Event History

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

We all wish to have members like Zoron on our rosters. Activity levels off the charts, friendly and like by the clan members, willing to jump in where he sees a need. If I could design an ideal member Zoron would probably be about as close as I could get.

Since his last recognition nearly a year ago Zoron has participated in 117 competitions, including 21 in the Rites of Supremecy. He has earned 4 nova in the recent vendetta two gold and two bronze. A total of 74 crescents have been won, 219 Clusters of Fire and 902 Clusters of Earth.

Even before becoming Proconsul, Zoron was a valued member of the Clan Summit chat, offering his wisdom and experience from a litany of positions he has held over the years. He also took it upon himself to take on the Clan Wiki pages. He reworked the pages to make them more cohesive and fixed grammatical errors and retooled the templates to better represent Vizsla. His edits to the Wiki have been ongoing for months now.

His and Farrin’s assistance in creating, updating, and management of several Spreadsheets has greatly helped me in my work of making sure that the members of Vizsla are recognized and awarded for their contributions to the clan and brotherhood at large.

Sometimes I wonder where Zoron finds time for all that he does. Then I remember a saying, “You make time for the things you love.” There is no doubt that Zoron loves his clanmates, his clan, and the brotherhood. You simply don’t put forth the effort levels that he does if you don’t care. It is with great pleasure that I present this award to you for all you do for Vizsla and the Brotherhood.

Korvyn, 2021-07-27 02:50:00 UTC

Ever since Aylin became one of my Magistrates she has always been ready to take on tasks by herself and has been willing to learn how to tackle new things. She's incredibly versatile when it comes to drawing art and is always available to handle new graphic requests on Trello.

3-months since Aylin started working in the Herald's office she has completed the Combat Master's website graphics and 2 high-quality warbanners. She professionally handled all the communication between her and the requesting member for the final graphics approval.

Aside from the work, she does as a Magistrate she also maintains a constant presence in DB Art chat, showing off her own personal work, interacting with members, and keeping the place in a positive spirit.

Keep up the good work!

Mistress Aphotis, 2021-07-26 18:25:21 UTC

Qyreia is probably one of the hardest working members of Arcona. She works in multiple leadership positions, consistently participates in club-related activity and still finds time to produce entries of such quality that she has achieved placement in the top three for the last two Vendettas. She is truly a force to be reckoned with.

She was promoted to EQ4 in February of 2020, which was her last Clan recognition. Since then, she has been exceedingly active. Qyreia has organized 16 competitions, co-organized 2 and has participated in an impressive 116 competitions. This has earned her a veritable raft of clusters (27 Fire, 172 Ice, 197 Earth, and 45 Graphite). She also consistently places in competitions, and has earned a total of 61 Crescents (4 Diamond, 5 Ruby, 19 Amethyst, 22 Sapphire, 9 Emerald and 2 Topaz).

She kicked all the butt in the GJW XIV, earning 3 Gold Nova, 1 Silver Nova and 2 Bronze Nova, as well as 20 Seal of Visions. She has also received 1 Seal of Loyalty for the recent May the 4th celebration and received 1 Legion of the Scholar for her recent participation in a recent Arcona Trivia Night. In addition to all of this, she’s also participated in 24 PVE/PVP competitions, 4 run on posts for a total of 5795 words, and an amazing 75,480 words of fiction. She has also proven herself to be a scholar as well as a writer, having passed 5 SA courses and receiving 1 SA degree.

In addition to a tremendous showing when it comes to general activity, Qyreia has also taken the time to participate in leadership activities. She has worked as Magistrate to the Voice since November of 2019, and received a Sapphire Blade in November 2020 for all of her hard work. She also stepped into the position of Quaestor of Galeres in December of 2020, and has maintained that position for approximately five months. Idris will have more to say about her work in the Voice’s office, and Rhylance will provide details regarding her leadership and project work.

Despite a very busy RL schedule, Qyreia manages to consistently knock it out of the park. Her constant hard work and diligence is something to be admired and emulated. As such, it is my honor to recommend that she receive an Amethyst Kukri. Congratulations, Qyreia! Thanks for all the time and effort you put into the DJB!

Lucine Vasano
Consul, Clan Arcona

Lucine Vasano, 2021-05-13 15:41:00 UTC

It is once again my pleasure to recognize Revak Kur. Since his last recognition, he has 136 competitions (participated in 93 competitions, organized 43 competitions), completed 1 PvP match, 34 PvE Activities, 3 Fiction activities worth 2218 words, passed 22 Shadow Academy courses, earned 9 Shadow Academy degrees, and posted 4 news posts. During these efforts he was awarded 4 Crescents with Amethyst Star, 5 Crescents with Sapphire Star, 3 Crescents with Emerald Star, 4 Crescents with Topaz Star, 1 Crescent with Quartz Star, 22 Clusters of Fire, 4 Clusters of Ice, 176 Clusters of Earth, and 44 Clusters of Graphite.

During this time, he has spent 2 months as Quaestor and 6 months as a Proconsul. During his remaining 2 months as Quaestor he ran a [House event[(https://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/competitions/16053) that capped off almost a year of house lore development and finished a House story arc. As part of this House event, he published 3 fictions worth a total of 6,453 words. In addition to the House event, he successfully handled his day to day QUA duties in an exemplary manner. Next, he took on the challenge of Proconsul, during which he was trusted and exemplary handled regular-duty tasks. To name a few these included the following: writing award reccs, helping write clan reports and news updates, updating clan gdrives, leadership reviews of cou staff, assisting pulsefeed write ups, assisting in finalizing cou’s clan gjw award’s final product, clan policy updates (community management/communication policy, Scimitar of Hoth 2021 rules), clan surveys, grading 3 scimitar of Hoth competitions, and handling member disputes to name a few. Of note, grading scimitar of Hoth competitions can be very time consuming, each taking on average about 3 hours from start to finish. As to member disputes, Revak was always professional and always took time to fully resolve the issue. This can take a lot of time sometimes.

In addition to regular Proconsul duties, he also engaged in some side projects that benefitted the clan. First, he has been the main driver behind our Survival Guides initiatives. He created a guide for the clan to teach our summit how to use our trello. At its completion it was 15 pages, 799 words, and had clear detailed pictures that described things step by step. This continues to be an excellent resource for those newer to trello. In addition, he made updates to the Clan Activity Assessment, adding some additional lessons learned. Second, he published the Odan-Urr Novice Guide for November 2020, this time splitting it into two versions (a concise 2-pager, and a longer version). The 2-pager’s work came into play with the difficulty of cramming the absolute essentials into two pages. Conciseness and efficiency of words takes time. The larger version was 1645 words and covered all the key essentials to understanding Odan-Urr lore. Some things were able to be borrowed from the previous versions but this was a considerable update to account for House activities and events in the back half of 2020. It also included an effort to make all the descriptions more concise. All the above mentioned guides were very helpful to our members and much appreciated.

In addition to guides, he also took on an initiative to overhaul our incident reporting system, creating a new one from scratch and fully implementing it. This included implementing policy on how to track incidents, the creation of a stock incident form to guarantee ease and uniformity of reports, and other various utilities to make tracking these reports easier. Of note, the stock incident report form came with a 280 word help document that explained how to fill out that form correctly. This system has already been put to use and has been very helpful in more efficiently tracking incidents over time. Not many may notice things like this, but it helps everyone stay well-informed.

As to community work, he has hosted 11 weekend events and participated in 25 weekend events. Conservative estimates for the number of hours this took is 3 hours on average for a hosting session and 2 hours on average for participation. In total as a conservative guess, Revak Kur put in about 83 hours worth of time into our weekly community events, which was a big help pulling together Odanites and growing our community. In addition to his community events, he assisted me in helping put together the Odan-Urr Holiday card, a new initiative I wanted to try out. This involved helping acquire member feedback for it, drawing stick figures for each member who did the thing, and publishing a good final product seen here. These don’t seem like big things sometimes but they can mean a lot to members.

Lastly and perhaps most important of his achievements as Proconsul, he was my right hand man while we executed a clan vs clan feud (Vendetta). Of note, this was Odan-Urr’s first clan vs. clan feud since ~5 years ago. We started idea generation with Plageius all the way back in November/December of 2020 and executed it on time for March. This journey included designing the feud (rules, structure, scoring), generating content for it (story, competitions, grading sheet, wiki edits), executing it (submitting competitions, hyping competitions, launching the event), and post event (grading, feud report). Revak helped with all of these but I’d like to particularly call out a few. Of note, he took point on the intro feud fiction, writing 1764 words for Odan-Urr. Throughout the event, whether it be meetings with Plageius, ensuring the execution of competitions, or painstakingly verifying results with me to name a few, Revak Kur was key to helping ensure a smooth feud and an excellent event that was very well received. Thank you for all the hard work you put into this key event!

For all of his achievements above, I recommend that Revak Kur be awarded an Amethyst Kukri. Thank you so much for the time and energy and long work nights that you’ve put into Odan-Urr. You’ve been a steadfast Proconsul and a great friend. It has been an absolute pleasure to work with you to make this Clan better and better. Congratulations!!

Aurora "Aura" Ta'var, 2021-05-01 23:27:56 UTC

Essik Lyccane has been fairly busy since his last sacramental award. He has participated in 68 competitions, organized 1 competition, completed 2 PvE activities, 15 fiction activities for 55,355 words, 3 runon posts for 1,670 words, 13 Shadow Academy courses, and 6 Shadow Academy degrees. In addition, during our most recent [COU-PLA] clan feud, he was one of the few who fully participated in all bins. He also was the 1st feud hero, scoring the most individual points during the event!

During these activities he racked up 1 Gold Nova, 2 Crescents with Diamond Star, 11 Crescents with Ruby Star, 10 Crescents with Amethyst Star, 7 Crescents with Sapphire Star, 4 Crescents with Emerald Star, 3 Crescents with Topaz Star, 1 Crescent with Quartz Star, 1 Pendant of Blood, 123 Clusters of Ice, 4 Clusters of Earth, 24 Clusters of Graphite, 6 Dark Side Scrolls, 1 Scroll of Indoctrination, and 1 Legion of Scholar. Very impressive indeed!

But I’m not done yet. He was Wikipedian of the Month for October 2020, November 2020, January 2021, and March 2021. After digging into his wiki edits log from August 18th 2020 to current day he has performed ~885 edits in pages that aren’t related to his own. These span the entire DB gamut from individual character pages to clan level pages to core DB pages. Of those ~885 edits, he performed 555 image edits, 241 minor edits, and 89 edits that ranged from average to major edits. Not counting words for either image edits or minor edits, he has racked up 29,544 words. Only counting clan level pages and core DB pages, these cover 19 Odan-Urr pages, 22 DB-wide pages, and 65 Other Clans’ pages. I’ve listed them all below in their own paragraph for readability.

The following Odan-Urr pages were updated: House Sunrider, The Myrkr Crusade, The Scimitar of Lord Hoth, Quorahi, Seven Pillars, Desired One, Vatali Unsettled, Scars You Don’t See, Kiast (Planet), Vatali Empire, Tides of Change: an Arcona-Odan-Urr Event, Vauzem Dominion, Solari (MC80 Star Cruiser), Odanite Expeditionary Force, Clan Odan-Urr history, Sentinel Network: Sanctuary, and Dajorra-Yhi Concordat, Trepus Mine, and The Fang.

The following DB-wide pages were updated: DJBWiki: Featured Article, Category:Images-Pau’an, Shadow (disambiguation), DJBCoding:infobox Colors, 30 ABY to 39 ABY, The Severian Principate, Nythaspir, Nancora, Meridian Prime space station, Category:Images-Falleen, Category:Images-Iktotchi, Category:Images-Zeltron, Great Jedi War, Thirteenth Great Jedi War, Twelfth Great Jedi War, Arx, 20 ABY to 29 ABY, 50 BBY to 26 BBY, 0 BBY to 9 ABY, Explosives, TAW-8GP Combat Rifle, and Sweetums.

The following Other clans’ pages were updated: Arcona Fiction Hub, Arias Lewin, OathMaster, Ascendant Fleet, Ascendancy (Imperial I-class), ‎Formidable, Audacious, Template:PlagueisFleet, ‎Indefatigable, Implacable,‎ ‎Monitor, Anvil, Borath, Eris, Axios, Taldryan's Military, Clan Taldryan's Military, Taldryan Military Information, TalEx, Orthanc, Relentless (destroyer), Bastion (destroyer), Template:TalNavy, Taldryan Army/Archived, Taldryan Auxiliary Divisions, The Fall of Scepter, Obsidian Palace, ‎Ravager (corvette), Outcast, Wrath (Acclamator-class), Termagant, Flux Squadron, Vigilant, Dominant, Ambition (Consular-class), Kumori Training Center, Falger Mining Company, Phoenix Crest, Ballista (CR90 corvette), Solace (DP20 frigate), Scylla (DP20 frigate), A Nightmare Before Sithmas, Hell's Iris (Hammerhead corvette), Brigand (Raider II-class), Perdition (Raider II-class), Heretic (Raider II-class), Hunter (Raider II-class), Baron, The Empty Eyes, Calm Sea (GR-75 medium transport), Pacifica (GR-75 medium transport), Nebula Strider (GR-75 medium transport), Rebels and Ruins, Clan Scholae Palatinae History, Shroud Squadron, Absolution, 27's, Lost Tribe of Tarthos, Dajorran Health Insurance, Dark Paladins of Scholae Palatinae, Kyataru, Venku Range, Sundowner Wing, Leviathan, and Nighthawk (Carrack-class).

This is incredibly impressive not only for its sheer numbers but because of the breadth and depth of its impact across the club’s wiki pages. That said, I’d like to especially thank Essik Lyccane for his work on Odan-Urr pages and call out a few of them. First, his work on the ‘Desired One’ page, which was the feud object that was being fought over. I was unsure how to code it in the wiki properly and he stepped in to do that. Second, his work on ‘The Myrkr Crusade’ page, which was greatly appreciated during a very busy post feud grading. He even left room for growth so others can fill out the page as well. Lastly, all the other pages that aren’t always on the top of one’s mind but are important to maintain, like updates to past events and ‘The Scimitar of Lord Hoth’. Wiki work tracks our history and keeping it up to date is a lot of work. On behalf of Odan-urr, thank you for working so hard at it.

In short, Essik Lyccane has focused on DB wiki work to an exceptional degree. In addition, his activity was wonderful as well. Therefore I recommend that he receive an Amethyst Kukri. Thank you so much for the time and effort you put not only into Odan-Urr but into the rest of the DB as well. Congratulations!

Aurora "Aura" Ta'var, 2021-04-28 15:27:57 UTC

Since his last recognition, Ira Ojiman—Donny—has done all the things. He has organized 25 competitions and co-organized an additional three. He has served on the summits of two clans and as Magistrate for the DGM (recognized previously with an SC) and the Regent. And he has participated in 228 competitions, assuming he doesn’t sneak in a few more while I’m writing this.

Donny is well known as a gamer, and for good reason. He has earned 1660 CEs, 762 CFs, 7 PoBs, and at least four GMRG leaderboard placements. However, he’s more than willing to engage in other aspects of the club. He’s earned two legions of the Scholar, 46 Clusters of Graphite, and 57 Clusters of Ice. He’s also completed 17 SA courses and earned two Maven and two Pundit degrees.

The Log has committed himself to excellence and taken home 44 crescents, including 6 Diamond Stars. During vendettas he is consistently reliable. For Arcona, he earned 30 seals and 4 novae from the last two Great Jedi Wars. If anything, he turned it up a notch after coming to Odan-Urr, where he participated in twenty out of twenty competitions in the COU-PLA feud, finishing in fourth place.

Most impressively, he settled immediately into a leadership role within the clan despite being a regular member on paper. Within days of joining the clan, Donny was marshaling his fellow Odanites for gaming nights and he was a major factor in reviving the very quiet house Telegram channel. He hosted a Saturday gaming day for eight other members shortly after joining and did more to hype participation in the feud than almost anyone else in the clan.

This award has been a long time coming, but it is very much deserved.

Darth Strix, 2021-04-25 14:29:26 UTC

Rian is, by any stretch of the imagination, a rock star in the Herald's office. The amount of work that he has done is staggering, and he's been integral to the Herald staff's pivot towards focusing on custom item requests from members over quarterly releases that, while gaining the office good press, have in the past not seen usage that really warrants the amount of effort going into those projects. However, if the office were unable to fulfill requests the system would break down. Rian has been indispensable in keeping the system churning along without the wheels falling off.

Since the last time that I have sat down to write out a recommendation for him, Rian has created a truly amazing amount of work directly for members. Just in the realm of Warbanners alone Rian has completed 17 warbanner requests for members. Warbanners might be the simplest work that we do, but they're also the item that more members than any other use and are often the first custom graphic that is requested. Making sure these items turn around to meet member expectations is a key task for our office, ensuring members have a positive experience with our organization and helping retain them. He has also completed a pair of leadership graphic requests, helping to keep leader reports eye catching to promote consumption of that content. But, more so than anything else, Rian has been the primary staffer assigned to custom weapon requests. These weapons offer a step up in degree of difficulty, as customized blasters offer different challenges from artistic, one off lightsaber hilt designs. But, Rian has risen to the challenge on every occasion, completing an unbelievable 15 custom weapon requests since his last recognition. Many staffers don't generate that amount of content over entire tenures on staff, but this is just normal for Rian. Lastly, he is responsible for the Great Jedi War weapon reward for Clan Odan-Urr, working back and forth through several revisions with the Clan in order to ensure that the final product meets their exacting standards.

I have no problem characterizing Rian's service as absolutely essential over the past year. It is not an exaggeration to say that, without his perseverance, the Herald Staff would have been unable to fulfill anywhere near the number of member requests that have been met over his time on the staff. You have my thanks, sir.

Master Selika Roh di Plagia, 2021-02-25 02:33:06 UTC