This request is very late, for which I apologize. Raiju came into Tarentum at the tail end of the Crusade with his engines burning at full throttle. He was determined to do every single event for the remainder of the Crusade, which he did. Since then he's gotten 9 clusters of fire, a couple of crescents, and five scrolls of foundation just for the events he's placed in. He's helped organize about eight events including a regular IRC trivia night, which is a very popular event that #tarentum has been missing.

So at this point, we still seem pretty far away from a Steel Cross. Participation is great, and organizing competitions is even better although part of the regular job description for an Aedile of an Independent House. Where Raiju really shines is his understanding of Tarentum's situation and ambition for growing us into a strong House. Since becoming Aedile, his ideas and raw enthusiasm have been incredible.

Raiju has taken the initiative to welcome new members, manage the mailing list, and spearheaded the effort to make sure everyone who participated in the Crusade got appropriate awards at the end.

He and I have written a huge number of emails back and forth going over all aspects of the House from fiction to the debate about putting everyone in Battle Teams to recruiting. Raiju's ideas are fresh, creative and always right on the mark. This is a guy who knows what he's doing and also knows how to execute.

Raiju has also been a huge help in managing our old guard. Together we've been bringing in various people at all levels in the House to our discussions to make sure we're on a track that will be engaging and interesting to everyone. Raiju ran a survey to ask some key questions of our members about the direction they want to see the House go in for the next year. The results have been very instructive as to which elements we need to focus on in the next year.

Right now we're working together on building the House fiction for 2014. Raiju has gone above and beyond my expectations to propose detailed story arcs. Working together to flesh them out has been just about effortless. Raiju has been very helpful in bringing our BTLs and many of the Tarentae into specific portions of the discussion. I couldn't ask for someone better to work with, and I eagerly await being able to unveil the beginning of our story to the House starting in January.

For his efforts in the Dark Crusade for House Tarentum, for his exemplary performance of the duties as Aedile, for going above and beyond the expectations to organize and run several critical projects within Tarentum, and for being the powerhouse leader that Tarentum and I need in an Aedile, I request a well deserved Steel Cross for Raiju Kang.

Scion Tarentae, 2013-12-22 09:11:53 UTC