Hey there, Cestus! I'm sure that several of you are making the transition back to school or getting back into work mode after summer time, so this report will be short and sweet...hopefully.

Clan Competition Update

If I've got my dates right, Part 1 of the Obsidian Blade story should have ended yesterday. I hope that some of you took the opportunity to participate in the competitions; I, for one, found them to have some really good prompts. If you did not participate, there will be a chance to participate in Part 2. In the meantime, be sure to keep track of the storyline as Anshar continues to develop it. The link to the story arc is below:

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=5807

House Developments

More recently, my summit and I have been talking about adding a bit more to Cestus's structure and storyline. While a lot of our ideas are still being worked on and compromised on, talks have come to a bit of a standstill. I hope to revive the discussion soon so we can introduce the fully conceptualized idea to the house as a whole.

In the meantime, feel free to reply to this e-mail with any questions or suggestions of your own for Cestus's development. Any outside voices are greatly appreciated, and who knows, you may have thought of some things we haven't touched on yet.

Bye-bye, Bloodfyre!

As some of you may have noticed, one of our beloved Tarentum veterans, Sith Bloodfyre, has heeded a call from Tridens to become the house's new Rollmaster. As he has had experience in some of the highest clan and Brotherhood positions, I am happy to see him take on another role in leadership. Good luck, Bf, and although you are leaving Cestus, your great motto shall stay (Yes, we are indeed the next generation of barbecue sauce)!

AWOL Update

As I mentioned in my last report, RM K'awiil has been running an AWOL check on any and all APPs who have not shown any activity (with the exception of anyone who is relatively new to the house and perhaps hasn't had the chance to work yet). Well, August 29th has come and gone, which means that the roster will be updated soon. K'awiil and I will be speaking to Kaek soon in order to have any inactive members transferred to the Rogues.

Competition Listing

Since AED Azexel did not put up a competition reminder this week, I will be listing the current competitions DB, clan, and house-wide:

DB-Level:

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/CompetitionDetails.asp?ID=4438 - "A Picture is Worth 1000 Words"

Clan-Level:

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/CompetitionDetails.asp?ID=4435 - "[Broken] The Obsidian Blade"

House-Level:

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/CompetitionDetails.asp?ID=4404 - "[Cestus] Race for Fire" (Deadline is in 2009, not 2010)

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/CompetitionDetails.asp?ID=4430 - "[Cestus] Rantings and Musings"

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/CompetitionDetails.asp?ID=4226 - "[Cestus] Vault of Knowledge"

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/CompetitionDetails.asp?ID=4223 - "Fist of Cestus"

Roster

Elders: 1

Equites: 10

Journeymen: 18

TOTAL: 29

Anything else?

As I have just started school, I may take a bit longer responding to e-mails. It doesn't mean I hate you, it just means that I'm either in class, working, or jamming in my new rock band. Yes, I am actually in a band. Bizarre.

-OT Ronovi Tavisaen (Obelisk)/QUA/Cestus of Tarentum