You're already beginning to make a name for yourself, Micrel. I have heard reports from Clan Naga Sadow that you have managed to:

• Perform a basic activity, such as contacting the house/clan summit

I have recommended you for immediate promotion.

Congratulations, and may the Force guide you, Novice,

Adept Dacien Victae di Plagia
Headmaster

Lord Dacien Victae, 2015-12-28 16:19:00 UTC

Tasha....where can I begin?

Tasha has been part of Marka Ragnos now for the better part of nine months. In that time, Tasha has proven to be a boon to the House and Clan. Her easy going nature, her willingness to get involved. Her drive to have fun and give others the chance to have fun also have meant that she is more well-known across the Clan than some of our Elders.

Joining the ranks of the Equites has always been something to celebrate, the point that marked the difference between those who wanted to do the bare minimum and those who strove to be the best. With Tasha, I have someone who strives to be the best. Not because that's a conscious decision, but because she wants to do everything to her best ability. She wants to contribute, she wants to learn. She wants to be part of everything. I respect that, I love that. It means that I, as a leader, have people to award!

Since her last elevation, Tasha has built an impression collection of trophies due to her victories and participation. Since becoming a Knight, she has earned one Steel Cross for her unique way of bringing light-heartedness and camaraderie to the Clan while working her arse off. She has also earned three Crescents with Ruby Stars, one Crescent with Amethyst Star, four Crescents with Sapphire Stars, three Crescents with Emerald Stars, TEN!!! Pendants of Blood, four hundred and fifty eight Clusters of Fire, sixteen Clusters of Ice and sixty one Clusters of Earth.

Her time as Battleteam Sergeant for six months out of the nine months she has been in the Brotherhood, has been to support Armad in his role as Battleteam Leader. Tasha has excelled at this, enabling Armad to perform his role. She has encouraged her members, kept in constant contact with them during events. She has recruited members to a team that was about to be shut down due to lack of numbers, going from three members to eight members, meaning the team was secure and active. Tasha then took the reins of the Night Raptors as Battleteam Leader for a month, running a couple of competitions and trying to shore up her team. However, sadly I was unable to find a replacement for Tasha when I recently took her on as my Aedile and merged our two Battleteams together.

Her time as Knight has also been one of extending her contact with the club at large, with twenty six news post comments, ninety three PVP activities, eleven PVE activities, two ACC battles, seven fiction events with 6,056 words written and three RO posts with 1,320 words written.

She also completed 16 in character interviews with members of CNS, writing a total of 5,861 words for them. Add those together with her other fiction entries and she has written almost 12,000 words of fiction. Finally, Tasha has completed three Shadow Academy exams.

Tasha is one of our most competitive members and my inbox gets spammed with competition result emails due to her. Since her Knighting, Tasha has run one competition, co-organised another two competitions and participated in forty five competitions in the past six months.

Tasha has also helped me finished our House's wiki project in creating wiki pages for the Majestic Class Heavy Cruiser and its accompanying squadrons, even creating a full roster of NPC pilots to be fleshed out in the future. She did this quickly and took on extra work when one of our involved members left us.

Tasha has been one of my most active members during my time in Naga Sadow. I can rely on her to give me her honest opinion and even though she has only been my Aedile for just under two weeks, I've given her many tasks to do, some of them she even came up with herself, such as improving communication between Naga Sadow and Odan Urr via gaming. She has given me much work to do and I'm so glad that she is part of my House and my Summit. I know that Tasha will go far during her journey through the Brotherhood and I hope that she remembers her beginnings when she gets to the top.

Congratulations on joining the Equites, Blue. You've been a godsend to the Clan, the House and to me. Keep up the fantastic work and well done on getting the rank of Mystic!

Professor Sanguinius Tsucyra Entar, 2015-12-27 18:43:45 UTC

Many members that join the Dark Brotherhood never reach the rank of Knight. They flake out, they decide it is not for them or they simply had the wrong expectation in the first place. None of this applies to Tasha, as she took to the Brotherhood and the Clan with an enthusiasm few can match in either their journeymen months, or the ranks afterwards. From the competitions she hosts, to her unique twist of interviewing members of the Clan, Tasha puts her name on all of it.

Starting as a slightly insecure student, she quickly grew into a mainstay of Naga Sadow and made friends on all sides. She started hosting competitions, was increasingly active in both IRC and later on Telegram, and ran for leadership with the Night Raptors as their Sergeant. Now, as an Aedile to House Marka Ragnos, she is at the cusp of becoming a true member of the Brotherhood. She hasn’t needed a mentor, or a Master, for a very long time, as she has truly surpassed her Master in every way I can think of. I am both proud and honored to help promote her into the Equites. Congratulations on your new rank Tasha!

Marcus Kiriyu, 2015-12-27 18:29:17 UTC

From the moment she joined Clan Naga Sadow she has been brilliant. Not once have I seen her shy away from anything. She came into House Marka Ragnos as if she was a direct descent of the House's namesake, a whirlwind that has not stopped. She quickly got to know her clanmates and created her own unofficial/satirical "news show" which highlighted different members of the Clan, both Summit and non-Summit. This has helped to improve morale and kept members even more engaged. These shows also put her in the spotlight where many try to hide in the background, yet even when she was in full view she never disappointed. She has encouraged others to get involved and have fun. She has been a great leader and has really made an impression as a Battleteam Sergeant.

She also is always a presence within the chat rooms that the Clan utilizes, always quick with a joke or insight of some kind. It has been great to have person to bounce ideas off of and get honest feedback and possible alternatives from, because of this she has become invaluable to me as an Aedile. Her enthusiasm is what this club needs to thrive and we could use more members like her. I am immensely glad to have her as a Clan and Housemate. Congratulations Tasha, this is well deserved.

Lak Nafri, 2015-12-27 16:25:43 UTC

Elincia Rei, formerly Impetus, has spent over a decade as a member of the club, and over seven of those years as an EQ3. Whether it be his early days in CSP, a stint in PLA, or his stellar return to the clan since Sept 2013, Elincia has been a productive and knowledgeable member of the club. Eli has been someone I’ve known since my first stint in unit leadership as an Aedile back in old House Caliburnus, and has remained a great resource of insight over the years.

Elincia has spent time on many different levels of leadership, a BTL, AED, QUA, M:HM, Wiki Staff, and this experience has been something I have put to good use over the recent months. Insightful on the workings of the clan, and the SW universe, Elincia has helped overhaul the structure of the Clan, and how it is presented on the DJKWiki. Even not sitting in an active position right now, Elincia has given insight on clan and club issues, and many suggestions on how to better ourselves. This includes starting oversight for a in-clan training on fiction, gaming, graphics, so everyone can receive feedback and help in a friendly and supportive manner beyond just participating for practice.

As a member Eli has competed in some 125 competitions since reaching EQ3, including many in the last GJW, and all of our recent clan events over the course of this year, resulting in a 3rd place finish in Monstrosities. These submissions have always been of top tier quality and recently were miles ahead of the mass number of submissions I’ve been seeing for competitions.

Eli has earned a Ruby Scepter, a Grand Cross, 3 Steel Crosses, 2 Anteian Crosses, 5 Dark Crosses, 1 Silver Nova, 3 Diamond Stars, 4 Ruby Stars, 12 Amethyst Stars, 14 Sapphire Stars, 14 Emerald Stars, 5 Topaz Stars, 6 Quartz Stars, 34 Clusters of Fire, 14 Clusters of Earth, 47 Clusters of Ice, 1 Dark Side Scroll, 2 Scrolls of the Master, and 14 Legions of the Scholar.

It has been a long and top quality career Eli has had in the club, and today, I am pleased to recommend an advancement to the top tier of the Equites. Congratulations Augur Elincia Rei, Drinks are on you!

Consul of Scholae Palatinae

Lord Idris Adenn, 2015-12-27 18:43:21 UTC

Eli is a member who is dedicated to all thing Star Wars, Korean, and Big bird. Those of you in Scholae should get the last reference. In all reality Eli is an awesome guy. He dedicates his time to submitting QUALITY work. There have been times where we talk and I preach the mass activity for a Clan competition, but Eli brings reminds me that quality is usually weighed more over quantity. His work is has always blown my mind and drove me to further dig down deep to do better on submissions. I appreciate everything Eli has done for Scholae and I know that he will continue to do. This promotion is long overdue, enjoy brother!

Rollmaster of Scholae Palatinae

Maximus Alvinius, 2015-12-20 20:10:50 UTC

Elincia is someone I've had the pleasure of working with since I've come back to the Brotherhood. When we worked on the wiki project together he was a voice of reason to my somewhat insane ideas, as well as an excellent writer when it came to writing the finer points of usually general aspects of wiki editing. The knowledge he expanded upon wasn't filler, but legitimate to what we wanted to convey on the wiki. His knowledge of the history of the houses and the Clan itself helped the project a lot. Many times when I would attempt to remember an event, he would already have it in mind and be able to detail many things about the event. This became utterly valuable when we needed to update, revise, and fix the Clan's deserted and irregular wiki history page. And to add, he has done extensive work with the wiki over the years that he was available to work.

He is also incredibly pleasant to talk to. Elincia welcomes new members and doesn't give people a hard time. He's easy to approach and discuss different situations with whether it be troubles with other members or problems with different projects. He is there to help.

All of this while earning 58 Crescents, 94 differing Clusters, 3 differing Scrolls, 14 Legion of Scholars, and 12 service medals. Let that sink in. Excluding ROs he's made 14629 words of fiction, organized 30 competitions, and participated in 125 competitions.

Many people are promoted for a variation of both activity and service, either doing lots of service and some activity or lots of activity and some service. Elincia is a bastion of both, and excels at all. There is no competition he won't do or a project he won't put his hands on if asked. He is the epitome of what the Brotherhood wants and desires from members.

Dek, 2015-12-20 20:10:02 UTC

I’ve had the pleasure to know Elincia Rei for ever since I stepped into office, and Eli has been nothing but kind, caring and a solid voice of wisdom. While I cannot vouch for his leadership, as I wasn’t around, I can vouch for his hard work and effort in our most recent vendetta for the Forgotten Campaign; Monstrosities.

During the first fiction competition This isn’t where I parked my car, Eli used his intuitition and produced a very professional story about Day One of the attack from the Pactre Dacship enemies. Combing his software knowledge, his creativity in the english literature and a quirk we all know from Eli, he won first place. But this isn’t the first fictional competition Eli won, as he also took first place in The Hounds of Cocytusville using the same successful tactic and owning the challenges.

Overall, Elincia submitted to 14 competitions and earned third place in the Monstrosities campaign and was awarded to name a monster. I believe that the wisdom, intellect and passive leadership of Elincia is something that I deeply value and always will.

Congratulations Eli! Drinks are certainly on you!

Aedile of House Imperium, Clan Scholae Palatinae

Dr. Lexiconus Qor, 2015-12-20 20:10:30 UTC

Elincia is yet another member I would consider a pillar of Clan Scholae Palatinae, they have been around for as long as I can remember, through so much character development, Elincia has forged and helped create so much history and lore within CSP. Let alone our most recent event, Elincia has kicked complete butt in activity which landed a chance to create something for the future! I see my amazing colleagues have gone on about many of Elincia’s awards and activity, so I will try not to duplicate it. However, through so many different positions within the Dark Brotherhood, it is clear that the service for Equitehood have been more than reached. The goal of many higher level Equites is to better the Clan/House/Club for others, as they had received in “growing up,” which has been amazingly pleasant with Elincia.

I look forward to what Elincia does in the future, with everything under their belt already, it is hard to imagine there is any more room for things! How can you walk with so many awards, achievements, and just all around awesome-ness? Well, I hope you find a way, thank you, and congratulations! Drinks are on you!

Proconsul of Scholae Palatinae

Issamuel Kin'Droth, 2015-12-20 20:11:12 UTC

Archangel is a name recognized by all in Scholae Palatinae, and by a large portion of the entire club. Sitting on top of a long history of activity, leadership, and general presence in the club has made him one of the established reliable members we can point new members to. Arch never steps back from the fight, and I know I can rely on him to make the biggest and loudest showing on behalf of the clan.

Even when ignoring his long history as a leader in Scholae Palatinae (of which he helped us through our long period of houseness both as AED and RM), outside of having an official position shown on his dossier, he has shown to be one of the supporting leaders for the clan. He helps manage our military. He offers insight on issues and ideas that come up from us in the summit. He pushes and prods other members to be active, and demonstrates his own high level of activity as an example.

In terms of numbers, just since his promotion to EQ3, Arch has participated in some 102 competitions, ranging from small clan member created ones, to big clan events (and winning them too, just see Monstrosity for example), to DJB wide ones including vendettas and GJWs. This competition activity has earned him 2 Diamond Stars, 1 Ruby Star, 11 Amethyst Stars, 13 Sapphire Stars, 4 Emerald Stars, and 3 Topaz Stars. He has also taken in 2 Gold Nova, 3 Silver Nova, and 3 Bronze Nova. His efforts beyond just competitions has also earned him an Amethyst Kukri, A Sapphire Blade, 2 Grand Crosses, 3 Anteian Crosses, and 1 Dark Cross.

Top level Equites are expected to be more than just active superstars of their clan. They are also expected to have spent time leading to better their unit, and the entire club. Over the course of his career here, Arch has certainly had a big impact on Scholae Palatinae as a leader, but also to the rest of the club. A long stint as the P:FIST left him one a well versed font of gaming knowledge. Since his promotion to EQ3 in August 2013, he has managed to grade nearly 600 SA exams.

To put it simply, Arch continues to put up the good fight, when many would have already tapered off. I am certainly glad to have him in my corner. Congratulations Arch, well deserved. Drinks are on you!

Consul of Scholae Palatinae

Lord Idris Adenn, 2015-12-27 18:43:16 UTC

Archangel is an outstanding member that is looked up to not just in the House of Excidium but the Brotherhood community at large. He as previously held the position of Magistrate to the Herald as well as P:Fist. He didn’t stop there as he was also an combat center judge for a period of time and is now currently a professor in the Shadow academy. He has extended his reach of providing his assistance where he can beyond the scope of the house or Clan level. He is the highest ranked member within Excidium while still remaining one of the most active members we have in the this house. That is something rarely seen in this club as higher rank is achieved and Archangel’s dedication must not be mistaken for such activity that he brings forth.

He has been around far longer than I have even joined this great Brotherhood and he remains to put his name on the boards abroad. Archangel has participated in the Final spark campaign, participating in every event that it had to offer. His efforts with the house even gave him placement in the campaign that will go down in history for the house as part of the first ever campaign for Excidium. He has earned 32 crescents with two of them being diamond crescents just to demonstrate the value puts out for whatever he does. He has also earned a Amethyst Kukri, A Sapphire Blade, 2 Grand Crosses, 3 Anteian Crosses, and 1 Dark Cross. All of these are outstanding achievements granted to very select few of members in the Brotherhood. He is a role model for many in the house and am certain he is seen as an extraordinary member in the clan and the entire brotherhood membership. Archangel is an outstanding aspect of the Excidium roster and am very fortunate to have such a fantastic member to this House that is so much respected around here. Well done Archangel! Drinks on you!

Quaestor of House Excidium

Lucyeth, 2015-12-20 20:15:18 UTC

Archangel, one of the childen of Palpatine. His legacy in this Clan is deep. Regardless of what direction the Clan has gone, he has always stuck close. If there were a poll listed in in the DJB of loyal Clan members with regards to time, his name would be up towards the top of that list. Xen has named his raw numbers, but I want to hit on one thing that I know holds merit. That is consistency. He has always maintained it throughout the years. That is a quality we need in the DJB and something we need from our veteran leaders who will guide the new generation. Congrats Arch, you deserve it!

Rollmaster of Scholae Palatinae

Maximus Alvinius, 2015-12-20 20:15:45 UTC

Archangel is a strong competitor, a natural leader and a powerhouse in terms of opinions and quality of work. It’s his influence on the Clan for being the reliable member that perked our ears up as we asked ourselves ‘how can we award Arch?’ I can certainly vouch for his hard work and effort, as I battled against Arch’s top quality fiction in the Inquisitorius Competition, Deep Pockets where his submission beat some of the strongest writers we know.

Considering that Archangel is the current Professor for the Department I am under, he has always been a supportive and down to earth superior. If I couldn’t make it to grade an exam, he would understand and take the role for me. With Arch’s knowledge, it wouldn’t be an easy task to serve in the SA. His expertise in leadership and his comical personality in the Telegram channel are something I look forward to on a dull work day. So i’d like to thank Arch for being here for the Clan, as I wholeheartedly believe he is more than ready for the jump to the final Equite.

Congratulations Arch! Drinks are on you!

Aedile of House Imperium, Clan Scholae Palatinae

Dr. Lexiconus Qor, 2015-12-20 20:14:50 UTC

As Professor of the Department of Flight Studies, Arch is the second-longest-serving professor currently active in the Shadow Academy. Since his last promotion, he has graded over 600 exams and worked to keep his courses updated as needed. He has always been incredibly reliable, maintaining an excellent average grading time of approximately 9 hours. Very few people in this club can maintain such high levels of performance for as long Arch has. He is a stalwart member of my staff, and a superb example for the entire Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Arch and I go way back, and I am honored and very happy to recommend this fully-deserved promotion to EQ 4. Congratulations!

Headmaster of the Brotherhood

Lord Dacien Victae, 2015-12-20 20:16:14 UTC

I have known Archangel through my entire career within the Dark Brotherhood. He has been a name that is constantly in IRC, Email chains, and other various methods of communication. Arch is thoroughly a pillar of our great Clan, and I honestly cannot see CSP without him. He is constantly willing to help in so many aspects within our club, motivating new and old members alike to be active with friendly competition, and always a great presence within our channels.

My colleagues have gone over so many different aspects of their own, so I’ll try not to repeat what has already been said, but I would like to say that I really do not think CSP would be what it is without him. His many years of leadership, his constant activity within competitions as shown by his many levels of crescents, his sacramental awards. Absolutely everything that Arch does is for the Clan/Club through multiple years of services in different positions, and constant activity. I believe that Arch deserves this amazing promotion to EQ 4, and I am excited to have seen him make this process! Congratulations Arch, drinks are on you!

Proconsul of Scholae Palatinae

Issamuel Kin'Droth, 2015-12-20 20:17:08 UTC

Archangel is one of the pillars of Scholae Palatinae, there's no doubt in that. His leadership skills even when he's not in a leadership position and his outstanding contributions to competitions both as a competitor or as an organizer makes him a vital part of our clan.

He's also someone that never stays still. He works on the lore, on the wiki, on supporting new members, in every aspect a productive member of the Brotherhood can help. And what is more important, he never stops, keeping all his activity steady no matter how many years have passed since he joined the Brotherhood.

His admirable contributions are an example to follow, and if someone deserves a promotion, that's him. I'm extremely proud of sharing the same clan and house with such an extraordinary person.

Congratulations Archangel, you really deserve it!

Aedile of House Excidium, Clan Scholae Palatinae

Rosh Nyine, 2015-12-22 13:52:00 UTC

Years ago, Archangel and I began our working together in the Hammer's Fist, and that was the start of a now 14 year online friendship. He is the reason that I returned to the Dark Jedi Brotherhood, and he is one of the reasons that I have continued to stay a member of this group over the years.

Our work together in shaping the clan's military forces has been one of my favorite things over the past 8.5 years. We hit the ground running under Braecen, and we have never looked back as he helped lead the ever changing group of members over the years. Arch is the leading force behind our clan's top team of battle planners with his use of graphics and knowledge of the clan's military forces.

Palpatine. Earning the right to use the title in our club shows that he has been a driving force in Scholae Palatinae over the years. It shows that his loyalty to the Royal Clan is beyond that of 99% of those who have come and gone over the years. Activity, leadership, and knowledge. That sums up my friend and fellow leader.

Congratulations!

Signed,

Kell Palpatine Dante Quaestor, House Imperium Don of the Palpatine Family

General Kell Palpatine Dante, 2015-12-22 23:25:36 UTC

Arch spent over a year working with me on the Fist Staff as Praetor during his time as an Equite 3. During that time period he assisted with the vast majority of projects that were rolled out to the gamers of the club. During the update to the Rites of Combat, repeated review of Cluster of Fire Tables, and the reconstruction of the GMRG Arch provided valuable input and advice which made each of these projects more successful. His attitude of service to the members of our Club is clear, and is one that all of us should emulate.

Congratulations on your step into the final tier of the Equite Ranks Arch!

Fist of the Brotherhood

Valhavoc Ad Vizsla, 2015-12-27 16:07:02 UTC

So I won't bore you guys with any of the fluff and just get straight into it. Since his last promotion Gad Rane has co-organised a competition and participated in a competition. This in addition to passing two courses from the department of leadership studies, he managed to earn a placement in a competition. He has also written 2000 words of character fiction heavily detailing his character's pre-brotherhood life.

Dr. Giyana Jurro, 2015-12-28 14:44:18 UTC

Chizz has completed the requirements for promotion to Hunter. He has helped co-organize two competitions, and participaed in ten competitions, of which he placed in three of them. His gaming achievements have earned him six PoB's and a total of 218 CoE and 70 CoF which has gotten him to GMRG rank IV.

Chizz has passed two leadership courses from the Shadow Academy in which he has rightfully earned Shadow Academy Rank III. Despite staying Rogue, he has still been seen to frequent IRC or contact me on Telegram asking for information about the DJB. His interest is slowly growing and hopefully will expand beyond just the gaming aspects of the club. Finally, Chizz has spent his 21 days in Rank earning him this promotion to Hunter.

Grand Inquisitor Morax Darkblade, 2015-12-28 14:57:46 UTC

Thalnos, 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 Apostles of Syn, I will continue to follow your progress with great interest.

May the Force guide you, Apprentice,

Adept Dacien Victae di Plagia
Headmaster

Lord Dacien Victae, 2015-12-28 09:19:41 UTC

You're already beginning to make a name for yourself, Philly. I have heard reports from Clan Tarentum that you have managed to:

• Pass Any Shadow Academy course except (Test Of Lore,Trial Of Identity,Advancement Survey)

I have recommended you for immediate promotion.

Congratulations, and may the Force guide you, Novice,

Adept Dacien Victae di Plagia
Headmaster

Lord Dacien Victae, 2015-12-28 09:11:22 UTC