This may sound hyperbolic, but I can say without a doubt that Teylas is the most consistent Brotherhood Leader that I’ve ever worked with. Nearing on a year as House Ajunta Paul’s Quaestor or Aedile, Teylas has put out a report not a day later than the 11th each month. Not only does Teylas work quickly, he sets a high bar of quality for himself as well. Teylas has never missed a deadline, be it one that I’ve asked for him or one which he sets for himself.
Last year, Teylas was BTL of an Independant House. Now he is Quaestor of a Clan, and was instrumental in that transition. He was involved in the Clanning document, and helped write Plagueis’ new fictional identity. In large events, House Ajunta Paul is consistently outperforms House Karness Murr, not just becuase of the work of a few star members, but in general participation. By all metrics, House Ajunta Paul is the more successful House in Clan Plagueis, and I believe Teylas’ leadership is a large contributing factor. Teylas is not one that is content to sit back; when he sees something that can be changed or improved, he will take it upon himself. Teylas knows how to get people active.
Without Teylas, the two most recent Clan events, Spheres of Influence and the Anchorage wouldn’t have gotten off the ground. Teylas wrote a large part of the Spheres of Influence plot and helped with the NPCs involved in the Spheres of Influence event. When it became clear that the Clan needed something to bridge the gap between FL3 and the GJW, I went to Teylas with the proposal that he could take the lead in running an event. Less than two weeks later, the Anchorage event started, and I listed the entirety of my contribution to the planning. Taking advantage of fiction that he had been writing during over the course of several months in reports, Teylas developed the story, timeline and 8 events events on his own. The structure of the event was rather unique, as members were put into teams of 5. He and Arden split the grading, allowing me to participate as a member. The scoring system for both these events greatly weighted member participation over placement and as such they were successful in driving up unit participation. Who designed this system? Teylas did.
Teylas also leads by example. He was one of only a handful of members to participate in every event in all parts of Fading Light. He is one of the most active gamers in Plagueis, one of the few sitting at GMRG rank XI, and having amassed close to 2000 CoFs in the past year mostly through ToR raiding. Teylas participated in the ACC open Beta ladder (despite his general dislike for the venue). In short, Teylas has never backed down when it came to representing Clan Plagueis on the Brotherhood scale.
The task of running a unit is difficult, and Teylas has been a rock for not only Plagueis, but me personally. I whenever I talk to Teylas, I know that I am getting an honest opinion. He won’t sugarcoat anything, and this sort of truthful feedback is extremely valuable. Teylas has an extremely sharp instinct when it comes to both people and ideas. His personal touch helped get two members to DJK as their master.
Sacramental awards are proof of consistent, sustained effort. For over a year now, Teylas has been consistently, reliably, pushing Clan Plagueis to bigger and better things. Without him, we would not be where we are today.
Congratulations Teylas, you deserve it.
Vivackus Kavon di Plagia, 2014-12-29 20:40:20 UTC