'Primus Pilus; The shattered Blade.'

The words ran through Kuro's head, eating away at him. They burned in his skull, mocking him. When he inherited the Blade, it had been strong; 'Infragilis Gladius Di Plagia'. The unbreakable blade of Plagueis. The servants of the Summit, loyal and strong.

Now? Weak. Mocked. Scorned by their own house. And with his name attached to their weakness.

But then, when brought so low.... where is there to go but up? What else to do but grow stronger or die? And what life so weak is worth living? There is conflict upon the Horizon. There is chaos. There is battle and blood. And Pilus will be reforged, the blade again strong, the shattered pieces one again.

A bit of tempering, to be sure.... give them a better chance to survive. A krath pup thrown against a Gamorrean would survive only by chance. But one raised properly, beaten to make it mean, taught to want the blood and savour the kill, trained to use its mind and its natural stealth... that one could pull through on its strength.

"Spare the rod..."

Had he been too kind to his warriors? Had he coddled them? 'No', he decided, 'But neither did I treat them how I should have.' He predecessor was fond of a whip. Perhaps he should pick up some training with a Cat o' Nine Tails? Could he begin branding them? Or should he have them beat each other into the ground for rations? So many choices, and such riches a plenty....

Kuro turned his attentions from his musings; there would be time later. For now, Plagueis has enemies to deal with. Those who would see the Ascendent House burn. And Pilus has a job to do.

(thanks Kave for the awesome fiction) <p>

<p> <p> NEWS:</FONT SIZE> The day is June 25th 2011. We primus Pilus, fought to restore order to Plaguies, Unus , along with several others knew that Tra'an Reith is the leader that the House needed. After several months of fighting and blood shed, removing the poison that was killing all that Plagueis was, Mister Reith was named Quaestor. Two years has past since then and our leader is still in his rightful seat. Congratulations boss man, Primus Pilus will continue to fight for you and Plagueis for many more years to come.

With that said, If yall have read Tra'ans report, yall would of seen that we have a Feud coming up this month. Though I cant say who its with, I can say this...We are not ready. At lease not in my eyes. I know yall have what it takes, but Yall must SHOW me that yall want to be called The Blade again.

Ultimatum</font size>

To go along with our future events, Kodias, Tra'an and my self had a little meeting last night and we all have concluded that We really haven't been enforcing our rules and backing our threats like we need to be. The Team is a honor and privilege to be apart of. "We are the first ones in when a situation occurs. We are the Fist of the summit. we are the Blade of Plagueis." That needs to be one the minds of everyone here. I feel yall have forgotten that.

"This mess about activity has been a hot topic for about the past month. Each time it has come up we've blustered and fumed with the result being a very brief boost in activity." I whole hearty agree with this. Yall need to STAY active. How can we be called the Blade when we keep falling off the handle? Yall need to make the choice now. No more skating by.

The Ultimatum is, Make the choice rather you want to stay, or go. If you stay, you will be required to follow the rules and requirements. Yall have been given enough warnings, this is your last one. Furios, Kodias and my self will be monitoring your activity more closely for now on, we have the means to do so. Now if you wish to leave, let me know and Ill have you removed back to the house roster. You can return later if you wish, but will be on a probation for 1 month. the 1st time you fail to follow the requirements, this goes for those of you who are staying (since again, yall had plenty of warnings) you will be removed.

Yall have 1 week to reply. If you want to stay, and commit to the requirements, you must tell me why you wish to stay. If you want to be removed, let me know and tell me why.

We have a huge major event going to be happening in a few months, as well as the feud and the vendetta. we need to be strong and have members who will be and stay, active. We can help the house reach Clan status once again, but we cant do that when we keep failing. we will fail no more. I will not tolerate it.

<font size="12">Wiki</font size>

The wiki page is completely up to date! Thanks everyone for their work in this. NOW its all current events for now on. The page could use some tweaking and formatting, but we can worry about that as we go. If you see something that could be edited, Please check with Furios, Kodias or myself first. We could also use some more images, mostly for Origins. Just check with us before making any sort of additions to the page.

Fistan, I know it was short, but Im really digging your section of Past and present Commanders. The little logo is cool...for now but it may be changed later, but i wont worry too much about it at this time. nice work.

Kodias, I know it was kinda tough, but I like how you summarized Judgement. Nice work man

Zuser...Has taken in break for a while, all yall need to know. I took over his task of making the stats page for The Chaser. With Nariahs help, I got it like 80% - 90% done. thanks ma'am.

Octavia, I know life as a mom can get busy, So i did all the research and got the section done for ya. Hope things ease up on you. Babies can be a hand full. I got a baby niece staying here and I see them running around after her, so i have an idea on how busy you are :P

Kuro you rock, Oh thanks Kuro, you rock too. Knocking out Oath and Ambush as well as making The Chaser page And creating the Current Membership section. Keep it up Kuro, thanks Kuro, you too. (no im not crazy...ive been tested....)

I think that pretty much covers the wiki stuff. Nice work all, seriously. Thanks.

Now on to Competitions. Fistan, Kodias and Nariah has given us some comps to do, they seem fairly easy, so i expect everyone to bring in a submission.

<font size="18">Competitions:</font></font size>

Requiem Nobiscum: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competition.php?id=6459 Vestimenta Iniquitatem: ** http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competition.php?id=6457 **Awakening: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competition.php?id=6463 The Meaning: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competition.php?id=6467 Knowledge Test: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competition.php?id=6466

<font size="16">Closing</font size>

Despite our weaknesses, I am proud of yall. We all have gone up and down in activity and quality of work, Ive seen what yall are capable of doing, Lets get back there and stay there. hmm?

Kuro Kogarasu-</font></font></p></p></p>