Competition: A New Cycle, A New Me! - New Year's Resolutions

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A New Cycle, A New Me! - New Year's Resolutions

Here we go, 35 ABY is coming to an end and as the star drops we enter a new, great cycle: 36 ABY! Sit down and write a journal entry in your datapad thinking about the events of the last year and detail some of your character's hopes and aspirations for the new year. It's never too late to be a better you! Try to think about some routes you might actually take your character's ficitonal canon in the year ahead, too!

Rules:

All entries must be first-person, in-character as if it were an entry submitted to a personal journal.
Entries must be a minimum of 500 words in length
Entries must be submitted as either Word Doc, PDF or directly to the website text box
Grading will be based on adherence to the rules, creativity and quality

Competition Information

Organized by: Aul Celsus
Running time: 2018-01-01 until 2018-01-31 (about 1 month)
Target Unit: Entire DJB
Competition Type: Fiction
Awards: Second Level Crescents and Clusters of Ice as per VOICE guidelines
Participants: 19 subscribers, of which 4 have participated.

Results

1st place

Adept Bentre Stahoes

Member: Adept Bentre Stahoes
File submission: New_Cycle_New_Me_14185.pdf
Placement: 1st place

2nd place

Mauro Wynter

Member: Mauro Wynter
File submission: Journal.pdf
Placement: 2nd place

3rd place

Ethan Martes

Member: Ethan Martes
File submission: New_Years.docx
Textual submission: 536 words
Placement: 3rd place

Joe Durham

Member: Joe Durham
Textual submission: So it’s a new cycle. Last year I made great progress in my journey to become a Knight. However I wasn’t powerful enough to get past Acolyte before the end of 35 ABY. Also I moved to a new Clan. My first resolution of the new cycle is to gain allies and build a strong power base in my new Clan. I feel this will aid me in my goal to become a Knight and my career afterwards. I regret that I was not able to participate in the last Great Jedi War. I missed a huge opportunity at glory and notoriety. I will Acolyte Joe Durham swear to Force that I will never allow such a mistake to happen again. This cycle I am determined to be active in all Brotherhood activities. In order to do this I have decided to join the Inquisitorious and become an Inquisitor. In order to satisfy my hunger for knowledge and power I have decided to become a professor in the Shadow Academy the first chance I get. I am going to be very busy this cycle. However I’m sure it will pay off. Eventually I will be the Consul of Clan Taldryan. Then it’s only a matter of time before I reach my goal of ruling the entire Brotherhood forever. However before I accomplish any of this I must first go step by step. By the start of the new cycle I expect to be promoted to Hunter. Then I’ll be just one rank away from being a Knight. It’s weird, recently I’ve been feeling like the Force has been trying to tell me something. Like there’s more it can offer. I know I’m no Master but thought I had basically learned pretty much everything about the Force. I guess I was wrong. Therefore, this cycle I intend to grow my understanding, knowledge, and affinity with the Force. I have a feeling there’s so much more I’m capable of. This cycle I’d also like to earns Dark Sage degree from the Shadow Academy. I also might dabble in Force Alchemy somewhat this cycle. You know, to keep Clan Tarentum’s spirit alive. Having huge armies of undead warriors and terrifying monstrosities is a good way to reach the top. Last cycle all I could think about was power. I am going to use this new cycle to achieve it. I may not be the Consul of Clan Taldryan by the end of this cycle, but I will have gained a significant amount of power.
One day I will rule not just the Brotherhood but the entire Galaxy.
—Acolyte Joe Durham
Placement: No placement