Dark Jedi Brotherhood

Event ID

286800

Target

Nora Olen

Award

Ruby Scepter

Quantity

Non-site XP

18000 XP

Requested by

Master Selika Roh di Plagia

Primary reason

Nora Olen is one of Plagueis's finest members, maintaining absolutely amazing activity levels while also contributing a truly stellar amount of staff and support work for the Ascendant Clan. In a bit of a reversal, I'm going to lead with the non-site tracked work she has done and then follow on with the site tracked metrics. It's been a bit since Nora received recognition of the variety that the site doesn't track and quantify, so buckle up because it's gonna be a journey. Nora's last award with a speck of non-site XP on it was handed out back in August of 2023, and there have been quite a few events and a mountain of summit work in the intervening time. Nora has held down the fort as the Queastor of both Houses at one point or another for a total of just over 13 months of that time, and then added another two months as Proconsul to boot. Those times have overlapped with a Great Jedi War, Pro Bowl, and several Clan feud events. Her work during Great Jedi War XVI was absolutely muchly responsible for the Clan's overall second place finish, with her House's contributions being a 60%+ participation rate that was driven by Nora's steadfast one on one engagement with her members. She and TuQ were both in a competition for overall participation for their units, and drove 23 unique entrants and 8 members to achieve 100% participation scores. Without Nora's work, there is no doubt in my mind that Plaguies would not have managed the second place point total that we were able to manage. Beyond that, she did excellent work promoting both our Ascending Conflict feud in 2024 and our recent Ascending Conspiracy event in 2025, with both Clan events seeing 50%+ participation rates for the units she managed (the clan as a whole for the former as PCON and House Tyranus as QUA for the latter). Even when not holding an official position during the most recent Pro Bowl, Nora was a tireless peer leader driving Plagueis participation levels, which is in large part why she was brought back to the summit as QUA immediately upon the event's conclusion. She was additionally assigned 10 unique award and/or promotion recommendations to submit on behalf of her members over her time on the summit (outside of auto generated recommendations via the XP system), and completed all of them in a timely manner to ensure our members are recognized for their efforts promptly. Beyond that, she even took it upon herself to get the wiki page for House Ventress (her unit at the time) created and uploaded to the wiki, finally building upon a general outline that had languished for more than a year since the unit's inception. The amount of work Nora has done, through good and hard times both, demonstrates the level of dedication Nora brings to the table at all times. I can, without hesitation, state that our Clan would not be in such a healthy place nor would I look forward to reading our quarterly activity breakdowns from the Council without the work that Nora does for Clan Plagueis.

When it comes to the subject of tracked activity, Nora is still an absolute machine. Since her last medal in mid-January, Nora has participated in 158 competitions while taking home placement hardware in 111 and eleven of them (in the form of 3 Diamond, 14 Ruby, 27 Amethyst, 23 Sapphire, 26 Emerald, 13 Topaz, and 5 Quartz Crescents). That means that Nora takes home a placement in just over 70% of the competitions she enters. If the site didn't track it, I might not be able to believe such a staggering statistic. She's also earned 107 Clusters of Fire, 2 Clusters of Ice, and 20 Clusters of Graphite. I know that activity at that level would leave me absolutely exhausted without a lot of bandwidth for anything else, but refer again to the prior paragraph to see how much work on top of her own activity Nora does to give back. Absolutely stellar. I know that I am thankful every day that I have Nora on staff, as her contributions really are larger than any of the words I've used to describe them. Through thick and thin, Nora has done her Clan proud and given great credit to the ranks of the di Plagia. She has served the members of Plagueis with a tireless dedication unrivaled in the more than two decades I have served in the Brotherhood. I know the Councilors she worked for will also outline her stellar work within the Brotherhood community as a whole, but I can say that she continues to impress in the small corner of it that I am charged with the stewardship of. I'm glad to finally be able to put "pen to paper", so to speak, and document for the official record all of the hard work that Nora does to make our Clan and the Brotherhood a better place for all. Once again Nora, and not for the last time I'm sure, you have my thanks and the thanks of a grateful clan.

Master Selika Roh di Plagia, 2025-07-02 18:28:41 UTC

Additional reasons

In her time as Magistrate to the Herald, Nora contributed on several team projects including 5 custom robes, 1 custom weapon and 1 custom elder warbanner, generating a total of 7 images. She provided several quality concept sketches as well as adding base colors to several projects.

What I really enjoyed about having Nora on my team was her willingness to try new things, to step up no matter what was asked of her even if it fell outside her comfort zone. Indeed, she provided some great concepts and she was an absolute pleasure to work with.

Congratulations on your new reward!

Beard

Bale Andros, 2025-06-10 13:15:30 UTC

Nora is one of few members who has been doing Emissary work since before the position of Emissary was created. She was appointed as the Brotherhood's Communications Tribune in June 2023, responsible for the day-to-day management of the club's presence on social media. She's continued in that role since I became Emissary.

In the time I've had her on staff, Nora has been instrumental in carrying out the Brotherhood's social media strategy. She's contributed to hours of discussions, and created templated graphics for over 50 social media posts, which she posts every week. Besides the effort that goes into preparing each of these graphics, Nora's work on the Brotherhood's social media presence has enormous downstream impacts. In the first quarter of 2025, traffic from social media platforms to the Brotherhood's website increased by almost 120% over the end of 2024. In other words, twice as many people were coming to our website from social media—which gives us twice as many opportunities to recruit them. It's not an exaggeration to say that Nora has been the main driver of these results, which are a critical part of the Brotherhood's recruitment strategy.

As I've laid out above, Nora is an outstanding member of my staff. Despite the sometimes challenging events of the past two years, she's consistently performed her duties well, with notable results.

Congrats on your award, Nora!

Master Seraine "Erinyes" Taldrya Ténama, 2025-06-29 20:14:23 UTC

Event History