Leadership takes a variety of different paths and appears in a variety of different ways. Not everyone gets to that end-state via the Consul or Proconsul positions. Talon, since his return, has functioned strongly as an informal leader. Most recently as the Scholae Palatinae team captain for the FrogDogs.

Talon stepped out of his comfort zone to lead the Frogdog draft process and encourage the FrogDogs on their advancement; keeping a very close race with the Rotworms. I also encourage Turel to share his feedback on Talon's leadership and engagement with the broader DJB through the Fist office.

He's continued his engagement through the clan and Fist office this past quarter with participation in numerous competitions and Sithmas.

Leadership:

• M:FIST - July 22nd to present
  
• Aedile of Imperium July 17th - October 10th, 2015
  
• BTL of Galthain December 10th - 17th, 2006
  
• BTL of Night Falcons September 6th - November 17th, 2006
  
• Battleteam Sergeant of Nightmare Squadron September 2nd - 9th, 2005
  
• Quaestor of Ziost December 20th, 2004 - March 9th, 2005 (~1 months post last promotion)
  

Awards:

• 1 Grand Cross
  
• 2 Scroll of the Master
  
• 2 Scroll of Indoctrination
  
• 2 Anteian Cross
  
• 1 Gold Nova
  
• 1 Silver Nova
  
• 6 Dark Crosses
  

Competitions:

• 10 Organized/Co-organized
• 119 Competitions participated in
• 99 Unique Competitions

Activity:

• 1 Fiction for 447 words
  
• 219 Gaming activities
  

Shadow Academy:

• 59 courses passed
  
• 5 degrees earned
  

Clusters:

• 828 Clusters of Fire
  
• 731 Clusters of Earth
  
• 2 Clusters of Ice
  
• 3 Clusters of Graphite
  
• 13 Pendants of Blood
  

Crescents:

• 3 Diamond
  
• 3 Amethyst
  
• 6 Sapphire
  
• 2 Emerald
  
• 1 Topaz
  

Scrolls & Seals:

• 2 Scrolls of Indoctrination
  
• 2 Scrolls of the Master
  
• 4 Seals of Duplicity
  
• 6 Seals of Unity
  
• 4 Seals of Ascension
  

Master Kamjin "Maverick" Lap'lamiz, 2023-01-04 23:04:17 UTC

Let it not be said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Since joining the Fist staff in July Talon has been a force to be reckoned with and an invaluable member of the staff. He immediately seized the initiative and created guides for Casual gaming queue, the Discord Party tool, and a new player guide for the Star Wars CCG. Talon also overhauled the How to Submit Scores page. Speaking of SW:CCG, Talon spearheaded the playtesting and evaluation of SW:CCG as a platform taking the time to create beginner-friendly decks and teach members how to play in one-on-one discord sessions. While SW:CCG hasn’t quite taken off yet as a platform like I would have hoped that in no way diminishes the work Talon put into creating this opportunity for our member base.

Since joining the Fist staff Talon has tore up the queue approving 240 matches for 70 unique members in a timely and accurate fashion. Talon’s approvals account for roughly 40% of Fist office approvals during that same period, which is impressive considering there were four other staffers in the office doing approvals during that same period.

Talon’s experience, perspective as a returning member and dedication to the gaming community are tremendous assets to the Fist staff and I am thankful to have him. On behalf of the Fist staff and the gaming community as a whole, congratulations on this well-deserved promotion.

Councillor Turel Sorenn, 2023-01-04 22:59:49 UTC

This is something that I have been looking forward to for a while now. After getting to know Doku and his drive, I knew I wanted to be the one to write his EQ2 promo. And now I get that chance. Doku has been around a while and seen a lot of the Brotherhood, but even with his years of experience here he has always made members feel welcome, whether new, returning or in my most recent case, returning to leadership. Since my first interaction with Doku, I knew that this was someone I would be cheering for along their journey!

Since his last promotion in 2016, Doku has participated in an impressive 73 competitions including an impressive push during the clans most recent major event, Pro Bowl VI where he helped push his team to victory. His efforts have earned him a suite of crescents with a Topaz Star, a Sapphire Star, 2 Emerald Stars, and 4 Amethyst Stars. Always willing to try new things, Doku has participated in 3 PvP matches to earn 16 Clusters of Fire, his ever expanding character story has earned 2 Clusters of Ice and proving that you can always learn something new, Doku has passed 3 Shadow Academy Courses with flying colours! Doku’s dedication has also earned him a Dark Cross and 2 Anteian Crosses.

Ever since his recent return to Plagueis and his joining of House Tyranus, Doku has been a rock, someone I can rely on to always be there, pushing both himself and those around him to do better and try their hardest while keeping in mind the most important part of being a member here, to have fun. It has been my absolute pleasure to watch Doku’s progress, chat with him and see him push himself towards his goals! Congratulations on a truly well deserved promotion!

TuQ’uan Varick di Plagia, 2023-01-04 22:01:37 UTC

Zekk Terrik, you continue to impress. You're growing more competent each day and you will surely rival the Council when the time is right. You have met the requirements for promotion, and a recommendation has been filed. Your accomplishments include:

• Join the Dark Brotherhood Discord and link your dossier
• Participate in 3 competitions
• Pass 8 Shadow Academy courses from the Fundamentals Department

I will continue to watch your progress, Zekk Terrik, but my direct intervention in your promotions must come to an end.

You will go far within this Brotherhood.

May the Force guide you, Journeyman,

General Alethia Archenksova
Headmaster

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2023-01-04 18:25:13 UTC

Ah Dek, the old standard of CSP who, due to real-life teaching responsibilities, has flexed in an out of his ability to participate yet he's been steady throughout and appears to be on the upswing again. Looking back on Dek he's accumulated 3 years of time as a Professor, and nearly 2 years on a Summit.

There's a significant number of members who have been influenced by Dek given the 101 courses he's graded since his last promotion.

From my perspective when I returned to CSP, Dek was my QUA and as I rose into PCON and CON I appreciated the attention to lore that Dek has. Specifically being the primary keeper of the Dark Times Saga arc that spanned several years. The details of the governments and players was something you might expect to find in a GRR Martin novel and showed me the level of detail needed for me to create to drive clan fictions at that level.

Dek was an excellent balancer for me and paired well with Reiden to ensure that good ideas weren't raced forward simply because they were good at face value. There's an art to challenging and looking at the member perspective of how they'd react that allowed us to elevate our ideas from good to great. Dek was never afraid to take a position that challenged what we were doing if he couldn't pass the "red face test" as to why we'd do it.

As much as I would have loved to see Caliburnus as Indy Jones and HAD as Marcus Brody, Dek was right. Not many others would have and the revised lore and return of the houses works better for a broader audience.

Competitions:

• 51 organized
  
• 8 co-organized
• 140 total competitions
  
• 117 unique competitions
  

Activity:

• 14 legacy PVP matches
• 53 gaming activities
  
• 3 ACC matches
• 8 fictions
  
• 32,096 words written
  
• 1 legacy RO with 1,325 words written
  

Shadow Academy:

• 23 courses passed
  
• 7 degrees gained
  
• 101 courses graded
  

Awards:

• 1 sapphire blade
  
• 1 steel cross
  
• 2 anteian crosses
  
• 2 dark crosses
  
• 1 bronze nova
  

Crescents:

• 4 Diamond
  
• 2 Ruby
  
• 6 Amethyst
  
• 4 Sapphire
  
• 7 Emerald
  
• 2 Topaz
  
• 3 Quartz
  

Clusters:

• 6 Pendant of Blood
  
• 318 Clusters of Fire
  
• 79 Clusters of Ice
  
• 1 Clusters of Earth
  
• 45 Clusters of Graphite
  

Seals & Scrolls

• 29 Scroll of Foundation
• 1 Seal of Loyalty
  
• 11 Seals of Fury
  
• 8 Seals of Discord
  
• 3 Seals of Visions
  
• 18 Seals of Enmity
  
• 3 Seals of Ascension
  

Master Kamjin "Maverick" Lap'lamiz, 2023-01-04 16:22:42 UTC

Samiam, you have successfully completed the Trial of Identity and confirmed your e-mail address, for which you have earned the rank of Apprentice. While you may currently be on a shuttle to House Deathwatch, I will continue to follow your progress with great interest.

May the Force guide you, Apprentice,

General Alethia Archenksova
Headmaster

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2023-01-04 15:14:47 UTC

Rayne, dear Rayne, what can I say that I haven't said in your medal rec. Are you aware you've earned 1.3M credits for the clan since your last promotion? That's a lot of credits. In fact, it's so many credits it makes me wonder why you're constantly stealing my furniture? Is this all a grand scheme to earn credits for the clans, I buy furniture from the clan account, and then you steal it and get the credits back?

I'm confused but what I do know is I won't catch you given how much activity you've been doing. Especially since I keep giving you Sapphire Blades. You started 2022 with none and you're exiting it with 2! You're a powerhouse in the Clan and I'm so glad to have you with us!

Hoodrat powers activate!

Competitions:

• 278 total competitions
  
• 242 unique competitions
  

Activity:

• 220 gaming activities
  
• 6 fictions
  
• 2,582 words written
  
• 2,350 words written in RP
  

Shadow Academy:

• 10 courses passed
  *2 degrees gained
  

Awards:

• 2 Sapphire Blades
  
• 2 Grand Crosses
  
• 1 Steel Cross
  
• 1 Gold Nova
  

Crescents:

• 9 Diamond
  
• 15 Ruby
  
• 26 Amethyst
  
• 28 Sapphire
  
• 25 Emerald
  
• 3 Topaz
  
• 2 Quartz
  

Clusters:

• 3 Pendant of Blood
  
• 1440 Clusters of Fire
  
• 12 Clusters of Ice
  
• 3097 Clusters of Earth
  
• 106 Clusters of Graphite
  

Seals & Scrolls

• 1 Dark Side Scroll
  
• 1 Seal of Ascension
  

Master Kamjin "Maverick" Lap'lamiz, 2023-01-04 14:15:26 UTC

Ulfsark is another of our silent warriors in Scholae Palatinae. While he may have had a quieter Q4, 2022 in review of his total activities he's definitely progressed to the point of elevation. I'm confident we'll see him engaged more in 2023 and want to celebrate the fantastic achievements he's accomplished since his last promotion.

Competitions:

• 191 total competitions
  
• 158 unique competitions
  

Activity:

• 16 legacy PvP matches
• 5 gaming activities
  

Awards:

• 1 Grand Cross
  
• 3 Anteian Cross
  
• 1 Dark Cross
  

Crescents:

• 2 Diamond
  
• 7 Ruby
  
• 7 Amethyst
  
• 8 Sapphire
  
• 12 Emerald
  
• 6 Topaz
  

Clusters:

• 5 Pendant of Blood
• 49 Clusters of Fire
  
• 65 Clusters of Earth
  
• 42 Clusters of Graphite
  

Seals & Scrolls

• 1 Legion of the Scholar
  
• 8 Seal of Wrath

Master Kamjin "Maverick" Lap'lamiz, 2023-01-04 13:59:44 UTC

Cello is definitely a wonderful silent warrior. His consistent dedication to the organization and Scholae Palatinae is easy to overlook and my apologies if this promotion comes later than it should have.

There doesn't seem to be a competition that Cello misses and he's a consistent contributor to RoS, GJW, ProBowl, and internal Scholae Palatinae competitions.

I hope you appreciate the continued recognition and I look forward to the opportunity to chat with you more on Discord in the future. There is an exciting new story arc coming for Scholae Palatinae that I hope you'll enjoy!

Competitions:

• 141 total competitions
  
• 120 unique competitions
  

Activity:

• 4 legacy PVP
  
• 3 fictions
  
• 1,171 words written
  

Awards:

• 1 Steel Cross
  
• 2 Anteian Crosses
  
• 3 Dark Crosses
  

Crescents:

• 1 Diamond
  
• 1 Ruby
  
• 2 Sapphire
  
• 1 Emerald
  

Clusters:

• 5 Clusters of Fire
  
• 3 Clusters of Ice
  
• 66 Clusters of Graphite
  

Seals & Scrolls

• 15 Seals of Enmity
  
• 3 Seals of Ascension
  

Master Kamjin "Maverick" Lap'lamiz, 2023-01-04 07:00:05 UTC

N8imus, you continue to impress. You're growing more competent each day and you will surely rival the Council when the time is right. You have met the requirements for promotion, and a recommendation has been filed. Your accomplishments include:

• Join the Dark Brotherhood Discord and link your dossier
• Participate in 3 competitions
• Pass 8 Shadow Academy courses from the Fundamentals Department

I will continue to watch your progress, N8imus, but my direct intervention in your promotions must come to an end.

You will go far within this Brotherhood.

May the Force guide you, Journeyman,

General Alethia Archenksova
Headmaster

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2023-01-03 18:25:10 UTC

I'm honored to be writing this recommendation for Konar. As a long time member of CNS he has done a lot of gaming over the years, and he also has offered a fresh perspective and generated interest and activity in games we don't often play, such as Star Wars: Squadrons.

Since his previous promotion 18 years ago, Konar has completed 67 legacy PvP matches and 88 gaming activities. He's earned 732 Clusters of Fire, 453 of Earth, and 6 Pendants of Blood from that.

He has also participated in 51 competitions, for which he has won 1 Diamond, 2 Ruby, 9 Amethyst, 10 Sapphire, 5 Emerald, and 1 Topaz Crescent for his efforts, for a total of 28 Crescents. Konar has also had an ongoing presence in vendettas and helped CNS place by earning 5 Seals of Memories, 1 of Alliances, 1 of the Crusader, and 2 of Revelation.

Konar also completed 19 Shadow Academy courses and received the Dark Maven in Combat degree this past year.

He has also been awarded a Seal of Loyalty and his efforts to support the club show in his work to get people interested in gaming activity. He can frequently be found in gaming channels trying to organize groups to play, and he was a big part of a recent revival in interest in Squadrons which saw weekly meetups on that game that included members across the club. Part of his effort has been running two competitions recently for Squadrons, which saw entries from 13 different members for a total of 16 entries.

Konar also received a total of eight Anteian Crosses over this time period, and two Dark Crosses. These Anteian Crosses reflect not only his activity over the years (including his recent resurgence!), but also indicate he was an active BTL back in 2005 and 06, promoting activity and keeping up regular reports. These awards also speak to his activity in Brotherhood and Clan channels. These awards also reflect that he has run many competitions and assisted the clan with leadership tasks such as judging runons, including one that included 47 posts for 29,818 words.

I'm proud to be writing this recommendation for Konar and I really enjoy having a member like him in HMR. Congratulations on your well-deserved promotion!

Locke Sonjie
Quaestor, House Marka Ragnos

Epis Locke Sonjie, 2022-12-31 23:30:51 UTC

Since his return Konar and I have been able not only get to know one another, we have had solid talks about career goals. We have been able to get in and do quite a few gaming activities together especially on the FIST's Saturday Night Squadrons. Konar is a solid pilot and wingman, more importantly he is a solid member of the Clan.

It is always a pleasure when members ask advice and want to succeed. Konar has taken that initiative and laid out a plan to do just that. Now look I am commenting on a promotion request!

You have been Knighted and now you enter the ranks of the Equites. I am beyond honored to be a part of this promotion request. Congratulation's on this achievement Sir!

Warlord DarkHawk Sadow

Consul

Adept DarkHawk Sadow, 2022-12-31 23:28:34 UTC

Konar is an individual that I find pleasant to be around and hang out with when gaming. I have had the opportunity to fly alongside him in squadrons and talk over discord to coordinate where to fly and what to attack. He also doesn't seem to mind to much even if I mess up. I believe that he has reached the stage where he is no longer a knight, but now a full-fledged equite! Congratulations on your promotion and new found powers. May the stars guide your way through the galaxy!~Tasha'Vel Versea

Tasha'Vel Versea, 2022-12-31 22:19:39 UTC

Konar has been a pretty decent guy in my experience. I have flown beside him in Squadrons, and from everything I have seen he has been a prettty upright guy. He is postive and an enjoyable member to have around. Both before as Consul, and now as a FIST Praetor, I have seen him about, more than willing to fly with whomever is playing together in the club.

Examining his dossier and his activity assessment, I see no reason to add my voice in support of his promotion. I for one am very pleased to see you make the next step, and excitedly look forward to seeing what further heights you will achieve, Konar. Congratulations, Konar. We will be watching. :D

Bentre Stahoes

Master Bentre Stahoes, 2022-12-31 23:13:29 UTC