Zentru'la has always been one of our shining members, and even now continues to excel and demonstrate the values which define both him and his mercenary unit. This is clearly evident and shown through his earning of a Seal of Loyalty this past month. Since his last medal just over 4 months ago, he has participated in 91 competitions with an ever impressive Crescent split of 50 Crescents with Ruby Stars, 20 Crescents with Amethyst Stars, and 7 Crescents with Sapphire Stars; 77 total out of the 91 competitions he has taken part in. Amazingly well done, and phenomenal work!

He has also earned 2 GMRG ranks since then as well, and participated in two separate RPs with just under 5000 words total between them, in addition to 10 Clusters of Ice, and 7 Scrolls of Foundation.

Because of your continued efforts, I am proud to award you with this Amethyst Kukri on behalf of the Clan.

Congratulations, Zen! And thank you for everything you do.

~Signed,
Lady Second Cassandra Oriana Tyris
Supreme Chancellor of the Taldryan Republic
Clan Taldryan

Supreme Chancellor Cassandra Oriana Taldrya, 2024-05-28 17:54:16 UTC

Oh, hi. It's not every day I get to give someone a Ruby Scepter and Emerald Dagger back-to-back, but here we are!

Turel's last few months as Fist have been busy. He planned and launched a very popular revamp of the GMRG and has kept abreast of new games and changes to existing games, making sure that extremely popular (and unexpected) hits like Helldivers 2 received rapid approval, adding the new The Pit activity to Diablo 4, and adjusting cluster values of Diablo 3 greater rifts despite some vocal opposition. Fist is probably the most difficult job on the DC by ratio of salt to power: GM, DGM, JST are often responsible for making unpopular decisions, but we are often more insulated from criticism by virtue of being another level removed from most decisions and (except for DGM) having tenure built in. The Fist is on the front lines. Turel has to keep tabs on the rapidly changing interests of our gamers while ensuring that CF awards remain relatively balanced between many disparate platforms--and gamers are a notoriously salty bunch. It isn't an easy job, and we've had Fists in the past who just couldn't cut it. Turel has done a difficult job with enthusiasm, diligence, and an overriding care for the experience of our members.

On top of his gaming-specific duties, Turel has also been one of the most active participants in DC discussions. DC debates can be intense, especially for newcomers, but he has never shied away from disagreeing with me or anyone else. Anyone who knows him knows that he isn't afraid to speak his mind, and I value his opinion quite highly. He has had an impact, direct and indirect, on many of the decisions I have made as GM (and DGM before that). This Emerald Dagger is a token of my appreciation for his hard work and dedication to this club. Congratulations, Turel!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2024-05-28 14:25:42 UTC

Turel earned this RS through his turely relentless gaming activity. Congrats! Enjoy the (belated) cluster money.

Lord Dacien Victae, 2024-05-28 13:56:02 UTC

Zuza has been Arcona CON for almost half a year, but this medal has nothing to do with that. In fact, I just gave her an RS for all of that stuff like two weeks ago.

Zuza is receiving this because she is ridiculously active. Since her last medal (again, a Ruby Scepter two weeks ago), she has participated in 55 comps and won 38 crescents. Just since her promotion in April, she's done a whopping 184 comps. Hell, since she joined she's participated in nearly 1,000 comps and won 173 diamond crescents (she's now the all-time leader in Cr-Ds despite only having been a member for three and a half years). Most of those numbers aren't really relevant to this particular award, they just illustrate how unusually and profoundly active Zuza has been.

Congrats, Zuza. You earned this!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2024-05-28 13:51:11 UTC

Though its been a long time since we've seen each other, I know you had been wanting to see more and more come; especially in regards to progressing along and developing yourself story wise.

With the recent shift in XP, this has managed to push you over what you needed for your first Sapphire Blade and I'm super excited to be able and give it to you. Hopefully this will help bring you back to us, and we can once again work together!

Congratulations Catmatui!

~Signed,
Lady Second Cassandra Oriana Taldrya
Supreme Chancellor of the Taldryan Republic
Clan Taldryan

Supreme Chancellor Cassandra Oriana Taldrya, 2024-05-28 13:50:21 UTC