May I first congratulate the entire Brotherhood on a successful Sith War. The level of participation was outstanding, and will no doubt set a precedent for what we can strive to achieve in future competitions. There was a total of 2646 Victory Points awarded cumulatively between the Seven Clans, that accounts to a lot of activity, for which you should all be praised. Considering it was the first competition of this size that I have had the privilege of running I was like to extend my personal gratification to every single participant for making the Third Sith War such a huge success.

There were a few hiccups along the way but nothing that I feel caused too serious a blow to the overall flow of the competition, however for the few problems that did arise I must myself apologize, for I do appreciate that there were times when I should have been a little more specific on the details, or made sure that any changes had been more thoroughly communicated. All faults aside, the competition did run smoothly, and those Clans victorious are well deserving of their awards. But enough of the introduction, as I am sure many of you are more interested in the complete run down of the results and individual Event participation:

Final Clan Standings

First Clan of the Sith, Clan Tarentum (740 pts)

Second Clan of the Sith, Clan Arcona (556 pts)

Third Clan of the Sith, Clan Taldryan (387 pts)

Fourth, Clan Naga Sadow (341 pts)

Fifth, Clan Scholae Palatinae (300 pts)

Sixth, Clan Satal Keto (245 pts)

Seventh, Clan Exar Kun (57 pts)

May I congratulate all the Seven Clans on their achievements. There was a lot of difference between First and Seventh places but all Clans tried their best, and for that you should all be proud. My congratulations again, however, to Clan Tarentum on their win of the Third Sith War, this makes the second time I have had the pleasure of bestowing unto them the title of First Clan of the Sith, may they defend it well. My congratulations also to Clans Arcona and Taldryan for earning the right too call themselves the Second and Third Clans of the Sith respectively, it was a hard fight, especially for Third place, and so both titles are equally well deserved.

May I also point out, for those who might be a little concerned by the change from last Saturday night’s Meeting, that I have since chosen to award Novas for the individual winners of both the Allegiance Multiplayer and Antei Combat Center Ladder Events, meaning that there has been an ever so slight change in the final points of some of the Clans.

Moving on to individual awards I now have the honour of appointing the first two Knights to the Most Noble Order of Serpentis. The Order of Serpentis is intended as a form of the highest level of recognition the Sith Order can bestow upon its members, in the same function as the different Clan Titles serve the individual Clans. In time I hope for the Order to grow and incorporate such other new features of the Brotherhood such as a unique School of Force Powers, but for now may I present to you the first of the Knights of the Serpenti, the Chosen of Serpentis.

May we therefore welcome Lenzar Demonis Entar of Tarentum and Demosthenes of Arcona as the first Knights, may they forever be known as Lenzar Demonis Entar-Serpenti and Demosthenes Serpenti, the Chosen of Lord Serpentis.

Finally may I present the list of individuals who fought well and proved victorious in the individual Events, and are all well deserving of the Novas that they will be receiving in the very near future.

X-Wing Alliance Single Player

First, recipient of the Gold Nova, Gord Darkonian

Second, recipient of the Silver Nova, Sykes Rokir

Third, recipient of the Bronze Nova, Licah Fox

X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter Single Player

First, recipient of the Gold Nova, Welshman

Second, recipient of the Silver Nova, Rekio Corsair

Third, recipient of the Bronze Nova, Licah Fox

TIE Fighter Single Player

First, recipient of the Gold Nova, ** Lenzar Demonis Entar-Serpenti**

Second, recipient of the Silver Nova, ** Gord Darkonian**

Third, recipient of the Bronze Nova, Rekio Corsair

X-Wing Alliance Ladder

First, recipient of the Gold Nova, ** Lenzar Demonis Entar-Serpenti**

Second, recipient of the Silver Nova, ** Raidoner**

Third, recipient of the Bronze Nova, Demosthenes Serpenti

X-Wing Alliance Bracket Tournament

First, recipient of the Gold Nova, Demosthenes Serpenti

Second, recipient of the Silver Nova, Numaril Asfageln

Third, recipient of the Bronze Nova, Manesh Sadow

Allegiance Multiplayer

First, recipient of the Gold Nova, Phoenix

Second, recipient of the Silver Nova, Manesh Sadow

Third, recipient of the Bronze Nova, ** Benevolent Whiner**

Antei Combat Centre Ladder

First, recipient of the Gold Nova, Arania

Second, recipient of the Silver Nova, ** Selket**

Third, recipient of the Bronze Nova, Sharad

Screenshot Competition

First, recipient of the Gold Nova, Telona Murrage Tarentae

Second, recipient of the Silver Nova, ** Rekio Corsair**

Third, recipient of the Bronze Nova, ** Spears**

Graphics Submission

First, recipient of the Gold Nova, Godo Nurok

I Second, recipient of the Silver Nova, Isalka Tyuon

Third, recipient of the Bronze Nova, Brat Stone

Mission Design

First, recipient of the Gold Nova, Rekio Corsair

Second, recipient of the Silver Nova, ** Godo Nurok**

Third, recipient of the Bronze Nova, Lenzar Demonis Entar-Serpenti

The only last thing for me to say is, congratulations once again to all of you, and a full list of who took part in what and how many points each Clan attained through each individual Event can be found under the Announcements Forum of the Message Boards, here.

Before I finish I do have one final word to say, pertaining to the Possessions that all Clans will be recieving as a result of their activity within the Third Sith War. I will be in discussion with the Dark Council over the next few days as to how many I can present to the different Clans, and will speak to the Consuls later this week about thier preferences to which starfighters they wish to recieve, so expect an announcement from me at this weeks meeting where I will present the winning Clans, all Seven of them, their awards.

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Dark Adept Xanos Zorrixor Serpenti-Sadow
Sith High Warrior of the Dark Brotherhood
Manus Argent of the Order of Serpentis
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