Welcome to the latest Consul report which contains information on the Great Jedi War which is due to start a month today!

Additionally, you can find the results for Below Zero in this report.

But first, take a look at an excerpt from the end fiction for Below Zero, written by Koji.

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Dlarit Base A

Southern Continent

Tarthos

Footsteps resounded down the hallway somewhere to the north as the party wove their way past broken debris, crackling machinery and the odd blood stain or fallen body that had yet to be removed. The air in front of them frosted their breath and each footstep allowed the chill of the air to catch in their throats and make the process even more arduous than walking was meant to be. They rounded another corner and came across a rather gruesome scene, Warhost troops lay scattered around the enormous corpse of what appeared to be a Wampa though as they neared they could make out the alchemical alterations that had been done to the beast. Relief workings were heading towards the party, making their own way through the winding corridors towards the fallen, removing any identification from the corpses before removing the nearly frozen bodies. Taking them away from the corridors to awaiting transports to be shuttled home for a proper burial by their families and loved ones.

“Was this all worth it?” Sanguinius thought out loud as he watched another body placed onto a repulsor sledge. “All this…carnage, and for what?”

The rest of the party said nothing. All had their own thoughts about what lay around them. Bentre walked somewhere off to the side, lost in his own head. The Proconsul had been quiet since his return from the frozen tomb. Aul and Jurdan walked somewhere behind, whispering to one another, they had stopped a few times as they recognised their own House’s insignia on some of the fallen soldiers.

The party advanced until they came upon two large blast doors, one of which had fallen to the floor, wherever this was due to the conflict or some past action by the previous tenants wasn’t evident. The other was marked by blaster scores and scattered weaponry lay about it. This had been the place of the last stand and the fighting had been the toughest here. They passed through the doorway and into the vast chamber beyond.

The chamber was, or at least had once been, the main manufacturing area for the base. Figures bustled around, inspecting machinery, repairing pieces of broken equipment and taking notes of what worked and what was needing to be replaced. Warhost and Nihilgenia kept guard and somewhere off to the side the unfamiliar armour of a group of Mandalorians, surrounded by what appeared to be large wolf-like beasts stood. This is where the party headed, towards the loud and raucous war party. Each of the warriors had their helms free and each reminded Sang of savages from old stories. Braided hair and beards, shaved scalps, cybernetics upon most of them, some wore pelts around their shoulders, others strange talismans and all sported the same armour and the same emblems; The one eyed wolf.

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The fiction continues here.

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Below Zero Results

This event was a simple, fun event that Koji cooked up in the space of an afternoon after we became aware that the Great Jedi War was postponed. Despite being busy working his butt off in real life, Koji managed to get the event up and running and do all the marking for it, so kudos to him.

There were 14 unique participants, out of a membership of 39, giving us a participation rate of 36%. While that is good for a short monthly Clan event, we will need to look at a better participation rate for the Great Jedi War next month, which earns both you and the Clan credits, along with the bonus of Novae, Seals and various rewards for those who work their butt off.

We also had 45 submissions and a grand total of 332 points earned, out of a possible 550 points that could have been awarded. That’s 60% of the available points.

Now, onto the placements.

Week 1 - Base Recon

• 1st place - Firith’rar
• 2nd place - Bentre
• 3rd place - Armad

Week 1 - Snowscape

• 1st place - Armad
• 2nd place - Firith’rar
• 3rd place - Lilith
• 4th place - Bentre
• 5th place - Jurdan
• 6th place - DarkHawk

Week 1 - Poetry

• 1st place - DarkHawk
• 2nd place - Firith’rar
• 3rd place - Lilith
• 4th place - Bentre

CNS Avalanche Cluster Race

• 1st place - Jurdan
• 2nd place - Bentre
• 3rd place - Armad
• 4th place - Tasha
• 5th place - Sanguinius
• 6th place - Firith’rar
• 7th place - Mactire
• 8th place - Erik
• 9th place - Motan
• 9th place - Lilith
• 10th place - Aul

Week 2 Exposure

• 1st place - Erik
• 2nd place - Armad
• 3rd place - Bentre

Week 2 - Monsters in the Dark

• 1st place - Firith’rar
• 2nd place - Tasha
• 3rd place - Bentre

Week 2 - Snow Throw

• 1st place - Erik
• 2nd place - Evelynn
• 3rd place - Armad
• 4th place - Druda
• 5th place - Firith’rar
• 6th place - Bentre

Week 3 - Christmas in Jul...August

• 1st place - Aul
• 2nd place - Bentre
• 3rd place - Jurdan

Week 3 - Haiku

• 1st place - Aul
• 2nd place - Firith’rar
• 3rd place - Bentre
• 4th place - Jurdan

Week 3 - New Beginnings

• 1st place - Jurdan
• 2nd place - Bentre

Overall Placement

• 1st place - Bentre (79 points)
• 2nd place - Firith’rar (58 points)
• 3rd place - Jurdan (41 points)
• 4th place - Armad (33 points)
• 5th place - Erik (23 points)
• 6th place - Aul (21 points)
• 7th place - Lilith (18 points)
• 8th place - Tasha (16 points)
• 9th place - DarkHawk (15 points)
• 10th place - Evelynn (9 points)
• 11th place - Druda (7 points)
• 12th place - Sanguinius (6 points)
• 13th place - Mactire (4 points)
• 14th place - Motan (2 points)

Well done to Bentre, Firith and Jurdan for their top three placements. Also well done to the rest of you who took the time to participate.

Brotherhood News

Great Jedi War

As some of you may have seen, the Great Jedi War’s new start date has been announced as Friday 13th October. Some of you may believe that this date will be moved again, just like in the past. I can assure you that this will definitely be the start date and from what I’ve seen, I’m looking forward to it. There is definitely a lot more sorted behind the scenes that assures me of this.

We will be facing a new enemy, as Wally closes off the Lotus/Inquisitorius storyline. You may have noticed that Chapter 4 - Order dropped last night. If you haven’t already checked it out, you should do so. I believe that there may be some CNS hijinks in Chapter 5, which is due out before the GJW starts.

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Club Reports/News Posts of note.

Wally is also looking for a new Magistrate:Voice, after our own Marcus Kiriyu has stepped down to deal with real life. If you’re interested, go for it 100%. Wally is extremely interested in members who are not currently in positions and will pull their own weight. I am always on hand to help proof your applications. You’ve got until the 17th September.

Vyr is also looking for a new Magistrate. If you’re graphically gifted or you’ve gained your skills through hard work and graft, then check out his post to see what he’s looking for in his Magistrates. Definitely chuck him an app! You’ve got until the 17th September.

Dracaryis gives us a few updates, covering Destiny 2 and Overwatch, along with his 12th Fist Report.

Clan Odan Urr is looking for a new Quaestor for House Satele Shan. You’ve got until the 17th September to get your application in if you fancy becoming a filthy lightie, just like Malik.

Atty over in Clan Arcona is looking for a new Proconsul to ride the unicorns with. You’ve got until the end of Friday 15th September to get your apps in.

Howie has a report where he tells everyone off, I mean tells us about the GJW.. We also learn that Howie doesn’t know that Grey Path Equite Rank 4 is spelt Augur, not Augar. Bad MAA, BAD!

Farrin talks about how amazing I am in his Headmaster Report, along with talking about the Degree Audit.

Clan News

Below Zero

Surely you would have read the whole of the report before this piece, so you’ll know that the scores are all up the top. Well done to all involved.

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Night Hawks Battleteam Leader

Kojiro has decided to institute a 12 month term limit for his Battleteam Leaders. I’d like to thank DarkHawk for his hard work these past 12 months, which saw him earn Equite 2 and an Anteian Cross, along with a Seal of Loyalty for his dedication to Naga Sadow.

Upon looking at the applications, we decided that Tasha’Vel Versea, former Quaestor of House Marka Ragnos, would take the reins of the Night Hawks for the next 12 months.

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House Marka Ragnos Aedile

Unfortunately, we also had the sad instance of Marcus resigning from Aedile to focus on real life concerns. Because of it being a month away from the Great Jedi War, we decided to pull a candidate for Aedile from the BTL applications. As such, Armad will be taking over as Aedile of Marka Ragnos.

Please congratulate Tasha and Armad, as well as DarkHawk for his work for the Night Hawks and Marka Ragnos.

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House Shar Dakhan Quaestor

As you will have noticed, Aul Celsus now leads House Shar Dakhan as Quaestor. This means that I am the longest running Summiteer and thus should be gotten rid of post-haste. Unfortunately for all of you, that won’t be happening anytime soon.

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Future Clan Storyline

Clan Naga Sadow has had a long and vaunted history, as it has contained many brilliant storytellers. This has the unfortunate side effect of “The Simpsons did it.” as many storylines have been done before. The storyline of Naga Sadow will take a turn after the Great Jedi War which will see us leave the Orian System behind us as we are driven out by a new foe. Will we be able to return? That’s rather dependant on you all. It will lead to a storyline of events and activities that will have us working to return to the Orian System, which will have changed under the ownership of our enemies. Expect losses of beloved NPCs, characters and locations.

The Summit will be working with me on this, along with DarkHawk, who wanted a chance to help out and get involved. If you’re interested in helping run a Clan Event during the new storyline, then get in touch and we’ll sort something out.

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Recognition and compliments

This is the part of the report where I’ll highlight some of the achievements of our members.

Well done to Evelynn for coming first in the Heroes of the Storm tournament! He also came fourth in the flash gaming tournament.

Jurdan instead took second place in the flash gaming tournament, so well done to him!!!

Scarlet, Vosiri, Mactire and Erik all got Dark Crosses!

Reiyden earned an Anteian Cross.

Judran and Lilith earned themselves a Steel Cross each.

For those of you who haven’t received a merit medal and think “Where’s mine?” Don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten you.

Druda and Drae’lath have newly joined us and are ripping up the Shadow Academy. Well done to both of you! If you see them on Telegram, say hey to them.

We’ve also got Serge, who has newly joined us. He’s currently dealing with the aftermath of the storms in the US, but I hope he’ll be joining us soon on Telegram where the rest of you reprobates can get him addicted to the Club.

Teu has also done her first competition in ages, which is cause for celebration everywhere. Give Teu a thumbs up if you see her, and then make her do ALL the competitions.

Muz also reached SA Society rank 12, which only 17 people hold! Congrats, Muz.

#AskCNS

As usual, I take a few questions from the floor.

• Aul asks: “Top 3 tips for succeeding in the GJW for those of us who’ve never experienced one?”

Try everything. Each entry you do, earns you points and earns the Clan points. Planning. Plan out what you’re going to do and when you’re going to do it. People often leave their entries until the last minute and rush them. You’re not going to win a top 10 placement if you do that. Talk to your fellow Clan mates, get your fictions and Run On posts proofed. Utilise your Summit and the Captains and they’ll help you. For a bonus point, be calm and enjoy yourself. Go and have fun, do all the things, but do them for you. If you’re not having fun, why are you even here?

• Teu asks: “For those people coming back from the Rogues, or even new members, where are some tips on getting into or back into the fictional fluff?”

Koji answered this excellently, so I’ll include his answer and then add onto it.

“Not the Consul, but if you are stuck for fictional ideas read the current House or Clan fictions. Talk to your Summit and see if they have any outstanding stories you could fit into. Perhaps you want to tell a story for House or Clan and sometimes the Summit will appreciate that. Gives them a small break from the work, plus lets you help shape the world you play in. There's a few organisations kicking about now in CNS. From the Warhost to Dlarit. Heck, someone even approached Muz about writing fiction around the Nihilgenia. New wiki pages will be opening soon with new info and so lots of things to hook onto.”

I welcome people who want to run their own events and put their stamp on the Clan. It gives you ownership. Additionally, you’re always welcome to come and chat to myself. I’ve been involved in all of the events these past 2 and half years, and I can give you a rundown.

• Uji asks: “Fictionally, what Clan would CNS be most opposed to? And what, if any, would it ally itself with?”

Easy, Scholae Palatinae is the Clan we would be most opposed to. They’ve betrayed us several times fictionally, all the while that Xen was in charge. Perhaps with Elincia now in the Consul’s chair, the fictional divide may heal.

Our closest Clan in terms of friendship would be Tarentum and we would gladly ally with them. Naga Sadow has no issues with Taldryan or Plagueis, despite our pasts. The only fly in the ointment would be an outright alliance with Odan Urr and Arcona. Odan Urr, because of being Lightsiders. Naga Sadow has too many Darksiders to consider that. Arcona, because of their close friendship with Odan Urr and that they’ve been at odds with the Brotherhood as a whole for a while. However, there is nothing stopping there being alliances of convenience in the future.

• Evelynn asks: “How do you beat Valla & Auriel?”

You don’t. You sit there and cry while they bend you over and go to town.

• Bentre asks: “Any plans on how we will divide up teams of people for the Great Jedi War?”

Yes, I get all the best people. Jokes aside, they would probably be split up as and when people get together. While we want to earn placements, we also want people to have fun. Some of us are more competitive than others. However, I would guess that a lot of people would group together with those they know well, or around a particular member. At the moment, I do not know whether it will be a Clan or team based Run On.But there will be other team events.

That brings us to a close on this Consul report.

Until next time.

~Sang

TL/DR

• Below Zero event is over. Bentre takes first place, Firith takes second and Jurdan takes third.
• Tasha new Night Hawks BTL.
• Armad new Marka Ragnos Aedile
• Great Jedi War starts 13th October