Khryso Mallus is, by any stretch of the imagination, one of the most criminally under-recognized members of the Brotherhood I've seen. Much of that is, of course, because his work often flies under the radar to those that are not paying attention. He's not standing around in chat talking himself up, he's not working on shiny projects that create a lot of glitz and glamor. He is just one that simply stands up and does the grunt work that needs doing. The Brotherhood has a lot of nitty gritty jobs that just need doing, and Khryso is often the one that is the one doing them.

He has amassed a mountain of medal XP tracked via our system, working out to 21,900 total points. Much of that was amassed over his years of service, waiting to be spent once the XP system went live. The fact that he needed to be "caught up" in the form of a Dark and Steel Cross each was just a symbol of all that he had done, and all that he had not been recognized over the years for. He received those awards and still had over twenty thousand medal XP as yet unrecognized. He has participated in nearly 800 competitions and placed in just under 250 of them, many of those placements earned before Crescent eligibility was expanded. 93 Shadow Academy Courses, 16 degrees, over 86 thousand words of fiction, 214 Clusters of Ice, etc. The numbers just continue to be staggering. He's pulled in awards for his activity, sure But the fact that his work has been "rewarded" while still leaving him nearly 22 thousand medal XP unspent speaks to the absolute insanity that is his activity level.

Additionally, he has worked to do a lot of work that isn't tracked by his XP numbers. He has served our Clan in his leadership positions. Beyond that, though, he has been the driving force behind the Clan's wiki presence. He's crafted articles for locations, entire units, events, etc. Most importantly of late, he has been the one slogging through the various fiction updates across the Brotherhood for vendettas, events, etc. in order to ensure that said information is chronicled in the history of Clan Plagueis. Lore, or as Howie calls it "Krathy stuff", is all well and good as it goes by, but without that information being written down all it can ever be is a flash in the pan. The unit cannot have a cohesive history that evolves as it grows, as stories feed into the next. Since he was last recognized with a medal for his wiki updating, he has made edits to 40 individual Clan Plagueis related pages, including updates of 10,080 and 4,924‎ bytes to the‎ Falger Mining Company article, 1,525 bytes to the Clan Plagueis history article, and 1,309‎ bytes to the House Tyranus article among others. Khryso is even the one that is chasing me down to ask for more work to ensure that the Clan does not suffer with the lack of content recording, which is the mark of true dedication. Lore updates to the wiki are not something that gets noticed, that is until somebody goes to look for something and cannot find it. Only when the content isn't maintained does it get noticed. Essentially, this work is a symbol of Khryos's work for our Clan: nobody in particular is noticing because it just gets done.

In short, I want to make sure that Khryso knows this: We noticed. All the things that you have done for our Clan over the years have not been forgotten. Congratulations!

Master Selika Roh di Plagia, 2023-06-08 23:15:30 UTC

Ok, say it with me now: Nora is absolutely insane. How can I say such a thing, you might ask? Because 19,464. What is 19,464 you might ask? Well, it is the number of medal XP that Nora has earned since her last award on February 1st. See, when I saw that Nora had recently exceeded 23 thousand medal XP on her ledger, I assumed that she was similar to others that had large remaining XP balances: there must have been a large amount stacked up from before the XP system launched. Nope! Her "catch up" award was a Grand Cross award that left her with 4,071 XP remaining. In the time since, Nora has averaged just over 4,500 XP earned per month. I'll give you a second to recover from that, because I know that the idea of a member averaging nearly a Sapphire Blade per month just blew your minds. That's what Nora does, blows minds and breaks systems.

Since that last award in February, Nora has completed entries for 211 competitions and earned 1 Silver Nova along with 7 Diamond, 31 Ruby, 28 Amethyst, 35 Sapphire, 13 Emerald, 9 Topaz, and 1 Quartz crescents. That's a placement rate of 59%. She's earned herself clusters in the following varieties: 27 Fire, 54 Ice, 592 Earth, and 110 Graphite. She basically assimilated the entire Shadow Academy like a Borg drone while passing 49 courses to earn 13 degrees. She was 78 words shy of 10,000 words of fiction in that time (Yes, she was over nine thousand!). Basically, about everything the site tracks Nora did. In vast quantities. And just for good measure she finished first overall in our Ascending Confederacy House feud and second overall (and top in our Clan) in our Clan Feud against Taldryan while hitting 100% participation in both. If I hadn't spoken to Nora over Discord I might have suspected she was a bot coded by James to literally do all the things. She serves as an example to every member of Plagueis and the Brotherhood just what can be done if you put your mind to it.

Outside of her trackables, Nora has also given excellent service in the realm of leadership work. She has been a great leader of House Ventress, demonstrated by the 76% participation rate they managed during the recent Clan Feud. She has engaged her members via report (minus the one that fell during the Clan Feud as she was directed to focus on direct member engagement) as well as in one on one interactions. She mentored Bril Teg Arga, a newly joined member, to the rank of Knight (and said member has already made it to Equite one as well). Suffice it to say, within Plagueis she has been an invaluable asset to the leadership team. Nevermind the service she has given to the various office staffs within the Brotherhood as well.

Nora is a unique member within the Brotherhood, having done an amazing amount of work since she arrived. Plagueis has been vastly improved due to the work she has put in, both as a consumer of activity and a leader of the membership. Thank you for all that you have done for the Ascendant Clan.

Master Selika Roh di Plagia, 2023-06-08 23:15:33 UTC

Since his last award in February, Tali has earned 21,354 medal XP across his myriad activities in the Brotherhood. In these matter of months, he's participated in 17 competitions (21 if we includ the containers that go with them), placing in 10 of them at an astounding 58% placement rate. When a full third of these competitions were high-demand competitions like fiction and graphics, it shows that he puts his credits where his mouth is. More to the point, Tali has slammed out a whopping 12,883 words of fiction across just five fiction activities, earning 26 Clusters of Ice; and 3 Clusters of Graphite for his graphics work to round him out. Not just a competitor, Tali organized 3 competitions for House Qel-Droma in February shortly after his last awarding to continue their story.

That leads us into the part that the site can't track so well. Tali has been House Qel-Droma's Quaestor since 2019, and is still keeping the fire alive. With fiction updates that are more regular than my own, Tali's added around 2,100 words of fiction just for his House in the five months since his last award. He not only participated in the latest Clan event, but kept up consistent motivation among his members on Discord, throwing out links and helpful hints in the House and private Arcona chats throughout. This motivation also came through in his report for that event — one of many, and by far one of our most consistent report-writers to keep Qel-Droma informed.

On a more personal note — I've said it before in other recs, and I'll say again here — Tali is a pleasure to be around. His consistent presence, calm yet outgoing demeanor, and lead-from-the-front method makes him a prime leader in the seat. He can always be counted on for deliberate and constructive criticism as well which, when coupled with his fascination for our Clan military Possessions, makes him just as invaluable when wading through the units and their compositions.

So to Tali, thank you for all of your hard work, you wonderful lek-head. Keep it up. You do us proud.

Qyreia Arronen, 2023-06-07 18:38:27 UTC

Jafits, a long time supporter of the Clan and a extreme powerhouse in the gaming community, he never fails to impress us with the sheer number of clusters he puts up every week. That is why we are proud to announce that he has reached the 25,949 XP needed the attain his first Ruby Scepter!

Congratulations and thank you for your continued support of Odan-Urr!

Grand Inquisitor Lizuni Heraga, 2023-04-29 04:53:31 UTC

Essik, a long time supporter of the Clan, Councillar of Urr, current QUA of the Guardian Corps and the poor guy who pulls his hair out chasing around and updating all the changes I make on the Clan wikis. An extreme powerhouse in the fiction community, he never fails to impress us with his cleverly crafted and detailed fiction updates, especially his newest endevor “Streets Painted Crimson”. He ‘s always able to put the members first, providing them a safe home free from judgemnt and has sworn to defend them at all costs. Essik is the hardest worker I’ve ever known and I am glad to have him on my Summit.

He has reached the 25,949 XP needed the attain his first Ruby Scepter!

Since his last recognition, Essik has participated in 39 competitions, earning 25 Crescents with Ruby Stars, 16 Crescents with Amethyst Stars, 3 Crescents with Sapphire Stars and 3 Clusters of Ice. Additionally, he’s posted 1151 words of fiction, 120 words in roleplay, earned 1 Shadow Academy Degree and made 2 News Posts with 1 news post comment.

Congratulations and thank you for your continued support of Odan-Urr!

Grand Inquisitor Lizuni Heraga, 2023-04-29 04:51:34 UTC

Appius is currently 74 XP short of a Ruby Scepter. He's earned most of that XP in the 8 months since he picked up an AK, which is a very impressive amount of activity on top of having to run an entire clan. Appius is easily one of our most active members and leaders, participating in 124 comps, organizing 73, and writing just way, way too many words of fiction.

Lord Dacien Victae, 2023-04-09 00:44:59 UTC

A few months ago, XP was rolled out and there was much rejoicing. We made a lot of members whole because of the body of work they'd done over the years and the deficit of awards. People who had struggled to get a Grand Cross or a Sapphire Blade were handed these out en masse; and it was good.

Then the period of periodic reviews began and we looked at people and said 'they've done a lot, let's give them a few Grand Crosses' and again...it was good.

Then I looked at Reiden and I said; this is not good. There can be no truncation of his contributions. A half dozen Grand Crosses and Sapphire Blades would not be enough. It had to be a Ruby Scepter; and this was good.

The objective of rolling out XP was to ensure that we looked at the whole of a member's contributions to the organization. We've awarded Reiden over the quarters and we've spoken about what he's done at each time. Most reviewed character sheets or accepting new responsibilities. His status as puzzle master is legendary and few, nay near none, will beat him when he applies himself.

But, we haven't talked about the impact of who Reiden is and what he does. I would wager that nearly all members since Reiden has become Magistrate of the Voice have had their Character Sheets improved based upon Reiden's feedback. This would be good, but Reiden does better. He consults with people, offers suggestions, provides facts to help them create the character they want to play.

Reiden is like the living database for the club. He remembers story arcs for individuals characters from years ago. I know, personally, it's a joyous feeling when he recalls something I wrote years ago. Imagine how that makes newer members feel?

When you look at the requirements for this award it speaks of 'extreme dedication'. Who amongst us is more dedication to the members of this club than Reiden?

I have had a great privledge awarding Reiden over the last few years and I look forward to doing more. He'll be a Master in no time!

Master Kamjin "Maverick" Lap'lamiz,

For the last half year, Wally has played a major role in helping to implement RP as a regular DB activity. As the club's second Exarch, he led his staff through long, data-intensive discussions and analysis of how DBers have been RPing in order to develop milestones for the new Envoy Corps. Wally worked closely with James to define an entirely new dual-track "supplementary society" using the preexisting trophy system. The final product is something unique in the club but still connected to all of our other systems.

I also need to add that last year Wally helped lead a small team in rewriting and modernizing the Consul's Handbook. It was not nearly as large a project as the Envoy Corps, but it required sifting through an extremely outdated manual to find the good bits and then rewrite and reorganize the rest. All in all, great work, Wally!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2023-04-04 13:17:19 UTC

While the Medal XP system states Zoron has earned this medal through his site activity, I just wanted to add a small bit about Zoron. While his activity is known throughout the brotherhood. I would like to focus on the little things that he has done. Often overlooked are the normal things that make a member a blast to have in a clan. His presence on Discord and generally positive attitude are great to have around. In fact, it is kind of infectious. I don't ever remember him talking badly about other members. He has friends far and wide in this club and perhaps the best part is I have never heard anyone say anything negative about Zoron.

He worked tirelessly as my Proconsul and as stated in my recommendation for his elder promotion. Much of the groundwork he laid during that time is just now starting to produce the results we wanted in Clan Vizsla. I wanted this to be more than just clearing his medal XP because Zoron is more than just competition entries. Congrats on the Ruby Scepter Zoron!

Vynn Salm, 2023-02-09 00:28:52 UTC

Over the past year, DarkHawk completed capped off a successful term as CNS PCON with a strong showing as Second Clan of the Brotherhood. Shortly after that, Bentre resigned and DH replaced him as Consul. As CON he has kept CNS (and club) busy through dozens of competitions, including the Pro Bowl and a DB-wide holiday event. He's put a solid leadership team in place and the future is bright for CNS.

His personal activity has been astounding. Besides the dozens of competitions he has organized or co-organized, DH also participated in 97 comps, winning nearly 30 crescents. He picked up 725 CFs, 226 CEs, 17 CGs, and 69 CIs based on 27k words of fiction. Congrats, DH!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2023-01-13 22:50:14 UTC