Eleven months ago I recommended Braecen for the Sapphire Blade. In my recommendation I referred to the fact that Braecen operates at an activity level that very few if any will ever reach. Now, many positions later, the same holds true. Braecen is easily one of our most active members and his dedication to leading CSP to a better future is undeniable. He has assembled and trained a staff and works tirelessly to ensure they are working for a better CSP. For his dedication and service above and beyond the standard, I hearby award KE Braecen Kunar the Amethyst Kukri.----Grand Master Sarin<br> <br> Braecen Kunar has brought a new level of activity and confidence to Clan Scholae Palatinae since taking over as Consul. The clan had been going through hard times in terms of activity and motivation, and upon his appointment, Braecen has worked hard to almost single-handedly turn the tide. Although the first few months have had their<br> difficulties, Braecen is proving that, as Consul, he can excel.<br> <br> In working with Braecen as Grand Master, I noted that Braecen is extremely receptive to feedback. He took every word I said and absorbed it into his efforts; Braecen is like a sponge for knowledge<br> and experience. He understood the criticisms of his work (the few I had) and immediately began to fix the problems. For instance, I am most pleased to see that Braecen has substantially progressed in his<br> control and direction of subordinate leaders. In my initial evaluation of his work, Braecen lacked the directive authority over his leaders. In the two months or so since then, Braecen has completely turned the tide. He is keeping tabs on his leaders, ensuring they document their work, making sure they are communicating and teaching them to overcome their own flaws. I believe this has created a much better working environment in the clan; the members are excelling.<br> <br> Braecen has done will in making sure that projects and competitions in his clan run smoothly and are completed. I have been impressed with things like the clan's prospectus on the Wiki and the constant<br> developments to their website. I was thrilled to see the Arcona-CSP feud run so smoothly. Braecen has had a very big hand in these things, and his efforts are worthy of an award.<br> <br> By terms of a Consul, Braecen is still very new; however, he has shown great initiative, motivation and ability beyond his years. With time, Braecen will become wise to the art of being an established<br> Brotherhood leader, learning to make great choices without the direction and advice of others and being a truly complete mentor for his subordinates. By then, I am sure that Braecen will have already<br> established himself as the finest of Scholae Palatinae Consuls.--- Lord Jac Cotelin<br> <br> Braecen is an excellent leader. He shows outstanding capabilities as Consul. He always strives the extra mile in bettering the clan. He provides excellent sources of activity including the recently passed Clan feud with Arcona and House Feud, as well as general smaller fun activities. Aside from providing resources for activity, he has worked hard on getting more information developed about the clan, and improving the general workings of the clan. He set up a revised clan powers list, aided with the development of details on the Clan military, and various other fictional needs for the clan. He is very open to suggestions and strives to maintain communication in the clan, including the use of clan meetings, where members can talk and address concerns and ideas with each other. As well he is more then willing to work on a personal basis with people, bettering the clan as a whole. He has helped place structure with the clan as well. Positions have been fortified leading to a much more effective group of leaders. Braecen cares a lot about bettering the clan, and strives diligently to do so. <br> <br> -- <br> Sith Warrior Xen'Mordin Vismorsus<br> Ward of the East<br> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> <br> <br> <br> Braecen Kunar has definitely worked hard to improve not only his Clan but also the Brotherhood in general by his efforts. He has served as an Eclectic Pedagogue encouraging members to discover the bounty of knowledge contained in the Shadow Academy. He has earned Dark Maven as well as holding an impressive resume of Shadow Academy courses himself. Braecen has also mentored several members through the ranks, helping them to achieve Dark Jedi Knight. His drive and focus has been vital to his Clan, as Scholae Palatinae steadily grows in strength and becomes a more unified force. <br> <br> Braecen has been instrumental in aiding Scholae Palatinae in progressing as a Clan, holding workshops to help rising leaders in the Clan improve themselves, helping to develop the Consul's Coven (a group of members to help with clan projects), Dark Paladin and House based Member of the Month programs to award outstanding members, and Noble Merit Awards (Another program to recognize active members within the clan). He wrote the Clan Prospectus and has helped and encouraged members to create their own wiki pages, as well as more Clan and House related pages. He has worked with members to define and build the military structure for the Clan, giving the members even more to build on as they develop fictionally. Braecen organized and wrote the fiction for a house vs. house feud which helped encourage greater activity within the Houses. He's also always made himself available to mentor and guide any member who seems in need of it, even before they ask for help. Braecen has focused his tireless efforts on improving his Clan, and in doing so he has worked to guide and mentor up and coming members into strong and solid leaders, which in turn offers stability and growth within the Clan. He is always searching out ways to inspire and encourage members around him, as well as ways to improve his Clan and help the members grow. <br> <br> On a more personal basis, Braecen has assisted me in many facets, acting as a friend and mentor. He has been there to help me understand Brotherhood policies and politics, and to give me the direction and encouragement I needed to keep going. He has constantly encouraged me to set goals for my career within the Brotherhood, and then made sure that I had the skills and guidance I needed to achieve them. However he is not the sort of teacher to hold someone's hand all the way, rather he provides the tools needed and sits back to watch. This gives the student a chance to grow in their own pace and to learn from their own mistakes, but whenever I had problems or there was something I didn't understand or know how to do, Braecen has always been there to help out. Firm but gentle nudges in the right direction, offering a challenge for me to strive for improvement, in all that he does, Braecen is the epitome of what a mentor should be. Look 'mentor' up in the DB dictionary and you would find Braecen's picture right there, because he truly is a mentor. Without Braecen's dedicated guidance I would likely not be where I am right now, I am very grateful for his belief in me and his efforts to help me reach the potential and goals I had. <br> ~Rasilvenaira StormRaven,<br> Aedile, House Caliburnus<br> <br> <br> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> <br> <br> Since his ascension to Consul, Braecen Kunar has been a radiant light in the murky mess of Clan Scholae Palatinae. As a leader, Braecen arranged a detailed restructuring of the clan that required as much intelligence as it did time. Displaying his management prowess yielded a distribution of thinly spread resources for the betterment of the entire clan. As Braecen sorted out the mish maw of the clan's leadership, he appointed an entirely new staff of leaders to each of the respective houses. Braecen personally arranged for the creation of the Consul's Coven, the Dark Paladins of CSP, a remake of the website, a dynamic merit system that adds to the fictional depth of the clan, an inter-house feud, and many other projects that are just coming into fruition. <br> <br> In recent months, Braecen has overseen the Creation of a Clan Feud. Contributing himself to helping the event run, Braecen is included in sorting out the judging and points system. This project was spearheaded by Proconsul Phoenix, but Braecen's extraordinary contribution to the situation is worth lots of merit. With plenty of guiding words, Braecen has settled me into my own position, helping through some of the troubling first time gitters. His outstanding work as Consul has turned CSP into the only routinely reporting clan in the Brotherhood. He has even managed to get me to sit down and write some reports! <br> <br> <br> Braecen's punctuality and extreme drive to successfully complete the tasks he sets for himself speak wonders for his own leadership, but above that it provides a crystalline model for the rest of the clan to base their own personal drive. Mr. Kunar has been a role-model, mentor, and friend to me for nearly 2 years. In every situation I have ever seen him involved in, he thinks critically about the outcomes and the necessary path to complete these tasks. Outside of House Events and questions about Clan matters, Braecen is concerned with the people behind our characters. He has continually show courtesy and care to my feelings and taken compassion when real-life events take a toll on one's ability to perform. Braecen has also shown faith in me that I find hard to see myself. His positive words and undying encouragement have made me what I am today. <br> <br> If a simple weapon made of a shiny jewel is reward enough for his feats and the works he has done in this formerly disheveled clan, then I believe that he should be given his award many times over. Though you were never my Master, I always looked at you as so. Thank you for everything you have done, continue to do, and will do in the future. CSP is indebted to you, Master Kunar. A congratulation is not enough thanks. But, I will say it all the same. Congratulations, Brae. I hope we can work side by side for years to come<br> <br> -Quaestor Thran Occasus<br> <br> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> <br> Since my appointment to ProConsul, Brae and I and been in constant contact. There is not a day goes by that ideas are not thrown back and forth. When I first took this position, I was quite unsure that I would be able to be effective, but through Braecen's help, I believe that I am growing to be even more effectual in CSP. Along with helping myself to grow from just a house leader to PCON, he has taken under his wing roughly about 7 apprentices, most of which have progressed past DJK(KAP Scorpius, DJK Korbin, DJK Prajna, OT Xan, SBL Aabsdu and GRD Gavan.) Also, Braecen has mentored such members as Dakari, Brujah, and Thran.<br> <br> Currently, Braecen has put together several documents and frameworks that will be the future of this clan. From those projects, they have allowed new and old members to branch off on other major projects. Though he gives credit to those who help out, Braecen is the main mastermind behind the current rise in activity of CSP. <br> He has opened up the Clan so that all members can have a say in what will be the future and has reassembled the clan senate to gets the veterans more involved in clan dealings. His fire, tenacity and zeal to progress this clan, as well as the members that reside within her halls. Once the new programs are completely finish, they will propel CSP back into the greatness she once had.<br> ~Sith BattleLord Phoenix Olkyssagh Palpatine<br> PCON of CSP<br> <br>

Mandalorian Declan Roark, 2007-02-21 23:00:00 UTC