Passed the Test of Lore

Crona, 2012-10-12 12:10:36 UTC

Well done, Kalatosh. Welcome to the rank of Protector, crossing over the midpoint of the Journeyman ranks and earning the right to carry an armory saber. From here, the road of Knighthood grows steeper, demanding more of your focus, dedication, and strength. It will require you to continue to adapt to new challenges and opportunities as you continue to explore the Brotherhood. It will offer you the chance to ascend, to earn a warbanner and have your name and heraldry known. And if you pursue Knighthood further, I have little doubt that you avail yourself to this House and to the Brotherhood, both over the short term in the Horizons Vendetta and in the future.

Wear your saber proudly, Protector Phaa.

Master at Arms Korras, Quaestor Reith, Aedile Vorrac, and Rollmaster Solatus: I recommend the promotion of my student, Kalatosh Phaa, to the rank of Protector in light of his completion of the following tasks:

Kalatosh has * Started work on his character history on the Wiki * Passed 5 Shadow Academy courses since his last promotion: ACC Basics, Force Philosophy I, and the Sith, Obelisk, and Krath Core exams * Passed the ACC Basics exam and completed an approved character sheet * Routinely joined us in #Plagueis on IRC

OT Eiko Praetor to the Deputy Grand Master

Liam Torun-Urr, 2012-10-09 23:06:07 UTC

Passed the Test of Lore

Adrian Moony, 2012-10-09 18:50:11 UTC

Apprentice Rysh'ka Nahja has taken and passed the IRC basics exams and has fulfilled the required one basic activity. Therefore I required Rysh'ka promotion to Novice. Congrats!

-OE Teu Pepoi CNS Proconsul

Teu Buhkari Sadow, 2012-10-08 21:52:10 UTC

Ekeia admirably served as Professor of General Studies for several months while I was Praetor to the Headmaster and later Headmaster. With so much work under her belt, it was impressive to see her continue to follow the strict 72-hour-turnaround time for exam grading. It is always helpful and beneficial to have active staff, and I couldn't thank her enough for her contributions.<br><br>-Ronovi Tavisaen Dupar<br>Headmaster of the Shadow Academy<br><br>Dedication is one of the main requirements for a member to progress in the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Dedication to seeing things through start-to-finish, dedication in being committed to a cause that you know you won't benefit from until much, much later; dedication knowing that you might not even get the very thing you hope to receive. If Dedication isn't one of Ekeia's many names, then it should be! At this point of her DB career, she is crossing over the barrier of trivial concept that 'x many CF's and x many more Crescents' are holding her back, so let's focus on the bigger picture here.<br><br>Since Ekeia first transferred into Taldryan well over a year ago in May of 2011, She has proven her worth in this club, and as a Tally with her hard work and Dedication to proving herself above most of the members in this club. Setting herself apart from those who talk the talk but don't walk the walk, this fine Taldryanite has put her full dedication to her position as Praetor to the Herald. This dedication was felt throughout all of Taldryan, especially while she was on IRC. Although keeping to her code of secrecy in regards to the projects she was working on in the Herald's office, she always made sure to keep us on our toes and ready to see what the HRLD was going to come out with next.<br><br>While Shikyo was on his Temporary Leave of Absence due to his real life commitment (and being over-seas =P), Ekeia took the reigns of the Heralds office without a single hiccup. If members did not see the news posts from Shikyo that he was on a Leave, no one would know the Herald was out of town due to the perfect transition Ekeia held the Brotherhood with.<br><br>It's always hard to put a number over a member like Ekeia to label her in terms of worth. Thankfully, there's only one of her, so it's easy to say that she is by far one of the most productive members of her (Mine, too) generation of Brotherhood members. Just going off of the Herald report' stats, Ekeia has completed an astounding 11 custom lightsaber requests and 48 warbanner requests in the past year alone. That's not mentioning all of the work she's done that Shik hasn't put in his reports. Any real leader knows how much work is put into the behind-the-scenes, and with Ekeia stepping up as stand-in Herald, I can only imagine the amount of work she put in to keep things running as smooth as they did.<br><br>At this point in her career, and with the notion that she is being evaluated for her promotion to Equite 4, one cannot simply rely on what she's done in one area of this club (And though she has done a lot for the Herald's office, and that is where she is most known for), I really do have to speak on her behalf in Taldryan, as well. Although being one of a quiet nature, Ekeia truly has shown she knows her stuff. Coming into #taldryan is no small feat - especially if you've been around the Brotherhood - you quickly learn that it's a very tough-crowd. That has never stopped Ekeia, nor do I think it ever will. Ekeia has participated in multiple events in Taldryan, ranging from fictions to IRC trivia (when it was run), to Run-Ons on and off of Vendettas. Ekeia's knowledge about Star Wars is a key factor to her success in this club, and that does nothing but help Taldryan's good-name.<br><br>Smaller medals at this point, I would hope, are mute in regards to her Equite 4 promotion, so I won't delve into that. Ekeia Iclo was a huge-hitter for Taldryan in the Great Jedi War X, and even snagged us a fantastic 2nd place in one of the events she participated in! With big-guns like Naga Sadow and Arcona to go up-against, that's a large feat, and is something that should be considered when reviewing Ekeia for her promotion to Pontifex.<br><br>There is really so much I can say about this member and the influence she has had on me, and countless others in Taldryan, and ultimately the Brotherhood. A great deal of her time is spent on her duties as Praetor to the Herald, but in doing so she is a perfect example of what a Taldryan should be.<br><br>Congratulations, Ekeia, on your promotion! You have surpassed me in rank, and with great reason! You have proven yourself as one of the Brotherhoods up-and-commers. Don't lose that, and keep to the grind!<br><br>-OE Shaz'air Taldrya<br>Former Quaestor and Aedile of House Taldryan<br><br>When writing a high level recommendation for members of the DB, some leaders have a tendency to do what is called "fluffing" the recc. Let me start by saying Ekeia makes it so it's hard not to fluff, she's just that darn good. Shikyo recently spent a good part of 2012 overseas and it was up to Keia to run the Office of Herald. I'll be honest, it was almost as if Shikyo wasn't even gone. Her ability to think on her feet and perform a Dark Council member's duties for that long alone should merit her elevation.<br><br>I can't speak much for the technical duties of her position as interim Herald, but I can name off several dozen items that she completed for Brotherhood members that look absolutely amazing. Her work is a promising glimpse of what is to come from the Herald's Office in the future, and makes us all stand on edge waiting for images of her next work. If you look at her first lightsaber concepts that she ended up commissioning, and compare them to her work now, you can see the difference between night and day. As Shikyo learned at Muz's elbow, so Ekeia has done from Shikyo. As a Praetor, I believe she performs the work of two, without seeming to skip a beat. We tend to overlook these members who are gifted with programming and graphic design, and I firmly believe Ekeia ranks among the best the Herald Office has ever seen. I'm deeply honored to put my recommendation in for her to join the last step before Elder. Congratulations.<br><br>-Taigikori Aybara<br>Justicar of the Brotherhood<br><br>I do not like to ask anything from my people that I would not do myself. Asking Ekeia Iclo to step up to the plate and fill in as Herald during my deployment from 7 DEC 2011 to 7 AUG 2012 was one of the hardest things I have had to do. During my deployment, I have read over the emails that were sent to my Gmail account, asking for assistance and inquiring about policies we have. I never had to respond to them because Ekeia was already there, providing detailed answers that assisted members and provided them with further information for the future. This told me that the information she knows regarding the Herald's Office and graphic design policies are equivalent to my own; providing me with the peace of mine that she can handle the tasks required of a potential Dark Councilor.<br><br>Since her last reward, Ekeia has designed nine lightsabers, thirty warbanners, has begun her work for our annual Herald Style Hanukkah project, as well as take the lead in providing the DB Wikipedia with images to refresh the look of our pages.Adding these duties in addition to her real life duties at school and work is absolutely astonishing to me. For being a Praetor, her work ethic and her devotion to the club goes above and beyond the call of duty. I could not ask for anything more in a Praetor and I am honored to have her on my Staff. For her tireless work ethic, unquestioning devotion to the Brotherhood, and astonishing knowledge beyond her position, I would like to recommend Ekeia Iclo for the rank of Krath Pontifex. You have more than earned the right to carry two lightsabers. Thank you for everything you have done and continue to do!<br><br>-DA Shikyo Sasuke Keibatsu<br>Herald of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood

Shikyo Keibatsu, 2012-10-07 16:03:07 UTC

Passed the Test of Lore

kool morro, 2012-10-06 12:35:22 UTC

Passed the Test of Lore

Rysh'ka Nahja, 2012-10-06 03:24:59 UTC

Passed the Test of Lore

Dawnbringerzz, 2012-10-05 20:02:26 UTC

Most promotion recommendations are, for the most part, straightforward. At their very essence, they are lists of accomplishments, transformed from their cold, statistical roots into eloquent, amorous declarations of gratitude. Legorii is not lacking in accomplishments, not by any stretch, and to take the focus away from his body of work would do him severe injustice and I'm not entirely sure words will be able to ever truly express his contributions as both an active member and leader. <br><br> During his time in the Shadow Academy, Legorii served for many months as the grader of Obelisk Core and Capital Starship Studies. He audited many exams as a Magistrate and also wrote a "Superweapons" addendum to the Starship Studies course. He also wrote the Clan Arcona History exam in its entirety. As a Wiki Staffer, Legorii improved the quality and consistency of hundreds of wiki articles. He has had a hand in a fair number of Clan Arcona's military-related wiki pages as well. He created nearly all of the NPC characters, and most of the pages for cities, ports, divisions, bases, planets, and moons within the Dajorra System. He has contributed greatly to each of the existing Battleteam wiki’s, including extensive work with Oblivion Brigade. He continues to monitor the wiki, making small changes to grammar and the like when needed. <br><br> As a new Aedile of Galeres, Legz was thrust into Great Jedi War IX preparations, and ended up running a couple of smaller competitions to drum up participation while helping to coordinate larger Clan-wide drives to improve activity ahead of the war. He worked with the other leaders to reform many aspects of the Clan, including how we promote new members, how we promote older members, and how we handle the master-student program. <br><br> During GJWIX, Arcona’s two Quaestor’s simply left, leaving a gaping hole in Arcona’s summit. Stepping into the void, Legorii became Quaestor of House Qel-Droma and steadied the ship, rallying not just Qel-Droma, but all of Arcona, pushing members every single day and trying to squeeze every drop of activity out of them that he could. He lead by example, tearing through nearly every competition, and finished ninth overall. He coordinated team gaming competitions, proofread countless ACC posts, contributed to battleplans and ROs, and advised newer members while trying to keep them from burning out. Arcona went on to win that vendetta, ending Taldryan's streak. Legorii remained Quaestor for quite a few months after, running a few smaller competitions in the hangover that followed. <br><br> After a short break from Clan leadership, Legorii became a member of Oblivion Brigade where he was detrimental in the teams success and creation. He helped develop the fictional background to the BT, helped make the wiki look pretty (it was pretty bad when I had first made it). He then stepped up, as he has on multiple occasions, in a time of need and became BTL of Oblivion Brigade, when I had to step up to Quaestor. He continued to keep the team dominant, and trained up Talos, who eventually went on to be an Aedile. <br><br> Legorii left due to real life, but came back right after the war in a time where our members were still in a bit of a post-war hangover. He jumped right back into the fold, and was a participant in the Family Fued we ran. He followed that up by winning Operation: Rolling Thunder for which he was the overall scorer. He then placed 1st overall in the Trials of Loyalty internal 3-week competition we ran. He again has stepped up as Aedile of Galeres, and has, for the past 3 months, been vital in decisions made by the Arconan Summit, attended meetings, and wrote recommendations for his members and fellow Summiteers. <br><br> Since June, he has entered every competition available to him, and has earned 22 Crescents in a 37-day stretch. It will probably be more by the time this gets published. Since his last promotion, he has totaled an eye-popping 38 seals, 32 crescents, 5 merit awards, 2 Scrolls of Foundation, and innumerable Clusters. <br><br> Quite frankly, I'm ashamed, as both a leader and a friend, that it has taken me this long to write this recommendation up. I believe the time has more than come to rectify that, as we congratulate Legorii on achieving the rank of Krath Epis. Congratulations buddy, you deserve it :). -Marick Arconae Proconsul, Clan Arcona <br><br> Legorii. This man exudes hilarity. At every turn he is able to make light of situations otherwise at risk of turning sour. He is a fantastic leader and a true friend. This man has been a veritable workhorse of activity after taking up Aedile just under three months ago. While this man has not lived up to the standard expectations of an Aedile, such as writing reports, processing rewards and promotions (all of which has been completed by Sang), he has given House Galeres what it needs ā?" a real push in the right direction. The Legz-Sang dynamic is a weird one. Sang is a fantastic Quaestor, but he completes much of the Aedile work, whereas Legz fulfils the usually standard role of Quaestor by being a motivator and driving force for activity within the House. Letā?Ts face is, Legz has done nothing by emanate charisma since he returned not 5 months ago. It is, in essence, a reversed relationship, but for them it works. Legorii went above and beyond expectation during the Trials of Loyalty, leading from the trenches, acquiring 100% participation and placing top overall in the event. It is no secret that his storm in activity has helped bring other members in House Galeres who were before somewhat reluctant to participate back out into the open and willing to play. Then you have his past experience in his activity. The man pretty much created Arconaā?Ts area in the wiki. He has come top in numerous events. He was Arconaā?Ts prodigy. The protĆ©gĆ© of the Arconae. He was groomed for greatness. And then he went unrewarded. All of his feats are listed below by Marick, so let me just say that I feel upset that Legz has up to now gone unrewarded and still pushed for greatness. This demonstrates an unfaltering loyalty to his Clan and the Brotherhood. It is a trait to which many strive, but few actually reach. EQ3 is awarded after demonstrating above and beyond performance as a 2nd level Equite, Legz personifies this. There is not a single member in Arcona more deserving of Legz for reward. And it is for that reason that we humbly request his promotion. Congratulations, Legz. You’ve more than earned it. ~Wuntila Arconae, Consul. Clan Arcona <br><br> For the few short years that I've spent within Arcona, one person has always been there, helping and guiding me. That person is Legorii. Legz was my first point of contact within Arcona when I first moved there to serve as his Aedile. He worked with me and trained me and showed me what it was to be a leader. How one should behave, how one should sacrifice their time and effort to help the membership and how to be one confident son of a bitch. There are few others who are as dedicated to the Shadow Clan as Legz, for the five plus years that he's been in the DB, he's left once thought about leaving. His love for Arcona has no equal except for some of the Arconae out there. <br><br> When I was brought back to Galeres to serve as Quaestor once again, I struggled...I really did. I wasn't confident, I was plagued with summit issues. I had a rapidly declining House both in terms of membership and activity. I messed around, thinking that I could do the job of leading a House, greeting new members, running competitions, dealing with the House's fictional development and much more all by myself. That, was a mistake. I was stressed out, tired and close to resigning out of exhaustion. But, that all changed when my mentor, Legorii came back to activity. I knew straight away that I had to nab him as Aedile to help strengthen Galeres and give me some breathing space. I begged him to do me a favour and serve as my Aedile. To my ecstatic astonishment, he agreed. Despite having to get ready for his first year of college. Legorii is selfless, always eager to help, contribute and is actually, despite the bickering that goes on between us, one of the people I respect and idolise as being a true, blue, Arconan. <br><br> Since his time as my Aedile, he has helped push Galeres to new heights of activity during the past two Clan events, Operation Rolling Thunder and Trials of Loyalty were his to win, even as he assisted fellow members with spell-checking, encouraged them to participate and pretty much stormed to victory in both occasions while doing so. He has also helped me as a leader, boosting my confidence and allowing me to actually have some time off as a leader. As before he had graciously accepted my request to serve as Aedile, I had been running around like a headless chicken for the previous five months. <br><br> Legz is a friend, one of my best friends. He stepped up to the plate for Arcona in the past, during the Ninth Great Jedi War and he did it again for Galeres. For his dedication to the Shadow Clan. For his selflessness in helping others. For his activity. For his sheer winning. For his helping me to be a damn good leader. I submit this recommendation that Legorii be raised to the rank of Krath Epis. Congrats, Legz, you more than deserve it. --Sanguinius Tsucyra Entar Quaestor of House Galeres <br><br> Love em or hate em, Legorii has always been a standard-bearer for excellence in the Clan Arcona. During the Trials of Loyalty I got to know him better than I have during all the prior years that we have served together. His passion was obvious, his drive to win was infectious, and his attitude was reassuring, and all those things drove me to try and match him. He has served this Clan in every role between member and Questor and back again and I hope his passion, his drive and his attitude are around to push this clan to its limits for many years to come. ~ Prelate Etah d’Tana <br><br> Although I am not a member of House Galeres, Legorii’s activity is easily enough to garner him one hell of a reputation. He competes in virtually every competition available and he is always around on IRC. His dedication to Arcona is such that many would probably be surprised to discover he is not an Arconae, for he has been around and fairly active in the majority of the time Iā?Tve been around since my own return. The sheer level of activity, and his drive to win, is enough to make every single Arconan try harder, in an effort to beat the beast that is Legorii Kryotek Entar. Clan Arcona is honoured to have such members, and I myself am honoured to be asked to write a recc for one of Arcona’s greats to join me at the third echelon of the Equites. Congratulations, Kryotek! --Andrelious J. Inahj Gatewarden, Shadow Gate House Qel-Droma of Arcona <br><br> Legorii is an exemplary member of Arcona, showing our old and new members how to win events, including myself. In the couple of months that I've known him, he's been an insatiable fiend to compete against. I know that Galeres has had some rough days, but I think Sang has been resting much easier as of late having Legz around and that is a definite plus. His activity is immense when he's on fire, and I'm glad to have someone so willing to challenge my own Aedile Scelestus on a near daily basis. Congratulations, Legz. :) -Socks

Legend Wally, 2012-10-02 15:07:56 UTC

<I>Novice Khorde Drayson stood in the meeting room of his House, where a large number of his Housemates were gathered, seated before him. As the Novice's Consul stood, the Novice took a knee before him.<BR><BR> The Novice's Consul, Wuntila, raised a hand and conjured a dark mass of vapor, a coherent patch of darkness.<BR><BR> "As your superior in the Dark Brotherhood, I personally attest to your achievements and am proud to confer on you the rank of Acolyte. With this elevation you have earned the right to step to the next pillar of strength and knowledge within Clan Arcona and the Brotherhood of Dark Jedi." <BR><BR> The shadow fell from his hand over the Novice shrouding him as the Consul spoke again.<BR><BR> "Light is limited."<BR><BR> "Darkness is infinite."<BR><BR> "Rise, Khorde Drayson, an Acolyte of Clan Arcona."<BR><BR> The applause filled the chamber as the newly promoted Acolyte stood and chanted:<BR><BR> "ARCONA INVICTA!"<BR><BR></I> I would hereby like to request a promotion for Novice Khorde Drayson, who has currently fulfilled all requirements for promotion under the Dark Jedi Brotherhood's promotion guidelines, as follows:<BR><BR> Khorde Drayson has graduated the SA Basics exam.<BR><BR> He has also performed the following three activities:<BR> He has logged onto IRC and visited his Clan channel.<BR> He has registered on the DJB Forums.<BR> IRC Basics, Astronomy Studies<BR> <BR>As Khorde Drayson has met all the necessary qualifications, I would like to respectfully request his promotion to Acolyte. <BR><BR> In darkness, <BR><BR> OE Wuntila Zratian Entar Arconae

Wuntila Zratis Entar Arconae, 2012-10-02 05:38:52 UTC