I'm honored to be providing my recommendation for Hades to receive his first Sapphire Blade!

This Sapphire blade has been earned by Hades based on total medal experience, reducing medal XP by 5125 MXP to 4098 MXP. That said, Hades, we appreciate all you do and have done for the club and CNS.

Hades' contributions are exemplified by his assistance with House Marka Ragnos possession purchases. In April, we spent approximately six hours over the course of two days studying our options, working on a spreadsheet together that listed all of what we wanted to buy. Hades provided his knowledge and expertise (as in the prior note) and did a lot of research of our various options, which included comparing/contrasting different ships, stations, and planetary assets we could buy, debating back and forth with me over what were the best options vs what seemed cool. If I didn't have Hades to help with this stuff, I would have ended up selling one of our capital ships to buy a bunch of things we'd never use. He also provided insight as to how our ships and fighters could be used during war and peacetime, which further helped me visualize our options and make the best choices. Thanks again, Hades!

Congratulations on your first sacramental award!

Locke Sonjie
House Marka Ragnos Quaestor

This Sapphire Blade has been earned by Warlord Hades, based on total medal experience, reducing Medal XP by 5125 MXP to 4098 MXP

Hades is one of those guys every Clan wants. He is one of those "Jack of all trades" kind of guys. There is really not much he cannot do. He has been a constant sounding board for myself and others before, during and after his time on Summit. His advice is continually sought after.

One of the many talents that Hades possess is his VAST knowledge of ships and their capabilities. So he is on a short list of Subject Matter Experts when it comes to building a strong fleet.

This is truly an honor to be a part of and I am sure it will not be the last! Thank you and congrats on your first Sacramental Award Hades!

Jael, also known as Kris, has been a busy bee since his last recognition in April last year. In raw stats, he's participated in sixty eight competitions (just shy of a nice number) for a solid seven-plus average per month; eighteen of which were from GJW XV as evidenced by his collection of Seals of Ascension. Twenty-three Crescents and four Novae (one Gold and three Silver) show the quality and effort of this work, coming in with just shy of a 1:2 placement rate. As part of these activities, Jael has turned out just just of four thousand words of fiction, earning 10 Clusters of Ice, plust ninety Clusters of Earth, five Clusters of Fire, and a solid thirty-four Clusters of Graphite. Having seen and even graded his art firsthand, I am acutely aware of the detail and effort that goes into these works.

A number of his art projects fall outside the direction of his office as Praetor to the Herald — an office he continues to hold through the duration of the evaluated time. On his own initiative, he generated the custom robes and weapons that were Arcona's booty from GJW XV victory. Additionally, between the transition from Aedile of Galeres to Quaestor, he also created the artwork for the last artifact of Arcona's allocated three: the Glory of Galeres. He's continued to create artwork for his units, often published in our chats, centered on the fictional allies and enemies of the House and Clan. In these ways, during his six rated months as Aedile, and three months as incumbent Quaestor, he helped to generate interest and activity in Galeres' ongoing fictional arc on the Dajorran planet of Eldar.

On a final and more personal note, Kris has been a pleasure to have as a leader in Arcona. He is responsive, active in chats as much as competitions, and spreads his talents across the Clan and club alike despite a demanding real-world schedule. He has lots of ideas that he wants to share with those around him, and that is a sentiment that I readily share and appreciate. Hopefully this award shows some small amount of gratitude for that hard work. Thank you, Kris.

Qyreia Arronen
Consul, Clan Arcona

As his Consul will cover, Kris' participation and leadership have been an infusion of joy and comedic horror into the daily life of his House and Clan. He spearheaded the fictional development of his House as Aedile and continuing it as Quaestor, creating and running House events, creating high quality fully colored artworks of NPC races, creatures, and enemies for the House and Clan to use as assets for our plotlines and world building, publishing regular reports and contributing recommendations to numerous awards and promotions for the members in his care. These are all wonderful and easily quantifiable things, but it bears mentioning too the investment Kris shows to his Clanmates and to others in the Brotherhood, encouraging ideas and development in chat from mutant porgs to starting conversations about the identity of a sandwich or pickle flavored abominations of food; inane as these may seem, the core of our community as a club is engagement and socialization between members, and Kris is a constant daily presence enough that any one of us on the Summit need not worry that our people are going to be quiet. He is particularly attentive in subcommunities like the DB #art-chat and our unofficial #allies-and-pride channel on the DB server where he is a sympathetic and educational ear to members of any age.

We appreciate you always being there, Kris. Enjoy this knowing you have earned it.

Proconsul, Clan Arcona

Revak has continued to do a great job of managing the COU community and providing the Clan with a compelling story, and opportunities to participate in the community. In addition to being a great presence participating as well. In the short time since his last award he has more than earned this one, congratulations.