"Darth Revan: ancient, powerful, dead..." The hologram skipped, its figure shuffling frantically at triple pace, stopping for a second. "We're not waiting for any messiah’s return to show us the way to the promised land. We'll plot the route there ourselves." Another rush of motion, the footage whirring past in blurs and fragments. "Why do you want to be a member of Revan?" Whirring. "What are you going to bring to the table?"

Eiko folded his hands in his lap. "Revan is dead," he muttered slowly.

"... ancient, powerful, dead..."

"Revan is dead. We are not waiting," Eiko growled, never shifting from his seat. His voice swelled with its own.

"But the old Sith Lord did things his own way," Sarin's voice overrode the Quaestor. His voice sped up and then stopped. "We don't worship him, or anyone for that matter."

"We are not waiting. We've waited long enough." Eiko rose, letting the robe drift around him. "I am your servant, Revanite. I swore my life to this House, to you. I speak for you - tell me what you would have me say. The stronger you become, the stronger I become, the stronger we become." There is no fear; there is power. "There is no death; there is immortality. The Force serve us, Revan." The feed cut out.

When will you believe your own words, Quaestor? his voice taunted softly. When will you stop the rhetoric? Shame, it hissed, for a House founded in insurrection to become docile.

"We've waited long enough."

The image of a planet rotated evenly on its axis, flanked by the faces and scrolling reports that were filing in from the networks.

Classic header, isn't it? It's the original - from the first messages sent out by Raken and Sarin. Maybe that doesn't matter to you, but I'm a big fan of little details like that.

Here's the DB news:

• Our fictional year will soon be 35 ABY. Independence Games will be opening, and with them, the chance to be recognized for your individual skill across a slew of competitions.

• A good number of DB members have Formspring accounts set up. While it might be a fad, it's also a really good way to pick the brains of the leadership or get the opinions of your fellow members. Stop by my Formspring page here and then start perusing the list of members using Formspring.

• As always, there are competitions running. If you get your stuff together in the next day, you can enter into the Herald's Dark Assassin competition. There will be more competitions put out by both the Fist (Fremoc) and the Voice (Vodo).

And here's the IHR news:

• Our trivia ladder is still running. Check the update in the collapsable section of this update. If you submit questions, I will award you one half of the highest score - so that you're not out of the running just because you've helped out. A new trivia round will be sent out later today.

• Our House Run-On has been delayed quite a bit more than we expected. We will start after Independence Games.

• There are long-term plans for adding Run-Ons if we have a good turn-out for this next event. If you'd like to be involved in those plans, you need to be involved in the upcoming Run-On.

Sit down for a second. I need to talk to you guys about something.

It's hard to steer a boat that doesn't have a motor, right? I mean - I know I can control a canoe on my own; with just my own strength and a paddle, I can get a canoe to go wherever I want it. But when you start talking about a larger boat, a paddle's not enough. And you can't get through on your own strength.

When Sarin penned some of the opening documents for our House, he spoke about personal responsibility - that you would sign a contract with yourself. "We will hold ourselves and others accountable for their actions and inactions," he said. "Honestly, what we'll be establishing is a higher standard not just for 'leaders,' but for members, everyone."

We're not embodying that higher standard. Every time I look at the roster, I feel a little more uncomfortable with the fact that I hear from a scant fraction of you; even then, I hear from that small group rarely.

Yes, I know I'm calling you out in the public eye. It's not the kindest way to express my discomfort, but I need to hear you say that you're going to commit something to this House. I need one half-hour from you on the weekends so that you can put in an entry to the Trivia competition. I need you to respond to your emails, to think critically about what I'm saying (and if I'm wrong, to tell me to my face). If you don't like the competitions that are running right now, come up with something better.

I need you all to be the motor.

And to figure out how you can be the motor, ask yourself what you want next. There are some requirements on getting new Equite ranks that you might want to consider. Before the Posession System rolls out, you might want to boost your prestige with more awards. How can I get you to the next level?

Masters and Students in Revan - I need you to email me with your position (either master or student) and your current partner. I've lost track of who is involved in that process as we've shuffled members around in the past few months. Deadline for M/S email is one week from today. Get them in by April 17.

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Trivia Competition:

1. Tsingtao Ming (14 points correct, fastest answer)
   

Trivia Ladder:

1. Tsingtao Ming (29)

2. Tyre (18)

3. Lambow (12)

4. Daniel Stephens (6)

New Members:

Chris Light-year

Rufio

Transfers:

Tyre Arvalis (to Taldryan)

Rank Promotions:

Demonictitan (APP to NOV)

Reventh (NOV to ACO)

(If any other leaders would like to start using this code, please tell me. I just copied and pasted it off of another site and adjusted it to fit with the news wall. If you're Orv and you need to tell me to quit messing with things like this, please tell me as well.)

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I am not your boss. I am your resource.

Short Version:

Stuff is happening in the DB

Stuff is happening in IHR

Be the motor