Greetings Everyone,

I hope everyone is enjoying their Friday and taking advantage of the holiday season. Another year has passed for the DJB And the last few days have seen one of our largest milestones accomplished (finally!). The release of Possessions, the updating of our Covenant, and the Holiday Season have combined for an early appearance of Santa Sarin.

I am extremely fortunate to serve as the Grand Master at this point in our club's history. We have one of the most capable and able Dark Council's in our club's history. Likewise, our membership has entered a period of stability and contribution that is hard to compare with previous years. All of you make leading our club an extremely rewarding and often, easy thing to do. I'm extremely appreciative.

Although our club's awards are merely pixels and pretend internet weapons, please know they come with a very real and heartfelt thanks from me.

Now to the awards!

1. Seer Evant Taelyan has been promoted to the rank of Augur. This promotion has been authorized by Grand Master Cotelin and is in recognition of Evant's contributions to the dream of finally accomplishing a ten year project called possessions.
   
2. Augur Evant Taelyan has been promoted to the rank of Adept. This promotion has been authorized by Grand Master Pravus and is in recognition of Evant's selfless service to the Dark Brotherhood and his ability to manage a multi-faceted team of Dark Councilors and members in the production of the possessions system.
   
3. Augur Morgan B. Sorenn has been promoted to the rank of Adept. Vyr has been promoted for his outstanding work over the past year as Herald, for his tremendous contribution to all facets of the possessions system, and for contributing an amazing amount of graphics to possessions.
   
4. Augur Atra Ventus has been awarded the Ruby Scepter for his contributions to the possessions system from our initial restart to completion. Atra has been played a vital role in nearly every single aspect of possessions creation and work greatly reduced the overall time we needed to launch the system.
5. Keirdagh Taldrya Cantor has been awarded an Emerald Dagger for his contributions to the possession system, continued service as T:Recruitment (Despite retiring), and his leadership within Clan Taldrya.
   
6. Adept Marick Tyris has been awarded an Emerald Dagger for his work on possessions, his service as CM, and his tremendous work as Voice.
   
7. Adept Montresor has been awarded an AK for his work on possessions.
   
8. Adept Dacien Victae di Plagia has been awarded an AK for his work on possessions.
9. Eminent Val Cole has been awarded a Sapphire Blade for his work on possessions.
   
10. Grand Master Cotelin has been awarded the Emerald Dagger for his work on possessions and his tremendous work to update our Covenant. Thanks Jim!
11. DP James Lucius Entar has been awarded the Diamond Sword for coding possessions. Nuff said.