I was talking to Tarax the other night, and he pointed out something to me: The Dark Crusades have been the most active he's been since he was last Quaestor of House Dinaari. That's a long time ago, and while many of his colleagues in the Old Folks' Home tend to wander in and out of activity, there's almost always sustained bursts during a period of inactivity. Tarax is different, he was out. He had nothing left that he desired from Taldryan and the Dark Brotherhood, and only came around every so often to chat with his friends… until Taldryan needed him.

And Taldryan did need him in the Dark Crusades. Tarax is an engine, there's no way around it. For the unfamiliar, an engine is a sports term describing someone who simply puts his head down, and keeps running, no matter how tired he gets. Tarax is our engine. He would cry and moan like the world was ending, about how tired he was, and how he didn't want to do anything, but despite all his bitching, he still participated in four fifths of every competition in the Crusades, and managed to place in one fifth of the events that he entered, winning three of them.

Most recently, Tarax competed in every event in the last round, helping spur Taldryan to victory on Dromund Kaas, placing in two events in the final round, and being a constant driving force within Taldryan, by being an ever constant presence encouraging our members to go forth, and do more. Given his already extreme commitment to Taldryan during the Dark Crusades, one might have forgiven him for letting up when the race was done, but Tarax did no such thing. Instead, he proved to all and sundry his value and dedication to Taldryan. In recognition of Tarax's efforts in the name of Taldryan during the Dark Crusades are the reason I am proud to award him this Grand Cross of the Dark Side.

Aedile of Taldryan,

Keirdagh Taldrya Cantor, 2013-12-02 15:07:42 UTC