With Jaek's sudden departure I believed now would be an appropriate time to write a report. I'd like to take a moment to say on behalf of the whole team we wish Jaek the best of luck in his future endeavours; whether they be inside or outside of the DJB.

So I guess the reason I wrote this was to firstly say hello. I know a few of you but there are some I don't; I aim for that to change very quickly. I want to have Dark Forge as active as possible, and I need help to make that happen.

The easiest way I think that will happen is for you all to tell me what you want out of Dark Forge? Do you have any ideas or improvements? Or just something you outright dislike or love? Without feedback I won't know what I can change so I'm hoping you all can help me with that.

If you don't feel confident contacting me directly, then please make use of the anonymous suggestions box:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHFZQ01teGxwWlNtejV1aWRUNEI3bkE6MQ#gid=0

This is exactly the kind of thing it was meant to be used for, the team that work on it will pass on any messages left there so I can start on improvements. If you want to contact me directly you can do that as well. I'm regularly on IRC and if you can't find me there feel free drop me an email at: [Log in to view e-mail addresses].

With departures come fresh blood, and I hope you'll all say hello and welcome to our newest member Atyiru Araave! She is the newest member to Clan Arcona and I speak from experience when I say she is a wonderful writer and avid gamer.

I also want to congratulate:

K'tana for 5 Clusters of Ice & a Dark Cross TroutTrooper for 2 Clusters of Ice & a Antien Cross Inarya for 4 Clusters of Ice Teu for 1 Cluster of Ice Ood for 10 Clusters of Fire Atyiru promoted to Novice

Well done guys, I'm really happy to see activity from all of you and I want to wish you all good luck in The Crusade! If you need any proof reading or anything shoot me a message and I will get back to you as quickly as possible.

Thank you for taking the time to read,

Nath Voth