Hi all for another week. :)

1: Monthly Topics for May are due in by 11.59pm EST tonight. I won't be accepting entries after then. I will try and get results out for that this weekend, but please be patient if they are a little delayed as I have exams starting this Monday that are quite important. :P

2: Monthly Topics for June have already been decided. My Praetor, KE Cuchulain, will be running the topics this month, so please send all your entries to him. The topics are as follows:

Story:

Title: The Sabre

Format: .doc, .rtf, .txt

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Deadline: 11.59pm 30th June

Poem:

Title: The Sabre (yes we know it's the same)

Genre: Lyric

Format: Any

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Deadline: 11.59pm 30th June

More info: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.org/krath/focus/lyric.html

Cooch wanted me to post the following, so you would know his reasoning for picking the above topics:

_I was inspired to this topic by reading a Star Wars comic set millennia before the Anakin Skywalker was even a twinkle in the Force's eye, where the Sith are a strong army fighting the Jedi across the galaxy. The opening scene: a young boy, part of a family of scavengers, finds a Light Sabre in the destruction caused by a battle between Light and Dark Jedi. His father is in fear of the sabre and what it represents and tells him to throw it away. But the child is too busy playing with it and doesn't get the chance to get rid of it, as Darth Bane (the daddy Dark Lord of the Sith and the dude who goes on to come up with the "Only two there are" rule) strides out of a swirling dust cloud to reclaim his weapon. He ruthlessly kills all three of the man's children in front of his eyes before ending his life too. So the title I have chosen for both the poetry and fiction topics is "The Sabre". I want stories to show how important the sabre is to Jedi, not only as a weapon, but a symbol of our power over non-Force sensitive people.

Correct spelling of the word 'sabre' would be appreciated. :P_

3: Battleboards are restarting on 11th June under the Auspices of KAP Ciara Tearnan, my Magistrate and Consul of Tarentum. I will be sending her a list today of all those responded to my request earlier, and I will also send her all necessary character sheets. Those that didn't respond, it's too late, we already have our participants arranged. :P

4: I am going to be ON LEAVE from 2nd June (this Sunday and my birthday) until 15th June inclusive. This means unless it is urgent, you do NOT bother ME about ANYTHING. :P My Praetor, KE Cuchulain, will be in charge of the Krath Order until my return, and will answer any queries that you may have, as well as filing reports, etc. Everything else will be dealt with on my return.