You might think that following an exhausting Great Jedi War and earning a Sapphire Blade that Nora would have, perhaps, slowed down a bit and taken a breather. Well, anyone that thinks that must not know Nora very well. Her work since the Great Jedi War has been truly exceptional as she's continued her torrid pace of activity while also shouldering additional leadership responsibilities without so much as missing a beat.

In the realm of activity, Nora has put up numbers that continue to astound. During the recently concluded Brotherhood Pro Bowl Nora participated in all 32 available competitions during the course of the event, earned 229 total points, earned a pair each of first and second place competition finishes along with a third, earned placement crescents in an additional four competitions, and earned 5th place overall (and was the second highest placing Plagueis competitor). All in all, not too shabby for a first time participant! Overall, she has entered 97 competitions and earned 2 Diamond, 4 Ruby, 3 Amethyst, 7 Sapphire, 3 Emerald, and 1 Topaz crescents along with a Gold Nova. She has continued to dominate the cluster board (especially for graphics) while earning 95 Clusters of Earth, 50 Clusters of Graphite, and 17 Clusters of Ice for 6,173 words of fiction across 10 fiction activities. She also passed an additional 5 Shadow Academy courses while earning her Dark Mavens of Leadership and Writing.

Now, any of that would have been impressive for a member without a day job, Nora has also been holding down leadership positions while giving back to the Brotherhood. While Turel will detail her work for the Fist staff, I would be remiss if I didn't go over everything she has been doing elsewhere. Nora has self-motivated to run 7 competitions across various competition series across the Brotherhood, including her D&D Brotherhood Edition series of 6 competitions and the currently running Nora's End of Year Puzzles series. However, she has also done the work to promote all those competitions around the Brotherhood via Discord messaging, not falling victim to the "If you build it, they will come" mindset that first time competition runners often mistakenly assume. Her D&D series saw 31 unique participants across the Brotherhood from nearly even clan as well as the Council, a remarkable bit of marketing for a first time competition runner. Additionally, Nora also stepped up into the role of Quaestor from her role as Aedile with less than a month to go before the start of the Pro Bowl. This would be her first time running a House during a major event, but more importantly she would be left to do it without the backup of an Aedile as Plagueis moved to a Quaestor-only House structure. Just like in every other aspect of her Brotherhood career Nora absolutely destroyed any reasonable expectations. She worked to engage with her members during the course of the event, adapting to the directive we gave to our leadership to forgo unit reporting and pivot away from unit wide messaging for the course of the event. Instead, she directly worked one-on-one with her members to drive activity in her unit and the results speak for themselves. 10 of the 15 rostered members of House Ventress submitted to events during the Pro Bowl, accounting for 50% of the unique Plagueis participants, and generated a total of 108 total entries. It is because of the work Nora did during the event that Plagueis saw a 70% participation ratio in the Pro Bowl and bested by 50% again the next closest unique participant number of all participants. She has been absolutely everything a Clan could ask for in a Quaestor.

In closing, Nora has once again proven that she is an absolute monster of activity and a leader that produces like a multi-year veteran as opposed to somebody that joined not even nine full months ago. Her work has been without peer over the course of her time in Plagueis, and being able to submit her for this honor is, without doubt, the best part of a Consul's job. Thank you, Nora!

Master Selika Roh di Plagia, 2022-11-01 21:46:35 UTC

What do you give a panda who already has (almost) everything? You make sure has at least two of those things!

Howie, this is for all of your irritating yet constructive yelling. You know what you did.

Lord Dacien Victae, 2022-08-11 17:14:30 UTC

Qyreia has a long history as a successful leader in Arcona, and for the last four months has done an impressive job of motivating the clan and keeping up its momentum. Since his last award, Qyreia has participated in 77 competitions, written almost 100,000 words of fiction, won 3 GNs, 4 SNs, and 3 BNs, and picked up 12 CFs, 357 CEs, 219 CIs, and 38 CGs. Qyreia also secured the title of Second Heroine of the Fifteenth Great Jedi War: Ascension and First Clan of the Brotherhood for Arcona.

You've made quite a splash in your first few months as CON. Keep it up!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2022-08-06 02:30:02 UTC

Appius has been a whirlwind of activity since his promotion to EQ3, organizing 55 competitions and participating in 135 of them and picking up two dozen crescents. He has also been an absolutely prolific writer, churning out 62,000 words for fiction comps (including three SNs for GJW fiction comps and a GN for the clan run-on) plus another nearly 29,000 words in Discord-based RP sessions. All of that writing earned him a truly impressive 235 CIs, but he also managed to find time to pick up 97 CGs from graphics competitions and 25 Seals of Ascension (and placing 11th overall in the vendetta). In short, this guy is one of our most active leaders.

His work as Consul has been similarly impressive. Under his leadership, Taldryan secured Third Clan of the Brotherhood after an extremely close fight for 2nd place, and the clan's success is due in large part to Appius' hard work organizing and encouraging his members. Prior to the vendetta, he also co-organized a very successful 21-comp inter-clan event with CSP: The Great Ewok Hunt, which drew strong participation from both clans.

Congratulations on the new stabby, Appius!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2022-08-06 02:30:16 UTC

Since earning an SB last summer, Slags has worked hard to keep momentum going in Clan Plagueis. He has identified and fostered talented new leaders and old vets alike, spearheading the highly successful Pro Bowl V, and organizing 14 competitions. In addition, he personally participated in 80 comps and earned 32 CFs, 305 CEs, 18 CIs, and 12 CGs, plus two GNs and 2 SNs and the title of Third Hero of GJW XV (not to mention 29 seals for participating in each competition)!

Plagueis has maintained solid participation numbers under Slags' leadership and grown to become the third largest clan in the Brotherhood. Beyond all of the work he does on a regular basis for his clan, he also takes a strong interest in the development of the club as a whole, and I greatly appreciate his input during leadership discussions.

I would like to note that this is his fourth AK, making him just the second member in the club to be able to quad-wield them. His PCON, Alaris, is the other, so the Plagueis summit is armed to the teeth. Congratulations, Slags!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2022-08-06 02:29:41 UTC

Since he picked up a Grand Cross seven months ago, Korvis has kept up his impressive run of personal activity while also leading Vizsla through Great Jedi War XV: Ascension. He has organized 13 competitions and participated in 86, picking up 34 crescents for his efforts. He's also earned 36 CFs, 28 CEs, 27 CGs, and 4 CIs.

As Consul, Korvis has worked hard to keep his clan active, overseeing the most recent Great Hunt and helping to rally solid participation numbers during the GJW. He maintains an active presence in clan and general chats on Discord, and is an extremely reliable and levelheaded member of Yammer, always providing valuable and timely input on discussions.

Congratulations and keep up the good work, Korvis!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2022-08-06 02:28:45 UTC

Ciara started the year by launching a major fictional revamp of the Shadow Academy, expanding its fictional focus and revamping the society awards -- including a first-of-its-kind CS perk. She has kept up a steady stream of competitions, helped make SA-led trivia a regular event on Discord, and continued the never-ending process of revising existing SA courses and launching new ones while also overseeing the largest staff of any position in the club. She also pitched in during the War to run comps outside her SA lane, which is always appreciated!

Congratulations, Ciara!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2022-08-05 14:15:29 UTC

Rian has done a great job running the Herald office and was a major contributor in his first vendetta on the DC. He took over the job at the end of the last vendetta and did an excellent job wrapping up the remaining work, getting dossier art out in a timely manner. He and his staff have also kept up a solid pace for processing requests and releasing new content.

Congrats, Rian!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2022-08-05 14:15:38 UTC

Firstly, one must commend Ood for his grand amounts of activity over his career in DB. One would describe Ood Bnar as being a very passionate member of Arcona. He is not only superbly involved with his vast amounts of competition participation but also on Discord as he offers feedback and member insight to developments related to the house and battle team. Since the last merit (just seven months ago), Ood has achieved the following awards: 1 Silver Nova for the Clan-Wide Run On during the GJW XV Ascension, 16 Clusters of Ice with 5,669 words, 3 Clusters of Earth, 7 Clusters of Graphite, and 12 Seals of Ascension for his activity during the war. He participated in 100% of the bins within the war and his efforts helped propel Arcona to 1st place victory. No matter what activity is needed to assist the clan, Ood is not afraid to participate. This is evident by the 709,410 credits earned for the clan. Since the last merit, he has participated in 131 competitions and was awarded many Crescents: 5 Diamond, 9 Ruby, 12 Amethyst, 24 Sapphire, 13 Emerald, 16 Topaz, and 3 Quartz.

From the sheer amounts of activity in such a short span of time, it would be an honor to award him with an Amethyst Kukri to show how appreciated his efforts are.

Thank you for all you do Ood and I hope to see you steamroll through all of the activities as you do.

-Jael Chi’ra

Golden Envoy Abbey Atty Attiter Ann, 2022-08-02 03:12:00 UTC