Dark Brethren:

Throughout the Brotherhood's history, there have been many leaders and many policies. There have been many eras. Most of all, there have been many styles of leadership.

Darth Firefox, Lord of the Sith, initiated unprecedented and unseen changes as of VERY recent. Changes unseen in the old traditions many have accepted as the standing policy. Traditions none would dare to question because someone was going to bite their head off and write “mean, nasty things on their black list.” That was the past. The traditional, stagnant past where those were true.

Welcome to a new era of the Dark Brotherhood. It is with great and honor and pride that I say that I am a member of the Brotherhood today. I hope many of you still hold onto this pride – only to be renewed again.

Most of you don’t know me. I am one of those old crusty retirees from 1998 and 1999. I am a former SSD Avenger COM, Founding Lord Ambassador of the Advanced Guard, Flight Officer and Fleet Admiral, and Tribune of the High Court. They mean nothing to me today. Only Headmaster matters now. After this post, you will never hear any of this again, so memorize now, and I’ll test you later. :-P

First Order of Business: Most call me “DV” My most reliable e-mail address is [Log in to view e-mail addresses] however, [Log in to view e-mail addresses] is my primary address. If you have a comment, a criticism, a complaint, a death threat, e-mail me. My door is always open even to the homicidal maniacs that hate me. Beware, either email address may decide it hates you for a sudden arbitrary reason. If it does, catch me on IRC as Pyralis or kill my sys admin. Whichever is easiest.

The focus of the Shadow Academy has become a little distorted recently. Mage set out to do ALL of the goals he laid out for himself. Many were accomplished. We have a new SA site. We have an automated database for the courses. We have a large portion of the course material rewritten or corrected. We have new material. Mage saw the implementation of ALL of the current Sith Studies courses as well as a vital Obelisk CORE course which I hope he continues to grade for the SA.

Second Order of Business: In an attempt to correct a GRIEVOUS error in welcome emails over the past six weeks, I will be obtaining a list of all people in the DB that have joined in the past six weeks. Each APP belonging to one of the three orders will receive a personalized email from me trying to both redirect and summarize what they need to do, and what the Dark Brotherhood is in an RPG style e-mail, hopefully.

Priorities: If you have a pending course that needs reviewed, send it to me. There will be NO excuses for delayed courses anymore. I will personally review each one and its worth and relevance to the Brotherhood. If it is NOT relevant, it will NOT be approved. In the future, if you have ideas for courses, please put them at me first before doing ALL of the work. If the course is meaningless, I will not hesitate to turn down even a finished work. Again, useless courses with little or no significance to the Shadow Academy will be dropped or refused. Let me say this one more time. Current and future courses will be under review for relevance.

Future/Current Projects:

Creation of Phase One course and rewrite of test based on a more basic and fundamental set of information

Finalization of Sith Phase Two material.

Total reimplementation of Project Thallium

Shadow Academy Staff:

Unless the College of Lore can function without 15 people, the institution is hereby put back on the shelf. I refuse to allow this staff to become large and unmanageable. The Combat Academy was already disbanded. Officially stated now, we will hold ONLY entirely vital positions as staff. All of the course teachers stay. Trev and Dagger, report to me on your goals and objectives. I will NOT entertain applications for a Praetor at this time. If you think this is WRONG, email me and describe why I should have a Praetor.

SITH TACTICS COURSE TEACHER

I’ve had one application to my knowledge. This was an obelisk. You’d think a Sith would have applied. In the interim, I will continue to grade the course. So, PLEASE take the course. It’s perfectly good, and you get a nice extensive review from me after you take it :P I REPEAT, I NEED A COURSE TEACHER.

SUMMARY (long term? Short term?):

Correct six-week-APP issue (technicality to be completed)

Send me courses that you have (primary objective)

New Phase One course (primary objective)

Sith Phase Two material (technicality almost finished)

Project Thallium (primary objective)

Conclusion:

Welcome to the new Shadow Academy.

::BOW::

SWL Pyralis (Sith)/HM/Dark Council

SB/GC/(SC-SoI)/DC/Cr-1T-2S-1A/SI/CoL

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