You might think that following an exhausting Great Jedi War and earning a Sapphire Blade that Nora would have, perhaps, slowed down a bit and taken a breather. Well, anyone that thinks that must not know Nora very well. Her work since the Great Jedi War has been truly exceptional as she's continued her torrid pace of activity while also shouldering additional leadership responsibilities without so much as missing a beat.
In the realm of activity, Nora has put up numbers that continue to astound. During the recently concluded Brotherhood Pro Bowl Nora participated in all 32 available competitions during the course of the event, earned 229 total points, earned a pair each of first and second place competition finishes along with a third, earned placement crescents in an additional four competitions, and earned 5th place overall (and was the second highest placing Plagueis competitor). All in all, not too shabby for a first time participant! Overall, she has entered 97 competitions and earned 2 Diamond, 4 Ruby, 3 Amethyst, 7 Sapphire, 3 Emerald, and 1 Topaz crescents along with a Gold Nova. She has continued to dominate the cluster board (especially for graphics) while earning 95 Clusters of Earth, 50 Clusters of Graphite, and 17 Clusters of Ice for 6,173 words of fiction across 10 fiction activities. She also passed an additional 5 Shadow Academy courses while earning her Dark Mavens of Leadership and Writing.
Now, any of that would have been impressive for a member without a day job, Nora has also been holding down leadership positions while giving back to the Brotherhood. While Turel will detail her work for the Fist staff, I would be remiss if I didn't go over everything she has been doing elsewhere. Nora has self-motivated to run 7 competitions across various competition series across the Brotherhood, including her D&D Brotherhood Edition series of 6 competitions and the currently running Nora's End of Year Puzzles series. However, she has also done the work to promote all those competitions around the Brotherhood via Discord messaging, not falling victim to the "If you build it, they will come" mindset that first time competition runners often mistakenly assume. Her D&D series saw 31 unique participants across the Brotherhood from nearly even clan as well as the Council, a remarkable bit of marketing for a first time competition runner. Additionally, Nora also stepped up into the role of Quaestor from her role as Aedile with less than a month to go before the start of the Pro Bowl. This would be her first time running a House during a major event, but more importantly she would be left to do it without the backup of an Aedile as Plagueis moved to a Quaestor-only House structure. Just like in every other aspect of her Brotherhood career Nora absolutely destroyed any reasonable expectations. She worked to engage with her members during the course of the event, adapting to the directive we gave to our leadership to forgo unit reporting and pivot away from unit wide messaging for the course of the event. Instead, she directly worked one-on-one with her members to drive activity in her unit and the results speak for themselves. 10 of the 15 rostered members of House Ventress submitted to events during the Pro Bowl, accounting for 50% of the unique Plagueis participants, and generated a total of 108 total entries. It is because of the work Nora did during the event that Plagueis saw a 70% participation ratio in the Pro Bowl and bested by 50% again the next closest unique participant number of all participants. She has been absolutely everything a Clan could ask for in a Quaestor.
In closing, Nora has once again proven that she is an absolute monster of activity and a leader that produces like a multi-year veteran as opposed to somebody that joined not even nine full months ago. Her work has been without peer over the course of her time in Plagueis, and being able to submit her for this honor is, without doubt, the best part of a Consul's job. Thank you, Nora!
Master Selika Roh di Plagia, 2022-11-01 21:46:35 UTC