Jedi Hunter Juda Kodiak Erinos stood on the deck of the water skiff in the late evening sun as he rushed toward the island citadel. He arrived on the island and caught a glimpse of the enormous ziggurat crafted in a dark red stone set on Doto Rock. They pulled the skiff onto the beach and Juda approached the citadel.<BR><BR>

The entire population of the clan and many others had turned out for the ceremony. Juda strode up the isle to the base of the stairs leading to the pinnacle of the ziggurat. All of the Apprentices, Novices, Acolytes, Protectors, Guardians, and Jedi Hunters were standing near the back of the columns in order of rank. The Equites and the Elders were near the head of the column with the highest ranked members at the head of the column closest to the citadel. <BR><BR>

Juda saw his Master standing near the front of the platform eying his student confidently. Staying true to the code of the Brotherhood, the Master was in attendance to give witness to the achievements of their student. He was more exited than ever to have come so far and finally achieve this pinnacle in his training. Along with his Master was the entire membership of the Clan Arcona summit.<BR><BR>

Juda stood before the summit of the clan as anxious could be. The pinnacle of the Journeyman ranks was within reach. It was this final choice that had to be made before truly gaining recognition within the Clan. He had to choose his darkness, his Shadowcrafting path. The ceremony was simple but the decision was life changing. <BR><BR>

The summit created a massive shadow that absorbed all of the light from the sun cloaking the entire area in darkness. The Hunter felt the shadow descend on him as the summit powered on their lightsabers cutting through the darkness. All of the Arconans on the ground who possessed lightsabers activated them as well. The darkness was cut by the rainbow that was created by all of the Clan's lightsabers.<BR><BR>

Juda focused on the shadows that were engulfing them and creating his own darkness to the shadow already around him. The Hunter's shadow reached out and seemed to push the others away and in an instant only his was left and used to unleash the power that was wielded with the ability of the Arcona Clan Power, Shadowcrafting. He had chosen the Outer Darkness, using his own shadow in the physical world. <BR><BR>

"Rise now, a Dark Jedi Knight," came the unanimous call from the summit. In front of the new Dark Jedi Knight hovered his lightsaber. The hilt shone in the sunlight and the Knight reached out and took it for the first time as a Knight. He thumbed the activation switch and powered on the blade. <BR><BR>

The humming felt natural in his hand as he turned to face the crowd and thrust the saber high into the air and shouted, over a thunderous applause:<BR><BR>

"ARCONA INVICTA!"</I><BR><BR>

I would hereby like to request a promotion for Jedi Hunter Juda Kodiak Erinos, who has currently fulfilled all requirements for promotion under Clan Arcona’s promotions guidelines, which can be seen at: <u>http://arcona.darkjedibrotherhood.com/promotionguidelines.html</u><BR><BR>

Juda has fulfilled all of these requirements, as follows:<BR><BR>

Be in contact with your House and Clan:<BR><BR>

Juda has been on IRC daily and has an email turnaround time of less than 18 hours<BR><BR>

Have two of the Leadership exams completed:<BR><BR>

General Leadership (Completed: 5/22/2007)<BR> Leadership Applications (Completed: 4/23/2007)<BR><BR>

Decide on your Shadowcrafting Path: <BR><BR>

Juda has opted to follow the Path of Outer Darkness<BR><BR>

Request your Warbanner: <BR><BR>

Juda has drawn his own Warbanner and can be seen on his dossier<BR><BR>

Promote and run a competition for your battleteam, successfully: <BR><BR>

Juda has run the following competition: http://darkjedibrotherhood.org/dbjedi/CompetitionDetails.asp?page=3&order=Queue_Comp.StartDate%20DESC,%20Queue_Comp.EndDate&sort=desc&filter=finished&ID=2655<BR><BR>

Participate in at least fifteen activities: <BR><BR> DV Logo Comp Placed 2nd recieving a Crescent with Ruby Star (07/01/07)<BR> FICTION: Death of a Jedi Came 2nd recieving a Crescent with Emerald Star (06/17/07) <BR> Gaming Night week 23 Recieved Cluster of Fire (06/12/07) <BR> Operation: Vitriol ACC Placed 1st winning a Crescent with Amethyst Star (07/12/07) <BR> Operation: Vitriol Caption Contest Placed 4th (07/11/07) <BR> Operation: Vitriol FIC 1 Placed 4th (07/02/07) <BR> Operation: Vitriol Graphics Tied 1st winning a Crescent with Amethyst Star (07/12/07) <BR> Dark Brotherhood Basics Passed 06/10/07 with a score of 90% <BR> Master/Apprentice Task: Saber Skills basics (31/06/07) <BR> Master/Apprentice Task: Shadowcrafting Fiction (22/06/07) <BR> Master/Apprentice Task: Mediation Abilities (18/06/07) <BR> Master/Apprentice Task: RO Training (19/06/07) <BR>

In addition to this, Juda has been working for the Shadow Academy, helping with the Audit and also administering the History of the Sith Empire I course, which I feel is well in excess of the workload expected for your run of the mill Journeyman and as such should nullify the requirement for an additional 3 competitions. <BR><BR>

Do one, or a combination of:<BR> -Earn fourty Clusters of Fire<BR> -Complete five battles at the Antei Combat Center<BR> -Write fifteen pages of character-based fiction<BR><BR>

Juda has completed 6 battles in the ACC, only losing one.<BR><BR>

Write either a High-quality fiction detailing the creation of your lightsaber, or create a high-quality graphic depicting your lightsaber.

Juda has written a fiction detailing the creation of his lightsaber<BR><BR>

As Juda has completed all of these guidelines, and more, I would like to respectfully request his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight. <BR><BR>

In darkness, <BR><BR>

OE Sashar Kodiak Erinos (Obelisk)/QUA/Galeres of Arcona [KSOE: KCE] [ACC: CL:1] Medal ID Line:SC-SoA / AC-ToSH / DC-SiP / GN / BN / Cr-2D-2R-7A-5S-7E-4T-3Q / PoB / CF-SF / DSS-BL / SI-BL / SoL / LS-PL / S:-2Do-5Dk Shadow Academy ID Line: {SA: KS: ToL - DBB - ToS - GL - SA - FP - HS1 - PRH - MED - O: SCORE - ISET - ESET - K: OCORE - TS - LS - MRK}

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