Elevation Request: Dark Knight Syphoc Rilkel (6677)

Syphoc Rilkel is sweet.

Sweet Jesus, the kid's a beast! He has been a wonderful – a term I use rarely – asset to House Acclivis Draco since joining us. I must admit, I was quite skeptical when I reviewed his dossier at first: a member who has been a Guardian for well over a year. I made sure not to raise my hopes.

Honestly, I have not personally worked with Syphoc very much, but I can say that I have seen the excellent products that he spins on his loom. When he placed third in the House-wide Missio Draconis competition, hosted by Aedile Natth a'Niel Palpatine, beating ten others and only losing by a minuscule margin of three points, I was like, "Wow! That's insane!" After submitting three superb entries to the House Facilities competitions - he won all three - I ran in June, I knew that this guy was going to be a major contributor to Acclivis Draco's development and success.

He is always showing an interest in helping our House move along. He is constantly asking questions, trying to find details, and helping others while maintaining outstanding personal activity.

Syphoc's a budding flower, snatching up the sun's rays to create more energy. He's a youngster coming up well and he was blessed with a great mentor, Consul Braecen Kunar. (Even better, Brae's the Consul so he can directly recommend promotions and medals!)

Syphoc is a nice kid and I hope to work with him more in the near future. But first, we need to win a Great Jedi War - see you on the battlefield, Knight.

RevengeX Palpatine Quaestor of House Acclivis Draco Son of Palpatine

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It is with great honor and pride, as Syphoc's Master, that I am able to present this recommendation for his ascension to the ultimate rank within the Journeyman Class: Dark Knight. He has proven himself capable, willing and adept to the Brotherhood and shows great promise as a future cornerstone of Clan Scholae Palatinae... As such, he has earned the privilege to carry a lightsaber.

He has proven himself a capable machine of activity in the time since his most recent elevation. During that time he has collected forty five (45) Clusters of Fire, two (2) Legions of the Scholar (Creation of CSP IRC Trivia Questions), eight (8) crescents (4 emerald, 3 sapphire & 1 Amethyst). And I foresee many more great awards in his future should his engine continually burn at this high level of activity!

In addition to his excellent feats and skills as a Jedi Hunter he has completed an arduous set of tasks assigned and completed under my direct supervision. Amongst these tasks included a vivacious story of the creation of his lightsaber by utilizing the crystal of his father's blade (http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4364). He then completed a long, winding character development piece that picked up where his previous trials left off... where he explained his joining of the Brotherhood and eventual Apprenticeship under myself (10 pages of fiction). He fulfilled the last of his assignments within the Shadow Academy, ensuring he was a well-rounded and informed Dark Knight (Leadership Fundamentals, Advanced Test of Wisdom, Force Philosophy, Krath Core, Sith Core & Obelisk Core). Participated in fifteen competitions of varying degrees of skill (Lightsaber Training, What If, Current Events, A Day In The Life, etc) that played out from the House level to Brotherhood-wide. In addition to this task, he also fulfilled a requirement that placed him in ten (10) separate gaming competitions (CSP JA Training, Gaming Nights, ICTE & SIT/SET). If that was not enough, Syphoc converted all of his character development pieces he had worked on since joining the Clan into a personal DB Wiki Page (http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/wiki/index.php?title=Syphoc_Rilkel).

Lastly, and most proudly, I am able to insist on this promotion due to Syphoc's diligent work on the leadership aspect of the Brotherhood. Beyond his simple duties as an Assistant Envoy (where he is beginning to fill in his knowledge of interacting with DB Members), he was assigned the tiring task of reading several Alacrity of the Commander/DB Policy Documents (Writing Recommendations, Writing Unit Reports, Welcoming New Members). After he read, and discussed, these documents he was then assigned task to prove mastery of the curriculum. He was tasked with writing a medal recc, a promo recc, faux reports (plural), writing a two page analysis on the import of welcoming new members and was assigned several 'faux' scenarios where he was to respond to a member question.

For all of these tremendous efforts and a insatiable appetite for Brotherhood knowledge... I fully recommend the elevation of this member and grant him the rite to carry his lightsaber.

Braecen Kaeth Kunar Consul of Scholae Palatinae Master

Syphoc Rilkel, 2007-07-13 22:00:00 UTC