I do not think it would be an exaggeration to say that I have no idea where Plagueis would be without the contributions of Kelly Mendes. She has been an absolute beast of activity in the last year while also forging herself into an invaluable and irreplaceable part of our Clan Summit. Much of our success, from our performance during the three way event with Tarentum and Arcona to our 400+ entries as a unit over the three week span of The Enemy Below, can be traced back to Kelly's contributions.

Just on the competitive front, Kelly has been hitting every metric possible with gusto and verve. She has participated in 145 competitions and pulled in 18 crescents (5 Ruby, 7 Amethyst, 4 Sapphire, and 2 Emerald). She's done a lot of that damage during various Clan wide or multi clan events as well, maintaining a near 100% participation ratio for said events. Kelly has always been a force when it comes to gaming, but the last year has been something special. She has earned six Pendants of Blood, 599 Clusters of Fire, and 356 Clusters of Earth (across 160 PvP matches and 27 PvE activities). Most impressively she has achieved Rank X in the GMRG society and currently sits in 5th place on the quarterly GMRG leader board, the first member of Plagueis to appear on that list in several years. In fiction, she has amassed 39 Clusters of Ice from 4 ACC matches, 20 fiction activities (totalling 10,879 words!), and 1 RO post (an additional 1,389 words). In the Shadow Academy she has passed 6 courses, earned 3 degrees, and (in her capacity as docent and professor) she has graded 92 courses while earning 7 Scrolls of Foundation.

As a leader she has made amazing contributions to our Clan's overall health. First and foremost, she served as master to Obsidian and guided him on the way to Knighthood. Mastering new members through their neophyte and journeymen ranks is the most direct way to make sure our Clan continues to see success in the future, and Kelly made sure to not lose focus on that process while in Clan leadership. That Clan leadership has entailed time as both Aedile and Quaestor of House Ajunta Pall, serving in the positions for three and two months respectively. She did some of her best work during our The Enemy Below event earlier this year, helping lead her team to victory by keeping in personal, individual contact with her team members. She has internalized the Plagueis philosophy that mass email or telegram messaging doesn't produce results, only interactions can really show the members that you value each and every one of them and their contributions. Whether it was one on one telegram conversations or email messages, Kelly made sure to keep in contact with her team. She may have personally finished 6th overall, but her work as a leader during the event was a huge part of her team accounting for 241 of the 409 total entries Plagueis generated over the course of the three week event. Kelly brings that level of dedication to her work as a house leader no matter what, big event or no. She's a constant force on Telegram, both within Plagueis and without (having provided a whole slew of fiction questions for the fiction channel of late), and always striving for the sort of community building activity that the Brotherhood needs to thrive in the future. Outside of Plagueis, she spent the last four months of nearly a year serving the MAA's office and has also spent nearly 13 months serving the Shadow Academy as either Docent or Professor. Kelly's continued excellence has lead to her receiving four merit awards over the last year in the form of three Anteian Crosses and a Grand Cross.

Kelly is the sort of member that any Clan leader loves to have as a part of their unit. She is personally active while also seeing that her leadership can be even more important. She also looks beyond the walls of Plagueis to make the Brotherhood as a whole a better place, which by extension benefits her home clan even more. Kelly, you're a star in Plagueis. It brings me great joy to advance you for promotion to the rank of Equite 3. May it be yet another step along your ascent!

Master Selika Roh di Plagia, 2017-06-25 05:08:41 UTC