Arch is constitutionally incapable of not doing DB work. Thankfully, he's a model leader: open, reliable, levelheaded, always willing to do "extracurricular" work when he sees a need, truly dedicated to improving the club and the member experience, and--most importantly--exceptionally good at what he does. So, what has he actually accomplished?

As COUCon, he maintained and built upon the momentum that Turel sparked in the clan. As our first Exarch (a position created for him), he laid the groundwork for recognizing RP as a distinct activity. As HM (the first time), he cleaned up the SA and began the ongoing transition from the old school essay-style courses on esoteric topics to the more streamlined, largely autograded, and practical SA we enjoy today--and then he helped me chop HM up into bits and reassemble it as HM and EMS.

When he stepped down from HM, he didn't go far. I appointed him P:GM and put him to work on spreadsheets and super secret projects that involved spreadsheets. A few months later, his successor as HM had to step down for personal reasons, and Arch was ready and willing to step back in, right the ship, and pave the way for another orderly transition (to Turel because time is a flat circle). Also he was Combat Master at some point.

For my entire term as Grand Master, and to a lesser extent before that, Arch has been my most trusted, most reliable, and most pedantic advisor. He's finishing up work on a project that will redefine how we run competitions in the DB, and I won't be around to give him the extremely sharp medal he deserves for that. So in what's likely to be my final official act as Grand Master, I am granting him the title of Sith Lord. Few have done as much as Arch to earn it.

Lord Dacien Victae, 2026-01-02 15:09:46 UTC