Darkblade has made great progress for the Clan and Brotherhood in the past seven months since his previous elevation. He has only been Quaestor for four months, but in that time he has kept House Shar Dakhan running well. He participates in almost everything, while keeping up with reports and his Summit's activities. While doing so, Darkblade has also been a Docent in the Shadow Academy for 6 months, and more recently a Professor. He has shown that he can take on a variety of tasks and still maintain an excellent level of activity.

As Quaestor, Darkblade helped his team get settled in, as they assumed their positions more or less when he did. He has made timely follow ups on projects and issues, while also putting out steady monthly reports. Darkblade has also done a lot to shore up Naga Sadow's weaknesses. One area this is exemplified in is with gaming, where we were one of the weakest Clans. Darkblade frequently supports gaming within the Clan, including asking members if they want to play on chat channels and participating in group activities, like free for all matches for Clan members.

His leadership can be shown in that Shar Dakhan took the majority of the top ten positions in the Clan event, Firestorm. This includes first and third place. His reports have been a vessel to uplift his House, including special member spotlights and making sure to emphasize the accomplishments of newer members. He frequently emphasizes Clan activities and keeps his House up to date on them.

More recently, Darkblade and Bentre organized the House event "Operation: Homeland." This event saw a total of 35 entries from House members, despite being a small follow up to the Firestorm Clan event. This event included setting up a form that would divide House members into two teams, as well as planning the story and judging. For the story, Darkblade and Bentre coordinated a plot that spanned 3664 words, 763 of which Darkblade wrote himself.

After that, Darkblade turned his attention toward his House's wiki pages, which had been severely outdated for some time. This included updating 15 different wiki pages, and coordinating with House and Clan members to write parts of the pages and fill in gaps for old things he wasn't present for. This has been a huge help in bringing the wiki up to date and this is the most accurate and relevant the Shar Dakhan wiki pages have ever been since the first few months of it's founding. Currently, he has announced plans to add new fictional facilities and locations to the House's domain, showing that he has no intention of stopping.

Throughout all this, Darkblade has been an amazingly active member. In the seven months since has last promotion, he has participated in 96 competitions. He has earned 35 Crescents, including three Diamond, nine Ruby, 17 Amethyst, 3 Sapphire, and 3 Emerald. He has also earned 2 Pendants of Blood, 586 Clusters of Fire, 20 of Ice, and a whopping 1186 of Earth. Finally, he has mentored two apprentices during this time and received two Scrolls of the Master, as well as 3 Scrolls of Foundation for his Shadow Academy work, and a Dark Side Scroll for being the Wikipedian of the Month. His efforts have also led to him receiving a Grand Cross in April, which recognized the significant accomplishments he had made since joining CNS to assume the role of Quaestor four months ago. In that time, his House has been greatly successful, including five members reaching the rank of Knight, 11 merit medals being awarded, three Equite promotions, and over 4000 Clusters.

Personally, I can say that Darkblade has many qualities I appreciate from Summit members. He is not complacent to continue the status quo, but consistently looks for ways to improve his unit, and this is exemplified in his leadership concerning updating all of the House wiki pages and fictional locations. He has also consistently set an example for his members in activity, including placing third overall in Operation Firestorm (participating in every competition) and participating in nearly 100 competitions over the course of his time in his current rank. He further drives participation in every part of the Clan's activities, from writing to gaming and everything in between. In addition, he goes beyond just the Clan and helps the DJB at large as a Docent and later Professor in the Shadow Academy.

For the above reasoning, I would like to promote Darkblade to Equite II.

Congratulations, Darkblade!

Consul of Naga Sadow

(Face tentacles are still gross.)

Epis Locke Sonjie, 2016-06-16 22:36:04 UTC

Over the past few months, I have had the distinct pleasure of serving alongside Darkblade in the clan summit. In this time i have watched him as an individual grow from a member with passion, into a driven and responsible leader. While there is always room left to grow, Darkblade's passion for improvement, and his enthusiasm for creating an enjoyable experience for all is something I will always admire about him.

Congratulations on reaching Equite 2 DB, you earned it!

Marcus Kiriyu, 2016-06-10 08:12:10 UTC

Darkblade has been a part of our Summit for a long time now, not counting his brief period as Aedile in Plagueis. During that time, Darkblade has been a whirlwind of activity. He consumes competitions, he encourages his members and has turned House Shar Dakhan into a place of activity. We often find that units revolve around a leader and respond well to them. Atra had it as Quaestor, Locke has it as Consul and Darkblade has it too. His drive to succeed, his determination to make Shar Dakhan his own as well as the members' has been rewarded by their response. HSD is by far the most active unit in CNS at the moment, which reflects well on Darkblade and his summit. They've worked hard at their jobs to do so and encourage their members to get involved.

Darkblade has also fought through adversity to get here and I'm pleased to see that despite that, he has never given up. He came out swinging and has hit several slam dunks. Touchdown! (You can tell I'm not American...)

I can't imagine HSD without Darkblade at the helm and he more than deserves this promotion to Savant. Congratulations, Darkblade. You're our lovable party animal.

Proconsul of Naga Sadow

Professor Sanguinius Tsucyra Entar, 2016-06-10 19:05:29 UTC

Since his return to Naga Sadow to take the reins as Quaestor, I have to admit that I was skeptical. However, Darkblade has risen up to the challenge, and has made an awesome effort in the position. He keeps trying to push forward, he keeps his eyes on the goals, and he keeps trying.

Darkblade has never become complacent in his position, and despite some of our previous communications issues, he continues to improve. Part of where our House and Clan are today can be attributed to the hard work that he puts in behind the scenes.

He wants to see the House do better than it has in the past, he wants to encourage activity, he sees things need done and has taken steps to see them through.

He games with members, works on wiki pages, and never seems to stop hassling me for things that we need to get done. (<3) I mean come on, putting up with me for these months as his Aedile? Gotta give him credit for that. :P ;)

For these reasons, I want to add my voice in recommendation that Darkblade be promoted to Equite 2 (Savant I think is EQ2 for Grays?).

Congrats, bro.

Adept Bentre Stahoes, 2016-06-11 18:28:16 UTC

Darkblade has been a tremendous help and inspiration to me and the Clan. He is constantly pushing ourselves to do better and make the most of what we have. HIs competitions are raved about and he is very easy to talk to when dealing or struggling with certain things that are new to some of us. IN my honest opinion he deserves this auspicious achievement. I am honored to see him rise in the ranks of the elite.

Kristeva, 2016-06-12 02:19:13 UTC