Since their last promotion to Runner, Urie has not only fulfilled their two weeks time in rank but also completed a Character Sheet, joined both Telegram and Discord to show their sociability, and posted up on Discourse!

They've begun work on a character history along with at least 750 words of fiction, participated in at least three competitions, and even already qualified for the ACC!

As such, Urie is more than qualified for advancement to the rank of Courier! Good job mate, keep it up!

Stres'tron'garmis
Arcona, Rollmaster

General Stres'tron'garmis, 2021-05-13 02:24:24 -0500

General Stres'tron'garmis, 2021-05-13 11:07:37 UTC

You're already beginning to make a name for yourself, Nur Elle. I have heard reports from Battle Team Deathwatch that you have managed to:

• Join Telegram or IRC, and visit Clan Channel

I have recommended you for immediate promotion.

Congratulations, and may the Force guide you, Novice,

Adept Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae
Headmaster

Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae, 2021-05-13 00:53:25 UTC

Nur Elle, 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 Wren , I will continue to follow your progress with great interest.

May the Force guide you, Apprentice,

Adept Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae
Headmaster

Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae, 2021-05-10 22:12:55 UTC

Since his previous promotion, Tashub has fulfilled not only his time in rank requirements, but also earned himself a merit award for activity (a Dark Cross!), Picked up 5 Clusters of both Graphite and Ice, and took part in at least 5 competitions while placing in 1!

He's also been sociable, joining both Telegram and Discord, as well as writing over 2,000 words of character fiction.

With all of this, Tashub fulfills the requirements for Hunter and I am pleased to put him forth for this promotion!

Congratulations Tashub! I look forward to your imminent Knighting!

Stres'tron'garmis
Rollmaster, Arcona

General Stres'tron'garmis, 2021-05-09 08:44:30 UTC

I'm here once again to recommend Bexa for her promotion from JM 1 to JM 2.

Bexa has completed her time in rank requirement, has an approved character sheet on record, has been awarded her first Dark Cross, earned 3 out of the 2 required Clusters of Graphite, has participated in 13 out of the 5 required competitions and is a common presence in both our Telegram and Discord channels.

Bexa, you've earned this promotion to Acolyte . We're all so proud of the time and effort you're putting in. Thank you and congratulations!

Revak Kur
Proconsul, Odan-Urr

Ambassador Revak K'Urr, 2021-05-09 09:22:34 UTC

Var Zarr, 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 Battle Team Sapphire Squadron, I will continue to follow your progress with great interest.

May the Force guide you, Apprentice,

Adept Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae
Headmaster

Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae, 2021-05-09 01:50:24 UTC

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

• Have an approved character sheet on record
• Join Telegram or IRC, and visit Clan Channel
• Participate in 3 competitions

I will continue to watch your progress, Nimrel Kayrik, 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,

Adept Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae
Headmaster

Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae, 2021-05-05 02:32:31 UTC

Revak Kur has continued to be a driving force for Odan-Urr. Since his last promotion to EQ3, he has racked up 54 organized competitions, 197 participated competitions, 5 PvP matches, 90 PvE activities, 15 Fiction Activities, 13,209 words of fiction, 2 Run On posts worth 1157 words, passed 33 Shadow Academy courses, gained 11 Shadow Academy degrees, and created 13 newsposts. He has also served Odan-Urr as Quaestor for 10 months, Appeals Panelist for almost 1 year, and Proconsul for 6 months. While engaging in these activities he has accumulated the following: 2 Amethyst Kukris, 7 Crescents with Amethyst Star, 14 Crescents with Sapphire Star, 6 Crescents with Emerald Star, 4 Crescents with Topaz Star, 1 Crescent with Quartz Star, 2 Pendants of Blood, 99 Clusters of Fire, 35 Clusters of Ice, 345 Clusters of Earth, 106 Clusters of Graphite, 2 Seals of Loyalty, and 27 Seal of Visions. I will delve a bit further into his AKs.

For his first Amethyst Kukri, he tallied up an impressive amount of activity for the club, was an excellent Quaestor for House Sunrider, was one of our most prolific community event hosters and attendees, developed a key leadership guide on activity assessments, and did a lot of work on the reorganization of our clan possessions to mention the highlights. For more details the full recc is here.

For his second Amethyst Kukri, he again tallied up an impressive amount of activity for the club, ran a House event (with fictions!) for Sunrider, has been an excellent Proconsul for Odan-urr, created a leadership guide for trello, published an updated Odan-Urr Novice Guide (helps explain our fiction), overhauled our incident reporting system, was one of our most prolific community event hosters and attendees, helped create the COU Holiday card, served ably on the Appeals Panel for the Justicar, and was my right hand man in the execution of Odan-Urr’s clan vs. clan feud with Plagueis. For more details the full recc is here.

For all the above, I recommend that Revak Kur be promoted to the rank of Equite 4! I know I say this a lot but thank you so much for the time and effort that you put into Odan-Urr. You’ve been an amazing Proconsul, Quaestor, and friend. I couldn’t imagine Odan-Urr without you. I’m excited to see what you get up to next. Congratulations and welcome to the highest of Equites!

Aura Ta’var
Consul, Odan-Urr

Aurora "Aura" Ta'var, 2021-05-04 23:13:51 UTC

For as long as I’ve known Revak Kur, he’s been a huge factor in driving the work of this Clan forward. Always ready and eager to help, always patient, and always determined to see Odanites reach their maximum potential. Revak Kur is a friend and mentor to myself and others within Clan Odan-Urr, so for those reasons, and all those listed above, I also recommend this well-earned promotion.

Raider Jon Silvon, 2021-05-04 23:11:37 UTC

What can I say about Revak the Guide guy? To put it simply, he's awesome. Since coming out of Rogues a long while ago. I have always been able to talk with Revak, always been able to lean on him and ask advice. He has always been a welcoming friend, an open ear, and a passionate Odanite. He loves his Clan and desires only to do what's right by the people that call COU home. He is dedicated, loyal, a hard worker and fair. If anyone is deserving of this elevation, it's him.

Aurora "Aura" Ta'var, 2021-05-04 23:11:55 UTC

Although Sunrider existed before Revak, the unit as it exists today is largely his work. Partly that's because of the year-and-a-half-long series of events and fictions he released under the Vatali Unsettled banner, but mostly it's because he has served as the backbone of the community. Even after leaving the house to take the PCON position, Revak has remained one of the most consistent people in chat, both on Telegram and Discord, and one of the go-to organizers for COU event weekends. Sunrider, born from a house merger during a time of great turnover in COU's membership, did not come into being with a strong community culture. It took months of summit-enabled group activities to get things to gel, and we have Revak to thank for most of the legwork it took to make that happen.

Revak and I barely overlapped in our previous times in COU—I think I mostly knew him as "the shuttles guy." But I'm very glad he came back to us and that I've have the chance to work with him on the summit. Congratulations, and welcome to the EQ4 club!

Alethia Archenksova
Quaestor, Sunrider

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2021-05-04 23:13:12 UTC

I've worked closely with Revak on a number of occasions, from Battleteam leader back in the day to Proconsul more recently, and his insight and experience have proven invaluable in our work together. From the outside looking in he is a driving force for the Clan, promoting competitions, events, weekly Clan activities such as gaming a fiction writing, driving the gears that make COU one of the top Cĺans in the DB today; and he is constantly pushing and encouraging members to be the best they can be and have fun while doing it. Privately he is a great friend and confidant in any situation, especially when it comes to Clan leadership matters. His advice and opinions have never proven poor and I'm proud to have advocated for his appointment to Proconsul in my stead. As someone who has worked in higher tier positions, who has handled Consul promotions and Proconsul recommendations before, and knows what it looks like when a great Clan leader leads for the right reasons - so the members of our Clan and club have plenty of diverse and enjoyable activities to do and, most importantly, so that they have fun in their time with us - I could not write this recommendation quicker. I believe Revak's promotion is somewhat overdo, but I guess this'll have to do. Congratulations, my friend, this is well and truly earned.

-Vyr

Boss Morgan Sorenn, 2021-05-04 23:13:33 UTC

This promotion was only hard for me because I had to try and make sure I wasn’t being biased, because I see all the hard great work that Atra does on behalf of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood every day. Since joining the ranks of the Elders atra has served primarily as Regent, where he among other things helped me relax and let go and realize it was in good hands. As Regent he continued to move forward a series of projects that I find important to the full vision and experience of the system I hope to see done while I’m still involved, and has been involved in discussions at the highest level on the future of the DJB.

I expect we will continue to see more from Atra in the coming days, though hopefully not too much on the Justicar front. Congratulations on earning the rank of Master Atra, you truly are one.

Lord Evio Nezsa, 2021-05-04 15:53:38 UTC

In his two-and-a-half years as an Adept, Atra has served this club at the highest level with a rare combination of competence and dedication. He organized two major non-vendetta competitions as Regent, Brotherhood Rising and the Tenixir Prison Break, and aided the rest of the Dark Council in running GJWs XIII and XIV, including as a major contributor to the DB Story Group. He also served as a DC supervisor in a clan feud between Plagueis and Vizsla. Before all of that, though, he served as Combat Master, Mav’s Praetor, and as one of the primary founding members of Clan Vizsla.

After two very successful years as Regent, he has stepped into a critical new role as Justicar. Although his time in the Chamber of Justice has been short, he has jumped into the job headfirst and dealt with several matters, both recurring and new, with his typical care and attention to detail. Evant and I both routinely seek his advice on matters of club-wide concern, and he regularly volunteers to take on projects outside the usual ambit of the Justicar (and Regent before that). In short, Atra has and continues to make a lasting, positive impact on nearly every aspect of this club. I am honored to join the Grand Master in recognizing his service with this promotion to Master.

Lord Dacien Victae, 2021-05-04 15:53:28 UTC

When Seraphol’s name, or I guess Takota Okami’s name, was brought to me as a possible Elder I immediately began to recall his time as Headmaster when he worked alongside me on the Dark Council. I always recalled his steady work ethic and willingness to jump in and support any Dark Councilor that needed it. It’s almost hard to quantify all the little things a productive and eager Dark Council member can accomplish if they try but Seraphol touched many different projects over his years as Headmaster. Which included setting the foundation for the fictional identity during a re-alignment of the societies that benefit the office today.

It’s hard to really gauge the career accomplishments of someone who has been part of this community for 20 years. Not only because the site throws errors when you go too far back before the modern iteration, but just because so much has happened and changed. Seraphol has participated in hundreds of competitions with many of us, organized a fair share to the membership’s benefit as well, served as a leader in various capacities within his Clans, and most recently had an opportunity to step up into the Dark Council as a leader.

When taking all these accomplishments together, it was clear to me that Seraphol had indeed earned the rank of Elder. For all your hard work you’ve definitely earned this promotion into the Elder ranks. Congratulations Seraphol.

Lord Evio Nezsa, 2021-05-04 15:53:43 UTC

Seraphol served two years as Headmaster, during which time he successfully guided the Shadow Academy through an audit, reworked the fictional basis for the Shadow Academy Society, and laid the groundwork for the introduction of many new courses. As part of the Dark Council, he helped organize Rite of Supremacy: Meridian and GJW XIII, and provided DC oversight to a clan feud between Plagueis and Vizsla. Since stepping down from Headmaster, he has maintained a high level of activity in Clan Odan-Urr, organizing or participating in dozens of competitions.

Often, retired Dark Councillors fade into inactivity at least for a time. Seraphol has not done that. Instead, he has kept up his pace of activity and continued creating content for members to enjoy. This is what we expect of our elders. Congratulations, Sera!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2021-05-04 04:06:50 UTC

It is my absolute pleasure to recognize the amazing work that Takota Okami aka Seraphol has done for Odan-Urr. His service to the clan includes 11 months as a BTL for 3 separate tours (Knights of Allusis x2, Wildcards), 22 days as Rollmaster, 6 months as the Aedile of Satele Shan, 8 months as the Quaestor of Hoth, and of course a regular member.

His impact on the clan has been felt in many ways. First, as an Odanite he has participated in 5 major DB events for the clan, racking up 49 seals. These big events are huge for clans and he consistently showed up and put up points, which was greatly appreciated. Second, he provided Odanites with plenty to do in the form of competitions, whether it be organized events or standalone competitions. Of note he organized 6 events, which break down into 4 Clan-level events, 1 House-level event, and 1 BT-level event. The BT event established the beginnings of our new battleteam called Wildcards as well as lore to build off of. The House event built more lore to further flush out our old planet called New Tython. For the clan events, he hosted two of our anniversary events, one holiday event, and an internal dark versus light event. The anniversary events were special for Odan-Urr because we got to celebrate how far we had come and remember some of our past. It also did an excellent job bringing people together who might otherwise have been quiet. Similarly, the holiday event he hosted allowed everyone to come together, air grievances in a fun way, and explore the ancient traditions of Mandalorians. This last part is important because Odan-Urr was exploring mandalorian themes and this introduced them to the full membership of Odan-Urr. This leaves the internal dark versus light event, which progressed Odan-Urr’s story, tested where our members currently stood, and gave everyone an opportunity to have a lot of fun.

Third, he was the founding leader of the Odan-Urr House called Hoth, during which among many things he established its foundations and led the creation of its starting lore. Of note, this included the Founding of Ft. Pernicar, which was created as the homestead of House Hoth and Flora/Fauna Series: The Predators. Fourth, he has always taken a keen interest in the development of younger leaders. He mentored Battleteam Sergeants, future BTLs, and future AEDs/QUAs. Some of these would one day have the confidence to take on other clan positions in the future like RM and PCON. Fifth, he recruited new blood to the clan and took on the challenges of Masterhood, guiding 3 Odanite apprentices to Knight. Sixth, he was around to provide advice and feedback when others needed it. Of note this included feedback on the original design of Satele Shan’s planet and jumping in to grab a House event at the last minute.

For all these efforts and more not listed, he was awarded 5 Seals of Loyalty from Odan-Urr. A career as long as his in the club or even just Clan contributions can be hard to put into words but what remains quite clearly is the impact and mark that he has had on others. Ever since he joined Odan-Urr all those years ago, he has been around to help one way or another. From battleteams to Houses to advice to Consuls, he has helped shape the path and development of Odan-Urr. In particular, I’ve always admired his willingness to help wherever he was needed, regardless of his position or affiliation. I think his impact is best shown though through some statements from his old awards. :)

• Liam Torun-Urr said “Members like Seraphol are why I believe in a Light Path, in Jedi Orders, and in the legitimate possibility of a Light Side Clan.”
  
• A'lora Kituri said “In doing so, he bore the challenge of building a full-fledged House from the ground-up, leaving behind a solid foundation for the next to take on the mantle.”
  
• Alethia Archenksova said “The cast of SNL used to call Phil Hartman "the glue" because of his ability to hold both the cast and individual sketches together. That's basically how I view Takota/Seraphol. He goes where he's needed, he does what needs doing, and then he moves along when someone else is ready to step up.”
  
• Len Iode said “He took me under his wing and not only began helping me with tips and tricks for Battle Team Leader, but also preparing me for the day I became Aedile.”
  
• Edgar Drachen said “It's amazing to see how much dedication he is showing to this new team and all of the members of the house.”
  
• Turel Sorenn said “Seraphol is the living embodiment of "lead from the front." He is the closest COU has to a mascot, rallying the membership and charging toward the sound of the guns no matter what we have in front of us.”
  
• V’yr Vorsa said “His contribution in the latest Great Jedi War Homefront saw him encouraging new and older members through Telegram to participate and push the Clan further up the ladder.”
  

Takota, aka Seraphol, on behalf of Odan-Urr past and present, thank you for all the time and effort you’ve put into Odan-Urr. I wasn’t around for all of the history but I greatly respect what you’ve put into the Clan. Congratulations on your promotion to Elder 1!!

Aura Ta’var Consul, Odan-Urr

Aurora "Aura" Ta'var, 2021-05-04 04:07:48 UTC