It seems that not a day goes past where I do not hear about you, Frenek Mausma. Your superiors have sent glowing records regarding your accomplishments, which together add up to no less than 400 XP!

An expedited recommendation for your promotion has been transmitted to the Master-at-Arms.

May the Force guide you, Trainee,

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova
Headmaster

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2024-10-29 11:53:13 UTC

Slow and steady wins the race, Erin joined among a wide chunk of the Wolfepack and has slowly worked their way up through the ranks, primarily through gaming and the occasional roleplay with other members of Clan Odan-Urr. Never one to shy away from a given challenge, they've jumped at any direct challenge given and put on their best to take on different facets of the club while navigating a slew of their own challenges in life outside of the club, including a shift in jobs, college courses, and moving across state.

Since their last promotion, Erin has written 225 words of fiction, 91 words as part of a roleplay, and taken part in 28 competitions, 7 of which being container competitions. They've also earned a Steel Cross, 2 Crescents with Amethyst Stars, 3 Crescents with Sapphire Stars, 3 Crescents with Emerald Stars, a Crescent with Topaz Star, 143 Clusters of Fire, and a Cluster of Ice. Their efforts further gained them increased standing in both the Inquisitorius and the Grand Master's Royal Guard, garnering a single rank increase among both societies.

As I said beginning this recommendation for promotion, Erin is a definite example of "Slow and Steady wins the race", taking their time to acclimate to the club, find the things they enjoy, and take their time to enjoy them with other members of the club.

Ever onward, my friend.

High Councillor Wolfe, 2024-10-26 19:45:34 UTC

You're already beginning to make a name for yourself, Alyan Voidwalker. I have heard reports from House Hoth that you have managed to accumulate 5 XP.

I have recommended you for immediate promotion.

Congratulations, and may the Force guide you, Novice,

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova
Headmaster

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2024-10-23 01:33:38 UTC

Alyan Voidwalker, you have successfully completed the Trial of Identity and confirmed your e-mail address, for which you have earned the rank of Apprentice. While you may currently be on a shuttle to House Hoth, I will continue to follow your progress with great interest.

May the Force guide you, Apprentice,

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova
Headmaster

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2024-10-23 01:31:49 UTC

You're already beginning to make a name for yourself, Lezina Pedrazi. I have heard reports from Clan Vizsla that you have managed to accumulate 5 XP.

I have recommended you for immediate promotion.

Congratulations, and may the Force guide you, Novice,

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova
Headmaster

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2024-10-22 22:13:30 UTC

You're already beginning to make a name for yourself, Harper Starmonger. I have heard reports from House Sunrider that you have managed to accumulate 5 XP.

I have recommended you for immediate promotion.

Congratulations, and may the Force guide you, Novice,

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova
Headmaster

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2024-10-22 22:00:19 UTC

Lezina Pedrazi, you have successfully completed the Trial of Identity and confirmed your e-mail address, for which you have earned the rank of Apprentice. While you may currently be on a shuttle to Clan Vizsla, I will continue to follow your progress with great interest.

May the Force guide you, Apprentice,

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova
Headmaster

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2024-10-22 21:56:34 UTC

Harper Starmonger, you have successfully completed the Trial of Identity and confirmed your e-mail address, for which you have earned the rank of Apprentice. While you may currently be on a shuttle to House Sunrider, I will continue to follow your progress with great interest.

May the Force guide you, Apprentice,

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova
Headmaster

Headmistress Alethia Archenksova, 2024-10-22 21:54:25 UTC

44,000 XP. Equite 4. A benchmark that haunts us and which serves as one of the last major benchmarks before Ryuu, or as we all affectionately know him, Nero moves on towards one of his lifetime goals with the Brotherhood, reaching Elder. 44,000 XP. A benchmark which a younger, less disillusioned Nero with the current systems of the Brotherhood would have raced towards, full of zeal, and broken while baiting me to catch up with him. When he first recruited me one of the first things Nero instilled in me was that promotions within the club were 'difficult' compared to the shared spaces we had back in the day, wherein some people could literally write their way from the bottom to the top over the course of a week. He told me of the requirements, time in position, participation in societies, and more. These days are much kinder for all of The Brotherhood, giving us clear requirements, a clear progression system, and helping to prevent burnout from stagnation.

Nero has been a driving force in Odan-Urr and has served us in several ways since his return, joining us as Magistrate to the Consul and acting as the head of our gaming sector, kickstarting the monthly COU Cluster Races, following the trends of hot releases and feeding that information back down to the Clan, routinely speaking with the FIST as well as other Councilors, and acting as a go-between (simply because he was often much more sociable than me as I was still learning the ins-and-outs of my position at the time). His experience having worked in various Staff positions through the years was a boon to us, and even beyond all of that, he has always been a friend of mine.

Though Nero has always had one golden rule during his time on our staff, one which saddened me with all the good work he put in; "Don't make me responsible for people." It meant that as Odan-Urr transitioned back to the traditional Houses format, he would willingly relinquish his position, despite the great work he did for the Clan, and the fact that even since his departure he has gone to bat for members of the Clan and for fairness throughout The Club when he felt there was a potential of disparity in systems, someone was being treated unfairly, or a competition was unfavorably tilted towards a certain group/demographic, situations he has routinely brought to my desk, and certainly others.

While Nero often plays himself off as a surly and disinterested person, in truth, he is deeply moved to provide fairness, balance, and equity for the entirety of the club. He will debate his stance on a matter tenaciously and stand on principle. While there have been plenty of times during our nearly 15+ years of knowing one another when we have disagreed, I know that if there is anyone in the Clan who will go to bat for fairness, it is Nero, even (especially) if it means calling me out and arguing publicly over the matter.

Congratulations on reaching EQ4 Nero, you're one step closer to being an "Old man" yourself, though not as old as I apparently am. You've fought a while for this and played a metric tonne of games to get yourself up here. Now if only we could get you back to writing and not just sniping me in chat for being older than dirt (I'm not) we could see about expediting your path to the Elder league, since, you know, you'd be opening yourself up to 4-5 times more competitions every month.

Ever onward, Nero, keep up the good fight and keep being one of the best friends I've had through the years.

High Councillor Wolfe, 2024-10-22 05:19:51 UTC

Ryuu (or Nero, as I know him) has been House Sunrider's most active gamer and one of our most active members since its inception. His activity list speaks for itself, all I'm doing here is adding to the praise and cheer. I'm glad he worked hard for this promo and it is well earned.

Took you a bit, buddy, but you got there. Congrats! :)

Boss Morgan Sorenn, 2024-10-20 09:46:21 UTC

Congratulations Nero! You are one promotion away from being old. For a long time now Nero has been a dependable member of COU, regularly adding competitions to help drive up activity. He is one of the clans more prolific gamers, but has been willing to branch out into other activities, like his participation in ACC Singularity.

Nero it has been a pleasure having you in the clan. You earned this.

Padawan Tisto Kingang, 2024-10-20 14:26:23 UTC

Going on ten years now, I've known Nero aka Ryuu. In that time, I've watched him grow from annoyance to friend. When he and I first started talking to one another, it felt like having a younger sibling. Annoying as hell and always wanting to hang out. I didn't know it then, but I had adopted my own little brother in that first moment.

Nero has had his own history with the club, spending time just like I have upset at something, burned all the way out, tired of one shenanigan or another, but this is a member who has the tenacity and the insanity to just keep at it. If it wasn't for his attitude of not being responsible for people (even though he does it anyway, shhh don't tell him that), he'd be an amazing leader because he has the compassion, the drive, the knowledge and the creativity to do just that.

In addition to organizing 55 competitions, Nero has participated in almost 300 for himself. In those competitions, he has earned a load of crescents including 1 Diamond, 12 Rubies, 35 Amethysts, 18 Sapphires, 7 Emeralds, 6 Topazeses, and 2 Quartzeses. As for clusters, this dude racked up 1846 Fires, 8 Ices and 13 Graphites. He's also earned 1 Indoctrination, 2 Foundations and 9 Seals of Transcendence. I'm pretty sure I could keep going if people really wanted, but let's face it. This boy has gone above and beyond what it means and requires to enter the final stage of the Equites.

And with this, I join my voice to the rest of this Summit and heartily recommend this promotion and my heartfelt congratulations to this member who has made his home with us and become family to many.

And also because I threatened to do it.

Yeah, woo. Congrats, Nero. Or whatever.

Proconsul Mihoshi Keibatsu, 2024-10-22 04:20:18 UTC

It's hard to believe that Jovian, more affectionately Drewy, has already reached the benchmark to be promoted to Journeyman 4, though, knowing his participation history, how much he has stepped up to take part within Odan-Urr, and how he's taken the initiative to become the current Master of the Templar Jensaarai, there's little to be shocked about. Hardly a day goes by now where Drewy doesn't reach out to me and ask about a new story concoction, a plot hook for his Battle Team, or some over-arching fiction series he'd like to pitch for them, or for the Brotherhood at large (such as his Resonance of Terror series).

Every day this glorious gentleman has taken steps toward the greater aspects of leadership, starting to understand how we operate, what we expect, competition and lore building, and focusing endeavors based on the root of your unit. The decision to take someone still fresh in their Journeyman stages had been a gamble for us, but, from personal experience, I knew Drewy to be a good writer and someone who would listen to any concerns raised, and he's delivering for all expectations. While there are still many fine administrative skills he has yet to master, these are but momentary lessons on the way to a much greater career.

Outside of his role in Odanite Leadership, Drewy has been a warm and bubbly member of the Clan, always popping up with a bit of laughter and something fun to chatter about. Whether it be to break some point of tension in Summit Chat (usually when we're planning something serious or after a discussion about life in general) or popping up in our general chats to brighten everyone's days. His eclectic character brings a bit of fun to our stories and roleplays, consistently treading the line between instilling some horror, angst, or innuendo. Drewy's future in The Brotherhood is one I'll be keeping a close eye on, no matter where it takes him, both as a good friend and out of a desire to see that he follows his desire to increase his own writing skills and help bring others to writing more.

Ever onwards, Drewy.

High Councillor Wolfe, 2024-10-18 03:03:53 UTC

We’re gonna start this off with the boring stuff first. Since his last promotion, Jovian has amassed the 3600 XP required to reach the rank of Journeyman 4 at last. He has co-organized The Resonance of Terror competition series, which at this moment is in the final stage. He has participated in 16 competitions which have netted him six crescents, 1 Ruby, 2 Amethyst, 2 Sapphire and 1 Quartz. He has received 12 clusters of ice for his writing, earned his first Steel Cross, and passed a whole slew of exams in the Academy which he also received two degrees for. A few other details are five society rank ups, 2 ACS and 3 INQ, and served as the Battleteam leader for Templar Jensaarai in House Sunrider for the last three months.

What isn’t there is that Jovian, or Drewy, is always one of those members who has more than enough time if you want to talk. Even when he’s overworked in the real world, he still tries to find the time to talk to people. Tries to find the time to get something done. This is not a member that is content to just sit on what he’s done in the past but someone with an appetite for learning that is very impressive. It’s my honor to know him and has been my honor to help him along his path. I know that my life, for one, in enriched by knowing this beautiful soul, being able to consider him a friend and to have helped him in any way to reach his goals. I look forward to helping him reach many, many more of them. Drewy, you have more than earned this and I look forward to writing the next one as well.

Proconsul Mihoshi Keibatsu, 2024-10-18 03:01:58 UTC