Essik Lyccane is one of those members whom you don't always see, but you always know he's out doing everything he can to support his Clanmates, the Clan, and the DB as a whole. As we often do, we'll skim through the roster updating our tracking sheet, and when it's time to scroll through Essik's progress, we are never disappointed by the amount of work he has put in since his last award or promotion. So, let's first start with some numbers.

Since his last promotion, Essik has participated in 214 competitions that earned him 5 Crescents with Diamond Stars, 21 Crescents with Ruby Stars, 28 Crescents with Amethyst Stars, 29 Crescents with Sapphire Stars, 12 Crescents with Emerald Stars, 3 Crescents with Topaz Stars, and 1 Crescent with Quartz Star. Additionally, he has participated in 3 PvP matches earning him 8 Clusters of Fire and 3 Pendants of Blood, 25 PvE activities earning him 46 Clusters of Earth, 37 Graphic competitions earning him 103 Clusters of Graphite, and hold on while I check this again… 43 Fiction activities earning him 273 Clusters of Ice for a total of 123,003 words! Essik has written more words of fiction in the span of only two years than J. K. Rowling in her first three Harry Potter books, J. R. R. Tolkien in The Hobbit and Harper Lee in To Kill a Mockingbird! That's just counting the stuff the site tracks.

Off the site, Essik is a powerhouse in the wiki world. Having around 2,000 total edits to images and pages such as The Myrkr Crusade, The Fang, Desired One, The Tenixir Revenants, The Severian Principate, Rite of Supremacy: Escalation, The Collective and The Unknown to name his most current major updates, Essik has been awarded 1 Amethyst Kukri, 1 Sapphire Blade, a Grand Cross and another Grand Cross, all of which highlight his other amazing contributions to the DB wiki. He has also earned 10 Dark Side Scrolls for being named Wikipedian of the month for January/20, February/20, July/20, October/20, November/20, January/21, March/21, April/21, July/21 and August/21 including earning 5 for having a Featured Article of the Month for articles Nikora Rhan, Trepus Mine, The Fang, Rite of Supremacy: Escalation and The Severian Principate. Since his last promotion, Essik has contributed approximately 62,789 words across over 100 pages.

With all that writing, most people would be tired. Not Essik. He has also passed 19 Shadow Academy exams, earned 7 degrees, received 1 Scroll of Indoctrination for recruiting Sulon Tiful, a Scroll of the Master for mentoring Elyon de Neverse to the rank of Knight, 2 Seals of Loyalty and 1 Legion of Scholar. In the last GJW he earned 2 Gold Nova, 2 Silver Nova, 1 Bronze Nova and 25 Seals of Vision. In the COU-PLA feud he was named Feud Hero for attaining the most individual points and 1 Gold Nova. During Rite of Supremacy: Escalation he helped us secure a 4th place win by earning himself 1 Gold Nova, 1 Silver Nova and 18 Seals of Enmity. He also created several ROS competition guides that gave members an easy to read rundown of each competition.

The thing about Essik is he is always there when you need him. Anytime you need something written or a wiki updated, Essik will always volunteer. Thank you Essik. Your contributions, though not always out in the open, help to keep this club moving. You’re a good member, friend and confidant. You’ve more than earned this promotion to EQ 4. Congratulations!

Revak Kur
Consul, Odan-Urr

Ambassador Revak K'Urr, 2021-09-12 03:13:55 UTC

I will not repeat the statistics covered in other recommendations but I would like to emphasize the impact of Essik's contributions. Drafting new wiki pages, updating existing ones, or creating vendetta guides for your clan and faction teammates isn't glamourous or sexy. Often such work occurs behind the scenes away from the limelight of unit leaders and vendetta heroes. But those contributions are so essential. The staggering amount of work Essik has done for COU and beyond has been solely for the ease and enjoyment of his fellow members. He does this almost always on his own initiative and does not ask a single thing in return.

For all his work which has had a direct impact on the members of the club and the clan I am proud to submit this recommendation for the pinnacle equite rank. Thank you for all you do Essik!

Turel Sorenn
Proconsul, Odan-Urr

Councillor Turel Sorenn, 2021-09-11 20:22:36 UTC

Essik Lyccane has been a force of nature in this club for many years now. Throughout my tenure as Consul, I had the privilege to reward that energy with a Grand Cross, Sapphire Blade, and Amethyst Kukri. Rain or shine, he continues to work hard for Odan-Urr and the club at large, not caring if he is lauded for it or not. I will gladly laud it for him. Consistently, he has been an ever-present and active member of the club through competitions and the like. So many stop doing these or scale back, forgetting a key part of this club. Essik is an exemplary active member of the DB. Second, he has been a wiki phenomenon with his dizzying amount of edits to all pages he sees needing edits or creation. Whether it be core DB assets, updating other clans pages, other DB member pages regardless of clan, or Odan-Urr pages; the DB wiki would be immeasurably worse off without his constant attention and care. He does all of this selflessly and for others.

Equite 4 is a big step and Essik’s dedication and time invested in the club has proven himself more than worthy of it. I am very proud of your contributions to the club and the time and energy you have put into it. Thanks for making the DB a better place. Congratulations on your promotion!

Aura Ta’var
Friend, Odanite

Aurora "Aura" Ta'var, 2021-09-11 21:07:30 UTC

The other recommendations have attested in some parts as to the Wiki contributions that Essik has made in the larger club. It has already been hit upon the number of "Wikipedian of the Month" awardings that Essik has received and the work on Featured Pages that Essik has recieved.

I would like to further illustrate the impact that Essik has had on the Wiki. If one is to look at the Contribution Score statistics page, you can see that Essik is currently the 5th scored contributor to our collective Wiki, with contributions ranging from helping to properly categorize images, to fleshing out pages on fictional groups and enemies of the Brotherhood, and has developed interesting and nuanced NPCs for a variety of purposes. Not all of the over 3,000 edits that Essik has made have been huge in content, but they have together made a noticable impact in helping to make our wiki a more orderly place. Given that he acts as a regular members, as opposed to a member of my Wiki Staff, this is particularly notable. Given that the top four contributors are former leaders and in at least two cases Wiki Tribunes the sheer number AND quality of edits are laudable.

Having seen these contributions first hand as Wiki Tribune, I would like to do two things. For one, I want to reinforce how thankful I am that Essik continues to contribute to the wiki with such regularity. Second, I would like to add my voice in support that Essik move up to the ranks of the 4th grade of the Equites.

Congratulations on your latest accomplishment, and I hope to see more and greater things in the future, Essik. Well done!

Bentre Sadow

Wiki Tribune

Master Bentre Stahoes, 2021-09-12 02:42:05 UTC