You're already beginning to make a name for yourself, Lance Brock. I have heard reports from House Satele Shan that you have managed to:

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

I have recommended you for immediate promotion.

Congratulations, and may the Force guide you, Novice,

DA Dacien Victae di Plagia Headmaster

Lord Dacien Victae, 2015-05-19 14:29:43 UTC

Rachelle Grimblade, you have successfully passed the Test of Lore and earned the rank of Apprentice. While you may currently be on a shuttle to Clan Plagueis, I will continue to follow your progress with great interest.

May the Force guide you, Apprentice,

DA Dacien Victae di Plagia Headmaster

Lord Dacien Victae, 2015-05-19 12:21:07 UTC

Onwai Starborne, you have successfully passed the Test of Lore and earned the rank of Apprentice. While you may currently be on a shuttle to Clan Plagueis, I will continue to follow your progress with great interest.

May the Force guide you, Apprentice,

DA Dacien Victae di Plagia Headmaster

Lord Dacien Victae, 2015-05-19 02:07:48 UTC

Lance Brock, you have successfully passed the Test of Lore and earned the rank of Apprentice. While you may currently be on a shuttle to Clan Odan-Urr, I will continue to follow your progress with great interest.

May the Force guide you, Apprentice,

DA Dacien Victae di Plagia Headmaster

Lord Dacien Victae, 2015-05-18 22:34:31 UTC

When I first met Jai'de, she was honestly just another face in TOR that I raided with in the dozens or so random groups of people that inhabit the game. I soon found that she was more than that as she kept pinging me to do more things. Quickly a great friendship developed, she joined our DJB guild in TOR, and after several months of harassing her she finally decided to join the Dark Jedi Brotherhood as a whole. Since then it could easily be described as "hitting the ground running"; especially for someone that was so reluctant to join our club as a whole for so long.

It didn't take long for Jai'de to find her own niche, especially when it came to activity. It was a no brainer that she'd advance in the GMRG society, now sitting at rank V as well as sitting at 400+ CFs and 6 PoBs. However, outside of gaming she was a bit "lost". As both her quaestor (at the time) and master, I tried giving her some guidance on things that might interest her in our world. It didn't take long for her to find that, despite her initial reservations, she is quite the writer. But it didn't take her long to find her own path as well. She's been pumping out personal fictions time and time again, both for competitions and for fun. On top of that, she found a lot of enjoyment in the Shadow Academy having earned two pundits and a maven and even taken a crack, and succeeding, at our leadership courses.

Aside from all that, her activity in competitions and Plagueis events has scored her the opportunity to serve as a battleteam leader for Plagueis. Her recent stardom through the journeymen ranks made her an excellent choice to further serve our newer members. She's proactive, wants to be involved, and is engaging with all the other members of Plagueis. I, as many others do, hope that this last step to Dark Jedi Knight is only the first step for the rest of her career here in the DJB, and that there is so much more to come. Jai'de is definitely what Plagueis, and the Dark Jedi Brotherhood as a whole, strive to see in its new members. Congratulations!

Teylas Ramar, 2015-05-16 13:17:56 UTC

Calindra Hejaran, 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 be filed. Your accomplishments include:

• Have an approved character sheet on record
• Logon to IRC and visit Clan channel
• Pass 8 Shadow Academy courses from the (Journeyman Hall) department(s)
• Pass Dark Brotherhood Basics Shadow Academy course

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

You will go far within this Brotherhood.

May the Force guide you, Protector,

DA Dacien Victae di Plagia Headmaster

Lord Dacien Victae, 2015-05-15 23:32:38 UTC

Phelik Jerdaan, you have successfully passed the Test of Lore and earned the rank of Apprentice. While you may currently be on a shuttle to Clan Odan-Urr, I will continue to follow your progress with great interest.

May the Force guide you, Apprentice,

DA Dacien Victae di Plagia Headmaster

Lord Dacien Victae, 2015-05-15 03:44:07 UTC

It seems that not a day goes past where I do not hear about you, Calindra Hejaran. Your superiors have sent glowing records regarding your accomplishments, which include:

• Logon to IRC and visit Clan channel
• Pass 8 Shadow Academy courses from the (Journeyman Hall) department(s)

An expedited recommendation for your promotion has been transmitted to the Master-at-Arms.

May the Force guide you, Acolyte,

DA Dacien Victae di Plagia Headmaster

Lord Dacien Victae, 2015-05-15 03:20:02 UTC

You're already beginning to make a name for yourself, Calindra Hejaran. I have heard reports from Clan Scholae Palatinae that you have managed to:

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

I have recommended you for immediate promotion.

Congratulations, and may the Force guide you, Novice,

DA Dacien Victae di Plagia Headmaster

Lord Dacien Victae, 2015-05-14 23:24:00 UTC

The Fist of the Dark Brotherhood is a challenging position that requires dedication, awareness, and an openness to new ideas from both our membership and our club's leadership. The Fist is required to operate with delicate balance by providing excellent customer service, but at the same time making decisions that do not please everyone. I am pleased to say that our present Fist, Valhavoc, possesses the appropriate attributes for the job and superbly performs along the very narrow edge of pleasing our members and leaders.

Despite the importance of having the right mental attributes, skills, and consistency for the job, a promotion to Elder also requires hard data points. Fortunately, our Fist has the metrics to support a promotion to any rank. Valhavoc has served his entire 12 months as an EQ4 on the Dark Council. During this period he has organized 47 competitions, co-organized 36 additional competitions, graded 179 SA courses, posted over 76 original threads on the news page, and responded to an additional 164 news page threads.

Outside of the objective numbers, Valhavoc has rewritten the Rites of Combat and adjusted CF values on multiple occasions to ensure an impossible mission of attempting to balance CFs across our gaming platforms. He has developed and submitted a new PvP and PvE medal system that will be announced to the club on 14 May 2015. Valhavoc has also rounded out his project work by detailing a new dbb0t gaming system in #db gaming with the SCL (project finished by the Fist on 10 March 2015).

Valhavoc is also an expert communicator across all know DJB communication platforms to include mIRC, Whatsapp, Telegram, and Twitter. This was highlighted at the recent Star Wars Celebration when Val took over 120 photos and shared them with the club, Tweeted 53 original Tweets, 15 updates on Facebook, and posted 42 times on Telegram #db chat. All of this was done over a 72 hour window and designed to bring Star Wars Celebration to our club.

Additionally, Valhavoc has not only run our gaming community, but excelled as a member of it. This was highlighted as he earned 2388 CFs and 3 Pendants of Blood this year. These numbers pushed him to the rarefied air of number one all time in the DB in total CFs. This achievement is remarkable given all of the additional work he has done.

Lastly, I am aware that history has shown Grand Master's set the tone for Elder promotions during their reign. Because of this, I did a thorough analysis of past EQ4-DA promotions. In a direct comparison between Valhavoc's EQ4 activity and his predecessor's pre-Elder promotion, Valhavoc stands light years ahead. Valhavoc has written 3 x as many news posts, 3 x as many reports, and ran 3 x as many competitions. Outside of a Fist to Fist comparison, Valhavoc's 12 months of Dark Council EQ4 time compares exceptionally favorably to the Titans of our club. This includes individuals promoted from EQ4 to DA at 2 months, 3 months, 4 months, 5 months, 6 months, and 9 months. I'm comfortable to state to our club that a high performing EQ4 is more than eligible to move to Dark Adept in a 12 month window. Especially, when that EQ4 serves the entirety of the window as a Dark Councilor.

Congrats Val, you have earned this promotion a few times over. Welcome to the Elders.

Grand Master Declan Roark, 2015-05-14 23:10:52 UTC