Mayda has been a stellar member over the last several months. Not only has she herself been active in many aspects including the Crusade, but she has pushed her students to be so as well. She cares about the house and the people in it. Her skills as a proof reader helped many of us this last round of the crusade, and since it has ended, she has been looking at several ways to continue keeping people active while we await the next round of the crusade. This includes running two different competitions and working on setting up a master/student runon for various pairings in the entire DB to participate in.

For being a stellar member And helping out in so many ways around the house, she has earned this Anteian Cross.

I am honoured to be recommending S’nar for this Steel Cross. He has been a constant beacon of activity inside of Clan Arcona and House Galeres helping us to achieve domination on Bhargebba.

In this round of Dark Crusade he has managed to participate in the following: Chronicle I, High Value Target, The Plans, Gaming (Silver Novae), One Ending One Beginning (Gold Nova), The Pursuit of Knowledge. During this time he has managed to achieve a Gold Nova for the wiki work as well as pulling out all of the stops and managed to compete in gaming taking a Silver Nova there. On top of this, he has been participating in the House wide event known as Homecoming, completing the following competitions: [Homecoming] The Death Walkers.

Now let’s talk about what S’nar has been doing outside of the Dark Crusade. He has been an active part of Galeres, inspiring other members to participate not only in the Dark Crusade but also in Homecoming. He volunteered to run two competitions without needing to be asked, and he managed to get these competitions up and running efficiently and quickly, helping towards getting overall activity up in Galeres. He also saw that the fiction was released on time by writing his own section, developing the plot for members to get involved in.

Though S’nar has continued to excel in the Clan, taking on his first ever student and driving him to work on his strengths, seeing him rise through the ranks quickly and efficiently. He has also been working hard on expanding his team making sure that they are always active and helping them with any issues that come up. He has recently stepped up once more to the plate writing up numerous recommendations for his members stepping above and beyond the expected duty of a XO. He continues to surprise us with his hard work and enthusiasm to this club each day and is a friendly and interactive part of the Clan.

For all of his hard work recently, I am proud to be giving S’nar this merit medal. Congratulations buddy on getting this Grand Cross of the Dark Side. Keep up the hard work in the future. I look forward to seeing what you do next for us.

Trouty has nothing to prove to anyone. A DJM's rank speaks for itself, but Trouty still shows up everyday for work; he is dedicated, committed, and a loyal member of the Clan. He is always offering words of fishy wisdom, and always willing to help out with anything if asked. He provides a positive roll-model of how Elders in this club should conduct themselves, and what members should strive to be. Having him around just makes me feel more comfortable as not just a leader, but someone who is part of this club. His sense of humor helps keep us light when things can get a bit dark. I know that Medals at this point his career don't mean much, so instead I'll just say something simply: Thank you Trouty. Thank you for being awesome, Arcona is a better place with you in it :).

I am honoured to be recommending Troutrooper for this Grand Cross of the Dark Side. He has been an all round heavy hitter inside of Clan Arcona and House Galeres. He helped Arcona with their overall participation score this round and ending up dominating on Bhargebba. During this round of Dark Crusade he has participated in the following competitions: Chronicle 1, High Value Targets, The Battle for Bhargebba, The Plans, One Ending, One Beginning (Gold Nova) , The Pursuit of Knowledge. He managed to take a Bronze Nova in High Value Targets as well as achieving a Gold Nova for the work he managed to accomplish in the wiki area. This helped Arcona gain an extra slot in the Special Forces Team. On top of all of this he has managed to to enter the following House Wide event competitions: [Homecoming] Graphics, [Homecoming] Codebreaker, [Homecoming] The Death Walkers, [Homecoming] Caption Competition, [Homecoming] Run-On. For all of these events he continues to get involved in the heavy workload of day to day activity inside of the House. Overall he has managed to participate in an impressive eleven competitions as well as placing in multiple events. Congratulations on this medal, Troutrooper, and I hope that you continue your hard work in the future.

I’m thrilled to have this chance to give Trouty some of the accolades he deserves. Trouty is not only a cornerstone contributor to Arcona’s writing ability, but also an inspiration to everyone in his Clan and the club. He lets his actions speak for him, always competing, replying to emails, and putting excellent effort into all his pieces. He constantly encourages members to strive for their goals and to be proud of what they earn with their actions. For me, personally,Trouty is a paragon, and I aspire to be the writer and asset to Arcona that he is. Congratulations on the Grand Cross, Fishy. It’s one of many medals, but it’s well-merited. Atyiru Araave Acting Battleteam Leader of Dark Forge

I am honoured to be recommending Atyiru for the Grand Cross of the Dark Side. Her hard work inside of this round of the Dark Crusade saw Clan Arcona and House Galeres achieve dominance on Bhargebba. She has also been a key role inside of House Galeres, assisting leadership inside of the unit.

Hitting the Dark Crusades events first, she has managed to participate in the following events: Chronicle I (Bronze Nova) , High Value Targets, The Plans, Gaming, One Ending One Beginning (Gold Nova), The Pursuit of Knowledge. In these competitions she managed to achieve Bronze Novae in the Chronicle I as well as a Gold Novae for her Wiki contribution. She has also been active and participating in the House wide event which has been running. participating in the following competitions: [Homecoming] The Death Walker, [Homecoming] Graphics, [Homecoming] Caption Competition, [Homecoming] Poetry. She came joint 2nd overall for the Homecoming event in Galeres, alongside doing a buttload of work within the House.

Now time to talk a little bit about what she has been doing inside of House Galeres. Atyiru has been involved in helping with running the last part of Homecoming, releasing two competitions out as well as proofreading the fictional document. She has been an integral part of keeping Dark Forge active, promoting the competitions inside of her team and getting members to participate. Atyiru always volunteers for helping in any way possible. This has recently been in the form of proofing fictional work for the House events and Run-On prompts, reading well over ten thousand words; and doing this quickly and efficiently, helping the upper summit release the competitions on time.

Atyiru has also taken on the mantle of being an Interim Battleteam Leader since the position of Battleteam Leader was left open. She has continued to keep up a constant level of activity from her members and sorted any issue that has come up with them almost instantly. Stepping up to the task when its required and writing recommendation when it is required though its not expected of her. She completed them quickly and efficiently without complaining and to a high standard. Atyiru never stops impressing myself she continues to take the initiative and going above and beyond the call of duty that is expected of her.

I am proud to be recommending Atyiru for this medal. Her hard work and devotion to this club is outstanding. Congratulations on this medal Atyiru, keep up the hard work and I look forward to seeing more from you in the future.