In conjunction with the Fleet for the Dark Council faction on the site, Mauron added significant content on the Iron Forces to the wiki: https://wiki.darkjedibrotherhood.com/view/Iron_Forces, adding content to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Task Force as well the Arx Capital Exchange, Shroud Syndicate and Inquisitorius, as well as creating wiki pages and histories for the major ships in the fleet including the Coronation, Endeavor, Misery, Nightfall, Waylay and Wrath. As well as updating the Paladin to reflect its current status in the fleet. Putting all these pages into the appropriate categories. All this content included original background and built supporting documentation to cover an important storytelling element in the DJB.

Adept Evant Taelyan
Regent of the Brotherhood

Though I have not had a lot of time to get to know Mauro, I am very glad to have both had the chance to know him, and also to see him retire and get to enjoy the more relaxing aspects of the DJB for a while. He has led this house with quiet dignity and diligence, and I have no doubt that the house's staggering activity rates are largely his doing. Everyone I have spoken with has nothing but high praise for him, and this house was lucky to have him as QUA. He will be missed as a leader and cherished as a member.

Also we are both former pilots, which is neat (although he flew vastly inferior TIEs, which is not neat).

Corsair Haran "Ji" Urr
Aedile, Satele Shan

Mauro Wynter has been the rock of Shan for over a year now. His devotion to his house during its highs and lows is commendable and I am very glad we choose him to be Shan's captain. As his PCON, I really appreciate how solid he was in the position and loved his initiative. His contributions for House Shan are undeniable and will be remembered for some time. I've enjoyed serving Odan-Urr with you and I hope to do so again one day. Thank you for the permanent mark you've made on Shan and a big congratz on your new stabby thing!!

Aura Ta'var
PCON, Odan-Urr

Over the last five months in his continued, stellar service as a Magistrate to the Voice, Mauro has really stepped it up in terms of taking on his own projects and working to improve the Brotherhood's fictional systems in his own way. In a major push to flush out the Fiction Societies fictional factions (Iron Forces, Inquisitorius, Shroud Syndicate, etc.) Mauro was responsible for updating Wikipedia documentation, formatting, and structuring it so that it would be an easy reference for members to use when writing their stories within the Brotherhood's canon universe.

Maruo was responsible for creating a stable of NPCs that were desperately needed to give a stronger identity and point of view for the Brotherhood's factions. This included the creation of Character Sheets, from scratch, for Lord Marshal Damon Nix and Moff Rhell (Iron Forces), CEO Rhent Ghosen (Arx Capital Exchange), Madame Curator Deandria Clery and Vanguard leader Aviana Starstrider (Shadow Academy Society), and of course the Operator and Field Agent NPC archtypes for the Inquisitorius. This work included the creation of custom aspects, all of which had to be approved and up to the standard of the Character Sheet Guidelines, as well as skillset builds, descriptions, and light backstory development. Mauro tackled each of these on his own volition, and completed each task within a few days of being requested. In total, his hard work helped grow the fictional "World" of the Dark Brotherhood's canon universe exponentially. Flushing out these key characters will help make fictions more immersive and stories more relateable for future generations that look to the Dark Council (as a factions) organization structure to be the example.

Outside of his project work, and his (covered by the Regent) other endeavors, Mauro has kept up with his administrative duties in monitoring the Competition and Character Sheet request queues. Since his last award, Maruo has lead the staff with 60 character sheets approvals, which of course does not take into consideration the time and effort he spends working with members on their remanded sheets to make sure they can get them to approval. This often involves taking the time to reach out and work with members who need a few "tries" to get it right.

Through it all, Mauro's patience, attention to detail, and work ethic all make him a stalwart member of my team, and an invaluable asset to the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. I am pleased to add my voice to this merit of recognition, but also am simply appreciate to have him on my team and in our club.

Voice of the Brotherhood

Rhylance has proven himself to be an exemplary member of Arcona. I will leave it to Kord to detail the specifics of his activity, but I will tell you that he is an absolute powerhouse when it comes to activity, both in participating in competitions and creating competitions for others to participate in.

But Rhylance’s dedication and commitment to the DJB goes much deeper than that. I have had the opportunity to work closely with him since his appointment to Quaestor of House Qel-Droma. He personifies the ‘lead by example’ style, serving as an inspiration for the newer members. Furthermore, he maintains a constant friendly presence on Telegram, where he is diligent in hyping events and providing encouragement for others.

As Quaestor of House Qel-Droma, he is approachable, dependable, and hard-working. Despite his relative newness to the clan, he has worked tirelessly to get up to speed on Arconan history and lore so that he could make valuable contributions to the House storyline. Furthermore, he puts up with my antics, which makes him a veritable saint.

For all of his hard work and effort, I am happy to add my voice to those recommending a Sapphire Blade for him. Congratulations, Chissy-face! It’s an honor to work with you!

Lucine Vasano Aedile, House Qel-Droma, Arcona

In the seven months since Rhylance joined Arcona's Summit, he has proven himself to be an exemplary addition to Arcona's leadership team. While Kordath has detailed the statistics above, Rhylance has proven himself to be incredibly supportive of his members, constantly interactive, often engaging them fictionally and helping them to explore their characters and their place within the House and Clan. He can frequently be found building up his members, and helping to build up a community in the process. He can often be found proposing Hangouts, community card games, gaming, and group writing sessions in an effort to build and strengthen ties between his members.

When he's not fostering activity in others, he is a paragon of activity himself. In the past year he has organized or participated in nearly 200 competitions, and he constantly leads by example when it comes to inspiring member activity. His numerous Crescents and Novae in the same period testify to the level of skill he brings to these activities.

As Lucine has attested to, he is readily available and always approachable, as both a leader and a sounding board. His dedication and his work ethic are enviable, and his even-keeled personality brings a calm center to the often frenetic pace that is a hallmark of Arcona. You couldn't ask for a better Quaestor.

For his tireless effort, his skill, and his dedication to both his unit and his members, it is my privilege to recommend Rhylance be awarded a Sapphire Blade.

Congratulations, Rhylance!

• Terran Koul, Proconsul of Arcona

In his services as a member of the Wiki Staff, Darkblade assisted in the implementation of a tag which helped the Wiki staff in making the stub category less of a receptacle for abandoned pages and helped to make it of use again to both my staff and the Brotherhood as a whole. This work involved going over greater than 200 pages that were previously in the Stub Category, reviewing the content of each page, looking at attached dossiers and determining what pages were had been left alone, which had been left over from previous projects and the status of player characters who had been placed in the stub section. Taking all this information, he worked with myself when needed to determine whether a page should have the STUB designation removed, or should be placed into the new HISTORIC CHARACTERS category via template, or left alone. He and I worked to complete the project. One hundred and twenty four of the pages in the new HISTORIC CHARACTERS category are thanks to Darkblade. He worked quickly and efficiently to execute the changes I desired. While this work can be relatively quick to complete, it is rather tedious and involved.

Another smaller project of note- and one that he largely took up on his own, with my blessing- was the work Morax Darkblade put into giving categories to pages and images which lacked them. This meant going into the Uncategorized Categories, Uncategorized Pages, Unused Files, Wanted Categories and Wanted Files with the goal of clearing those categories out. These actions, which have covered another seventy one pages since his last recognition have helped to make the Wiki a more ordered place. Among my current Wiki Staff members, Darkblade has continued to possess a tenacity, picking up one project after another, seeking yet another thing to keep himself busy when he completes a task to satisfaction.

More recently, he has also worked particularly to bring pages concerning Clan Naga Sadow up to date. These pages have included: Red Fury, Leadership for Kel Rasha, Operation: Homeland, Shattered Ties, Project S.P.E.C.I.A.L, Null Zero, Sands of Time, Veiled Origins, New Ties, Below Zero, Discovery, Inferno, Encounter at Citadel, Operation: Firestorm, Abomination,Ashes Fall, A New Dawn: Exsanguination, A New Dawn: Sanctuary and Operation: Cobalt.

Once he reached a point where the events that he had covered the better part he knew of from his time in the Brotherhood, Darkblade was not content to stop there. He has continued his work, creating pages for events that he is less familiar with, such as Homecoming and Proving Grounds, with the intent to continue his updating work.

Given my staff as Wiki Tribune, I do believe I would be remiss if I did not point out that Darkblade has earned two Dark Side Scrolls. One he recieved for having a Featured Article and the other for being July's Wikipedian of the Month. He has shown a marked commitment to helping to organzie and improve the Wiki.

Of late, he has also both participated and competed in competitions, in particular those that deal with CNS and HMR with a fire. I have particularly noticed this since he moved over to House Marka Ragnos. Noteably of late, Morax was also one of only three people who took part in both Phases of Encounter at Citadel and one of only two who took part in all available competitions. To put a pin in the whole thing, Morax won the whole Clan event by 16 points over the second place contender. Before that, he won first place in A New Dawn: Sanctuary. For that matter, his placement in Veiled Origins (which was, hey hey, another first place) is worth sitting up and taking notice of.

I whole-heartedly join my voice in recommending Morax Darkblade for a shiny new Sapphire Blade. Congratulations on the new shiny, and keep up the great work!

Bentre Stahoes

Consul of Naga Sadow & Wiki Tribune

Not long after I became Quaestor of House Shar Dakhan, Darkblade and I spoke about him helming a wiki restoration project for the House Shar Dakhan. I assumed when he decided to transfer to House Marka Ragnos that those plans were on hold indefinitely. But he surprised me by contacting me about the project some months later. Since that brief discussion he put many hours into what was at first an HSD Wiki article census on Google drive. He first cataloged the 3 main articles for HSD, but then was inspired to add 4 main articles for HMR and 5 entries for the Clan. But then he went wild and added another 97 entries for Clan NPCs, 22 articles for current and former Clan vessels and another 19 entries for Clan article categories. For each and every article on the census he listed the name of the article, the URL and how it should be modified. Following the expansion of the wiki census, the entire endeavor grew into a Clan level project and became the basis for updating many Clan wiki articles.

~ (#8075) Battlelord Etah Kilij Bloodfyre

Janus isn't a showboater, so it's easy to overlook the full breadth of his activity. And that's a shame, because it's staggering. Look at those numbers again. 120 comp participations in an award rec is crazy, even moreso when to stop to appreciate that those were 120 times when someone, maybe a unit leader or just another member, asked to see what their fellow members could do. And 120 times, Janus showed up. Art competitions, in particular, tend to languish without many submissions, so I personally delighted every time I see a member like Janus submit to one, especially when to entry shows the level of thought and effort that he puts into his work.

Janus, I don't know why you came over to Odan-Urr, but we're very happy to have you here and I hope we'll provide you with a wonderful home for many years to come. Keep up the excellent work!

Alethia Archenksova
Consul, Odan-Urr

It is a great pleasure to be able to add my support to this recommendation to recognize Mune Cinteroph-Palpatine with his first Sapphire Blade. By far, Mune is an indispensable member for Scholae Palatinae, having touched it on many different tiers, and we are lucky to have him in a positioned role as well. For us in the Scholae summit, he has became the beating heart of our team. Every success we’ve had, lesson we’ve picked up along the way, and moment we needed advice; Mune has been there as a guiding hand to help us forward. There are many that don’t appreciate the role and influence the Rollmaster position can have and Mune is an example of how we in Scholae function as a Triumvirate - Mune’s efforts alone showcasing why that position is so important for us. Therefore, to recognize the guardian angel over all of our shoulders and I’m proud to assist in recognizing Mune for all his efforts towards our cause.

As explanation of my belief, I see Mune’s activity as three separate categories; personal activity, community projects, & leadership activity.

When it comes to personal activity, Mune has participated in 63 competitions, hosted 25 competitions, played 2 PVP matches, done 15 PVE activities, finished 8 ACC battles, completed 3 fiction activities, wrote 3958 words, and wrote 3 run-on posts with a total of 3762 words. Additionally, Mune has passed 17 SA courses, gain 4 degrees, and graded 1 course since his last recognition. Similarly, he has earned 129 Clusters of Fire, 46 of Ice, 36 of Earth and 16 of Graphite, earned 6 pendants of blood, a legion of scholar, and a dark side scroll.

However, in addition to the statistics, I’d like to further draw attention to some notable achievements Mune has made. Not only has he competed in 63 competitions since his last promotion, 6 have been for 1st place finishes, 7 for 2nd place finishes, and 9 for 3rd place finishes . This isn’t surprising as Mune often throws his all into a submission to make sure it is of great and competitive quality. Often I find myself having to encourage junior leaders to not forget about their own personal activity once they come positioned - yet, I’ve never once had to concern myself if Mune was being active and setting a good example - as he has always been at the front of Scholae Palatinae’s activity for as long as I can remember. Truly, CSP is blessed by his presence on this front.

In addition to the personal activity, as the second category I mentioned above, Mune has been instrumental to the Clan’s development as a community. As Eli has noted in his recommendation, Mune has been the driving force behind the creation and administration of the CSP Proofreaders program. Aside from this, which he recently redid our entire spreadsheet and reporting system as well, he's also personally proofed 3 pieces of fiction totalling 2,196 words and taken to promoting the program at every report, event, and moment of opportunity that can can. This is not surprising to me, as Mune often works for the betterment of the community such as in the case of his Character workshops or competitions he runs that specifically aim to help member develop their fictional stance in the Brotherhood. Apart of that, he’s also revamp our clan competition roadmap, tapping in to his convention experience, to help the clan be better organized and more straightforward in our methodology. Whether acting as a promoter of clan activities, personal successes or activities, or being an editor for our clan fiction, or a mediator for any disputes that arise in the public or private channels of the clan; Mune gives the community his all for all our betterment - even personally pairing up with me for gaming so I can learn a new platform to further my own ambitions. Frankly, I see the Consul and Quaestors being our chief community development officers - but without Mune I don’t think we would be where we are today without him.

Finally, in terms of positioned leadership, for over 14 months Mune has served in the role of Rollmaster. From this position, he is the first point of contact for all our new arrivals. I don’t just mean new recruits - for when I transferred into CSP over a year ago, it was Mune who was the first one to reach out to me and welcome me to the clan, offer guidance on the different sub-units we have, and make sure I knew where I could find out all the information I needed for a successful transfer into the clan. Mune takes this role more seriously than any other indivdiual I’ve seen in the RM role - including myself. He makes sure everyone has the information they need to be a success, and has crafted templates and welcome documents to be easily shared with new recruits either by himself or by others when he was on vacation and out of the country. When a new arrival enters the clan, I have every bit of faith that this individual will have all the support they need to move forward strictly coming from one individual and yet that isn’t the only thing Mune does as Rollmaster. As a de facto third clan summit member, an equal member of our triumvirate, Mune is involved in the daily planning and organization of our clan structure and as all the rights, duties, and tasks of Eli and myself so that we know if one of us is away or busy, Mune can take the lead.

Finally, in terms of personal thanks, it has been awesome to see just how well Mune has jumped into the leadership life within the Brotherhood. Mune has all the markings of a grand leader. I look at Mune of a shining example of someone taking the roles and opportunities seriously to develop a positive community that others want to be a part of. Mune genuinely cares for the people under his charge and actively looks to take care of them - whether it be through the communication methods used above or in conversations with the clan summit and our planning; he is always been focused on making his community the best it came be. I’m glad to add my support to this recommendation to recognize the efforts of a great member, leader, and friend.

Raiju Kang

Proconsul of Clan Scholae Palatinae

When I first read his proposal for a new Battle Team in Satele Shan, I knew he had something special. At first glance it seemed as though he was trying to emulate Inferno Squad, but this unnamed Battle Team was not just a copy there was something unique about it. There were a few things that needed to be smoothed out, but in the end the smoothing made it better. How he tied the history of the Clan, the Great Jedi War, the unit's mission, and the climate of the post-War Brotherhood, it all fit perfectly with the whole story of the Clan.

Within two weeks or so of Tython Squad's OOC commissioning, Mauro had built foundation of community and camaraderie that exists in Tython Squad to this day. It was hard work on his side and the pay off was the members diving in head first. The first two events earned 100% Battle Team participation and Tython Squad continues to be one of the most motivated units in the Clan.

While keeping the Battle Team humming along, he also assisted me, as Aedile, in my duties of tracking activity and unit health. Especially when I moved at the beginning of this year and communication was tough for me, Mauro stepped up to help when I was unable to.

Mauro, I am glad to count you as a friend and a colleague. I look forward to continuing to work with you as part of Clan Summit. I am honored to recommend you for this, your first sacramental!

Len Iode Rollmaster, Odan-Urr Former Aedile, House Satele Shan

Mauro Wynter has done a lot for both Satele Shan and Odan-Urr, but I'd like to put a focus on something that isn't focused on enough. Mauro is dependable and gets to work regardless of how much enjoyment that task might give. As a leader, you don't always get to do the 'fun' things because someone has to do them and the buck stops at the leader. In my opinion, Mauro exemplifies this character trait, which has led him to successfully contribute to Odan-Urr over an extended period of time and regularly as well.

Whether it be a House/BTL event, a detailed lore additions, wiki work, summit management, or another new thing he gets his hands on I know he has it well in hand. This is a rare find. I know you weren't sure how things were going to go when you took on the job but words cannot express how grateful I am to have such an excellent Quaestor. You thoroughly deserve a Sapphire Blade and I am more than happy to recommend that you receive one for all of your great work and wonderful leadership for Satele Shan.

Congratulations on your new stabby thing!

Aura Ta'var
PCON, Odan-Urr

I've known Mauro since back in my first days after joining CSP. I have continued to notice a well known theme with him. That theme is his drive to continue to elevate his game. It doesn't matter if it's while he leadership, or not he always rises above. His abilities in leadership have continued to allow those under him to flourish. If you look back you will be hard pressed to find many areas he is lacking in producing and his own personal numbers are always impressive as well. He truly puts in the time for the Club, Clan, and his members.

While he was my Aedile he personally handwrote the entire fiction for the Shadow of Kesaret House event and helped streamline the House Wiki page with continued updates. The House Wiki updates eventually led to our House page being award the highlighted Wiki page of the month most recently. His reports were always on time and still he managed to bring in the personal numbers while in leadership. I remember one month alone he completed almost 50 competitions and most of them being fiction competitions which are no easy feat. Lastly his activity earned him the House title "Defender of Shan" for his insane abilities being the force he is with keeping Shan going strong while assisting with the VOICE and having fun as a regular member. The man is a beast!

Mauro is a man capable of many talents and as many have stated both in numbers and other areas he has shown he is a tremendous asset to both our Clan, but also to the DJB. I'm happy to have known him for so many years and I know we will have many more to come. Mauro congrats on your first Sacramental! This is the first of many I'm sure.

Maruo has served diligently in his role as Magistrate for the past 5 months. Out of the 184 sheets that have been approved during this time, Mauro is responsible for 68 (~61% of all staff approvals), keeping pace with the other Magistrate very evenly. Maruo has been so effective at his job that I, as Voice, have not had to jump in and handle the CS queue once since he's been hired. These metrics, of course, do not cover the carefully worded remands that Mauro administers, or the time he spends working with members to help make sure their respective sheets can get approved. This takes poise and patience, which Mauro demonstrates always. He is professional and represents the Voice Staff in a positive light. Maruo also is strict at staying on top of the competition approval queue, similarly working with members to make sure their competitions follow guidelines and get approved in a timely manner. He is also active on Telegram in team communications and helps weigh in and review changes and updates to policy found on the Wiki.

I am please to add my voice to this recommendation, as Maruo is everything I look for, as a Dark Councilor, from a leader or someone that puts the time in to give back to the fiction community and the members that participate in it. I'm lucky to have him on staff, and hope this award helps show my appreciation for what he contributes.

Voice of the Brotherhood

Shadow Nighthunter is a shining star in regards to activity and leadership here in Clan Scholae Palatinae. Since her last recognition, she has completed 129 competitions. Since her last promotion, she has completed 192 competitions. When she is not competing and increasing her skills, she is staying active on telegram, counselling with younger members of Tacitus Athanasius, and now working as an Aedile to House Excidium. As Aedile she has written two reports thus far and has organized 13 competitions. Because of her continued service to the clan, I highly recommend her for a Sapphire Blade. Thank you, Shadow, for everything you do for us. It never goes unnoticed!

Alara Deathbane

Quaestor of Excidium

I've lost count of the number of times I've had to please to write a recommendation for Juna. For over two years now she's been an unassuming cornerstone of both Odan-Urr and the wider Brotherhood gaming community.

In previous recs, I've had to list off literally hundred and hundreds of CFs and CEs to account for how prolific a gamer Juna is. However, this time the numbers are smaller—not because she's less active, but because that activity now takes the form of enabling other members to participate. Without being a glory hog or really taking any spotlight at all, Juna's become a critical member of Drac's staff and has taken on a massive amount of work that the majority of members simply take for granted.

It would be remiss of me to forget one last thing. Juna is one of the very few members I've know over the last three years who seems to have completely avoided drama of any sort. Maybe she gets enough of it from Sera, I don't know. Regardless, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone with anything remotely negative to say about her.

Congratulations on the Sapphire Blade!

Alethia Archenksova
Consul, Odan-Urr