Event History

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.

Arch brings exactly what I want in a staffer: meticulous attention to detail, a high level of scrutiny, in-depth knowledge and experience, and a not-so-lacking willingness to push back at me.

That is how one sums up the everything that is Arch and why I'm so remiss to know his time on my staff is coming to an end. To say that Arch is always up to something is to say that fire burns. It's obvious. That makes a recommendation hard to write because the pile keeps getting bigger. But, that's what I appreciates about him.

As a member of staff, Arch looks at the big picture. He addresses the member experience and our impact on it, all while keeping an eye on precedence and potential chain reactions. I think this measured hand is part of the reason why we continue to instill a "quiet" period from the Chamber's perspective. That is to say, the boat isn't rocking and Arch's clear view of the waters is a contributing factor.

Thanks, Arch!

When Arch joined the Dark Council I almost felt like he didn't join, because his inputs and work already had my ear. Yet it's been great to see him take on Headmaster and give his vision to that role and what it can and should be as a part of our community as well as helping guide the larger experience of members. His help on XP as it relates to the intake learning curve of new members and the value he's already provided is an indication of what is to come in the future. Congratulations.

As a member of the DJB Story Group, Atty played a key role in developing the plot of GJW XV and in editing every fiction released as part of the vendetta. She caught typos, suggested plot adjustments, and helped rework sections for readability, easily spending several hours discussing, reading, and editing over the course of the GJW, including its intro and aftermath. She was very active in Discord discussions and helped to keep the group focused (as opposed to just making Raptorstrike jokes, like some of us). She also helped brainstorm the fictional basis for the DJB's transition away from the "Dark" moniker.

Locke has served as Quaestor of Marka Ragnos for a while now and has allowed me to serve alongside him as his Aedile.

He has continued to support activity throughout the Clan, by both participating in and organising events and competitions. He has led development in the Warhost military for the Clan for a while and has worked with members to develop our identity moving forward as both a House and a Clan.

He has been a major asset in gaming within the Clan, with Locke always being open to carrying me in Heroes of the Storm games with members and smashing me in Mario Kart 8 and embarrassing me.

DarkHawk has gone into more detail upon the work done by Locke, so anything further from me would be superfluous and a waste of Howie's time to read it.

Therefore, this last bit is just for Locke. Thank you for your time and support given to me and others despite dealing with all the shit you've gone going on in life atm. It's not easy having to juggle so many priorities, but you manage to do it and put up with me nagging you and being a right miserable git.

Thank you for your continued dedication to the Clan and club.

Sang Aedile of House Marka Ragnos