_**"Hope is...comforting. It allows us to accept fate, however tragic it might be."

• Lady Yunalesca, Final Fantasy X**_
  

<div align="left"> Yes, this report is rather late. I must candidly admit that I haven't had the drive to do DB work as much as I should have, and as such my performance as Quaestor has declined. However, I believe that this is just a phase; I am still here, and will continue to be here. I will do my best to be as active as possible. However, never be afraid to e-mail me with any questions or suggestions.

Ektrosis News

Several of Ektrosis' members have been honored this week.

Congratulations to NexusMage, Apoc, **and **holechest for completely taking the Antei Archaeology competition! Quarmador and Iataib Seco have been promoted to Protector, and I've placed some other promotions in the pipeline. Quarmador was also awarded with a Dark Cross for his exceptional message board activity, and NexusMage completed three Shadow Academy courses, and Boris completed one.

Sadly, we lost five members this week due to their inactivity.

Please remember that the activity requirement is in full force, and if you don't fulfill it, you will get in trouble. So, be active! The Ektrosis website will be updated to have a page about the requirement soon. Speaking of the website, ektrosis.org is back online, so feel free to use that URL again. Website updates are forthcoming; please be patient as I learn more about PHP and try to make a more functional website for everyone to enjoy :P.

Competitions

Capital Gains - [http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/lch/comp/](http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/lch/comp/)  

A New Menance -

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=255

Vengeance -

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=251

Darkness -

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=252

Mal'ari'carun's Character Development Extravaganza -

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/competitions.asp?ID=262

Capital Gains is important to participate in, as the more

submissions Taldryan has the more likely the ships Kir created will be given to us. So send all submissions to Kir, and CC Mav! Mal'ari'carun's character competition is a very innovative idea created by our AED, and I congratulate him on coming up with such a great idea. All of Ektrosis can participate, including myself (and I plan to :P).

I have also created a new competition, and the details are below:  



For anyone who has played Final Fantasy X, you'll recall the Hymn

of the Fayth, which is the song that plays in all of the Temples and a few other occasions. The Hymn is presented below (in both Japanese and English):

<table align="center" height="124" width="512" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="top" width="47%">

Ieyui

Nobomenu

Renmiri

Yojuyogo

Hasatekanae

Kutamae

  </td>
  <td valign="top" width="53%">Pray, saviour  

Dream, Child of Prayer

Forever and ever

Bring us peace</td> </tr> </tbody>

</table>

As the Dark Jedi Brotherhood has semi-religious roots, what Hymns

do you think we have? You can submit more than one Hymn, but no more than three. Please include your ID lines in your submissions. Submissions must be in either .doc, .rtf, or .txt format, with 12 point Times New Roman, Arial, or Verdana. There is no length requirement, although Hymns are usually not very long. Standard House Crescents will be awarded to the winners.

This is the first of several video game oriented competitions I

plan to have. Please let me know what video games you play so I can possibly make a competition out of it. I feel that this will break up the monotany of SW-related competitions.

That's all for this week.  

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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Dark Side Adept Shadonyx, Chancellor Emeritus Quaestor of House Ektrosis, First Krath House of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood

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