Maliane returned to the Club with a vengeance. Not long after his return he was appointed as Quaestor over House Shar Dakhan. He is one of those guys that you cannot help but be drawn to. His down to earth personality and his wealth of knowledge makes him a tour-de-force within the Star Wars Universe.

Spending nearly three years as the leader of HSD Malisane has put together quite a resume for himself. Since taking over HSD he has rebuilt the cities of Aeotheran, established a new government Aeotheran, and built a new HSD headquarters Mount Dakhan. He has given us amazing House fictions developing HSD events further. He has authored even more stellar event fictions for the Clan to partake in with his creative and insightful spin of Clan lore and helping develop not only members characters but has given HSD a new outlook for future events and fictional development. Those events include, HSD Prepare for War!, HSD The Inos Incursion, Naga Sadow November and HSD Going Viking!.

When he was not mentoring or developing for HSD, the Reaver was able to establish himself as a staunch competitor within the Club. He has garnered for himself one Sapphire Blade, one Silver Nova, forty-two Crescents and two hundred and fifty-three Clusters. He also earned himself twenty-nine Seals from the Club.

During this tenure Malisane has been the Left hand of Justice, Appeals Panelist and multiple stints as Rollmaster, Aedile and Quaestor for the Clan. His leadership was a direct reflection of CNS successes through internal Clan/House events, Club Vendettas as well as the coveted Great Jedi Wars.

Malisane is one of those who just gets the job, not asking for any commendation. He just does things. He doesn't need a flashy title to get on with "the job". He enjoys what he does, so he comes up with run-ons and activities that he knows others will and do enjoy. He has contributed 81904 words of fiction including another 2591 words towards R/O’s.

Considering there are plenty of Equites out there who are content to never touch the Academy again after they go through their paces on the road to Knight. Malisane continued to further his education by visiting those hallowed halls of the Shadow Academy earning himself a Sage Tactics degree.

For your time of service to the Club, for the way that you give back to the Clan with your time and energy each day. I am honored to recommend you into the Elder ranks. I think it is clear that you have more than earned your place.

Congratulations Eminent Malisane Sadow!

Warlord DarkHawk Sadow

Consul

Adept DarkHawk Sadow, 2023-02-17 21:57:42 UTC

Malisane is one of our members with a long history in Clan Naga Sadow. His history is far longer than mine and his contributions are quite long in the tooth. As such I wish to speak to my own experiences with Malisane as a member and as a former Consul of the Clan.

In many ways Malisane is not a flashy member. He has crafted events for the Clan, he has looked over his house with a benevolent hand and has been one of my many trusted amongst my staff. When we met together in Discord to discuss Clan direction, storylines, recognition, engagement and a myriad of other talking points he was a firm voice of reason. The events he ran were creative and interesting, and he was quite forward in helping us to identify the members that deserved recognition.

He was also not unafraid to give due criticism to ideas put forward by myself and others. He voiced what things had worked, what ideas had been done, what things had been done to death, and to suggest how we could better engage our members. Malisane is another member who is owed a due in Clan Naga Sadow. His work, his own brand of wisdom, his support are in part what has helped to make Clan Naga Sadow successful over the last four plus years and his continued support of Clan and Club are appreciated.

Well done, Malisane. Welcome to the Elder ranks.

Bentre Stahoes, Consul Emeritus

Master Bentre Stahoes, 2023-02-14 20:15:00 UTC

I'm honored to be writing this recommendation for Malisane. I had the privelege of working with him on the CNS Summit in his latest tenure as Dakhani Quaestor. In this role, he brought good ideas to the table, he ran interesting events and competitions, and he developed fictional ideas and locations for the House. Malisane also made sure the wiki and everything was up to date. Finally, he patiently put up with my weird ideas and rambling about how maybe we could do this or that. Malisane always offered a fresh and unique viewpoint. He was a brilliant administrator, and left an example I hope to follow myself.

It still seems weird that I am Adept and Malisane is not, so let's fix that!

Congratulations, Malisane!

Locke Sonjie
Quaestor of House Marka Ragnos

Epis Locke Sonjie, 2023-02-16 01:58:37 UTC

Malisane is a member that I found easy to work with in my short time as an Aedile to House Shar Dakhan. I was always able to approach him to talk about how we could better serve our house members and coordinate plans. He is very analytical and to the point, so I never had anything sugarcoated when it came to honest opinions on a subject. I find that sometimes brutal honesty is helpful when it comes to making decisions on a direction for the house. He has done a lot for Naga Sadow and I believe he is deserving of reaching the rank of Elder. So congratulations Malisane, enjoy yourself and have fun!

~Tasha'Vel Versea, Proconsul of Naga Sadow

Tasha'Vel Versea, 2023-02-17 18:57:45 UTC

What can be said about Warlord Tasha’Vel Versea that I would not be already repeating. I must say though, it never gets old! Tasha has been quite busy since her last promotion. I wanted to put together something that is commensurate in describing why she is more than worthy of this recommendation. It is an honor for me to be a small part of recognizing all that Tasha has contributed to the Club over the years.

Since her last promotion Tasha has Co/Organized seventeen competitions and participated in a total of one hundred twenty eight. She has been credited with three hundred and sixty four gaming activities, twelve fiction activities for a total of sixty nine hundred words, three RP’s for another twenty three hundred words. She has even made time to further her education completing three courses over at the Shadow Academy.

Adding to her trophy case she has garnered herself a Amethyst Kikti, one Sapphire Blade, one Grand Cross, one Dark Cross, and two Silver Novae for her placement in Great Jedi War XV: Ascension. Topping that off with a whopping total of sixty one hundred and eleven Clusters!. She also has earned herself thirty Seals from the Club.

She has broadened her leadership toolkit and taken on the responsibilities as a member of the CoJ’s Appeals Panel. Assisting the CoJ to ensure members receive impartial legal representation. She also took on the position of Magistrate to the Voice, where she assists the Voice Staff in the overall fictional system development of the Club. Tasha also took on the position of Aedile for House Shar Dakhan. To help further HSD lore, she codeveloped two events Naga Sadow November and HSD Going Viking! providing activity and opportunities for members. During her three year tenure as CNS Rollmaster, Tasha leadership was key in mentoring eight members to knightings, 109 new joins, and 7 new joins who have made it to JM4 or beyond.

Next, I want to highlight her time as Proconsul . After taking on her new duties, Tasha has been instrumental in the authoring of CNS fictional development. We collaborated for weeks putting together a plan of attack to implement within CNS. Between report fictions or a fiction update, Tasha has edited more than thirty nine hundred published works. That is just a small snapshot of her skills. From our storyline she has developed and implemented a Clan RP immersing members deeper into Clan fiction. She has kept CNS and the Club busy through a plethora of competitions, including our DB-wide holiday event.

I wholeheartedly believe Tasha has earned this Elder promotion. She cares about the Club, she cares about the members and she cares for Clan Nage Sadow. For these reasons, and those stated above, I'd like to congratulate Tasha on reaching the Elder milestone. Congratulations, Tasha!

Warlord DarkHawk Sadow

Consul

Adept DarkHawk Sadow, 2023-02-17 21:57:49 UTC

Well this has been quite a journey, hasn't it, Tasha? You joined the club shortly after me. You have been both a rival and compatriot to me. You have served in various positions throughout the Clan and the Club over the years. You lead House Marka Ragnos despite real life struggles, you served handedly as our Rollmaster, contributed to various offices in our Club, and now you serve as a beloved Proconsul in Clan Naga Sadow. In many positions I have held you were a trusted voice. You heard my struggles, had some of your own, and yet time and again you proved a cool head and a steady hand. Crafting events, finding ways to better engage our members, ensuring those below you received more than just your attention you gave them your care. Your concern went outside of folks as members but them as individuals. You are respected amongst your peers.

You have always been in my corner. You have been in our Consul's corner. You supported our Quaestors. You vetted ideas. You called me out on my crap. You helped me to refine ideas from silver into gold. You allied with Summit to better do their jobs. You reviewed members with me, covered your peers to ensure that things were done, encouraged during Vendettas, helped to push others to compete as well as participate. Words can only do so much though.

You bleed Naga Sadow. You were a hard contender in the last Great Jedi War. We have already honored you with our highest internal honor in Clan Naga Sadow. Now is the time that you have earned. I could sit here and recall story after story to prove your worth to the position you now find yourself in. You have the same bearing as many of your ilk. Our relationship does not diminish that in the slightest.

You have proved yourself equal to many of your peers and have exceeded that asked of you many times over. You are more than deserving of this honor, Tasha. Now is your time to become an Elder.

Well done.

Bentre Stahoes, Consul Emeritus

Master Bentre Stahoes, 2023-02-14 20:13:50 UTC

Sitting a top 19 years of DB experience, I can wholeheartedly state that Tasha is the embodiment of what all members should strive to be. She is passionate about this club, constantly active, driven to help improve the experience of her fellows both within her clan and outside it, and always willing to extend a hand of friendship.

There is little I can say that isn’t inherently obvious from her brilliant record, and long list of achievements in this club. I am incredibly grateful for having her as part of Team-Voice and as a friend within this club. Many congratulations Tasha!

Idris Adenn
Voice of the Brotherhood

Lord Idris Adenn, 2023-02-14 20:57:26 UTC

I'm honored to be writing this recommendation for Tasha. She has been an invaluable member of CNS and the DJB. As a member, I appreciate that she is always active in events and builds interest in aspects of the club such as gaming. I would have done way less gaming if not for Tasha and I feel this is true for CNS as a whole. As a Summit member, I'm happy to be on the same Summit as Tasha, as she always brings fresh ideas and optimism to any discussion or project she is involved in.

These two combined in this past GJW where Tasha helped make the event fun for the clan and I especially enjoyed it because of the comaraderie between her and other members. She was a big part of how we got 2nd overall in the War. Tasha is one of those people who makes the DJB a fun place to be.

Congratulations, Tasha!

Locke Sonjie
Quaestor of House Marka Ragnos

Epis Locke Sonjie, 2023-02-16 01:58:02 UTC

Twenty two July, 2010 a date that has haunted me since I moved into Clan leadership. Augur Ashia Keagan Keibatsu knows that date just as well. My intent is to hopefully correct that date with a new deserving one for the Augur to gaze upon.

Over the years she has worn many hats, filling top level positions within the Club. Her inherent ability to lead makes her a viable member of any team. Never afraid to tackle those harrowing taskers when they arise, her demeanor and willingness to help others never falters. At every opportunity she has looked for a chance to give back creating positive impacts towards the experience of other members. All this in addition to stepping up as a leader multiple times within the Clan and helped provide a better experience for CNS members.

What I can do is to attest to what I have seen as a member and of course what I have observed. There are some things that are easy to look at. For example there are some hard stats that one can look at. I mean, you know the things like: From early in her leadership career, she has put together both inner and joint Clan events. Bolstering Clan development with events such as CNS: Encounter at Citadel, Rebels and Ruins: A Clan Naga Sadow Event. Ashia also sought out strengthening relations between Clans with a CNS/PLA event CNS-PLA Operation: Antiquity. All total Ashia Co/Organized 32 competitions, 146 total comps she participated in and 26 total fiction activities. Of those 26 fiction activities, she has generated some 15992 words of fiction, with another 3210 words spread between 4 RO posts.

The things she accomplished behind the scenes are the ones that stick out to me. She developed & guided my character through a multiple week story arc. Furthering my literary skills and broadening my character’s development. I also can not forget that she was and continues to be a constant soundboard and mentor. This is but a small sampling of her influence within the Clan. Ashia always made time for counsel, it would be fitting to say she is synonymous with leadership. Her endless willingness to help others is part of reason why she was bestowed with the title Daughter of Sadow.

The thing about it is that Ashia is worth more than the sum of her accolades. One does not always have the pleasure to find members with as much time invested towards bettering our devowed Club and she has never asked for anything in return.

Looking at the depth of Ashia's accolades, it directly equates to the length of time she has devoted in supporting our Club. Of all the things that Ashia has done during her time here, I feel that she has more than earned some recognition. She has earned an impressive number of awards over her tenure. Those awards include, two Sapphire Blades, one Dark Cross, four Gold Nova’s and two Bronze Nova’s. She has also earned twenty-nine Crescents, eighty-eight Clusters, one Scroll of the Master, one Legion of the Scholar and finally seventy-one Seals from throughout the Club.

From Battleteam Leader through Proconsul, Magistrate to both the Voice and the Grand Master. Close to a decade of leadership positions alone makes her skills as a leader sought after throughout the Club.

This recognition is more than overdo, and I hope that even though it took us a long time to highlight Augur Keibatsu’s achievements, know that your contributions to the Clan do not go unnoticed or without gratitude.

Well done, Ma’am. Tonight your drinks will be on me. Congratulations on your promotion!

Warlord DarkHawk Sadow

Consul

Adept DarkHawk Sadow, 2023-02-17 21:57:32 UTC

Ashia is one of those folks for whom I do not feel her contributions have always been adequately covered. This deficiency, in part, certainly falls into my lap. At a time when I was a green-behind-the-ears Consul, Ashia offered her insight. She brought years of experience and a focus that I failed to appreciate in the earliest days as I should have. She brought a starry-eyed clan head to a realistic level, she pushed events and developments along, was almost always cool-headed. Honestly, there were times that even despite how uneven early-Consul Bentre could be that she was a rudder and an anchor for the Clan.

She also stayed in the position of Proconsul for months beyond what she had initially promised. She gave more than a solid start for this former Consul. She gave above and beyond in the position of Proconsul. I know she continues to give advice to myself and others who ask it. I know she has been a personal friend to me and to others.

Looking at the other Elders in the club and in Clan Naga Sadow, I see a member who has long-embodied the earmarks of an Elder. If anything, it is on my head that we didn't get her contributions recognized sooner. Even as real life rears its ugly head, Ashia even now is more than a friend to many of us, and her care for the Clan and the people in it is very evident to many of us. I gladly join my voice in support of seeing Ashia join the ranks of Elder.

It is far too long in coming, and I hope that we can begin to set the record to right.

Congratulations, Ashia. You are deeply appreciated and this is well-earned. No small part of our successes were in part due to Ashia's support. Thank you for all you have done and continue to do.

Bentre Stahoes Consul Emeritus

Master Bentre Stahoes, 2023-02-14 20:15:49 UTC

It's been more than ten years since Ashia Kagan Keibatsu has been promoted. In that time, she has served as top-level leadership in three units and has put in often overlooked work as Magistrate to both the Grand Master and the Voice. She'd been in the thick of just about every project to come through the DC during my time as GM, and has had the daunting task of editing/clarifying/correcting my work for the entire time I was in that role.

While I was GM, I was anxious to be thought of as biased in rewarding her, or that my being the one to put her forth for appropriate rewards would cause people to downplay her very real contributions to this club. This resulted in a massive blind spot as to her official recognition, and a grave sin that I hope to help correct today.

Some of her accomplishments include:

• Advised and helped streamline the 2010 version of the Character sheets, helping to drive the program to be more inclusive and less ACC-centric. Character sheets and the Brotherhood have a pretty complicated history, and her efforts to codify deliberately non-combat skills into the mix were a big step in that direction.

•Served as 'chief editor' for plot fictions under Vodo as Voice, helping to make sure that the fictions between events went off without a hitch, incorporated the clans well, and helped drive hype for major events.

•Helped to brainstorm and refine the planning and automation of societies via the return of the GMRG. This twelve rank structure with considerations toward full automation is in use today across almost every society.

•Ashia's promotion guidelines for journeymen were adopted clubwide under MAA Kaek and modified very little when parsed into the automated Promotheus program. Prior to this, the promotion guidelines were a mixture of disparate requirements that varied from unit to unit, causing no small amount of confusion between the new members, the clan summits and the Master at Arms.

•Helped me crunch numbers for six years, tallying and quantifying things like total knighthoods, leadership reports, competitions ran and even run-on posts made for each and every clan. This was as tedious as it was necessary as it helped myself and the DC understand the current states of the Brotherhood as well as where we needed to focus to get things better for our members. Almost all of this is automated in our current iteration of the site, so we are quite spoiled by having these things at a button press now, but this once was a tedious task.

In her career in the club, she has been an invaluable advisor for myself as well as Sarin. She's served in top-level leadership roles in Naga Sadow, Revan and Taldryan, and has left indelible marks on the club in many areas across the entire club. It is my sincere hope that she be recognized for what she has done for the brotherhood, and raise her up as an elder.

Lord Muz Ashen Keibatsu, 2023-02-14 22:03:04 UTC

I'm honored to be writing this recommendation for Ashia. She has a long list of accomplishments since her last promotion, and other recommendations have talked about those, so I want to focus on my personal experiences more recently.

I really enjoyed working with Ashia when she was last on Summit as Proconsul. She brought good ideas to the table and also tried to keep us all on task and focused. As I recall, Ashia didn't let things go for too long and she was tactfully able to help steer the clan in the right direction even when things could get off course. In addition, she has always been someone you could talk to if you were not sure about something or needed to vent, and she'd listen, but also offer constructive advise.

It's great to have someone like that around in CNS. Not to mention all of her activity and other leadership roles since her last promotion. I'm glad I got to add my own words to this recommendation.

Congratulations, Ashia!

Locke Sonjie
Quaestor of House Marka Ragnos

Epis Locke Sonjie, 2023-02-16 01:59:27 UTC

Ashia was one of the first people I met when I joined Naga Sadow and that I have come to call a friend over my time here in the DJB. She always worked a lot behind the scenes, which unfortunately doesn't usually get noticed by others so much. For me personally, she is more like a mother to me as during some difficult times in my life, she was always there to listen to me and offer suggestions on how to deal and tackle some RL struggles. I know that out of anyone here in Naga Sadow, she deserves to be made an Elder for her work, dedication, and sometimes sacrifice of time to help make Naga Sadow what it is now. I am honored to lend my support for this promotion. Thank you Ashia for everything you have done for this clan and for me,

~Tasha'Vel Versea, Proconsul of Naga Sadow

Tasha'Vel Versea, 2023-02-17 18:47:10 UTC

It seems that not a day goes past where I do not hear about you, Ra El. Your superiors have sent glowing records regarding your accomplishments, which together add up to no less than 265 XP!

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

May the Force guide you, Proselyte,

General Alethia Archenksova
Headmaster

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2023-02-17 15:56:52 UTC

Graesa Churrigh, 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.

I will continue to watch your progress, Graesa Churrigh, 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, 2023-02-17 15:47:53 UTC

It seems that not a day goes past where I do not hear about you, Raeyanna. Your superiors have sent glowing records regarding your accomplishments, which together add up to no less than 202 XP!

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

May the Force guide you, Proselyte,

General Alethia Archenksova
Headmaster

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2023-02-17 15:47:50 UTC

Knight Retden has reached the required 5000 XP to reach the rank of Mystic.

Howlader Taldrya, 2023-02-16 21:46:30 UTC

Runner Zekk Renn has reached the required 850 XP to reach the rank of Courier.

Howlader Taldrya, 2023-02-16 21:46:18 UTC

It seems that not a day goes past where I do not hear about you, Martius. Your superiors have sent glowing records regarding your accomplishments, which together add up to no less than 300 XP!

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

May the Force guide you, Proselyte,

General Alethia Archenksova
Headmaster

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2023-02-16 19:51:54 UTC

Neophyte Ferkay has reached the required 850 XP to reach the rank of Acolyte.

Howlader Taldrya, 2023-02-16 15:33:37 UTC