Ashura Isradia has been one of the faces of Clan Naga Sadow for the past couple of years. He has assisted Clan Naga Sadow as a Battle Team Leader, Clan Envoy, Aedile, Quaestor and now as ProConsul. As Quaestor of House Marka Ragnos, Ashura was instrumental in rebuilding the House to its glory. He lead his House members in creating the Disciple of Ragnos, which provided HMR members a focal point for their fictions as well as rewarding members weekly and monthly in various activities. Once Ashura was appointed Proconsul of the Clan, he took his energy and focused his creative energy towards the whole clan. He has actively worked with other members in Clan activity and provided feedback in other's writings. He recently conducted a Clan-wide event, Fractured Mirror, where members participated in creating a mirror of themselves within an alternate timeline. - QUA Tsingtao Ming

Ashura has been one member I have known since my revival a couple of years ago. In this time he has always worked hard to maintian an atmosphere within his House and Clan of family. Always making sure people have things to volunteer for as well as to work towards. he isn't afraid to ask questions and tries hard to answer any as well as to be there for people to ask questions. Ashura deserves this award for his hard work and dedication to his Clan, House, Family and Friends. Congrats!!! KAP Jade Sadow

As it approaches the year mark for Ashura Isradia Sadow as Proconsul of Clan Naga Sadow, we would like to award him for all of his hard work and effort. In this time he has completed all the tasks that are expected of his position, such as reports, mentoring, and assisting in projects; as well as going beyond in finding ways to improve his Clan. Ashura spends his time bettering the Clan by his constant work on the various WIKI articles of the Clan, creating Dlarit Productions (http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dlarit_Productions), developing the Clan Plotline (http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/wiki/index.php?title=Clan_Naga_Sadow_Timeline) and Run On stories, construction of the Simus Institute (http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/wiki/index.php?title=Simus_Institute), maintains the Dlarit OOB (http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dlarit_Corporation_OOB) and creating/judging Clan competitions such as the Clan Feud: Battle of Inos. Most recently Ashura created the Clan Artisan: Fractured Mirror competition (http://web.me.com/banditx1979/Fractured_Mirror/Welcome.html) coming up with the original idea and creating the storyline to go with it. (http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Fractured_Mirror) The three week event had over 20 events in various activities. It included alternative endings as well as special bonuses for the top scorers. Running a Clan wide competition is by no means an easy task and Ashura ran a smooth, timely, and enjoyable competition for his Clan. As Consul, his advice and assistance is much appreciated as it makes my job that much easier. For his amazing effort and skill as a leader in Clan Naga Sadow, we are pleased to award Ashura Isradia Sadow a Sapphire Blade. –CON Robert Sadow

Warlord Robert Sadow, 2009-06-29 12:25:05 UTC

During the course of the Great Jedi War, Sidarace was one of the most active participants in Taldryan. Overall he participated in 19 separate events…the 4th most in the entire Clan and in the Top 10 of the entire DB. However, it wasn’t just his participation that set him apart, but his leadership during the competition. Although Aedile at the top, Sidarace was the riving force behind his entire House’s participation, his constant pushing, both on e-mail and IRC, getting his members to submit to events. He was one of the true leaders in the entire Clan, and the high amount of participation the Clan achieved is a testament to his hard work. Congratulations and well done!

Lord Halcyon, 2009-06-30 09:36:26 UTC

In the Great Jedi War, Plagueis moved from 6th Place overall up to 4th and contended for a higher position through most of the War, even holding 2nd Place at one point. Many of the Members of Plagueis did extremely well.

Kara Rohana was a driving force in Plagueis securing of 4th Overall. She placed 9th Overall in the War and placed in several top 10 spots including: 7th in Legends, 4th in Skirmish 2, 2nd in Mistaken Identity.

I'm very proud to award Kara her first Sacrificial Blade! Congratulations Kara! Great Work!

Master Alaris Jinn, 2009-06-06 10:08:19 UTC

In the Great Jedi War, Plagueis moved from 6th Place overall up to 4th and contended for a higher position through most of the War, even holding 2nd Place at one point. Many of the Members of Plagueis did extremely well.

Arion was a driving force in Plagueis' move to secure 4th Place in the 9th GJW. He placed 7th Overall in the entire War. He received 14 Seals of Unity and snagged several top 10 placements including: 5th in Instruction, 7th in Briefings, 1st in Potent Ink, 1st in The Garrison, 1st in Recon, and 6th in the Week 0 Fiction Event.

Many congrats, Arion!

Master Alaris Jinn, 2009-06-06 10:08:18 UTC

Since her arrival in the clan, Ronovi has been a very active member. She asked questions and dove right into things. This included jumping into a clan run-on as a fairly new journeyman, but she made her presence known. It was in this run-on that the clan leadership identified her as a potential top rate member, though we were hesitant because many journeymen, regardless of skill, burn out quickly. Ronovi’s service to the clan has been extremely active and productive. She is dedicated to this clan and has served as a battleteam leader, an aedile, and now quaestor. She has excelled in these positions, working to improve overall activity and the story of her units.<br><br> Ronovi’s service in the Ninth Great Jedi War is the best example of her overall service. She was personally active herself in numerous events, placing in several events, including winning two bronze novas, one silver nova, and a gold nova. She was part of the run-on guidance team, helping the clan to construct a decent story, and helping it place third in that event. She helped solve one of the puzzle events. All this time, as Aedile of House Cestus, she was constantly in communication with them, and having to pick up a lot of the regular quaestor duties as well because her quaestor at the time got caught up with real life. During the war, Ronovi was one of only two clan members who received battlefield promotions from the Grand Master. All in all, not bad at all for her first Great Jedi War; I am confident that it will not be her last.<br><br> Ronovi and I talk a lot about the clan and the direction things are going. We can bounce ideas off of each other, and she readily and easily serves as an advisor for me. She is always willing to help others, but she won’t be pushed around, either. It is my pleasure to say that Ronovi is one of those who have made it, and however far she goes from here will be of her own choice. It has been a pleasure working with her so far, and I hope to continue working with her in the future. <br>~DJM Anshar Kahn Tarentae, Consul of Clan Tarentum <br>*** <br>It is a rare feat indeed for anyone to devote themselves so willingly and willfully to any endeavor, and yet Templar Ronovi Tavisaen has done just that. Her service to Clan and His Most Royal Majesty, Justinian Khyron, has manifested itself in a multitude of ways. Her willingness to shoulder burden after burden beyond her station and years has led her to become a much relied upon resource by myself and the other agents of the Sith King. In the most recent action upon Antei, when other members of the Clan waxed verbose over their own grandeur and produced little useful suggestions, instead impeding the Clan in their attempts at self aggrandizement, Templar Tavisaen charged to the fore and took command of situations as they arose before myself or Master Anshar Kahn Tarentae could. This willingness to shoulder true responsibility, rather than the vascillating, bluster of her would-be contemporaries, set her apart, earning her commendations from her fellow Summits, her superiors and those members who recognized the machinations of a true leader and not the hollow posturings of pretenders.<br><br> But her impetus goes back beyond the retaking of Antei. In Tavisaen, you have the makings of someone truly invested within the welfare of the Clan - a rarity within our august fraternity. More often, one sees a raw hunger for their own immediate glory in a member. This leads to constant jumping between Houses, Clans and through hoops, hoping that the action will benefit them, not realizing the loss of long term gain. Gain that results in the higher rank they desired, but no real roots or contacts to work with and through.<br><br> The Templar has instead dedicated herself to making herself a part of the Clan, instead of standing apart from any Clan. In Ronovi you have someone who realizes that we ultimately form a team. Some of us are lousy team players, others are great players. Ronovi is the rare member who gets those who hate working with others to work. She elevates those around her, and makes them feel important so that they're willing to work. But, make no mistake, she is not some sycophant out to appease those around her. She is just as capable of popping an overly inflated ego as she is working to inflate a terribly deprived one. And so her service to My Master requires compensation. Such high service, in His Name requires the utmost humility of us, His servants. That on His behalf, I do extends His Majesty's thanks for services rendered unto His Realm, <br>Rex Gratia <br>Maxamillian von Oberst-Tarentae, Marshal <br>***<br> What can I say about Ronovi? What words can I use to express how truly remarkable she is and what an impact to bring upon the entire Dark Jedi Brotherhood and Clan Tarentum in particular. Devotion is one word that comes to mind as she is very devoted to her house and clan; giving endlessly of herself to better everyone. Inspiring is another powerful word that describes her. She lifts the membership up and shows us that there is so much that can be done with the right mindset. In addition to these two words, there is much more that could be said to describe how critical of a member Ronovi is to the Brotherhood, but alas people don’t read three page long citations. Needless to say, Ronovi Tavisaen is dynamic and inspiring leader of Tarentum who puts her clan & her house above herself and gave so much during the 9th Great Jedi War, and continues to do so yet today. Congratulations Ronovi and thank you for everything you have done, you most definitely deserve this honor. <br>Sincerely, <br>Vai Azexel, Aedile of House Cestus

Anshar Kahn Tarentae, 2009-05-17 17:07:18 UTC

It was weird, actually, working with Arion, based on the fact that it didn't spark in my head that he use to be the Headmaster of the Shadow Academy, just as I am now. Regardless, it has been great working with him. He is always around and always willing to listen to ideas I throw at him, which is plenty, and he also fixes any bugs or completes new projects quickly, and continues to do so even though his main tasks have been completed. What has Arion done concerning the Shadow Academy website? First is the full conversion of all the asp files to php, which took long enough as it was. After that, we started working on some extra improvements. On the admin side of things, he reworked the admin site to make it more fluid and easier to navigate, the added a reason box for when EPs delete an exam, and he added an answer key option for exams that makes grading much easier. On the public side of things, you automated the SA Staff Page as well as made the drop down menu actually drop down. He also added an answer record page that shows up when an exam is submitted, so that the member has a backup of their answers if something goes wrong. He also made it to where when a member retakes an exam, their new score automatically replaces the old one in the database, which saves us a lot of time in having to manually delete and re-add scores. All of this work took around three months and tons of hours, especially when it came time to beta test.

Just recently, when we went public with the full PHP SA site, he and I were on IRC to watch it, and, as would be expected, tons of bugs popped up when I first uploaded the files. He immediately figured out the problem and sent the corrected files over, and within thirty minutes of uploading the site was running at full capacity. And Arion still isn't stopping, we have more ideas and more improvements that we are slowly working on, and I will continue to work with Arion, because he is simply amazing at what he does, and it shows in his work. It is for all of the hard work, dedication, and time that Arion Sunrider put into the Shadow Academy website conversion/updating, all during the middle of a Great Jedi War that he still placed high in might I add, that I recommend him for a Sapphire Blade.

Dark Side Adept Aabsdu di Plagia Dupar; Headmaster of the Brotherhood

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Adding on to what Aabsdu said above, I can only calculate Arion's usefulness in ways I’ve seen him perform. Lucky for him, his face has been everywhere over the past three months in the Shadow Academy. The GJW was no easy feat to conquer for any of us, but Arion wasted no time in performing a mid-GJW coding re-haul of the entire SA. As you can imagine, with a big project like this, there is bound to be bugs. I myself counted over five in the first week of the re-haul that halted the SA degree system and the SA as a whole in its tracks. There to pick up the slack was Arion, who was always on call and sometimes the only person in the SCL's office immediately available to assist us with the problem. Thank you Arion, we couldn’t have gotten through the GJW without you.

Taigikori Aybara Dupar; Praetor to the Headmaster

Zanet Xox, 2009-05-16 09:07:31 UTC

To Whom It May Concern:

I am commending Dante for contributions in the 9th GJW: Unification. This member’s submissions to events contributed greatly to a well fought and extraordinarily close War. This member’s contributions held special gravity with the diversity and quantity of submissions. This member went above and beyond the call of duty to help the clan in its efforts. Additionally, a great number of top 10 placings were in their submission repertoire. Out side of that, Dante contributed greatly to the leadership assets For engaging in multiple events, contributing to a 3rd place for Clan Scholae Palatinae, and giving all our rival clans a run for their money, I award a Sapphire Blade.

Congratulations!

SWL Thran Occasus/CON/Scholae Palatinae

Thran Occasus-Palpatine, 2009-05-11 19:18:15 UTC

For valiant effort in leadership during the Ninth Great Jedi War and leading his clan to third place, Thran is hereby awarded the Sapphire Blade. Congratulations and well done. ~ Muz Ashen, Dark Lord of the Sith

From the 5-11-09 GM report: First Place, Arcona's Sashar, will recieve an <b>Amethyst Kukri</b> for his efforts in leadership. Despite a major snafu that left him without half his summit, Sashar was still able to keep Arcona on track and fighting to unseat Taldryan.<P> Taldryan's Shadow and Scholae Palatinae's Thran will both be receiving <b>Sapphire Blades</b> for their work to keep the war close. With so few points different and the tensions high, it was quite a feat to keep everyone going that long. Plagueis' Braecen, Naga Sadow's Bob, and Tarentum's Anshar will all be receiving <b>Grand Crosses of the Dark Side</b> as well, for their efforts. Congratulations, Consuls, and well done.

Lord Muz Ashen Keibatsu, 2009-05-11 10:30:58 UTC

Valorian participated in 15 events of the Ninth Great Jedi War: Unification. Of those events he placed in 6 of them, including an amazing three 2nd place finishes in the Sector Sketch graphic event, Effects of War graphic event, and Depiction multimedia event. Ad along a 5th place in the Helpless poetry event, a 6th place in the Know your Enemy graphic event, as well as earning two Dark Mavens; he showed his wide range of talents in this war. Valorian created quality entries that helped develop an enjoyable and exciting Clan Run On that assisted Clan Naga Sadow in achieving First place and earn himself a Gold Nova. His crucial contributions of creating the artwork and design while coding the website to the Contingencies II Battle Plan event helped Clan Naga Sadow achieve 2nd place in the event thus earning himself a Silver Nova. Valorian began the war as a Guardian and ended a Dark Jedi Knight. For his above and beyond effort and his amazing skill in the Ninth Great Jedi War, Clan Naga Sadow is pleased to award Valorian a Sapphire Blade.

Warlord Robert Sadow, 2009-05-10 02:48:01 UTC