Darkblade is a walking, talking machine. He's the human version of the Terminator. He's tenacious, unforgiving and unstoppable. Even while being on holiday in the USA, he still participated in 16 out of 17 competitions in Shattered Ties, leading his House and getting 17 out of 25 members to participate.

These members produced 99 entries for the Clan and helped us immensely during our Vendetta. Darkblade is much more than that though, he's an excellent Quaestor and has seen his projects through to fruition, like updating HSD's wiki pages and creating new locations and cities in the Orian System.

Without members like Darkblade, we'd be amiss. He may be a gigantic pain the arse at times, but he holds himself to a high standard and wishes for his members to succeed and reach their goals.

Congratulations on your Steel Cross, Darkblade!

Proconsul of Naga Sadow

I have worked with Darkblade for roughly seven months, during which we have tried to work as a blockbuster QUA-AED team. I do not think I could recount the number of times we spoke over Telegram, that we discussed future plans for fictional direction, or that we debated ways we could make things work more efficiently or to further engage our member base.

Now, he isn't always the easiest of people to work with sometimes and he can have a bit of a temper. He really seems to care what happens with the House. Darkblade wants to see fun and excellence coming out of HSD, and seems to do what he can to help the Clan develop further. He takes steps to try and make this vision a reality. When one thing isn't working, he is immediately looking at some new way to try and make the House operate. He never hesitates to challenge the status quo. For the above reasons I want to add my voice in recommending him for a Steel Cross.

It’s difficult to find something new to say about Darkblade that hasn’t already been mentioned in these other recommendations. I have only been in Clan Naga Sadow for a little over 3 months, in that time I would certainly consider myself lucky to have been working alongside Darkblade.

Others point him out to be somewhat hotheaded and a pain in the arse, are these things true? Yes, quite so but there is a certain method to his madness, as it were. Darkblade won’t hesitate to point things out that he disagrees with, nor will he just accept answers to his questions that have no substance, which forms into an informed dialogue amongst the Leadership and enables us to consider potential changes and directions that the Clan could take. It’s easy to see how great of a member he is, but when I say he’s an integral part of our Leadership structure and someone that has my respect, I am not doing so lightly.

So, here’s to a great leader and an excellent member, Congratulations.

Rollmaster of Naga Sadow