I've never recommended anyone for a Sapphire Blade, mostly because I'm
incredibly stingy when it comes to medals, but after talking to a lot of
people, it occurred to me that the Great Jedi War would give me probably
my only opportunity each year to award this medal. Therefore I would like
to recommend that the Sapphire Blade be awarded to Sith Warrior Derevko
"Thorin" Niroth. Here is why:<br>
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Thorin sometimes scares me. I could not go online any day (this is true
today) without the guy PMing me on IRC. It's like he never takes a
vacation. In fact, as the newly appointed Quaestor of House Marka Ragnos,
it fell to him to recommend the medals for his house, and he did it within
an hour of getting the assignment. The members had their medals that
night. I was afraid to even go online because he would PM me with some
new idea.<br>
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I don't know what kind of awards they give the Consuls for leading their
clans during the Great Jedi War, but I must tell you that I could not have
done this without Thorin. I was balancing summer classes and a full time
job during the Great Jedi War, and while I still took the time to send
reports and direct the clan (and participate), I couldn't do it all.<br>
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Thorin's efforts began early in the Great Jedi War when I needed someone
to take control of the run-on. He completely volunteered himself for the
job, and I could tell that he was doing a great job with it, organizing
plotlines, checking on people's posts to make sure that they weren't
totally crappy (we were given a couple of days to fix posts as necessary
after posting). He turned run-ons (which in my opinion normally suck)
from what could have been a mangled mess of separate plotlines into
something resembling a cohesive plotline. I was proofreading the run-on
for grammar and spelling and I was surprised at how well-written it was,
as a whole. Directing the 34 clan participants in that run-on is not an
easy thing to do. The clan placed first in the run-on event.<br>
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It wasn't even just the run-on. While I did my usual reports that I
thought were detailed enough, Thorin filled in any gaps in his own
reports. During key dates, he would email the clan vital information
about the goings on in the war. He would give us updates on points
values, and direct people to important deadlines and events. He seriously
took "motivation" to a new level.<br>
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Thorin was going to get a Grand Cross just for his participation and
performance in the actual Great Jedi War events. He participated in 11
events and earned his clan 424 points, including a few placings. However,
taking into account his tremendous leadership during the Great Jedi War,
in which the clan performed the best it has ever in its history, it was
decided by the rest of the summit that Thorin should gets his GC upgraded
to a Sapphire Blade. Congratulations!<br>
<br>
Dark Adept Manesh Sadow<br>
Consul of Clan Naga Sadow
Dossier Reinstatement as of 05 June, 2008
Manesh, 2008-06-04 22:00:00 UTC