The Pantheon of Arcona Consuls is filled with some of the greatest members and biggest personalities in the history of the Dark Brotherhood. Nighthawk, Priyum Patel, Tarkin, James, and Mejas Dota all served as bastions of Arcona's strength within the Dark Brotherhood. We can add a new name to that list and it is the current Consul, Seer Atyiru Caesura Entar.

Atyiru has become an institution within the Dark Brotherhood. She is a poised and talented leader that is universally loved by our club membership, respected by her peers, and identified as a key future leader within our club by the Dark Council. Atty handles the daily rigors of leadership within Clan Arcona with a measure of adult supervision, inspiration, and encouragement that very few leaders of our club have ever been able to match.

Many look at Clan Arcona and see it as the most active and most dominating Clan we have had since the 2004-2009 run of Clan Taldyran as the dominate force in our club. Many say that it must be easy to run such a Clan that that Atty's work is truly that of a caretaker assigned with the task of simply not messing things up. As your Grand Master, I can dispel any such notion.

Atty is an expert manager of intra-clan politics and personalities. It is not an easy task to lead a group of successful Elders and Equites (especially when so many of them are former Consuls) and steer them towards a common goal. Opinions differ, in character development of the Clan story differs, and selecting new leaders from among such a talented pool leads to differing opinions. Atty has handled all of these things with an expertise that is uncommon within the DJB.

Outside of managing the most active Clan in our club, Atty remains one of our most versatile members contributing heavily to our DB Art team/club/group and remaining one of our key fiction writers (and sometimes proof reader of DJB fiction). She is also one of our most trusted members when it comes to handing out both DJB and real world advice/counsel.

Below you will see a host of detailed reason on why Atty is overly deserving of an AK, but as a GM within this club I know that Atty simply deserves the award for both her dedication to Clan and Club.

Congrats.

GM Pravus

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Over the last nine months, Atyiru has shown herself a gifted leader and an active member. As Consul of Arcona, Atyiru has one of the most difficult jobs in our Brotherhood: She has to manage the personalities and activity of our largest unit, which is no small task. As Uji describes below, she manages her unit masterfully; we see this not just in the words of her subordinates, but in the very activity the unit generates. Arcona our most active unit in terms of raw competition submissions and clusters. They have the most unique participants by far, the most unique individuals earning every type of cluster, and they participate in more competitions than any other unit. Atyiru maintains high standards and her unit is incredibly consistent because of it, consistently motivating nearly two thirds of her members - if not more - to participate in competitions every quarter. Indeed, Arcona's performance these last few months is no anomaly. Arcona is at or near the top of every category we track since we started tracking unit performance beyond the number of Knights - a metric where Arcona also excells, often with the second or top number of Knights in a given set of months. We have always held that a unit leader deserves the accolades for their unit's success, and Arcona is an excellent example of a unit succeeding.

But beyond her work for Arcona, Atyiru continues to excel as a general member and leader, and as a larger contributor to the Brotherhood as a whole. On a personal level, Atyiru leads by example, and has participated in more than sixty different competitions over the last nine months, placing in more than half of them. She has participated in every facet of Brotherhood life, earning Clusters of Fire and Clusters of Ice for her efforts.

Atyiru is one of our most recognizable members; it is no surprise, then, that she has been a major driving force outside of her unit, as well. She has had a major hand in building a substantial art club, as V'yr describes below. She is consistently helpful and weighs in on every major issue put forth to the Dark Summit, and her attitude of helping wherever she can means that few months go by where Atyiru isn't involved in some facet of a society or some project on the summits.

Atyiru's steady hand atop Arcona has lead to an incredible amount of success for the unit. Her personal activity and leadership are undeniable, and her commitment to the Brotherhood as a whole is clear. For these reasons, Atyiru more than deserves this Amethyst Kukri.

Congratulations, Atyiru! You deserve it!

Telaris "Mav" Cantor Deputy Grand Master

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Firstly, I should state that at the time when I was considering starting some sort of chat channel or mail group about art — or graphics, as they are more commonly called — Atyiru had already created one such group for Arcona. When I became Herald, she invited me into the Arconan art group as a guest, to see what they had to share and whether I could help them with advice. Immediately, we started talking about creating a DB-wide group, not just one for Arcona. And that’s how the DB Art Club channel was born.

Saying that Atty had a major influence on the current state of the Art Club is an understatement. With what little time she has between classes, exams, papers and being a Consul in the First Clan, she has still managed not only to put out a fairly large ensemble of images she drew herself, but has improved her skills while doing so. You may think that personal improvenet isn’t really a factor, but consider this: How we improve ourselves influences how we help others improve. Atty has been a constant positive force in the Art Club, helping aspiring artists like herself with critiques and advice at every point.

She has posted an impressive amount of drawings, each successively better than the last, in the Art Club. A total of 44 images, some of which were drawn for other members of the Club, such as Zujenia, Uji, Teu, Turel and others, myself included. The total number of images created for the DB itself is far greater, numbering close to 100 pictures at this point. She does all of this to improve herself and those around her which, in and of itself, is the spirit the Art Club was founded on.

I’m am nothing but grateful to Atty for her continued support of my endeavor to make the DB Art Club a more permanent place for every aspiring artist in the DB to join and, without fear of ridicule, present their skills for everyone’s benefit, including theirs. I truly believe that Atty deserves a form of recognition for her efforts, and I am glad the GM and DGM have seen fit to award her.

Congrats, Atty, and thank you for your support.

• Vyr (Morgan)
• Herald of the Brotherhood ___________

There was a period of time that Atyiru was known as the Mountain of Arcona. This title was given to her offhandedly years ago for her efforts during during the Dark Crusade when she an Aedile in House Galeres. She was - and has remained - a steadfast icon of Arcona. She has become how the Clan identifies themselves: unbreakable, unbending and always present at the forefront of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood.

A constant source of inspiration, Atyiru is connected to her members like a heartbeat - without interruption. There is truly no single individual who can match her presence. She consistently works to maintain less than a 24 hour turnaround on email, devotes time to develop relationships with other Clan Leaders, and a regular in other groups and Brotherhood-wide Societies - Antei Combat Center, Art Club, etc. Atyiru has set the standard for Arcona as a whole. Our Clan has a history of being insular and standoffish, but with her example, and delicate touch, you now see members of Arcona working to advance relationships with other Clans, filling vital roles as Magistrates or Praetors, and working to advance the participation in club-wide events. She pushes members to contribute as either consumers or producers; thus, increasing Arcona’s acceptance of the Brotherhood and shifting the paradigm of how the Brotherhood perceives Arcona. This is done through careful planning and organization of her leadership team’s agenda, a careful nudge or redirect via e-mail or Telegram to a member.

Atyiru’s personality - her grace - simply draws people together. She has established herself as a positive influence and a valued partner with her fellow Clan Leaders since her appointment; inviting many of them to join Arcona chat groups, Google hangouts, and what-used-to-be Arcona-only events. Furthermore, she has pressed people to expand their presence into other channels (such as Odan-Urr) to harmonize Arcona’s presence within the club. This is a boon for Arcona as it introduces new ideas, removes us from our own echo chamber, and allows younger units to ask questions, and received feedback or direction. Under her direction, you cannot help but be drawn into the web of friendships she weaves and all of the positive things that bloom from it.

She has true strength as a leader. When you shine the light on her role as mediator, you can see why it is so impressive. Atyiru manages one of the most cantankerous, opinionated, and obstinate groups within the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. The Elders and Summit of Arcona are known for their willingness to say what needs to be said and rarely (read: never) hold back when they have an opinion to share. She willingly accepts this advice, or a dissenting view, with a calm temperament from each of them. Yet, when the conversation veers away from productivity, and sometimes niceties, she slams her foot down hard and squashes the vitriol. Over this year, her bend-don’t-break mentality has seen Elders with strong opinions - Wally, Braecen, Sashar, Timeros - bend their visions to align with hers. This required a radical paradigm shift in the production and consumption of content, how members were recognized and rewarded, and, finally, how we communicate with one another.

She has also charmed, cajoled, and kidnapped veteran members and Arconae from their hibernations to participate in her Summit. She has the largest collective of opinions in her “small” group, but knows when to use the right tool for the right job: to get discussion moving, to complete tasks stuck in a mire, to enhance productivity, to mentor others, etc etc et al. Rather than ignore the contributions of her members and make decisions for all of Arcona, she solicits feedback regularly via e-mail, chats, hangouts and shared documents. This includes multiple rounds of feedback from the initial project design group to an eventual invitation to every member from Apprentice to Adept to provide their insight. The woman never sleeps, because she is instantly accessible for every member. She slaves away to ensure that communication is at the forefront of what she does; her role is to reveal to the membership what others are doing, how they can progress or participate, and finds a way to make it unique, engaging, and fun! Probably why she has won the best Consul reporting regularly since her induction into the role.

To understand the amount of effort she puts into her role first requires understanding how Arcona operates. Atyiru has built a culture around members - not leaders - driving the participation and content within the Clan. That does not mean, however, she is not involved in every piece of content being produced. With the MAA restricting co-organizers it is impossible to credit her for her work on the site, but not impossible to account for it. She has been an invaluable partner in the creation, proofing, set-up and approval for numerous competitions: Fall of SCEPTER, Fall of Perdition, Arcona Halloween Horror Nights, An Arconan Holiday, Captain Arcona: Civil War, Arcona Stimulation Package (Bladeborn, Curator, Chronicler), First Encounters, Back To School, Strands of Fate, and the list goes on and on. The truth is, Arcona produces more content than any two Clans combined. They also have participation numbers only surpassed by three Clans combined. It only highlights what she has built; that clans driven by members - not leaders - are more invested in creating, participating, and supporting for their fellow members. It is such a selfless thing, but for those of us who know Atyiru… it is a perfect way to honor her as a leader and person.

To say it’s an honor to serve as Atyiru’s Proconsul would be a vast understatement. I have had the pleasure of working alongside her since my beginnings within Arcona when she and I raced to reach Dark Jedi Knight. She and I served together within Galeres until her eventual placement as Consul. I have never met Atyiru’s equal in patience, in her talent, and her love for her Membership. Hopefully this award will show her that all of the of the sleepless nights she has spent working for the betterment of Arcona and the Dark Jedi Brotherhood has not gone unnoticed.

Congratulations Abbey! Thank you for everything you do.

Uji Tameike
Shadow Scion of Arcona

Grand Master Declan Roark, 2016-04-23 01:52:40 UTC

GM Kreeayt Havok has been awarded the Sapphire Blade for his consistent dedication to helping the membership of the Dark Brotherhood. Havok is generous with his time, energy, and efforts within the gaming realm and provides DJB members advice, gear, and a host of other benevolent items that are an indicator of his generosity. I have witnessed Havok's patience and good will with our members all in the name of making the DJB a better organization (especially within TOR).

Havok, I am greatly appreciative of your efforts.

GM Pravus/Sarin

Grand Master Declan Roark, 2016-03-04 23:43:45 UTC

Battlelord Teylas Ramar has skillfully led his Clan over the past ten months and served as a consistent and focused leaders for his members to rely on. In a period of turnover and change, Teylas has been a constant that has benefited Plagueis and our club as a whole.

Teylas has run competitions (40), has participated in competitions, but more importantly he has served as a stable leader for Plagueis. This stability has led Plagueis to one of its best periods in its entire history.

Thanks Teylas.

Grand Master Declan Roark, 2015-12-26 04:35:57 UTC

Ernordeth became a member of the Fist Staff shortly after I took this office in 2013. During that time he has contributed across a wide range of projects, adding value to the gaming experience our club provides to its members. As I was reviewing his dossier recently I came to the realization that I had not written an award for him since his last promotion, and it is definitely time to remedy that.

Ernordeth has served as my Praetor for the past nine months, and a Magistrate for two prior to that. A month ago I extended his responsibilities to include reviewing the Gaming Shadow Academy Exams. During this time he has executed his duties far above my expectations. Review and approval of Gaming Submission requests for Clusters is a large part of the Fist Staff's job, while this activity takes small amounts of time for each individual review the work when viewed in its entirety can definitely add up over an extended period of time. As of 11Oct2015 Ernordeth has reviewed 3,154 Gaming Requests since November. That accounts for 59% of all gaming activities submitted during that time frame. The timeliness of this review is important, to me and to our members, Ernor's efforts ensure that rewards are distributed as soon as possible to the club's gamers. He has proven similarly efficient in his role as my Docent to the Gaming SA Courses, completing a review of 24 courses since taking on that responsibility last month.

Over the past year Ernor has also made several posts to the DJB News Page to provide club gamers with clarification to Fist Staff policies, as well as information on finding other members to game with, and general gaming knowledge. Ernordeth has organized seven different gaming competitions, five of which had greater than ten participants from the club. These include General Gaming: Tie Fighter) (2 participants), Mobile Gaming: Turkey Chase (16 participants), Mobile Gaming: Slingin Sants (19 participants), General Gaming: Jedi Academy (9 participants), Mobile Gaming: Beer Pong (16 participants), Mobile Gaming: ZigZag (34 participants), and Mobile Gaming: Jelly Jump (33 participants). Beyond these seven Ernor has been a Co-Organizer for an additional 11 Competitions, including several Gorefest Events which required manual computation of Clusters of Fire to be doubled prior to website improvements which made these activities automated.

Everything prior to this point in my recommendation is the daily grind of the Fist Staff. Activities which are required to keep the club moving, they aren't "sexy" and can often be construed as someone "just doing their job". I'd like to move on to the projects that Ernordeth has participated in now, activities which go beyond the requirements of the normal day to day activity, and often involve lengthy debate about how they will be approached.

The first project that Ernordeth tackled was the creation of Cluster Tables for Destiny in November 2014. This followed a trial period where we determined if there was sufficient interest in the game for it to become supported by the Club. The initial version of this table included not only the Strikes and Raids you see now, but also individual Story Missions. I required that each of these items have multiple runs to determine accurate times and that this documentation all be provided before signing off on the final project. To say the task that Ernor took on was easy or small would be a massive understatement. Ernor began work while the trial period was still in progress, to ensure that if the game was accepted his project would be ready to present to members of the club as soon as possible. Only a month after he completed it Destiny's Expansion (The Dark Below) was released. This brought about a repeat performance of the initial project, only a shortened timeline. Once again Ernordeth did not disappoint.

The new year brought about more change for the platform in the form of a complete redesign of what Clusters were awarded for as well as a Daily Cap limit. This was a significant conversation within the Fist Staff, with several different views on the problem at hand to consider. Ernordeth's contributions to that conversation as well as assistance with implementation of the solution were critical to the current system in place today. Since this time Ernordeth has repeated his review of Destiny's Cluster Tables for the second Expansion: House of Wolves (in June), and the Year 2 Taken King expansion (in September).

As the year progressed and we approached the Star Wars Celebration in April the Grand Master put out a call for a blast of information about our club on the News Page. The Fist Staff's contribution to this effort consisted of a summary of the gaming platforms that our club utilizes along with screenshots from many of them depicting groups of our members gaming together under the DJB Clan/Guild name. During this Ernordeth coordinated several of the screenshots and also provided writeups for some of the games which were used in the final project, as well as proofreading the News Post for me before the "go-live".

This past May the Fist Staff began a project which involved the creation of a new gaming award, the Cluster of Earth, for player versus environment activities. A significant part of this project which Ernordeth took on was a manual review of Clusters of Fire which were awarded over a ~2 year time period to determine if they would remain classified as a Cluster of Fire or be transitioned to a Cluster of Earth. Again, due to Ernordeth's contributions this portion of the project was completed ahead of target (by one month) and, more importantly, accurately. Following implementation we recieved zero notifications of an award that a member felt was incorrectly classified. As I think about it now that alone is probably worth a Sacramental award.

The final portion of the Cluster of Earth project involved determining how the two awards would be weighted against each other. As with previous discussions, this was held with many senior members and Ernordeth's input to the conversation was valuable in determining the end result of the project.

The final contribution I'd like to mention from Ernordeth was his immediate buy in the club leadership's trial of the Telegram App, which has become a very popular means of communication amongst members. Ernordeth saw an opportunity to expand this from just use as the DB General Chat Channel by creating a DB Gamer's Lounge for the Club. Discussion within the channel has provided our club's gamers a unique opportunity to more effectively find others to group with using only their smart phones.

Ernordeth, thank you for all of the contributions and hard work you have put into improving the gaming portion of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood Club over the past eleven months. Having you as my Praetor as been an amazing help and your willingness to present alternative options, even though I fight them sometimes, has made our club a better place. Congratulations on this, likely overdue, Amethyst Kukri!

-Valhavoc, Fist of the Brotherhood

Valhavoc Ad Vizsla, 2015-10-12 01:21:01 UTC

Battlelord Selika Roh di Plagia is one of this club's greatest competitors, advisers, and leaders.

Competitor: In the past year Selika has participated in 72 competitions, participated in 341 gaming events, earned 21 Nova/Crescents, and achieved 5728 Clusters of Earth (that CE total would place him #3 in our club's history). Those efforts have resulted in not only Selika's achievement, but also contributed toward Clan/House Plagueis' victories in DJB wide events. First and Second Hero Titles for Vendetta level events...in the same year....are nearly unheard of.

Adviser: Selika has served as a behind the scenes adviser on GM level projects for the past year. This includes the creation of new Wiki Articles for historic DB personalities, the updating of GM projects and sneaky fiction retcon, canon fleet work, and work on the new Dark Brotherhood system tied to our upcoming Meta Game. This work has all been accomplished with no expectation of reward.

Leader: Selika has served as QUA (six months), Wiki Tribune (3 months), Magistrate to the Herald (2 months), and now PCON. He is an invaluable asset to other leaders, to our members, and to the DB as a whole.

Thanks for your great work and consistent dedication to the club.

Grand Master Declan Roark, 2015-09-09 21:03:45 UTC

Warlord Montresor's performance over the past year is summarized in one simple sentence. He has been imperative to the Justicar and the Grand Master and shaped our decisions on policy matters that have impacted the entire Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Monty's ability to see a flaw within our club, identify a solution for that flaw, and create a new DJB system is without equal on our current staff.

In a short amount of time serving as the Left Hand of Justice; Monty defended multiple members (and succeeded more often than not), identified flaws in our judicial system (removing disruptive member policy and covenant flaws), provided feedback and direct input to the Covenant 2015 update, wrote summaries and guides for the CoJ process (LHoJ guide and Probation Guide), and conducted an independent review of nearly all COJ matters. In a short amount of time Monty went from the Do Work Son/O-H-I-O guy to the most trusted adviser to the JST.

Outside of his JST duties, Montresor serves as the Praetor to the Grand Master where he currently sits on the small team for every single major project in the Dark Brotherhood (not a couple, every single one). Monty takes his RL systems engineering degree and applies it to Dark Jedi Brotherhood projects and statistics and helps inform nearly every GM decision. Today, we will see his latest project reflecting promotions. This project will have a direct and immediate impact on our entire club. These are the things Monty does....and no one knows about them except for the small group of people he works for.

In terms of quite, selfless, and dedicated...Warlord Montresor is in select company in the history of the DJB.

On Behalf of the Justicar, Deputy Grand Master, and Grand Master

Grand Master Declan Roark, 2015-09-09 21:04:15 UTC

I once had a fury panda tell me that we don't award medals for someone doing their job. Especially medals for Jac. I've never been one to listen to advice from Pandas.

The Justicar is the most important position in the Dark Brotherhood. He is the moral voice and compass that is tasked with providing oversight to the Grand Master and our entire club. Jac is that compass.

I asked Jac to return from retirement and revitalize and modernize the office of the Justicar. Jac took on that challenge by clearing one of the largest case loads in our club's history, rewriting unfair and inaccurate policies (disruptive members), and updating our entire Dark Covenant (which I have in my possession for review). Jac selected two senior advisers (Halc and Monty) and tasked them with conducting a complete and independent review of what works right and what works wrong with the JST. This review has resulted in the creation of new manuals, new policies, and new documents that will not only help guide Jac's future decisions, but also guide our future JSTs.

Jac does his job. He does it better than nearly all of us. For this, I am happy to award him his second AK.

Grand Master Declan Roark, 2015-09-09 21:04:01 UTC

Wally managed the CS 2.0 project from the start to finish, as the member responsible for seeing it completed. As the head of the team, everything crossed his desk; every skill, Force power, Feat, Aspect and Discipline was reviewed and approved by him. From a team that was as large as 14 members at its peak, he divided up this work, assigning tasks, and keeping people on track to deliver on schedule. He allowed discussions and debates to proceed as members tackled their assigned tasks, assigning specific members to proposing resolutions, and making decisions himself as necessary to keep things moving. I personally got involved at the culmination of the project when I took over as Voice, where shortly following everything was itemized for GM approval, fixed as necessary, and then executed over a weekend to the site.

It’s hard to really quantify the amount of time spent managing people, so I won’t, but instead focus on the decisions that were made and the end product. It all resulted in a standardized language and comprehensive approach to the entire CS system as launch. It expanded on and improved everything.

During the process of the CS 2.0 updates, which expanded into Species and Venues, Wally did quite a bit of the work himself, creating all 3 of the new Disciplines (Arcanist, Defender and Techweaver), rewriting the existing Disciplines and descriptions of the existing 5 to standardize and improve them, including the recent work to write the Disciplines for 2 of the new NFO Loyalist/Mercenaries, wrote several new pre-written Aspects including 2 Templates that allow for minor customization that are pre-approved, reworked the mechanics for Skill descriptions so each level made sense, reworked the Force power descriptions so each level made sense, including writing and editing a majority of the descriptions himself, wrote over 40 new Feats to be added to the system, designed the template and plan for the new Species 2.0 information and framework for use by the team to standardize how Species are portrayed in the DJB, revised all the Venues in the ACC to improve their use for matches in a more generic way. With every individual word he contributed, he read and evaluated every word written by every member of the team for the entire project.

When the time came, and the words were written, ink still drying, Wally went to the site as one of few with access to do so and got to work himself. While the team wikified, he added Venues, new and edited Feats, new Disciplines and corresponding Feats, and Skills. He made sure the membership had ways to give feedback, and got answers, and continue a dialogue after launch. Including ways to submit bugs or issues they found. He continued these discussions and explanations to various concerned members in depth, implementing minor changes and adjustments as necessary, and has setup ways to continue that dialogue far after the team closes.

While managing the CS 2.0 project, Wally has dutifully kept up with his Combat Master duties over the past 6 months. A major portion of this has been Character Sheet approval, where he has approved about a quarter of all character sheets, and helping members of all ranks and Clans with their custom Aspects and creating the character they want in the DJB system. He has trained up 7 new Judges in the ACC, including myself, and kept the membership appraise of ACC ongoings.

I can’t really further quantify Wally’s contributions, but I feel I already have so I’ll toss in here and say that in absence of a Praetor to the Voice, Wally already basically fills that role on my staff in discussion on all matters. Looking entirely at the amount of activity he put forth, the scope of the project that was undertaken and impact to the DJB, I recommend Wally for this Amethyst Kikuri.

Lord Evio Nezsa, 2015-09-07 19:15:35 UTC

A’lora Kituri has been a valuable member of the Herald’s office since September 2014. I have observed his progress and his continued contributions to the graphics department of the Brotherhood. His contributions include six lightsabers (one for Herald Style Hanukkah 2014); three robes (two for Herald Style Hanukkah 2014, one for later use); significant contributions to both designing new warbanner updates and helping me create Actions for them. He has developed and created unit patterns for warbanners that can be used instead of Medallions; he has created a Backup Dropbox folder for the Staff to use - a very useful feature as we have everything that we require in one place; creating headers and general graphics (specifically stat charts) for Clan Odan-Urr events, Tales of New Tython and Sentinel network, as well as the Tides of Freedom Arcona/Odan-Urr feud.

He has been working with me on a project where the two of us are attempting to train our drawing and coloring skills to achieve an acceptable level of quality for potential future Dark Brotherhood comics. This project is in no way official. We had taken it upon ourselves to train ourselves and improve, and it was all A’lora’s idea. This project still ongoing and we are constantly improving our quality.

He was (and still is to an extent) a constant positive reinforcement force on the Herald staff. His advice and criticism on all matters relating to graphics is always strict, to the point and aimed to keep you improving. He has helped the whole Herald staff with his advice and critiques, including Socorra, Mirus, Rhiann and myself. In short A’lora Kituri is one of the pillars of graphics development in the Brotherhood.

His contributions do not end there. As Consul of Clan Odan-Urr he has given a stellar performance. He has organized the Clan from it’s creation, appointed appropriate leadership to the Houses and organized the Houses into coherent units with Nathan’s and my help. A’lora has been an organizer of more than 25 competitions for Odan-Urr (some jointly with Arcona) since taking over as Consul, as well as several others for the DB as a whole while on Herald staff (naimly One Year comps that gave members Custom items from the Herald staff). With Atyiru, he was the driving force for the co-op event “Tides of Change” between Clan Odan-Urr and Clan Arcona, writing a very large chunk of the fiction for the event himself and co-organizing the competitions.

On a more personal note, A’lora is the type of leader who is fun to be around. He gives his subordinates free reign on their House or Battleteam storylines (which in turn gives them the ability to more easily engage their members), which he then implements into the Clan storyline to make everything flow smoothly and be even more engaging. He is strict, he is an authority and when he gives an order the Clan follows, but he is also a friend to many of us and a helpful voice in any idea or discussion. His goal has always been to advance Clan Odan-Urr to it’s full potential and I believe he may achieve that goal. A’lora is easy to work and cooperate with and he works under one rule - if you’re working for the members and not yourself, you’re doing a good job. We have worked together on Tides of Change, Sentinel Network and Tales of New Tython events and never once had an issue with organization or communication, despite our timezone difference.

Without A’lora’s valuable friendship and assistance I would not be where I am today. He is one of the best we have and I have learned a lot from him. I thank you, my friend, for all that you have done and are yet to do. You deserve this award. Keep the Clan safe.

• V'yr Vorsa, Herald of the Brotherhood

Captain Morgan Sorenn, 2015-07-25 23:38:20 UTC