Jael, also known as Kris, has been a busy bee since his last recognition in April last year. In raw stats, he's participated in sixty eight competitions (just shy of a nice number) for a solid seven-plus average per month; eighteen of which were from GJW XV as evidenced by his collection of Seals of Ascension. Twenty-three Crescents and four Novae (one Gold and three Silver) show the quality and effort of this work, coming in with just shy of a 1:2 placement rate. As part of these activities, Jael has turned out just just of four thousand words of fiction, earning 10 Clusters of Ice, plust ninety Clusters of Earth, five Clusters of Fire, and a solid thirty-four Clusters of Graphite. Having seen and even graded his art firsthand, I am acutely aware of the detail and effort that goes into these works.

A number of his art projects fall outside the direction of his office as Praetor to the Herald — an office he continues to hold through the duration of the evaluated time. On his own initiative, he generated the custom robes and weapons that were Arcona's booty from GJW XV victory. Additionally, between the transition from Aedile of Galeres to Quaestor, he also created the artwork for the last artifact of Arcona's allocated three: the Glory of Galeres. He's continued to create artwork for his units, often published in our chats, centered on the fictional allies and enemies of the House and Clan. In these ways, during his six rated months as Aedile, and three months as incumbent Quaestor, he helped to generate interest and activity in Galeres' ongoing fictional arc on the Dajorran planet of Eldar.

On a final and more personal note, Kris has been a pleasure to have as a leader in Arcona. He is responsive, active in chats as much as competitions, and spreads his talents across the Clan and club alike despite a demanding real-world schedule. He has lots of ideas that he wants to share with those around him, and that is a sentiment that I readily share and appreciate. Hopefully this award shows some small amount of gratitude for that hard work. Thank you, Kris.

Qyreia Arronen
Consul, Clan Arcona

As his Consul will cover, Kris' participation and leadership have been an infusion of joy and comedic horror into the daily life of his House and Clan. He spearheaded the fictional development of his House as Aedile and continuing it as Quaestor, creating and running House events, creating high quality fully colored artworks of NPC races, creatures, and enemies for the House and Clan to use as assets for our plotlines and world building, publishing regular reports and contributing recommendations to numerous awards and promotions for the members in his care. These are all wonderful and easily quantifiable things, but it bears mentioning too the investment Kris shows to his Clanmates and to others in the Brotherhood, encouraging ideas and development in chat from mutant porgs to starting conversations about the identity of a sandwich or pickle flavored abominations of food; inane as these may seem, the core of our community as a club is engagement and socialization between members, and Kris is a constant daily presence enough that any one of us on the Summit need not worry that our people are going to be quiet. He is particularly attentive in subcommunities like the DB #art-chat and our unofficial #allies-and-pride channel on the DB server where he is a sympathetic and educational ear to members of any age.

We appreciate you always being there, Kris. Enjoy this knowing you have earned it.

Proconsul, Clan Arcona