State of the Clan: Naga Sadow

News from Overlord Xanos Zorrixor

The Consul rubbed his eyes as he crawled out of his dormitory, the hour was late and the halls were void of any movement. Such was life with the Temple of Orian, but unlike everywhere else- it was always night. Day never game to those halls for the planet Sepros drifted in motionless circles, forever spinning yet never moving. Life was not welcome there, yet it had been there that the Dark Lord Urias Orian had chosen to make his home; to make his citadel, a nexus of Dark Side energies.

Xanos looked around as he surveyed the corridor for some indication of what time it was. To his surprise there was a clock hanging on the far side of the hallway into which he had crawled, but to his disbelief it confirmed what he had at first thought: It was indeed too late.

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Things of Past

Well, for those of you wondering what on earth all that was about, its basically my way of saying: Yes this report is late. For that my sincerest apologies, I've not been myself of late, I've been overworked, school has been a nightmare, life has been a nightmare, and I can say with my complete sincerity that I experienced the worst day of my life just two weeks ago today. Why then am I saying this? No real reason. I'm not trying to account for my inactivity of late, I've not been meeting the responsibilities of my station as Consul, and for that I apologise to you all. Here I am, going on about other people not doing their jobs, yet I myself succumb to the all too familiar troubles of the real world. Such is life I suppose, and it appears, as much as I might wish to believe differently, even I am not immune to its effects. In short, I hope everyone can forgive me for being a rather useless Leader recently, I'm rather disgusted with myself, I've never felt more ashamed to be your Consul, I've never felt more insulted in my own activity, but I hope nobody holds this against me. I can remember back to the days when I was one of you all and thought how I wished the Consul at the time would pack his bags and leave, how I thought he was just dragging the Clan down, how I believed he was too arrogant to admit his own faults... in turn I now look at myself and wonder if I should listen to my own advice. Perhaps I should? I know not. If anybody thinks that way I would ask you to tell me, for as much as I sincerely hope that is not the case I do at times wonder if I am still able to serve as your Consul...

But enough of that, I'm sure you don't all want to hear me drone on about how incompetant I am, no doubt you hear enough of that from me on IRC. The fact is, I'm back and its time to lock up your sons and daughters and make for the hills again because not only am I back but I'm back with a lot more motivation than I had when I wrote my last report. I first want to thank our retiring Proconsul, His Excellency Adept Trevarus Caerick, for all the work he has done over the past year, he has been a great help to me and to you all, and filled in for me during my abscence at the beginning of September, and subsequently during my apparent death since then. He goes on to become our Oracle, the one placed in charge of the Dark Voice, an article that in time will become more than just our Newsletter but our way of life, I wish him luck, and look forward to serving with him again one day, as we all no doubt will when he comes home again- we all know Trev can't stay out of the Clan for long :)

Secondly I would just like to say that I won't be taking applications for Proconsul, I've more or less made my decision already based on the advice of Trevarus, so expect to see an appointment made in the next few days or so.

More importantly than that though, I would like to congratulate everybody who has been promoted, awarded or simply done anything in the last month. I've not been grateful enough when I should have been, when I last addressed you all like this I remember complaining about you all not doing enough, yet now when I've seen some well deserved promotions, some even being to Dark Jedi Knight, I've not been thankful enough. Well, let it be known that I havn't forgotten, and that I heartfully congratulate you on your service to the Clan. To see new Knights is a wonderful thing, for it means we are still producing some of the best individuals in the Brotherhood and that some of you are still rising to the ranks of the Equites.

I would also like to extend my warm welcome to all the new members of the Clan, especailly to the young Apprentices who join our fold. This is a return to the days of old where the Apprentices walked amongst us, and I recieve such a change gladly. I would strongly encourage ALL of you who are of the rank of Guardian or above to take on a new Apprentice, Novice or Acolyte as your Student and in turn become their Master. It may not seen like much, but a Master-Student relationship can mean so much in this Brotherhood. I myself still regard Trevarus, who has in turn served beneath my as Proconsul, my Master, and he too me his Student, even though that relationship formally ended years ago. Friendships never die, so just help out our new members and give them a helping hand in their Apprenticeship.

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Things of Now

I have addressed yesterday, now let us address the present. The Clan is in something of a difficult state, Marka Ragnos has just had a change of Quaestor which always causes issues, Primus Goluud is not doing too bad, though Ludo Kressh is barely hanging on to the edge. All these things need work, though I do feel much of it must come from the greater changes that will be made by the Dark Council in the coming months. But this is no excuse to stop trying, the most important thing currently is that we maintain our numbers, but above that, our morale. There is no point being here if you are not having fun, so I want to hear from everyone what you want. I lost my motivation when the competitions I ran during August and early September had no participation at all, but I won't make the same mistake again: SO TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT!

In short: I want to hear from everyone. Tell me why you joined the Dark Brotherhood, tell me what you enjoy doing. If you like Jedi Academy Ladders, we'll run a ladder, if you like playing TIE missions, I'll make some missions. If you just want to chat, I'll start plaguing people with requests to download mIRC. What is clear is that my own ideas are not fun anymore, I blame myself for being old and out of date, but I can still provide just not without ideas. I need your input here, so tell me what you would enjoy and I'll sort it out.

For further encouragement, I'll give a Dark Cross to everyone that comes up with ideas that I can actually use. So if your idea sounds good, and I choose to run it, then a medal for you!

On top of that, we need to recruit, as I mentioned. Jedi Academy is out, the New Jedi Order is coming to a close, Knights of the Old Republic is out, Star Wars Galaxies is about to get a European release- so lets see some new members! There are new Apprentices so as I say- talk to them! Encourage them! Make friends with them! I really want to see Master-Student pairings with the Apprentices, Novices and Acolytes, it doesn't matter who you are just send them an email- thats all there is to it. If you talk to somebody on IRC then become their Master, it really is that simple.

Again, if you need more encouragement, I'll present anybody that helps a new member get to the rank of Protector with a Star of Antei. I'll need proof of course, but if you are a successful Master then the rewards will be high- plus if you want a surefire root to Dark Jedi Knight then become a Master, I love people who demonstrate leadership qualities so its the quickest way to impress me into promoting you.

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Things of Tomorrow

Well I'll end there, I think I've given you all enough information to be searching through now. But rest assured I will be swamping you with more, its clear to me now that I need to do more to help you all, but its also clear that rather than be depressed about how I'm not good enough I need to ask for your input into how to make things better. We can get this Clan off the ground- We WILL get this Clan off the ground. Naga Sadow is strong, Naga Sadow has always been strong, its time we started acting like it and started fighting back!

His Excellency Xanos Zorrixor

Consul of Clan Naga Sadow

Overlord of the Sith Order

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