Introduction

Hello there, all you lovely people. You have mine and Terran’s apologies for the lack of a fiction this time. Between the ACB and ACC Rivalries, we both thought the other would write the fiction - therefore, K’tana will feature in next month’s fiction as well as this month’s winner! There’s a lot to go over in this edition of the Monthly Qel-Droman news, so we’re jumping right into it!

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. News
   
3. Competitions
   
4. Awards
   
5. Promotions
6. Transfers
7. TL;DR
8. Aedile Alley
9. Closing Words

News

Brotherhood

• Our Grand Master released his 43rd Report, wherein you will find a lot of updates from projects to the future of the club.
  
• Mav released an update, where Orders, Disciplines and Traditions are discussed (Non-Force Users).
  
• Our lovely Herald released his fourth and fifth reports, respectively titled No Rest For The Wicked and the Sound of Change.
  
• Valhavoc released his 42nd Gaming Update, and his Praetor (Ernor) released a Mid-Month Update. Contained within are updates on the release of Battlefront AND Destiny’s ‘Taken King’.
  
• Our Headmaster has released his 15th Report, where he details the updates to the Department of CORE Studies.
  
• The MAA Office has been hard at work, releasing three reports in the past two weeks. These three reports (The words ‘these’ ‘three’ and ‘reports’ are all different links) detail the magistrates leaving, new magistrates incoming and details on the ranks within the Brotherhood, including a handy chart to keep track of them.
  
• The office of the Voice has been no less busy (if not moreso) than the MAA office. Evant released the first of several fictional updates, this one titled Undesirables. He also released his 7th and 8th reports, along with updates on Language and Lore and another on Species and Languages.
  
• Our Combat Master released details on Rivalries, his 5th Report and a Update on Rivalries with details on a new Judge.

Clan

• Our lovely CON/PCON team released a report that’s lacking a number (yet has a super long title). Lots of good news, however. If you haven’t read it yet, I urge you to do so.

House

• K’tana and Revs released Shadow Gate’s 2nd and 3rd reports in the style of quick, bi-weekly newsletters.
  
• Mirus and Rhiann released the First report for Tyrant Sword.
  
• Keep up the good work, guys.

Competitions

Battleteam

• [Shadow Gate] The Caped Crusader
  
• [Shadow Gate] Gatebusters Run-On
  
• [Tyrant Sword] Enemies on Every Side
  

Clan

• The Fall of SCEPTER
  
• Strands of Fate: That Which Lurks Within
  

Brotherhood

• DB: The Gathering
  
• Through the Fire and the Rage
  
• DB vs. The Hawkeye Initiative
  
• Antei Contract Bureau: LIVE 2015
  
• Cut A Slice Outta Life
  
• ACC: Rivalries
  

Additional competitions can be found in the Competition Center.

Awards

Marick Arconae

• Amethyst Kukri
  
• Cluster of Fire (x11)
  
• Cluster of Earth (x11)
  

Alaris Jinn

• Crescent with Amethyst Star
  
• Crescent with Sapphire Star
  

Terran Koul

• Steel Cross
  
• Cluster of Ice (x4)
  
• Cluster of Earth (x55)
  

Mirus Hi’ija

• Anteian Cross
  
• Dark Cross
  
• Crescent with Emerald Star
  

Celevon Edraven

• Crescent with Emerald Star
  
• Pendant of Blood (x3)
  
• Cluster of Fire (x8)
  
• Cluster of Ice
  
• Cluster of Earth (x34)
  

Rhiann Hi’ija

• Crescent with Quartz Star
  
• Cluster of Ice (x4)
  

Mks Ehn

• Anteian Cross
  
• Crescent with Ruby Star (x2)
  
• Crescent with Sapphire Star
  
• Pendant of Blood
  
• Cluster of Fire (x3)
  
• Cluster of Ice (x2)
  
• Cluster of Earth (x31)
  

K’tana

• Crescent with Sapphire Star
  
• Crescent with Emerald Star
  
• Cluster of Ice (x2)
  
• Scroll of Indoctrination
  

Nashiro Kakos

• Crescent with Diamond Star
  
• Crescent with Amethyst Star (x2)
  
• Crescent with Sapphire Star (x2)
  
• Crescent with Emerald Star (x2)
  
• Pendant of Blood
  
• Cluster of Fire (x62)
  
• Cluster of Ice (x7)
  
• Cluster of Earth (x22)
  
• Scroll of Indoctrination
  

Adem Bol’era

• Dark Cross
  

Eringuard Edmons

• Crescent with Topaz Star
  

Dash Rowsdower

• Cluster of Fire (x3)
  
• Cluster of Earth (x14)
  

Araffin

• Cluster of Earth (x42)
  

Promotions

• Eringuard Edmons - Acolyte!
  
• Dash Rowsdower - Neophyte!
• Violet Cuscuta - Neophyte!
  
• Araffin - Proselyte!
  
• Dorn Alder’ax - Apprentice!
  

Transfers

• Novice Dyart Angran - HQD to Rogues (AWOL)
  

TL;DR

• News
  
• Shinies everywhere!
  
• Fiction Update released - GMRG are now the SS?

Aedile Alley

Spotlight: Mirus

First and foremost, I want to take a quick moment to shine the spotlight on Mirus. He has done a phenomenal job thus far with Tyrant Sword. It’s only been a month since the team opened with only him and Rhiann on the roster. In the past thirty days, they’ve grown to eight members through his direct recruiting. To put that into perspective, most of the time a new Battleteam is formed by borrowing members from other teams in the Clan. That isn’t what Mirus has done here. He’s taken new recruits and members returning from the Rogues and forged them into a team with its own unique identity, all without pulling members from other Battleteams and weakening them in the process. Seriously, Mirus: you’ve done an amazing job putting together Tyrant Sword. Thank you. We’re expecting to see great things from all of you in the coming months.

Antei Combat Center

I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to participate in Rivalries. While it doesn’t look as if Arcona will take any of the top three spots, we do have a few members in the top ten. So to those of you who have jumped headfirst into the madhouse that is Rivalries, it’s appreciated.

The other side of the coin is that we’re going to have to do a lot better during the next Great Jedi War. Historically, the ACC has been Arcona’s best event. For a time, the other Clans even started calling it the “Arcona Combat Center” because not a single ACC event took place that Arcona didn’t win. This is where we need to be, come December. So how do we get there? Read on.

For those of you who are unsure about the ACC, give it a try against your clanmates. It really is a lot of fun. For those of you who have questions or are confused, let us know. You have no less than four former and present Combat Masters as Arconans (Timeros, Sashar, myself and - of course - Marick), and numerous Arconans assisted with CS 2.0. Whatever questions you have, we can answer them. Whatever concerns plague you, we can address them.

For now, I want to challenge all of you to find a member of the House and challenge them to an ACC match. It can be a friendly match in the Story Hall, or a bloody head-to-head in the Duelist Hall. However you decide to go about it, try it. Tell us if you had fun. Tell us if you found anything confusing or overwhelming. But most of all, get out there and do it.

Projects

At the moment, we have a number of projects going on at all levels of the Clan.

• We’re retconning the history of House Qel-Droma to make it mesh as well as possible with Canon. If you’re interested in helping out with this, let [Log in to view e-mail addresses] know.
• We’re working on Arcona’s Wiki articles across the board. There’s a number of articles that have been tagged for improvement or rewrites, so if this is something you would like to be involved in, email Arcia ([Log in to view e-mail addresses]) to volunteer.

Recruitment

When I took over as Aedile, I stressed my view that I thought it was important to stabilize HQD and ensure its members felt happy and fulfilled before focusing on the question of headcount. I think the recent success of Shadow Gate and Tyrant Sword are testament to the fact that we’ve done so. Now, we turn to the inevitable question of membership. With 34 members, we’re getting a fair share of new joins from random sources, and that’s terrific. However, if you are enjoying being a member of HQD, I would urge you to spread that joy to other people you know who love Star Wars. Tell them about the Brotherhood. Invite them to join. If all else fails, show them this. You’ll even get a shiny once they hit Neophyte - If you mentor them to Knight, you get another shiny. We’d love to see the roster hit 45 or 50. And as the House grows, it’ll need new Battleteams - opening up new leadership positions for all of you.

TL;DR

• Mirus kicks ass
  
• Beat each other up in the Combat Center
  
• Do the things!
  
• Recruit, recruit, recruit!

Closing Words

Nice going, all! Awesome work, Mirus! As my lovely Aedile stated, keep recruiting. The more members we have, the more leadership opportunities open up. But you don’t have to take on an official position to be a leader - Sign up to be a mentor to a Journeyman with our Rollmaster (Email Valtiere). Looking forward to seeing the stats of the awesomeness each of you pull off in the next month.

We’ve had a startling upset this month for the shiniest Qel-Droman. For the first time, Strategos is nowhere on the list! Instead, Nashiro Kakos has taken his place with a total of 31 points - nearly twice that of any other member! As a reward to Nashiro, we’ll be featuring him in the next month’s fiction, so stay tuned to see what sort of trouble the Corellian kid can get himself into.

Member	Points
Nashiro	31
Mks	16
Alaris	9
K'tana	7
Celevon	3
Mirus	3
Eringuard	2
Rhiann	1

Celevon and Terran start plotting before realizing people are still reading.

Keep up the good work! We’ll see you next month!

Your Friendly Neighborhood Qel-Droman Summit,
OP Celevon Edraven
Quaestor, House Qel-Droma

SBL Terran Koul
Aedile, House Qel-Droma