It's finally here, my first report as Consul of this great Clan. It took a while, and yes, I was supposed to do it last week. I was slacking, won't happen again. :P

I wanted to wait until I was fully settled to write my first report, and it took a bit longer than I anticipated. But from now on, you can be assured there'll be a report from my office every two weeks, on Sunday. Proconsul Quejo will write a report every week I'm not writing one, if all goes well. And I trust that it will.

Firstly, to those who don't fully know me or my background, here's me in a nutshell. I joined Arcona in 2001, and grew to like it here so much that I never left. I've been more or less continually in a leadership position since mid-2003, serving numerous times as BTL, once as Aedile and twice as Quaestor of Qel-Droma, twice as Proconsul, and now (after lots of unsuccesful attempts, I must say) as Consul. I've spent a long time getting here, and I intend to stay here for quite a while.

But I'm not Consul for myself - I'm Consul for you. No matter what happens, no matter how long I'll be in this position, remember this: I will always do what's best for the Clan. And I've got a wonderful team around me of people who I know will do the same. Together, I honestly think we can make this the era of Arcona.

And now, the regular report. I'd like to start with once again congratulating the people who were elevated into a new position this month. Proconsul Quejo, Oriens Obscurum Quaestor Venquis, Galeres Quaestor Psyko, Oriens Obscurum Aedile Odin Vaaj, and more recently, Galeres Rollmaster Malidir d'Tana. The leadership reshuffle that we underwent was huge, but I'm confident each and every one of you will do a great job.

Secondly, I'd like to congratulate the membership in general. In the past few weeks, a lot of you have been tremendously active, and I'm really very proud of you. Arcona continues to dominate the Gaming Nights and ICTEs, members (especially in Oriens Obscurum) have passed huge amounts of SA courses, and the numerous Clan/House/BT competitions are getting ample participation. Kudos to the entire Clan!

The achievements list reflects this activity level. Courtesy of our two RM/ENVs and Clan Envoy Selene, here's what the Arconans have accomplished in the past few weeks:

Promotions:

NOV Jaxion – APP – NOV

NOV Seti Armon – APP – NOV

NOV Sacche Tuhl – APP – NOV

ACO Qu-Le Brog – NOV – ACO

ACO Krakkenthrrar – NOV – ACO

PRT Sight Nortonshin – ACO – PRT

PRT Neophyte – APP – NOV; NOV – ACO; ACO – PRT

GRD Arturius Tyr Klee – ACO – PRT: PRT – GRD

NOV Etah - APP - NOV

Awards:

PRT Oran Gootan – CF x5

DJK Nadrin Jubolt – CF x8

DJK Malidir D'Tana – Cr-E; CF x95

DJK Kresh'taa – LS

DJK Karel Bruth'Kothae – Cr-A x2; CF x109

KP Selene d'Tana – CF x10

KP Ktulu Mizheray Xyler – Cr-S

OPM Koskian d'Tana – Cr-A; LS; CF x3

ACO Granack – Cr-Q; CF x4

ACO Qu-Le Brog – CF x4

PRT Sight Nortorshin – DC; Cr-S; CF x7

PRT Neophyte – Cr-E

GRD JScumm – LS x2; Cr-E x3; Cr-T; CF x15

GRD Arturius Tyr Klee – LS; Cr-T x2

GRD Dorn Ty'Rodius Rayr – CF x4

JH Odin Vaaj Bruth'Kothae – LS x4; Cr-A; Cr-S x4; Cr-E; Cr-T x2; CF x13

JH Scyrone – CF x8

DJK Devarios Kirill – CF x18;

DJK Ashura "Megos" Isradia – Cr-E; LS; CF

DJK Callus Bo'Amar – Cr-E

OP Rade "Venquis" Tamalar – Cr-A; LS x2; CF x25

OP Warhunter – LS x2

SA Courses:

APP Dark Hollywood – AOL Instant Messenger

DJK Malidir D'Tana – History of the Sith Empire I

DJK Karel Bruth'Kothae – Test of Agility

APP Etah – Test of Wisdom, Advanced Test of Wisdom, Marksmanship; Lightsaber Studies; Alchemy Basics, Pre-Republic History; Leadership Studies; Leadership Applications; Leadership Fundamentals.

NOV Jaxion – IRC Basics; HTML Basics; AOL Instant Messenger

NOV Sacche Tuhl – ACC Initiates Course; IRC Basics; Pre-Republic History

ACO Krakkenthrrar – History of the Sith Empire I; Training Saber Basics; Marksmanship; Sith Flight Studies II : ESET; ACC Initiates Course; Pre-Republic History; IRC Basics

PRT Sight Nortorshin – Marksmanship; Leadership Applications; Pre-Republic History; History of the Sith Empire I; ACC Initiates Course; Conflict Mediation; Test of Wisdom

PRT Neophyte – ACC Initiates Course; Leaderhsip Applications; Leadership Fundamentals; IRC Basics; Conflict Mediation; Training Saber Basics; Test of Wisdom; Lightsaber Studies; Advanced Test of Wisdom; Marksmanship

PRT Rich Gun – Marksmanship

GRD JScumm – Ligthsaber Studies

GRD Arturius Tyr Klee – IRC Channel Operator Studies; AOL Instant Messenger; Conflict Mediation; Leadership Applications; MSN Messenger; Pre-Republic History; Marksmanship

GRD Bran Redmow – Lightsaber Studies; Alchemy Basics; History of the Sith Empire I; Dark Jedi Meditation

GRD Dorn Ty'Rodius Rayr – AOL Instant Messenger

GRD Xar'Kahn – History of the Sith Empire I

DJK Ashura "Megos" Isradia – Leadership Fundamentals; Alchemy Basics; Test of Wisdom; Pre-Republic History; History of the Sith Empire I

DJK Callus Bo'Amar – Pre-Republic History; History of the Sith Empire I; Marksmanship; Lightsaber Studies

OT Drodik Va'lence al'Tor – Pre-Republic History; History of the Sith Empire I; Marksmanship

OP Rade "Venquis" Tamalar – Training Saber Basics; Krath Core

OP Warhunter – Pre-Republic History; Marksmanship; History of the Sith Empire

Also, we've been pleasantly surprised by the arrival of a great deal of new members. They are:

New Members:

Galeres:

APP Titan

APP Spardan

APP Dark Hollywood

APP Uzuma

APP Exitus

APP Unholy

PRT Korenaga No Maragor

DJK Wolvie "the jackal"

HOO:

APP Tranos

APP Etah

APP Kyron

APP Newil Jeti Rayr

APP itachi

APP Kath Banon

ACO Granack

ACO Krakkenthrrar

PRT Neophyte

GRD Bran Redmow

DJK Desdemonea

DJK Callus Bo'Amar

DJK Zadious

OT Drodik Va'lence al'Tor

OP Warhunter

KAP Vithril Isradia Kunar

KE Alex d'Tana

Now, as you probably know already, there are a number of interesting competitions running. I'd do the whole URL link thing, but it's almost 4am and I can't be bothered. I can, however, inform you with some amount of satisfaction that there are even more great competitions on their way. If you're in Soulfire or Bas-Tyra, you can prepare yourself for a BT War coming your way later this week. And for everyone in the Clan, there'll be a nice little comp released tomorrow: the WikiComp. In the interest of character development (and because we like to make you work hard >:)) Venquis and I will be calling for personal character bios in the new DB Wiki. Make them, send a link to Venquis and me, and the best three personal Wiki pages will win a nice shiny! More details forthcoming.

That's about it, I think. If I've left anything out, blame my current state of fatigue. If not, I hope you all have a great week. Keep going the way you are, and great things may happen. My next report will be in one week, since I'll be gone the weekend after that. Take care, everyone.

Signing off,

• Strat, CONman
  

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His Honour, Krath Pontifex Strategos Thanatos

Acuithar Khmarh Entharyi, di Tenebrous Arconae

Consul of Clan Arcona

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