Arden Karn has been the exemplar of what a member deserving entry into the ranks of the Equites should be. Since his last promotion, he has stepped into a role on the Plagueis summit that is analogous to the position of Quaestor in a clan, and gone even beyond that. A Quaestor does not often have to generate 100% the fictional identity and structure of their unit, Arden did. When he stepped into the role of Battle Team Leader of Karness Muur, he had nothing. With the help of his Battle team XO Celevon, he put together a full unit identity and system while incorporating feedback from the House summit.

Once that work was done, he stepped into the role of leader like he had been doing the job for years. His work leading his own Battle Team during all parts of the Dark Crusade has been nothing short of amazing. He lead one of the Plagueis Run On teams for the Dark Crusade Prologue, driving activity out of many of his members. That prologue would, however, just be the start. During the Crusade proper, Arden motivated his Battle Team to generate over 50 total entries between both rounds, hitting a participation ratio of over 5 entries per member. Arden's leadership, however, did not stop at the walls of his own Battle Team. Plagueis's summit is not a summit of individual units or concerns, it is a true team working for the betterment of the whole. Arden did exactly that during the Dark Crusade. He helped encourage members to be active throughout the House, even those members who are on his "competition" for supremacy in the House: Ajunta Pall. Our members would definitely acknowledge he was an omnipresent force, tracking them down on IRC, Gchat, or email. It cannot be overstated how much of Plagueis's success during the recent vendetta was due to Arden's leadership.

That leadership didn't distract Arden from putting forth the excellent effort we've come to expect as the norm from him. He was the driving force behind his team's first round silver nova effort in the wiki event, and made sterling contributions to the second round's gold novae winning Run On. These two events were probably the most effort intensive of any single events of the entire Vendetta so far, and seeing success there speaks volumes to what he brings to our table.

He has been a force for great improvement throughout the House since the moment he joined, and it gives me great pleasure to put forward my recommendation for his elevation to the roll of Equites.

~ SBL Solus Gar

Arden has impressed me. He's impressed a lot of people. He came into Plagueis, new to the brotherhood, from another club that worked very differently. He adapted with speed, grace, and activity. After earning his double promotion during Horizons to Dark Jedi Knight, he did not stop. If anything, he worked harder.

He worked hand in hand with Alaris Jinn di Plagia to help build an idea on how to approach battle teams that would inspire, innovate, and contribute not only in participation, but in the sense of community. So far, Karness Muur has done an excellent job of contributing to Plagueis' wins over other units. It contributed 24 entries to Plagueis' win on Nfolgai. It contributed 30 entries to Plagueis' win on Khar Delba.

Arden personally contribute six of six, and five of five in these rounds, setting the example and rounding out the full extended Summit's complete participation across the board. He joined the rest of us in showing that dedication and effort pays off. His hard work, personal motivation, and example have helped to create a unit that is on par with submissions from entire other Houses.

For the Prologue Run On, Arden assembled a team, from scratch, with no other Summit members, and proceeded to keep them working to successfully, and enjoyably, complete the event.

During the Crusade, Arden worked with Alaris and Teylas to motivate members that he had established relationships with, without regard to unit, offering to proof, advise, and work with other members to help improve their entries in fiction, run on, graphics, etc.

Arden is what we want leaders to be. He's approachable, passionate, diligent, and successful in not only pursuing his own awards, but in helping others achieve them as well.

This is someone I'm proud to have helped welcome to the brotherhood, and look forward to seeing his hard work continue to help improve not only Plagueis, but the Brotherhood as a whole.

Congratulations Arden. You've earned this one.

OE Tra'an Reith, Quaestor of Plagueis

Unlike the other folks here, I didn't get to see Arden rush through the steps to Knighthood. Within weeks of stepping into Plagueis, he already had a saber to call his own. I saw the activity level that he has maintained for months on end.

Entries turned into crescents and nova. Crescents and nova turned into placements.

He has stepped into the limelight in a great way.

Tra'an and Solus have already pointed enough toward Arden's achievements. His skills have netted him crescents, novae, and recognition. From building and strengthening his battle team up to and through Dark Crusade so far, to the work that he's put in on projects for the Grand Master, both alongside me and separately, Arden has proven himself as an Equite and I wholeheartedly add my recommendation to his promotion.

Welcome to the Equites, Arden.

OP Eiko Rollmaster of House Plagueis Praetor to the Grand Master

Reaver Tra'an Reith di Plagia, 2013-03-25 19:06:19 UTC