Since his last recogntion, Terran “Vic” Koul has been a steady pillar of Arcona’s Arconae, serving the Clan as Aedile, Quaestor, and Proconsul for a total of over two years. In addition, his service has been to the Club as a whole, with over 5(!) years of Magistrate work for the Senechal. He has worked tirelessly for our benefit, but also as an individual, with 25 (co-)organized comps and 83 participations, for which he’s earned 843 Clusters of varying kinds and a palette of Crescents as well.

As an extra note, it should be mentioned that most of the organized competitions came from running two episodes of Clan Arcona’s “Sins of the Past” -storyline. In addition to the mere competitions themselves, he was thus responsible for organizing the plotline and co(ercing)-ordinating the efforts of multiple writers to craft a singular storyline.

Whenever Arcona has gone to War, Terran has been there for us, earning 39 Seals from the last four Vendettas alongside 4 Novae for his stellar performance. It thus cannot be said he hasn’t been giving it his all when the Clan needed him the most.

During the past while that he has been working for Arcona, Vic has truly been a fundamental force for the Clan, and especially House Qel-Droma. For a fact, we still use the Activity Tracking sheet which he pioneered, helping us to keep track of our members’ activities and working them towards Awards and Promotions.

Further, he drafted a training document (Responsibilities and Expectations for Summit Positions) to help with the teaching of new leaders, aiding in the immensely important task of legacy planning. He was also creating a Rollmaster’s Guide, further showing his commitment to institutionalizing formal leadership documentation, even if the position is of now getting mothballed.

In his tasks in Clan leadership, Terran has offered invaluable insight in forming the AEF/DDF into its current shape, his deep knowledge in all things Fleet related having always been at our disposal. His leadership style encouraged subordinate activity and responsibility, giving independent tasks for people to use their own creativity to accomplish—in accordance with the best tenants of delegation. Indeed, he spent the last six months of his tenure as Quaestor making sure his Aedile and BTL were up to the task of replacing him, showing his dedication to longevity of both House and Clan.

In the trenches of the Wiki Wars, he oversaw the Arcona Article Improvement Program. There, he oversaw, coordinated, approved and made suggestions on everything Arcona wiki related for close to a year and a half. As a massive part of the previous, he revised and organized the Clan's personal timeline, summarizing major events and laid them out for ease of access to the newbies. The sheer amount of long-beard consulting, email un-dusting, and lost holocron hunting that was required for this task beggars belief…

For all of these efforts, and the daily ones which so often slip through the cracks, I am honored to recommend Terran be awarded an Amethyst Khukuri as recognition of his service to House and Clan.

Tali Sroka

Quaestor of Qel-Droma

Dr. Ben, 2022-01-08 23:40:00 UTC

This is a gonna be a doozy, so grab your popcorn, a drink, and some reading glasses. Since joining the Regent Staff as my Praetor (a choice I was admittedly, a little cautious about given my expectations) on 21-10-21 Thran Palpatine has been nothing short of a machine. For the uninitiated, the Regent Staff has one of the steepest learning curves of any staff. You're thrown right in with the wolves, and often (as was the case with myself) have to adjust your thinking from a member/clan's point of view to that of the possessions system, a system that is custom tailored to our club, has its own nuances and inner workings and processes, and is a beast in its own right. It isn't always an easy transition, and can be overwhelming at first at the sheer volume of new information and processes hitting you in the face like a bat over and over again. Thran took this transition in stride, diving right into the material to move past the member/clan line of thinking and aligning himself with the possessions thought process quicker than most.

It's not far-fetched to say that without Thran, there's no way all of the content I'll detail in this recommendation, the releases, and the speed at which we are doing things would be the same. When Thran joined the staff as my Praetor, I told him he would need to put aside any bias he had towards his or any other Clan, and since then he has conducted himself with the utmost integrity in regards to his duties.

Thran's been involved in every single conversation we've had regarding staff projects since he joined us, and often contributed to every single one. He's offered his on everything opinions whether I've agreed with them or not, and has always tried to back up what he says with data (a staple of a Regent Staffer). He reminds me a lot of myself when I was Praetor to the Regent, having dived right into the work without expectation of reward or recognition, and although I've told him repeatedly not to burn himself out and take it easy, keeps on running through things to do.

Although he's only been on my staff a short time, I've gotten to know Thran quite well in our staff discussions and beyond. For project work, he's accomplished the same amount if not more in the same time span than I had as Praetor. Thran worked alongside Teebu on the Lightsaber Store, helping come up with both the name and description in our staff discussion, which was partial to yet still separate from Weapon Upgrades, his efforts for which I'll detail later on. After his work on the lightsaber store, Thran jumped right into helping me with the Clan Dominions project. Although he wasn't able to help with actual site implementation due to restrictions on his possessions admin access, Thran assisted in reviewing the details of all seven clan dominion. He hunted down inconsistencies and applied comments for additional clarification that even I didn't catch, and once we had all the information necessary, took it upon himself to transpose most of them (five clan dominions, each with multiple planets and moons) into a consistent possessions system language that ensured they all fit nicely and adhered to the policy details. He was a major contributor to that project, and the biggest reason why it was completed in such a timely fashion.

Thran didn't stop there, though. Following the implementation of Clan Dominions, he immediately jumped head first into the next task, a review of the now-implemented Artifact Policy. He checked it for dumb, made sure it was sensible, and proposed several edits to the document for additional clarification to ensure things would be more clear and easy to understand for the clans. Although he hasn't taken it upon himself just yet to jump into Clan Artifacts (which is mostly being handled through myself and Idris), I have zero doubt that it'll be any time now that Thran offers to help.

For Weapon Upgrades specifically, Thran assisted me in changing over all seven types of weapon categories from the modification aspects to new upgrade aspects. This involved going into every individual item prototype, deleting all of the old slots, and adding new ones for each type of upgrades. If you've never seen the list of aspect types to choose from, it's massive. It's a lot of scrolling, a lot of checking specific checkboxes that are tiny in a massive list, making it easy to make a mistake or two throughout the process. Thran made these changes to hundreds of weapon item prototypes across several categories, a painstaking effort that took the two of us several hours to accomplish in what was one of the biggest deploys of Regent content since possessions first launched. He stayed on point, asked clarifications where he needed to, and did an exemplary job considering it was his first release of any kind, doing a quick quality control check to double check his work.

This Palpatine has been working tirelessly on a major project that will be the biggest release to Clans in several years, the Planetary Assets project. Pretty well starting the project over from scratch, Thran has completed nearly every item prototype (including descriptions) present in our working document, everything from planetary defenses to orbital weapons to new space stations and shields. With consultation from Slagar to check for dumb and make sure his ideas are on track, Thran has proposed (and I have accepted) a slotting mechanic and its values for each prototype, set preliminary rarities, and is now working to come up with the pricing scheme for this major release of items. Pricing alone requires a lot of tweaking and consideration, finding the right medium that still remains in-line with the possessions system but sets the values at something the Clans will still want to purchase and make use of. While not implemented yet, I would solidly consider this project to be more than 80% completed and almost all of that is owed to Thran.

Even though his main focus right now is Planetary Assets, Thran hasn't let other projects sit or go un-worked during this time. He's been consistently contributing across everything he can. Thran has proposed seven new item prototypes and completed the descriptions and details for each one for our first real Booster Pack release even though the release is still a month out, helping speed along the process any way he can. On Armor Upgrades, Thran has already begun adding proposed upgrades and filling in their details, and is always on the hunt for new ideas.

In addition to all this work, Thran just recently co-organized the Regent Holiday Series with me, judging one competition on his own and three additional competitions as a co-organizer, and is pushing to have competitions from our office be a regular thing as a unique way of incentivizing activity and promoting the possessions system.

Thran is one of the most active and dedicated staff members I've ever witnessed, and at this time one of the most active members of the club in general. I'll let his Consul get into the nitty gritty of his achievements as a regular member, but will say since I can see his credit account: In the months since he's been back (under a year), Thran has amassed over 200,000 fresh credits into his account. That's almost a third of some people's net worth, and he's done it in months. Months. I am more than proud to be recommending Thran for this achievement, and I can't wait to see what else he has in store for the club as a whole.

Anubis, 2022-01-03 18:40:59 UTC

Mune (aka Moon Moon) continues to do fantastic work as Praetor to the Master at Arms. Since his last recognition in March 2021, Mune has spearheaded the great clean up of the mess that is a decade's plus worth of Master at Arms related wiki articles. From policy documents, to stuff on medals, to stale-dated articles on how to appropriately award your members, Mune has scoured the wiki in order to combine, delete, and update them where appropriate. For this work, I am very much appreciative - and I am thankful he's going to keep doing it.

Mune's day-to-day work in the MAA office has continued at pace - he continues to process the requests as they come into the database, and into our group email account (say, when someone needs a competition edited). In that, he's processed hundreds of competition, medal, and promotion requests, and for every higher level merit, equite or higher promotion, or sacramental award - he's been involved in discussing the merits (ha!) of the recommendation.

For his continued excellent service, I award him an Amethyst Kukri. Congratulations Mune, and thank you.

Howlader Taldrya, 2021-12-29 22:28:53 UTC

Since his last recognition (August, 2020), Xantros has participated in 131 total competitions. Of this amazing showing, 25 of these competitions were for the Plagueis Pro Bowl which is an impressive 100% participation rate. He earned a Top 10 overall placement in this event and earned 161 points for his team. For his efforts, Xantros has earned 1 Crescent with Diamond Star, 3 Crescents with Ruby Star, 9 Crescents with Amethyst Star, 14 Crescents with Sapphire Star, 9 Crescents with Emerald Star and 2 Crescents with Topaz Star. These crescents are in recognition for a variety of activities! For gaming, Xantros has participated in 83 PvP matches, being a staple of the DJB Hearthstone community. For his gaming efforts he has earned 603 Clusters of Fire. On the fictional front, Xantros has participated in 27 fiction activities excluding the ACC, and has earned 55 Clusters of Ice for writing 23,424 words of fiction and 2,344 Run On words. He has also earned 26 Clusters of Graphite for his artistic endeavors.

In the last year, Xantros has also organized or co-organized 19 competitions, including an incredibly popular puzzle series which is ongoing as of writing. Xantros has also passed 8 Shadow Academy courses and gained one degree, and was also awarded 1 Scroll of Foundation for their admirable service to the Shadow Academy.

Beyond his recognition for SA service, I must return to Xantros’s leadership - both formal, and informal. Between August 2020 to July 2021, Xantros served 11 months as an Aedile. In this role, he was a pillar of the Scholae Palatinae community. As has already been remarked, Xantros consistently leads by example with his high level of activity, communicated regularly with his House members together and one-on-one via e-mail, and worked with the Clan Summit to develop Clan lore and completed other administrative tasks. And though he resigned from the position of Aedile, Xantros continues to lead by example through his high rates of activity, and by positively encouraging members to communicate and do more through consistent and polite chat engagement.

For their ongoing contributions to Clan Scholae Palatinae and this club, I hereby nominate Xantros for an Amethyst Kukiri. Congratulations, and keep up the amazing work.

Master Kamjin "Maverick" Lap'lamiz, 2021-10-23 03:20:00 UTC

Alaris -bleeping- Jinn: the myth, the legend. Since their return to Clan Plagueis Alaris has established themselves as a truly indefensible part of the Ascendant Clan, both as dynamo of activity as well as a damn fine leader. It is no exaggeration to say that my work as Consul would be immeasurably harder if not for Alaris's fine work as my right hand, but even that is selling the blue one a bit short. Alaris has been much more a partner in crime as it were than a subordinate, providing invaluable counsel as we have both worked to drive the Clan forward.

As an individual competitor, Alaris has shown out at the most exceptional level. During the recent Rite of Supremacy: Escalation Alaris submitted to 16 competitions (earning 16 seals along with them) while placing top ten in 7 of them. When the Pro Bowl came along, however, Alaris really kicked it into gear with their return to the event for the first time since the second Pro Bowl while they were a member of Taldryan. Alaris was a perfect 25 for 25 when it came to competition entries, grabbed a top three finish in 8 of those competitions, amassed 196 total points, and took second place overall out of 56 total entrants. In all, Alaris has submitted to 101 competitions since their last recognition (over half of that coming since assuming the position of Proconsul) and brought home 45 competition awards for their placements: 1 each of the Gold, Silver, and Bronze novae to complement 4 Diamond, 4 Ruby, 12 Amethyst, 11 Sapphire, 3 Emerald, 1 Topaz, and 2 Quartz crescents. They've grabbed a cross section of clusters as well, with 203 Clusters of Earth and 39 Clusters of Fire for gaming, 11 Clusters of Ice for their 3,714 word of fiction and 2 RO posts, and 6 Clusters of Graphite for graphics entries. Quite the haul on its own.

However, Alaris has also been an indispensable part of the Plagueis summit. During the Rite of Supremacy we decided that it would be best if Alaris and myself split ourselves between the two teams most likely to attract members of Clan Plagueis. Even though our personal preference might have been to stick together, especially for team events, Alaris knew that ensuring that a top level summit member was on each team and in each team chat would be integral to offer guidance and encouragement to all our Clan members. Alaris was a vocal and contributing presence within their team, helping me guide our House summit members in how and when best to message their members and maintain engagement. They have completed assigned summit reports on time as requested while helping to oversee the communications being sent out by the House summits as well. And, as alluded to above, Alaris has provided much needed input on all policy decisions that the Clan has made since joining the summit, as well as helped mediate minor conflicts that have arisen and provide constructive feedback to summit members on where there were opportunities for them to do even better.

An ever present voice in summit chat, Alaris is the very epitome of what it means to be a Proconsul. Plagueis would not be where it is, generating 220+ entries during a multi-clan event, without their tireless and expert work on the Clan summit. I would like to offer my hearty thanks for the work they do every day to make Plagueis a Clan that all of us can be proud to call home.

Master Selika Roh di Plagia, 2021-10-22 23:27:00 UTC

There is a lot to be said about Tasha ‘Vel Versea, so I am going to try to highlight as many of her accolades as I can. There were two people who reached out to me when I first returned to active status within the Club. Tasha was the first to make contact with me and get this ol’ crusty guy on his way! As Rollmaster she has ALWAYS been the first to reach out to new and returning members coming into the Clan. Tasha’s professionalism and caring nature towards members of CNS is not only a welcoming and inviting comfort for any member. It is just a brief snapshot of her prowess and tenacity.

Since her last promotion, she has organized or co-organized thirteen comps and participated in 122 separate competitions. Beyond this, Tasha has authored 8986 words of fiction, and has written another 2869 words over nine Run-On posts.

Tasha’s expertise does not just focus on her literary adeptness, she is also a fierce gamer amongst Club members. She has participated in two hundred and twenty two PvE activities, fought in 32 PvP matches earning her a lot of clusters. Her PVE has earned 1832 Clusters of Earth while her PVE/PVO activities have earned another 307 since her last promotion.

Speaking of Clusters, she has also earned 25 Clusters of Ice for writing, 35 Clusters of Graphite for her artistic endeavors. She has also earned three variations of Seals for Vendetta participation: 18 Seals of Discord, 12 Seals of Visions and 19 seals of Emnity. She didn't just earn those Seals for her Vendetta, by the way! She also got a Bronze Nova in the latest Vendetta as a member of her RO team for the event.

Additionally our illustrious Rollmaster has also earned six PoB’s for leveling character in Heroes of the Storm. We would be remiss if we didn't point out that her competitive nature has also helped our Rollmaster to earn 4 Crescents with Diamond Star, 2 with Ruby Star, 11 with Amethyst Star, 5 with Sapphire Star, 3 with Emerald Star and 2 with Topaz Star. These accolades make her a force to be reckoned with amongst our gaming community. Her tenacity and level-headedness has also garnered her a prestigious position serving on the Chamber of Justice’s Appeals Panel.

Tasha can be viewed as the mother of children to the folks of Clan Naga Sadow. When in need, Tasha spearheads any assistance our members may require resolving obstacles in a very professional and orchestrated manner. One example is how she has assisted at least one member in organizing their character sheet from start to finish- such a small, innocent act of kindness speaks volumes across the Clan. Her background in education makes her the perfect fit to be CNS’s Rollmaster, she has a way with our members that I can only describe as second to none over her last 25 months serving as our Rollmaster.

She is a VERY sage resource when it comes to story development. Her ability to examine facts and place them in chronological and relevant order has helped with Clan Naga Sadow’s fictional development and growth. She assisted with the Clan Naga Sadow and Clan Taldryan fictional development for the Unchained Malady cross-Clan Event. With a fresh set of eyes and sharp mind, Tasha’s counsel is continually sought after at all levels of the Clan.

One of her research projects discovered that previous Clan leaders' fictional works were incorrectly annotated and not given credit for their works. Over 35k of words stemming from reports and Discourse writing towards Clan development and history were sifted out and correctly dispersed to the appropriate individuals giving them their deserved credit and accolades. That is the epitome of a dogged investigation of member activity records, not to mention selflessness at its best.

Battlelord Tasha ‘Vel Versea is a PILLAR of leadership within the Clan. We believe that she is deserving of this Amethyst Kukri.

Her outstanding efforts and accolades reinforce the respect earned and camaraderie developed throughout the Club and Clan. Tasha is more than deserving of this milestone accomplishment, congratulations Tasha and thank you for your relentless efforts to better our Clan. It is with GREAT pleasure that I can be a link in this chain towards her accomplishments.

Warlord Darkhawk Sadow

Proconsul of Clan Naga Sadow

Bentre Stahoes, 2021-08-22 18:53:00 UTC

Blade spent 9 months as Consul since her last recognition and has seen remained an active member in Clan Odan-Urr as well as a member of my own staff as Magistrate to the Grand Master. As Consul during this time frame, she ran an event for members called Escapades of Odan-Urr, as well as a multi-Clan event with Plagueis called The Myrkr Crusade, in total organizing 55 different competitions while participating in 141 of them. Her leadership in Clan Odan-Urr in managing the summit has built up the community in some lasting ways as she transitioned leadership to a new Consul to focus her energies elsewhere. As a member of my staff she has only started to get engaged as a Magistrate and her produced some great research and data to guide my decisions as Grand Master, with little guidance to give me exactly what I needed. For her leadership as a Consul, her participation as a member during the latest Vendetta, and the accomplishments already supporting me in my own efforts she has earned this Amethyst Kukri. Congratulations Aura!

Lord Evio Nezsa, 2021-08-15 15:01:54 UTC

For nearly 2 years now Shadow has lead Clan Scholae Palatinae, with time as a Quaestor before, she has led the Clan through 2 different vendettas, while organizing 2 different Clan level events to drive the story forward and 5 different Halloween, Sithmas or Spring break themed events providing a wide range of competitions for members of the Clan in 56 different individual competitions. While herself participating in over 150 different competitions and earning a wide range of competition medals. I have watched her manage multiple internal proposals, taking risks to find the right structure for the Clan itself hoping to find some new means of engagement and drive. Shadow has managed to find consensus among a Clan of strong personalities, one of which I'm greatly familiar, to drive a story forward which continues to show itself with the latest rounds of plans to revitalize the Imperial Clan. For all her work and efforts as a leader, she has earned this Amethyst Kirki for her efforts. Congratulations.

Lord Evio Nezsa, 2021-08-13 21:51:03 UTC

For over a year since her last promotion to Equite 4, Lucine has been at the head of Clan Arcona as Consul and leader. She saw the Clan through the latest Rite of Supremacy Vendetta and participated herself. She organized and oversaw a Clan wide event called Deep Waters Rising, as well as a normal completely uneventful vacation. Her amazing communication with members of the Clan and maintaining a rewarding experience and community for members made her an incredible Consul of Arcona these past twelve months. She has definitely earned this Amethyst Kukri, congratulations Lucine.

Lord Evio Nezsa, 2021-08-13 21:51:14 UTC

Over the past year as Fist, Justinios has contributed greatly to Dark Council with his participation and guidance as well as to the office of Fist and gaming. He has helped, as many Fists do, to revise the Rites of Combat, oversaw the launch of and addition of Squadrons as a platform in our community kept all the existing games in balance, and reviewed their inclusion to find a set of supported games for the community, brought new focus into TOR and continues to find ways to leverage the game, somehow managed to keep the peace with the gaming chat channel, managed and trained his staff to keep up with the day day, and most recently ran a successful set of competitions in the Rite of Supremacy Vendetta. His impacts on gaming and the Brotherhood this past year have been great. For all this great work, he has earned this Amethyst Kukri. Congratulations Justinios!

Lord Evio Nezsa, 2021-08-13 21:50:06 UTC