"We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master"

His footsteps echoed the halls of Arx Ondorii, the only thing that quaffed the silence from which he found strange for a House that was usually busiling of activity. He was summoned to one of the main and wondrous features of the castle and that being Cluaran Leana. A garden commissioned to house some of the rare botanic finds and a research facility to aid with experiments done within.

As he approached the doors, he felt prickles of hairs stiffen at the back of his neck. His hand hovered only a brief moment over the panel beside the door. Seconds later a whoosh of warm air wafted at him and down into the hall, as the doors opened.

The garden was abnormally quiet as he carefully made his way down the stone steps. Looking left and right, he was sure someone or something, was watching. As he continued to make his way passed the beds of flowers and plant life, he felt something hit is arm. His defenses engaged and he drew his training lightsaber, igniting the red blade. His focus was beginning to blur and when he took a step, his leg almost buckled under him from his weight. He began to see figures come out from the few shadows the garden had. He started swinging his blade haphazardly at the ghostly figures as the poison continued to take hold and he collapsed to his knees. Something was admitted into his neck just before he completely passed out and a voices echoed around him. "Do you think he will recover"? a young male voice asked.

"If he is strong enough, he will." A female voice answered.

He awoke kneeling, with the sun at his back and surrounded by many familiar faces of Dorimad Sol. A fully robed female stepped up and removed her hood. Letting it rest back on her shoulders and placing her hands down in front. "Give me your training saber." He did so without a moment haste. She threw it up in the air and quickly drawing and igniting her own lightsaber sliced it in half. The pieces lay before him, sizzling and cracking before eventually functioning no more.

"Tollo, you have past the trials laid before you and survived my own personal test. You have lead your team to victory during Boot Camp and have become a wonderful resource to this House." The Quaestor announced, then casually turned her hand up waiting for something. Seconds later a tubular item was in her hands. "It is time that you become a Knight and wield a true lightsaber." Holding it out in front of her. "Now rise." Applause came from the others as he was handed the cylindrical tubing he worked so hard to achieve.

Congratulations on attaining your own real lightsaber. ~//~ It gives me great honours to recommend Tollo to the ranks of Dark Jedi Knight. In his over one year tenure, Tollo has passed 27 Shadow Academy courses, run two competitions, attained nine various crescents and two Dark Crosses. He helped us in the fight during the Great Jedi War and keeps up his communication on a regular basis. He was one of the two participants in the four week battle team competition coming in first place overall and is the leader of Banshee Brigade. He demonstrated as a leader that leadership is not all about kicking up ones feet, relaxing and letting those under you do all the work. SBM Robin Hawk Quaestor of HDS M:HRLD

, 2009-08-24 13:20:44 UTC

<i>Apprentice Tol Ziveri stood in the meeting hall of his House, where several of his Housemates were gathered. His Housemates, and the friends made within the time of joining were seated before him. His Quaestor stood, gesturing for him to kneel.<br><br>

The young Apprentice fell to one knee as the Quaestor, Legorii, raised his hand. A small shadow crept from underneath the outstretched appendage and descended on the Apprentice.<br><br>

"Light is limited, young one," the leader spoke.<br><br>

"Darkness is infinite, my master," spoke the Apprentice as the shadow fell upon him, to be absorbed by the Dark Jedi.<br><br>

"Congratulations, Jin. You have taken a step further into the Dark Side of the Force. You have attained the rank of Novice, and are now fully a part of the Brotherhood. Stand and be recognized, a Novice."<br><br>

The newly promoted Novice stood and faced his brethren. Those in attendance applauded and as one, they spoke,<br><br>

"ARCONA INVICTA!"<br><br></i>

I would hereby like to request a promotion for Apprentice Jinashimaru, who has currently fulfilled all requirements for promotion under the Dark Jedi Brotherhood's promotions guidelines, as follows:<br><br>

Perform a single, basic DJB activity beyond the Test of Lore, such as creation of your Character History or participation in a competition.<br><br>

Jin has logged onto IRC, and joined in conversation with his Clan in #arcona. He has also discussed his future in the Brotherhood with his House leaders.<br><br>

As Jinashimaru has fulfilled this requirement, I would like to respectfully request his promotion to Novice.<br><br>

To Jin: as promised, now that you have gained the rank of Novice, you are entitled to hearing our next set of promotion requirements. To become an Acolyte, you must:<br><br>

1) Complete the Dark Brotherhood Basics Shadow Academy course.<br><br>

2) Complete three of the following:<br><br>

-Log in on IRC and visit #Arcona<br>

-Compete in any Dark Brotherhood Competition. If you are unaware of any competitions, feel free to email your Summit.<br>

-Complete any two Shadow Academy exams other than Dark Brotherhood Basics.<br>

-Register on the Dark Brotherhood Forums.<br><br>

In Darkness,<br><br>

KP Legorii Kryotek Entar

Legorii Arconae, 2009-08-24 11:42:44 UTC

Passed the Test of Lore

Jinashimaru, 2009-08-24 10:01:50 UTC

Passed the Test of Lore

Caelin, 2009-08-24 09:11:34 UTC

Passed the Test of Lore

Fernando, 2009-08-24 00:21:58 UTC

Passed the Test of Lore

bfordinoz, 2009-08-24 00:16:05 UTC

Since I joined the Dark Jedi Brotherhood, there has been only one constant, Kal Vorrac. I’ve seen several leaders come and go, but never have I seen someone with the same dedication to Clan Plagueis as Kal. Twice has he held the position of Quaestor for Satal Keto, and during both stints, he held the rank of Warrior. This is inappropriate for a man with the leadership quality and ability that he has.

Kal has been one of the biggest sources of advice for me. He has the most experience in leadership of anybody in either Clan or House Summits and always offers assistance and guidance to both general membership and leadership.

He recently led House Satal Keto through the Great Jedi War as its Aedile. For his work and leadership, I awarded him a Steel Cross. He also led his House through the recent Clan Plagueis House Feud: Insurrection. While HSK came up short, Kal proved to be one of the most active individuals from his House, placing in four events with one first place finish, and continued to inspire the activity in others.

Beyond general activity, Kal has been the driving force behind the restructuring of the Plagueis Dominion. He has re-written the Wiki articles for the planets of the Jusadih system.

Kal is the most selfless individual on my Summit, who didn’t stop working just because he didn’t get a promotion. For all of this, I would like to promote Kal Vorrac to the rank of Sith Battlemaster.

Many congratulations, Kal. This is well deserved.

~ Alaris Jinn di Plagia, Consul of Clan Plagueis.

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Kal Vorrac has been a Sith Warrior for the better part of two years. During this time, Clan Plagueis has seen many changes, but Kal has always remailed as a constant source of stability and as a mentor to younger members, regardless of his official position within the Clan.

Since his last promotion, Kal is currently on his second stint as Quaestor of House Satal Keto. This latest appointment was following a time as Aedile in which he personally helped mentor me when I was the Quaestor of the House.

Kal has not gone this entire length of time without something to show for it. He has accrued three Seals of Remembrance, 6 Seals of Unity, 7 assorted Crescents, a Scroll of Foundation, a Scroll of Indoctrination, a Dark Cross, an Anteian Cross, two Steel Crosses, and a Silver Nova.

Most recently, Kal helped coordinate the Clan Plagueis runon in GJW IX, and was a major part of the Clan's secondplace finish in the event. He also led Satal Keto for the just-finished House Feud and, despite a discrepancy in members, came in close second. Finally, Kal has undertaken to re-write the wiki articles for the Jusadih System planets and his work for them has been exemplary.

In short, this promotion is long overdue. Kal has more than demonstrated that he deserves a promotion to Sith Battlemaster.

~ Vivackus Kavon, Proconsul of Clan Plagueis

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Equite level promotions are hard to attain, only determined members reach induction into these ranks and it is even more rare to move up in them. In my eyes, Warrior Kal Vorrac has shown the resilience, endurance and persistence needed for a promotion to the rank of Battlemaster.

After his promotion, Kal served as Quaestor of Satal Keto for 6 months before resigning. Later he took up the position of Aedile for that same house and served as second in command for Vivackus for a further 3 months, upon which time he retook his position as Quaestor. Inbetween summit positions, he served as first Battleteam-member and then Team Leader. Recently, he has also taken up the position of Docent of Clan Plagueis History at the Shadow Academy and has been revamping that course. Kal works on clan projects regularily, having recently rewritten the Plagueis Dominion information to accommodate for the Vong occupation of Jusadih. Ever since his induction into the Equite ranks, Kal has been maintaining a steady flow of activity, earning a total of 2 Steel Crosses, 1 Dark Cross, 1 Anteian Cross, 1 Scroll of Indoctrination, 1 Scroll of Foundation, 3 Seals of Rememberance, 6 Seals of Unity, a Silver Nova, 2 Crescents with Amethyst Star, 3 Crescents with Emerald Star and 3 Crescents with Sapphire Star. He worked as Aedile to lead his house through GJW9 and recently led his house as Quaestor to a second place in the Plagueis Insurgence House Feud, narrowly missing first place due to an uneven division of members in the houses of Plagueis. If they had been matched in numbers, then Satal Keto could have easily won. However, regardless of the numerical disadvantage, Kal managed to lead his house to a score only 40 points removed from the first place winner. In my view, Kal Vorrac is the epitome of what the Brotherhood expects from its leaders and he is more than ready and deserving of an elevation to the next rank.

~ Ood Bnar Sythe’rae, Aedile of House Exar Kun

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I have been working for Quaestor Kal Vorrac for a few weeks now, and have come to know him as an inspiring and hard working member within our House and Clan. He always makes sure things are running smoothly in Satal Keto, giving 110% dedication to his role as Quaestor and care to all of his members.

In the past few weeks, he has kept up on activity whilst planning projects and more events to run within his House. Also he has earned many Crescents from his hard work in the House Feud, the events he did extremely well in were fictions and the ACC side of the feud.

Kal is a great member to work with and to gain experience from, he is a loyal, hard working, trustworthy and generally a good person to talk too. For all of this hard work he puts into the Brotherhood, I would like to congratulate him for gaining this promotion. He has done a lot to deserve it, so well done buddy!

~ Cassandra El’sin, Aedile of House Satal Keto

Adept Alaris Jinn, 2009-08-19 08:53:55 UTC

There are so many things that Proconsul’s do behind the scenes that nobody ever gets to see. From working alongside the Rollmasters to ensure that rolls and MSP are maintained to simple dirty work, promotion and medal auditing, in which Vivackus has proven to be better than most others. The menial work of Proconsul is only ever noticed by his Consul, and do I’m proud to be the one to award him the rank of Sith Battlemaster.

The Great Jedi War was a shining moment for Vivackus, as he was one of our most active ACCers who placed twice and received a Silver Nova for his work in the Run-On event. He was awarded a Steel Cross for his work during the War. He then received a Dark Cross for his activity in the three part series run by now Fiction Tribune, Eludajae M’nar, called Mirror, Mirror.

The most recent House Feud, Insurrection, proved to be the greatest point of Vivackus’ time in the leadership of the Dark Brotherhood. I know what kind of work it takes to create a storyline and write page after page of fiction to ensure that such a feud will take off and be successful, and that is exactly what happened here. If the idea for the feud was mine, then the feud itself has to be credited entirely to Viv’s fantastic work. Not only did he write all the fictional chapters, he wrote the basis for the storyline, re-wrote it several times, and had them all to me way before the first event even began.

He worked alongside me to grade and judge every event which we averaged together to receive final scores. He acted as a Judge in the ACC where he was on top of everything, working quickly to ensure that battles started as soon as they could, and that time-outs were quickly recorded.

I am proud to have selected him to serve as Proconsul, and even more proud to promote him to Sith Battlemaster. Congratulations, Viv!

~ Alaris Jinn di Plagia, Consul of Clan Plagueis

Since I first met Vivackus Kavon at the rank of JH and took him as my Student, I have known he was full of potential. His previous Masters had passed up on a gold mine, for Viv was a skilled member and merely needed help finding proper direction. His promotion to Dark Jedi Knight was one of the most proud moments of my DB career, and his later successes and subsequent promotion to Sith Warrior were glowing examples of what a dedicated and capable member could do. However, it is his list of achievements since that rank that show he is ready for the second Equite rank.

Having earned the rank of Sith Warrior during the Ninth Great Jedi War, Vivackus was active to a high amount and was capable in his position as House Satal Keto Aedile, as well as Quaestor. Before, during, and following the War, his work in that position helped HSK to grow considerably and formed the foundation and groundwork for many of the ideas and processes still within the House. Following this, he took the opportunity and won out over a few considerable opponents for the position of CP Proconsul. His Leadership work from there was rather mundane as he settled into the position, though that changed with the House Feud: Insurrection.

The House Feud's storyline was written entirely by Vivackus, and his hand was in the creation and hosting of the events. Working with Alaris to run the Feud and judge events, he was forced to step in when Alaris could not and took a large amount of the responsibility for the event onto his own shoulders. Between his work as an event judge and his hand in the creation of the actual event, it is likely that the Feud wouldn't have gone ahead at all were it not for the work of Vivackus Kavon.

During the GJW specifically, Viv's achievements entailed 8 Seals of Unity, a 6th-Place finish in the Heat of the Moment event, and a 9th-Place finish in the Battlefield Objectives event. His work as a Fiction Captain for Plagueis was essential in Plagueis' successes during the War, as he gave grammatical and spelling aid to CP's members and without a doubt helped to increase the general quality and success of Plagueis' fictional contributions. He won a Steel Cross for these events and they were a deciding factor in his elevation to Proconsul.

For exceptional Leadership in the positions of HSK AED and QUA, along with the position of CP PCON, for a huge amount of developmental contributions and event management during the House Feud: Insurrection within Plagueis, and for great amounts of activity and success in the Ninth Great Jedi War, I feel that Vivackus Kavon has earned the rank of Sith Battlemaster. Excellent work, Viv, you're an example to everyone in our Clan!

~ Kal Vorrac, Quaestor of House Satal Keto

Adept Alaris Jinn, 2009-08-19 08:53:50 UTC

To Whom It May Concern:

I could drone on about why Blade needs to be promoted, but I don’t have to. By virtue of his work alone, Ric has established that he clearly needs to be elevated. Ric is the resident Graphics guy, and if you cruise around the CSP wiki pages, most of the work is Ric’s. Not only is the quality fantastic, but it has drastically effected the Quality of work that Clan Scholae Palatinae delivers in all aspects. Look at his work, look at his record; there is none above him.

When still in House Dorimad Sol, I commissioned Ric to create a tower for the House. Not only did he do so, but he did so with amazing skill and efficency. Not only has Tater’s artwork produced naked women on birthday cards, amazing castles and landscapes, but it always earns him a medal or two.

Most of All, Blade has displayed that he possesses not only the experience but the prowess necessary to be a leader. He keeps things balanced with humor.

Blade, you’ve worked hard for me and hard for yourself. I am proud of you and proud to say that you are in Clan Scholae Palatinae. Beer and Hookas are on me, pal. Congratulations, you’ve earned it.

-Thran Occasus, Consul of Scholae Palatinae

I respectfully submit this recommendation for the elevation of Ric "Blade" Hunter to the rank of Sith Battlelord. Since his appointment to Battlemaster nearly a year ago, Ric has served as a Battleteam Leader, Aedile, and finally Quaestor within House Dorimad Sol. During his time as a leader within House Dorimad Sol, Ric mentored Robin Hawk as she became an up and coming leader within Scholae Palatinae and trained her for taking over from him as the Quaestor of their House. In addition to his leadership experiences, Ric is our predominant graphic artist within the Clan. His artwork and project management skills have helped the clan tremendously in expanding the fictional aspects of Scholae Palatinae especially in regards to both the military and the clan and house headquarters complexes on Judecca, Caina, and Antenorra. His personal activity during the past Great Jedi War was tremendous as he earned fifteen seals which placed hi amongst our top competitors in the conflict.

Honors earned during his time as a Battlemaster (1 year):

Grand Cross of the Dark Side Anteian Cross Bronze Novae - 2 Crescents of varying degrees - 7 Clusters of Fire - 102 Seal of Loyalty Seal of Unity - 15 Legion of the Scholar Once again, I recommend this member for elevation to the rank of Sith Battlelord based on his activity, leadership, and loyalty to both his House and Clan.  Dante, Proconsul of Scholae Palatinae

To Whom It May Concern: Ric 'Blade' Hunter, is wonderful mentor and a great personal friend. In my tenure as his Aedile, Ric has taught me lots, preparing me for the day when I will be taking over as Quaestor of Dorimad Sol. How he teaches me is what impresses me the most. He doesn't coddle or put on training wheels. He lets go of the speeder bike and says 'Go!”. In other words, he lets me do it on my own. Should I make a mistake or fall, I will learn my mistakes and do it differently. Though, if you asked him for help, he would never refuse it. I appreciate working under Ric. He has made things easy for me and has let me find my wings so that I may fly. Taters is known for his graphics, and everyone appreciates him for his talent. I can relate, but not only does he succeed in that, he is a gaming fiend! If he is not creating a beautiful masterpieces for his Consul, Clan or House. He is destroying Jedi, shooting down the enemy and keeping his gaming skills in the ready. Blade would play any newb that would ask and teach them a trick or two.
Besides awards, he has the “gift of ages” or as I like to call it, being old. Ric has spent at least six years with the Dark Jedi Brotherhood and many years before that in subsidiary organizations. He has been with Taldryan but has finally found his rightful home in Scholae, learning what he can and passing it down to others.
In the past Great Jedi War, Ric was among Scholae Palatinae's top four with points in graphics (top three highest), gaming, the run on, participating in the battle planning, trivia, fiction, and top five overall in the multimedia competition. It gives me great honours to be asked by the Consul of Scholae Palatinae in writing a recommendation for Ric 'Blade' Hunter. A wonderful leader and supporter to his team and great friend. These words cannot express how much he deserves the promotion to Battlelord. ~Sith Battlemaster, Robin Hawk, Aedile of House Dorimad Sol, Dark Paladin of Scholae Palatinae Ric is awesome. Ric's skills are awesome. I say this because of the huge impression that Ric has left on me. I never knew much about him until January, when, already acclaimed as the go to guy for Graphics, I asked him for help with an image for the HAD headquarters. Despite his large Quaestor's workload, and the various projects that he'd taken on from the Clan Summit, he agreed to help. I recieved clear questions, replied concisely and in the next 24 hours, I was given an excellent prototype. More recently, he and I have been set to work building a palace, the Clan HQ. From a few sentences I gave him, he produced something that can only be described as pwntastic. He is the most talented GFX man I have ever had the privilege to meet. He's also a bloody good QUA who leads by example, as evidenced by 15 Seals of Unity that are stuck in his dossier. That makes him one of the top CSP event submitters. Immediate promotion is the only reward that even comes close to thanking him for the hard work he's put into helping not only his own House, but the rest of the clan as well. -->Kalak Ragnose, Quaestor of Acclivis Draco

Emperor Thran Occasus-Palpatine, 2009-08-17 08:47:49 UTC

I would like to request a promotion for Martumal to DJK. I would like to write down a massive amount of hyperbole about what he's done for this and that, but i don't need to do that. All i can say is that Martumal is well deserving of reaching Dark Jedi Knight, he's been an active member of both Qel Droma and Arcona for time that he's been with us. But alas i must list what such an outstanding member of Qel Droma has done.<br>

He has completed each and every task set down before him on his path to DJK, since his last promotion to JH, Martumal has completed:<br> * Six weeks at JH<br> * Gained two Dark Crosses<br> * Four Crescents with Topaz Star<br> * One Crescent with Sapphire Star<br> * Five Crescents with Emerald Star<br> * One Crescent with Quartz Star<br> * One Crescent with Amethyst Star<br> * 107 Clusters of Fire<br> * Served as Rollmaster in his time in House Tridens<br> * Served as a Battleteam member for nigh on eight months in total<br> * Participated in two Vendettas, gaining 3 Seals of Pain and 1 seal of Darkness<br> * Participated in over 15 competitions in his time as a Journeyman, placing in 20 competitions in total.<br> * Gained a Shadow Academy Philosophy Degree, even having to redo all of his exams due to losing his scores on the database.<br> * Completed four leadership exams - Chamber of Justice I, Conflict Mediation, Leadership Studies and Leadership Fundamentals.<br> * Created a wiki article, giving Martumal a chance to broaden the history and background of his character.<br> * Created 6 NPCs for his House/Summit task, giving them an extensive background and personality, filling out the officers for Arcona's NSD Invicta. <br> * Ran a successful competition : "Star Wars Whack"<br>

While all of this is a good reason for Martumal to be promoted to Dark Jedi Knight, none of it would be worth it without the dedication Martumal has towards the DB and Arcona, i am proud to request his promotion to DJK where he can join myself and the others in the Brotherhood of Knighthood. Congratulations Max and well done my friend.<br>

DJK Sanguinius Tsucyra, Aedile of House Qel Droma <br>

Max has been Jedi Hunter for more than two years, a statistic that fails to tell the true story behind him. He's quite active, and has been a fun and contributing member of Arcona for a long time. He was there through the tough times, and there for our greatest triumph in the Ninth Great Jedi War. It is fitting that he can finally claim the honors associated with Dark Jedi Knight, and escape the teasing he is always subjected to for still being JH. It seems to me that after a two year break, Max is finally ready to break through and regain his swagger. I expect some big accomplishments from him in the future. Congratulations, Max.<br>

KAP Legorii Kryotek Entar, Quaestor of Qel-Droma

Professor Sanguinius Tsucyra Entar, 2009-08-21 03:53:12 UTC