V'yr Vorsa has been a joy to work with in the Brotherhood. As a Battleteam Leader, he has been a supportive and inspirational role model and has helped to re-invigorate me at a time when I was considering leaving the club once again. He has been energetic and creative, always able to offer input and design great ideas, and never filed a report late.

V'yr has helped to implement major House and Battleteam storylines and competitions including being the driving force behind the Encroaching Shadows run-on event (http://forums.darkjedibrotherhood.com/archive/172/t-7021.html), and Liberation: Tides of Freedom (https://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/competitions/7630), a major House-wide event that began from his Encroaching Shadows idea.

His presence in the House has been terrific for activity, with frequent and informative emails and more than a few good-humoured laughs were shared around the House thanks to his quick-thinking and fun-poking graphical work. This formed a strong part of our House's culture of the time, encouraging and inviting everyone to take part in the fun and games to the point where the Odan-Urr Comedy Series of competitions were created, just to rub in some of the jokes. V'yr even created a couple of these competitions himself (http://forums.darkjedibrotherhood.com/archive/172/t-7033.html).

V’yr also performed quite admirably in the Fading Light run-on for my team (http://forums.darkjedibrotherhood.com/archive/241/t-7055.html), despite juggling an increasing workload from the Herald’s office.

V'yr mentored Aerin Taggart to the rank of Dark Jedi Knight (dossier 13764), and was a supportive figure and role model to our entire House while in office, and without his camaraderie and his constant drive to be an exceptional role model others would not be where they are today - myself included.

Thank you for all your hard work, V'yr, and for being such a great example of what a Jedi can achieve in the Brotherhood!

• Nathan Deciarus, Battleteam Leader, Disciples of Baas

I can say without qualification that the highest honor I have received in my Brotherhood career is being asked to follow a member like V’yr Vorsa as the Knight-Commander of the Knights of Allusis. His concrete accomplishments are voluminous and his direct impact on House Odan-Urr and most certainly on the Knights of Allusis cannot be understated.

Quite simply, V’yr made the Knights of Allusis into what they are today. As my fellow House Summit members have detailed, V’yr re-defined what a Battle Team was and could be in House Odan-Urr. The events he created or helped create, Encroaching Shadows and Tides of Freedom set the standard for House events and will shape House lore for years to come. His contributions to the House wiki pages are pervasive and progress even now. He continues to work quietly and behind the scenes on new graphics and page additions to our New Tython, Harakoan tribes and armed forces wiki pages. Just since his last promotion, V’yr created or made substantial contributions to no less than eleven distinct HOU wiki pages.

To add a bit of personal testimony in support of this small token of appreciation, I would not be where I am today without V’yr’s mentorship. From my very first days in the Brotherhood V’yr took me under his branches and showed me the vines of leadership in the Brotherhood. He quickly became like a second master to me, offering encouragement, wisdom and on more than one occasion a strong push to do more than I thought I was capable of. It was V’yr who encouraged me to do the Fading Light run-on in my second week in the Brotherhood when I didn’t think I could contribute. It was V’yr who took the extra time on multiple occasions to offer detailed feedback to help hone my writing craft. And when the time came for V’yr to step down as Knight-Commander it was he who pushed me forward to take up the mantle of leadership, never ceasing to believe in me, even for a second.

V’yr inspires everyone around him to be more than they are and to do more than they thought possible. That is they very definition of leadership and that is why V’yr is held up as a paragon of what is means to serve others in the Brotherhood. The many seeds V’yr has planted throughout his career will continue to grow into a mighty forest with strong roots touching the very foundations of the Brotherhood.

It is my highest honor and distinct privilege to offer my support for this small token to honor the tremendous legacy V’yr entrusted to me. Please accept this Grand Cross of the Dark Side on behalf of a grateful House and all Knights of Allusis, past, present and future.

• Turel Sorenn, Knight-Commander, Battle Team Knights of Allusis

If there is one thing we can say about V'yr Vorsa it is that he is one of the most dedicated graphics artists in the Brotherhood, a group of people that, more often than not, are very sorely misunderstood. Their work, however, is some of the most important. They design warbanners, robes, lightsabers, accessories, the bread and butter of our club for we view it on a daily basis - and then beyond this they make a variety of images that go above and beyond, that give our club flavour. It is with great honour that I would add this recommendation to the list for this award for a great artist.

The Herald staff keeps a list of tasks done over time by its staffers. One look at V'yr's list and you see, immediately, that a lot of work that he does is of high quality. A lot of his projects have been mentioned by Socks, but I will detail a small handful of his work for House Odan-Urr and Clan Naga Sadow to prove a point. Once upon a time, V'yr (then known as Tyren) designed the original Tenebrae battleteam logo, with little to no prompting. Since then we have seen him perform a wide variety of tasks, most recently including four beautiful maps for House Odan-Urr and a wide variety of logos for military units, battleteam works and event imagery. These images have provided a House with a graphical base with which it can inspire its members. Looking beyond this, to his impact on the Club - he has provided a myriad works that can be seen on members' dossiers. His contributions to the Herald staff cannot possibly be understated. Some examples? Slagar's beautiful double-snake lightsaber. Shirai's incredible gold filigree dragon-head saber. Kah's wonderfully gritty tribal claw saber. His work is peerless. It's unique, has its own style. We speak of Muz and Orv and Socks being unique in their own arts, with talent beyond the scope that we mere mortals can aspire to.

V'yr is so prolific that his name sits on that list, too, and he has never been Herald himself.

He's also a great mentor to myself and others; not only does he provide feedback on graphics work whether you catch him in IRC or email, he does so thoughtfully and with constructive feedback, as well as suggestions for improvements. These suggestions have improved the quality of my own work, including how my custom lightsaber turned out. He's provided feedback on almost every project I've worked on, from the Dark Crusade ribbons to the warbanner rails/medallion changes recently implemented to include Order works. He made the custom saber tutorial, which as we all know was such a development for the club that not only Herald staffers could access but even others could work on, helping us train a new generation of graphics designers. In fact, without him, I would not be designing as much and to the quality I do for the club. I rely on his feedback, his input, his inspiring presence and his ability to put out some of the most breathtaking work this club has ever seen. He's inspired me to be a better leader, a better artist and a better person, and for that I can never be truly thankful enough.

From a grateful fellow Praetor, please accept this recommendation with my thanks. You're one of the best we've ever had.