as I know you already will.
Congratulations!
~Signed,
Lady Second Cassandra Oriana Tyris
Supreme Chancellor of the Taldryan Republic
Clan Taldryan
Supreme Chancellor Cassandra Oriana Taldrya, 2023-10-20 05:23:22 UTC
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