"Another!" a raspy voice yelled out across the bar. The bartender looked over with a hint of disdain. The man looked and smelled like he just came off the street. Another homeless looking to waste his precious few handouts from the day. That means no tips. The bartender sighed and poured another drink for the man.

The door slid open with a familiar quiet hiss and in stepped a scrawny official-looking man. He stood a moment and looked around the bar. It was empty save for the bartender and the homeless man down at the end of the bar. The man let out a slight sigh of relief and walked down to the end of the bar.

"You smell like a nerfherder." He remarked as he sat down at the bar.

"Well I don't exactly want people to recognize me now do I Kellak?" The first man said with a hint of a threat in his voice.

***

"We could send the Noghri." Archangel suggested. Xen waved his hand dismissively.

"That is a bit overkill on this issue." Xen said. Arch shrugged.

"It would solve a few problems and nuisances." He said simply.

"We wait. Wait and see. No need to play our hand on this matter. We have more pressing matters." Xen responded.

"The games?" Arch asked. Xen let a wicked looking grin spread on his face.

"The games."

Hello again House Scholae Palatinae! I know it has been a very long time since my last report so I have quite a bit of information to cover here. Once the GJW ended my semester at school really picked up so I have been frantically finishing that. Now with the majority of work done for the semester I can once again focus in on the house. So on with the report!

By now you all should know we placed 3rd in GJWX. This was an incredible accomplishment and I once again want to thank each one of you who participated in the war. It was a terrific effort you guys gave and I couldn't be happier with how well we did. As part of our prizes for winning, we were awarded our own House Lightsaber! It is available for all house members DJK and higher in rank. It is on lightsaber selector as Tarrogon. It is a beautiful lightsaber hilt. I hope you all take a moment to check it out. Massive thanks to Shikyo for creating it for us! It was a fantastic Great Jedi War and I would like to thank everyone on the DC who helped make sure it went off so well and worked to get things graded in such a timely manner. It was great fun so thank you!

The first recent independant house in the Brotherhood, House Revan has been officially closed. While it is sad to see one of the units in the brotherhood come to this end, know it is to strengthen the whole of the club. I want to thank Eiko for his hard work there as QUA. He worked really hard there and it was fantastic to have the chance to work with him as a fellow QUA.

There have been a few position announcements for important DB wide positions. Teroch Erinos, aka Dash, was recently appointed our new Combat Master. Along with his, he has announced several people will be taking up the positions of Judges in the ACC. Good luck to all of them in continuing to improve the ACC! Former IHR QUA Eiko has been appointed as P:DGM and will be working closely with Halc on some great projects for the DB. Good luck to him on his new position as well!

Another point of exciting DB news is that our Deputy Grandmaster, Halcyon Taldrya, was promoted to the rank of Dark Prophet. This is an incredible accomplishment. Massive Congratulations on this great promotion and thank you for working so hard to improve the DB.

There have been some pretty big changes here on the House front as well. First off, following the war, Rayne decided to step down from being AED to return to general membership in the house. She has done some fantastic work on the HSP Summit so please make sure to thank her for all the time she spent helping this house kick ass. She was also recently promoted to Sith Battlemaster for her great work. Congratulations and Thank you Rayne!

With Rayne retiring from AED, Archangel has once again returned to the position. He and I are going to continue to work hard to keep this house going strong. After viewing the applications for Rollmaster, we decided on appointing Akatsuki Tamalar to the position. She has been doing phenomenal work trying to recruit new members to the brotherhood already and has always been ready to lend a helpful hand to other members. I am very excited to see what she can do with the position and helping this house out!

Now some of you may remember the occurrence of a few "Olympic Games" here in HSP. These were a short, fun, mini-house events that generated a lot of interest and activity. We are currently in the planning phases of our Winter Games, set to occur sometime around February. I hope you all are excited for the abounding silliness and fun of the games. I know I am!

We are continuing the process of renovating our house information. There has been years of different people pushing the house in different directions, that have led to a lot of inconsistency for our house. If you are interested in helping please, email Arch and myself to see where you can jump in on helping us bring our Empire up to par.

To conclude, there is still a lot of work a head for the house if we want to be reclanned. So stay active people and have some fun with whats going on. Let's show everyone what we are made of. If you have any questions or concerns you want addressed please remember my Formspring Page is always open. I hope you all have a fantastic holiday season.

For the Empire!

Xen'Mordin Vismorsus Quaestor of Scholae Palatinae