The Sapphire Blade is awarded to a member who has shown consistent and long-term service to their Unit or Brotherhood position. Such services however cannot be seen until taken on a whole, each individual part seen as one. The Sapphire Blade can also be rewarded for extraordinary amounts of activity in a large-scale competition such as the Great Jedi War, where the very best are rewarded for their efforts.

The Dark Crusades supply us with a perhaps a unique venue for the awarding of the Sapphire Blade, because during the course of the Vendetta both of the criteria for awarding it can be realized. When it comes to consistent effort and dedication, very few people in the Dark Brotherhood can compete with Chaosrain Taldrya. His performance in the final round of the Dark Crusades helped propel Taldryan to victory on Dromund Kaas, and was fully indicative of his overall performance throughout the Crusades. There is little doubt in my mind that Chaos’ continued efforts was one of the keys to Taldryan placing third in the Vendetta.

His personal performance marks Chaos as one of the premiere performers in the Dark Brotherhood, placing in the 95th percentile of activity, his extraordinary amount of activity ensuring that he would participate in more events than all but 13 members in the entire club. On top of all that, Chaosrain Taldrya showed that he was also to be reckoned with as one of the most skilled members in the Brotherhood, earning a total of 8 Nova, which ranks him in the 90th percentile of all participating members, outperforming all but 19 members in the club.

Chaos’ performance in the Crusades was amazing, as was he. But his contributions to the Dark Crusades are possibly only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to quantifying his contributions to Taldryan over the past 6 months that I have been Aedile. There are very few people who are quite as willing to take up extra work that I have for them, and even fewer that only complain a little when I just drop projects on them. Chaosrain Taldrya is one of the few that fits both categories. I’ve always got a few projects or side projects going on, whether it be planning Taldryan’s fictional future, or working with Taldryan’s wikipedia articles, Chaos is one of the first to help me out. Though his name doesn’t get plastered on the articles or entries themselves, Chaos is one of my most trusted sounding boards. When I need a second set of eyes, or research done on a subject, Chaos is always willing to put in the extra effort to make sure I can get the projects I start finished. His fingerprints aren’t always the most visible, but there is not a single project that I have started or completed in my time as Aedile that Chaos has not significantly helped bring to completion.

As such, I am proud to recommend that he be rewarded for his efforts with a Sapphire Blade.

Dark Jedi Master Keirdagh Taldrya Cantor, Aedile and Loyal Son of Taldryan.