1: Krath Monthly Topics have been released. The Story topic for this month is "War" - write at least 1 page and send your submission in a .doc, .txt or .rtf format to [Log in to view e-mail addresses] by 11.59pm EST 30th April. The Poetry topic is "Tainted Love" and the genre is Haiku. If you're unsure how to write a Haiku then visit http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/krath/focus/. Submissions are due in to [Log in to view e-mail addresses] by 11.59pm EST 30th April. Please remember to include your ID Lines and PIN Numbers in your submissions. These competitions are open to all Orders.

2: The results of last month's Monthly Topics were as follows:

Story:
1st: PRT Planesdrifter / Gladius of Tarentum
2nd: PRT Knight Camile / Gladius of Tarentum
3rd: JH Tomaas Montte / Aleema of Satal Keto

Poem:
1st: KE Alanna / Ektrosis of Taldryan
2nd: ACO Meredith Anzer / Marka Ragnos of Naga Sadow
3rd: KP a'Lan Mandragoran / Qel-Droma of Arcona

3: The Krath Scholar of the Month Title for March 2002 went to JH Tomaas Montte of Aleema for a superlative month. Well done Tomaas!

4: I have a competition for the Krath in the works for this month, possibly running into next month. Combat Simulations! This won't be compulsory, but will be good practice for an event that may feature in the forthcoming Jedi War. Participation will be on a sign-up basis. I'll be using fairly cut down character sheets for this competition, and signing up will basically entail filling in the character sheet. Guidelines and rules will be up shortly. If the character sheet works well, I'll be looking to expand it outside Combat Simming for use in other types of simming as well. Hopefully this'll be fun. :P

I'd also like to thank Astatine for helping me out with some of the initial planning stages and writing some code for me (and taking the time to bother to explain how it all works!). His help has been invaluable. :)

5: I'm currently running an Open Forum discussion with the Krath Summits. If you have anything you think would improve the Krath Order, by all means speak to your Quaestor or Aedile, or a Krath Consul or Proconsul, or a member of my staff. It's time we stopped being merely good and headed off for the realms of the great, and I need your help to make that happen. Whatever your concern, please do make sure that you communicate it to someone on the Krath Summits mailing list! (that's anyone who's a Krath who holds a position of Aedile and above!)

6: Any Krath who have JK2, don't forget to let the OHC know - and also check out his announcements for news about JK2 Tournaments!