Event History

Daniel “Seraphol” Stephen has been the Headmaster for the past 16 months, immediately managing the large staff of professors and docents that keep things rolling, and taking on a range of projects.

As the Shadow Academy society was one of the first launched years ago, he took on the task to update the fictional identity to align it with the other societies. Driving it more in the direction of archaeology and giving fictional life to it with an identity that saw mention in the latest Great Jedi War.

As a member of the Dark Council, Seraphol is involved in major decisions across DC offices and in the planning and executing of major events and competitions. He is consistently involved in discussions on the Council and provides a valuable perspective on our decisions given his background in Odan-Urr. He has organized 30 different competitions as well, that date back to his time in Clan Odan-Urr. Creating competition series for members of his battle team and Festivus for the Clan, as well as quiz and knowledge Headmaster themed competitions in both the latest Rite of Supremacy and Great Jedi War, as well as May the 4th Celebration and a Shadow Academy themed competition series called SASsy that celebrated the new fictional identity.

He has managed to keep the staff running, and provide opportunities with members during his time as the Headmaster and left a lasting impact on how the Shadow Academy is seen within the Dark Jedi Brotherhood in stories. Congratulations on your Amethyst Kukri.

Lord Evio Nezsa, 2019-09-23 03:41:47 UTC

Since his last recognition almost four years ago, Gavriel, or Arion, has continued to improve and extend the Dark Brotherhood's Website by contributing to its codebase. Along with several minor fixes and tweaks, Gavriel has implemented numerous bigger features, each of which increases the performance of the site, or makes it easier to operate. He is always eager to look for areas to improve the site, which are becoming increasingly difficult to find as the website is becoming more and more mature.

Gavriel has single-handedly refactored the way the news page code works, such that rendering of the page now takes place at the client, which ensures a more responsive page or users, all while causing less strain on the server. He has implemented a feature that will weekly traverse all saved Shadow Academy exam attempts, and expires those that have not been touched for over six months. This prevents problems that would previously occur when SA staff would change the questions on the exams for older courses, rendering saved exams that depended on these questions in an inconsistent state. Gavriel has also completely overhauled the selectors used to select dossier items (weapons, robes, accessories) by turning them from a drop-down based system into more of a gallery-like page, which allows people to see all options available to them at one glance, rather than having to select each option individually, and has also contributed some smaller, yet very welcome, improvements, such as the ability to automatically pull participants into a parent competition based on activities in child competitions, and the ability to toggle visibility on personal NPCs, allowing people to hide characters they no longer use.

For these reasons, combined with the contributions to his Clan, Odan-Urr, which I'm sure his Consul will be happy to describe, I am pleased to recommend Gavriel Kadesh an Amethyst Kukri.

James Lucius Entar
Seneschal of the Brotherhood

Ascendant James Lucius Entar, 2019-09-17 04:00:12 UTC

Over the past year, Junazee has proven her worth time and time again as my Praetor. Juna is one of the friendliest, calmest, and most organized people I have ever worked with in this club, and it shows in her day to day work in the Fist office.

Since her last award, I made the decision to elevate her to the position of Praetor and tasked her with managing the monthly competition stream that the Fist office is so famous for. Her efforts speak for themselves. She has managed four competitions per month (48 in total), personally running five events when Magistrates were unable to meet their requirement. Additionally, Juna is a competitor herself, having participated in 87 competitions total.

Juna manages my competition planning through the Trello task management system, tasking individual magistrates with a specific competition type each month. She takes this responsibility seriously, rotating the competition types amongst the magistrates to ensure they get exposure to everything that falls within the purview of the Fist office. She pairs incoming magistrates up with the outgoing magistrates, limiting or eliminating the experience gap that happens when we rotate staff members.

Juna serves as my eyes and ears for gaming sales and updates, posting regular mid-month reports on any major news for the gaming community. She also monitors the Pendants of Blood awarding for our weekly and saturday PvP Winners, processes gaming activity, and acts as a positive presence in DB Gaming and in some unofficial clan chats.

I could not have asked for a better Praetor and right hand woman than Juna. She is one of the DB's rising stars, and I have no doubt that she is destined for greatness in this club.

I am honored to award her with this Amethyst Kukri as a small token of my appreciation for her efforts.

Thank you Juna, and keep up the outstanding work!

Darth Dracaryis, 2019-04-13 23:31:22 UTC

DJM Darth Aeternus, aka Korras, served on the Star Chamber for 2 years. During this time he provided invaluable counsel to the acting Grand Master on topics ranging from the administration of GJWs, to Clan Closure ,to the nomination and approval of a new GM, to the expulsion of a long time member. In total, Korras' contributions to discussions on decisions about the club likely totaled over a hundred hours over those two years. Korras was the epitome of what a Star Chamber member is supposed to be by providing guidance and advice that was against his own personal desires, but was a positive for the club overall. For two years Korras was a part of nearly every major decision in the DJB and helped shape the direction of our club. For this reason, the Star Chamber is pleased to award Korras an Amethyst Kukri.

The Star Chamber

Telaris "Mav" Cantor, 2019-03-24 18:40:09 UTC

As Magistrate to the Grand Master for 11 months, Aurora Ta'var, aka Blade, served as an important advisor for me on the health of Clans and in special projects related to the Rollmaster position. Blade assisted with quarterly reports, which took up several days of her time on a quarterly basis, but her primary role was my Magistrate related to evaluating RM.

Blade showed initiative by reaching out to me regarding the Rollmaster position. Given how her own experience with the position often disagreed with others, Blade wanted to query the membership regarding the position and how it was being used. Blade planned and conducted an extensive survey of the position across the Brotherhood through a leadership survey and a general membership survey. Both surveys underwent significant review and revision and Blade spent multiple hours working to make each as clear as possible, and to focus very clearly on the perceived problems and strengths of the position such that we could use these survey results in the future to decide how best to handle and/or define the Rollmaster position.

Blade's contributions as my Magistrate, along with her extensive efforts as Proconsul, described below, make her more than deserving for this Amethyst Kukri. Congratulations, Blade!

Telaris "Mav" Cantor
Grand Master

Telaris "Mav" Cantor, 2019-03-24 18:45:47 UTC

Sanguinius Tsucyra Entar, Sang for short, is one of our most recognizable members. Since his last award in December of last year, Sang spent five months as Consul and another seven as an active, participating member of Clan Naga Sadow. As Consul, Sang consistently distinguished himself with his even perspective and his quick responses to communication. Sang was a welcome presence in any discussion, and worked alongside the Dark Council to provide his members with the best experience possible. This involved daily discussions with DC members and the other Consuls, as well as communicating directly with different DC offices to address specific membership concerns or problems, ranging from disruptive members to clarifications on larger Brotherhood policy. Prior to his retirement, Sang oversaw a period following the Great Jedi War in which Naga Sadow had more than 60% of its members active in competitions, generating almost 250 competition entries. Sang provided his members with regular activities, such as when he oversaw the internal Inferno event. At the same time, Sang was serving as the Shadow Academy Professor of the Department of Lore, a position he holds to this day. Since his last award, he has graded more than 430 exams, demonstrating a continued commitment to the Brotherhood as a whole.

And, over the last seven months, Sang has continued to demonstrate devotion and commitment to his Clan. It is in his role as a normal member that Sang has continued to stand out and demonstrated he truly deserves this Amethyst Kukri. As detailed below, Sang is an active member of the unit, an instrumental mentor for the current Consul and several other leaders. He is now an Aedile, where he has helped guide the Quaestor, DarkHawk. He's taken on a role of constant encouragement for his Clan and is always helping his Clan members, either through proofing fiction or encouraging words. Sang's personal activity is also strong, as he has competed in more than 50 competitions, most of which occurred after he stepped down as Consul. He's earned almost 1500 gaming clusters, as well as 12 Clusters of Graphite and 4 Clusters of Ice. He's earned a Gold Nova, and 21 Crescents, demonstrating that not only is he active, but also highly skilled.

In total, Sang has been instrumental to Naga Sadow and a contributor to the Brotherhood as a whole. For his efforts as Consul, and his subsequent time as one of Naga Sadow's most inpsiring and encouraging Equites, I award Sang this Amethyst Kurki. Congratulations, Sang!

Telaris "Mav" Cantor, 2018-12-30 03:31:57 UTC

Kordath has been a stabilizing and consistent leadership presence in Arcona over the last year and a half, with more than half of that time spent as Consul. Over the two quarters he has been Consul, Arcona has generated more than a thousand competition entries and maintained an active core group of members that is among the strongest in the Brotherhood, with more than 60% of his members regularly participating in activities. Kord has organized more than 50 competitions, including The Consul Bride co-op event with Clan Odan Urr earlier in 2018 and the Sins of the Past event currently running in Arcona. Kordath has been extremely active on a personal level as well, with a total of 142 competitions participated in. His gaming activities account for 80 PvE and PvP matches and more than 1600 total gaming Clusters. Kordath is active in every aspect of our Brotherhood, evidenced by his 30+ Clusters of Graphite and his numerous Clusters of Ice. He has gained 3 degrees, graded 10 exams in the Shadow Academy and posted 9 News posts on the website, all with very detailed and clear information members can engage with. Kordath’s major activity includes fiction and ACC matches. Almost every Consul report included a major fiction update, including 13 non-ACC activities. He has completed 18 ACC matches, graded 14 and wrote a total of 19339 words in fiction. Among the myriad awards he has earned, a Gold Nova, a Silver nova and 18 Seals of Wrath mark Kordath as more than a participant, but an exceptional competitor that has helped carry his unit in placing in the last Great Jedi War. Kordath’s contributions to our club exceed just his activity for his Clan. Kordath is a constant contributor to Brotherhood-wide discussions that help guide decisions we make at the top level of the club. Kordath gets involved where he can, as well - he recently helped write an additional 6 Scenario Hall venues - outside of any competition - for usage in the ACC. More than that, Kordath works closely with the Dark Council to provide the best experience for his members and the members of the club as a whole through his constant communication with various Dark Council offices.

It is our pleasure to recommend Kordath for this Amethyst Kukri. Congratulations, Kord!

• Vyr (Morgan)
• Deputy Grand Master
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• Telaris “Mav” Cantor
• Grand Master

Telaris "Mav" Cantor, 2018-10-10 22:28:31 UTC

Over the last four months, Maximus (Landon to many of us) has come to define what we will expect for Social Media Tribunes well into the future. Since May, he has done an exceptional job at upgrading our social media draw and bringing in new members to the club. Landon posts regular updates and promotes the excellent work of our members on Facebook, helping to drive an explosion in interest in the Brotherhood. Previous to his time as Social Media Tribune, our Facebook page rarely had posts exceeding a reach of a few hundred individuals and the page had a total of 800 likes. Landon immediately went to work, overhauling the page's imagery, promoting the page and interacting with people that like or comment on its posts. After his efforts to revamp the page and perform targeted promotion of our organization, our likes on Facebook increased by more than 2500, with some of our posts reaching more than twenty thousand people. The results of his efforts were plain in our join numbers: we had the single largest joins in a single quarter in recent memory, eclipsing any single quarter of random joins due to recent movie releases with 160 new members reaching clans last quarter. Perhaps most importantly for his office's work in the future, his experimentation with targeted ads have identified groups that we can reach in the future.

Landon's efforts as Social Media Tribune over the last four months, along with his work for the Herald's office described below, make him more than worthy of an Amethyst Kukri. Congratulations, Landon!

Telaris "Mav" Cantor
Grand Master

Telaris "Mav" Cantor, 2018-08-08 01:53:41 UTC

The Shroud Syndicate, or Graphics Society as it is otherwise known, has been a massive project that took two and a half years to complete, ever since I became Herald. From the very start I had support from some incredible people, but none as much as Arcia (Esca). Esca had been my Praetor through the whole project, through thick and thin, except the last several months when real life took over. In this recommendation I will cover his many contribution to a project as massive as this.

We started off with a basic idea of wanting to create a way of giving members a good reason to create competitions and art for the Brotherhood and it all started with the Cluster of Graphite. While others covered the design of the award, Esca helped me in doing the main legwork and math behind it. Through everyday communication we worked out which activities would be awarded and by how much. He helped me greatly in calculating actual scales of awarding for each tier of competition as well as developing the, then very basic, system of competition difficulty classes which we have in effect today.

As we moved towards the inception of the Society, Esca was instrumental in setting up the very basics of the Society, drafting initial point values both for Rank requirements, progression through said Ranks as well as developing policies that would later be the rock we based our whole system on. His suggestions on which activities should award points towards Ranks was a pointer for me on where we want the Society to go. His help and criticism of all steps from the very basics to the Society fiction and later on finalization of the math, made my job much easier as it evenly distributed the workload, cutting the work-time considerably. To say that he influenced Society fiction is an understatement, as he helped not only write the fictions included in the Society's origin but proofreading, criticizing and helping with making a high quality product.

During the latter stages of development, Esca helped in many of the areas he had always worked on, including final points calculations, last-minute changes to policy and solidifying the Shroud's identity through communication with the wider membership and competition organizing. As I mentioned earlier, the last several months saw him step away from the project and the staff due to real life, however it did not stop him from helping out when he was needed. Despite creating just two skins for the Society, totaling 20 images members could use freely, his timely intervention prevented unnecessary delays in the Society's release.

For his many years of work on this project; for his many hours of arguing points, fiction and awards with me; for his unyielding nature and a firm, critical approach to a major Society project; for sticking with me down this path that many said would lead nowhere, I am honored to recommend Arcia Cortel with his second ever Sacramental award. If only I could do more.

Thank you for your long service, your dedication and your determination to see our dream fulfilled.

• Vyr
• Deputy Grand Master

Captain Morgan Sorenn, 2018-05-20 00:23:38 UTC