"A Beard, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces."

The Bearded Tome: Chapter 33, Verse 36.

Headlines that you Need to Know

• Fading Light Opens This Weekend
• Gathering Darkness: A Taldryan Event
• Applications for House BTL Positions
• Update on Gatekeeper & SA Competition
• Howie Updates Us on our Journeymen!
• Lots of News from Around the DB.
• There's More than Just ACC to Do

Fading Light Opens This Weekend

Well folks, the time has finally come. The signups for the upcoming round of the ACC Tournament portion of Fading Light have closed, and we are now in the period of time where we can do nothing, but prepare and get ourselves ready for battle. For those of you who have signed up, take the time to familiarize yourself with the rules and submit any last minute tweaks you may have to your Character Sheets (and pray the Voice Staff keeps up their excellent turnaround time on getting them approved).

Something I would like to note, and something everyone in Taldryan should be extremely proud of, is the amount of our signups for the ACC Tournament. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am proud to report that each and every one of you who is Qualified to participate in the ACC, also signed up for the tournament. Except Mav, but he's helping run it, so I guess we can forgive him. Big jerk.

Anyways, I am looking forward to seeing you all participate, and continue to do Taldryan proud in this next round!

Gathering Darkness: A Taldryan Event

Now, some of you may be worrying that with the upcoming focus all on the ACC Tournament, those of you who are not participating in it might get forgotten. Never fear my friends, your Summit hasn't. Sure, I'm not going to be sharing any specific details about anything with you just yet, but just be aware that the entire Clan Summit is working hard to bring this about for you, to keep everyone active and happy.

You're going to see your first big step toward a unified Taldryan subplot operating within the confines of the grander DB's plot. We're all hoping you guys enjoy it.

Update on Gatekeeper & SA Competition

Oh, speaking of the fictional subplot operating within the grander DB-wide plot, this is likely to be the first appearance of Taldryan's Gatekeeper beyond being a blank page on the Wiki. It's a good thing that Zoron did such a fine job of kicking ass last month. If you want to take a stab at getting featured in the Clan fictions, maybe head on over to IRC and get some PVP Gaming in.

Also, additional congratulations my apprentice Ondur for coming in first in the Shadow Academy Infiltration competition, and earning the most Academic Credits since the competition began. Well done!

Applications for House BTL Positions

Yesterday, both Mav and Quejo announced that the respective House summits would be accepting applications for the position of Battleteam Leader for the Harbingers and Wardens. In Taldryan we have a policy of selecting BTLs for only 3 month periods, allowing the rotation of fresh new ideas into leadership, and to offer leadership opportunities to members in order to give them some experience at the helm.

Both Nero and Sid have done wonderful jobs leading their teams since Taldryan Clanned. I'd like to thank them both for their service thus far. If you would like to apply for either of these positions, or have any questions, feel free to email your House Summits for more details.

Rollmaster's Corner

No words from Howie this time around, since he's off on leave, but he did still want me to include an update on the efforts of our Journeymen since the last Proconsul Report. Well done to all of you, keep kicking ass!

Jedi Hunter Catmatui

• Promoted to Jedi Hunter
• Earned a Dark Cross and a Crescent with Sapphire Star

Jedi Hunter Ondur Lkaetur

• Completed Cryptography 101/102, Grammar Studies, Philosophy II, History of the Sith Empire IV and the ACC Shadow Academy Courses
• Was promoted to Rank IV in the Shadow Academy Society
• Earned a Sapphire and Topaz Crescent

Guardian Damirael

• Earned a Dark Pundit in Vendettas, and Completed the GMRG History Course in the Shadow Academy.

Guardian Kooks

• Promoted to Guardian
• Completed GMRG History, Combat Tactics I/II, Lightsaber Studies and the ACC Shadow Academy Courses.
• Was Promoted to GMRG III
• Earned 34 Clusters of Fire, 1 Pendant of Blood, and 1 Topaz Crescent.

Acolyte Bendak Talasar

• Earned Dark Pundit Essentials, and Completed the DJBWiki Introduction Course in the SA

News From around the DB

It's been a busy couple weeks in the DB since my last report, and rather than try to paraphrase everything that's been going on, and because I had to spend half an hour of my report writing time helping Shad edit his ACC post, I'm just gunna be lazy and link things here.

Taldryan Reports

• Dinaari Aedile Report
• Ektrosis Aedile Report
• Wardens Report

Gaming Related News

• Diablo 3 Anniversary: Doubled Legendary Drop Rate!
• TOR Guild Update
• TOR's Summer Roadmap (From the Devs)

Shadow Academy News

• Shadow Academy Update #1: Test Of Power Gets Automated
• Shadow Academy Update #2: Course Audits Underway
• Shadow Academy Update #3: IRC Studies

News from the Dark Council

• The ACC: A Special Thanks
• Star Wars Storyboards "Trailer"
• Sarin's on a Mini-LoA
• AWOL Check Results
• Fist Report
• DGM Report

Competition Roundup

Taldryan Competitions

• ACC Prep: Creating Another's Aspect, Ends 17 May
• Let's Shoot Gungans!!, Ends 20 May
• Tarax Has an Idea: The Epic Duel, Ends 24 May
• Biological Terror, Ends 26 May
• Gatekeeper Trials, Ends 31 May

DB Wide Competitions

• Who is the Prankster King?, Ends 17 May
• DJB TOR Elite Raider's Squad Name, Ends 26 May
• Star Conflict, Ends 28 May
• Warzone Veteran, Ends 31 May
• Club Firsts: D3 Torment 6 DJB Group Malthael Kill
• Club Firsts: Diablo 3 Torment 6 Solo Malthael Kill

That's it for this week folks, keep your head up and get ready to kick some ass in the ACC Starting Saturday!