Since his last medal, Gui has organized 20 competitions and participated in 35, earning a handful of crescents, 163 CFs, 14 CIs, and 12 CGs. For the last four months, he has served as COU Consul. In that time, he helped to organize the The Power Within event, a four-week set of competitions for COU, and also led two RPs as DM. So far this year, COU has gained a couple of new members and achieved the impressive feat of having 100% of its current members participate in at least one competition for the first quarter of the year.

Gui had a tough act to follow when Revak resigned, but he hit the ground running and has done a great job getting the clan engaged. Congrats, Gui!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2024-04-18 20:30:47 UTC

Windos has been a portent of Odan-Urr's activity in recent months, continually blazing their way through competitions. A true believer of March Madness, Windos took part in over 100 Competitions this March alone. Since their last recognition, Windos took part in 150 Competitions, 123 excluding containers, earning 1 Crescent with a Diamond Star, 2Crescents with Ruby Stars, 6 Crescents with Amethyst Stars, 7 Crescents with Sapphire Stars, 4 Crescents with Emerald Stars, and 15 Clusters of Graphite. Not one to brag about their achievements, when their efforts and achievements are pointed out he's always returned with a joking demeanor and pushed for others to just "Do the things", because they never know what they could achieve in doing so.

I'm glad to award you with this Sapphire Blade for your contributions to Odan-Urr and our enduring spirit, Windos.

Ever Onward!

Proconsul Wulfram Armis, 2024-04-14 00:58:11 UTC

Socks has been Vizsla CON for about three months. In that time, she has organized a quick series of "Define that Word" comps for Viszla, along with way, way too many puzzles for the club as a whole. During her first quarter as Consul, Viszla's participation in competitions has been very strong: nearly 78% of Vizsla's members have participated in at least one competition, and most of those participants have submitted to dozens of competitions each (some have been in the hundreds!) The clan has also gained a net four members in that period.

Congrats, Socks!

Lord Dacien Victae, 2024-04-13 12:26:54 UTC

Ellac. He's more machine now than man.

That's an accurate description.

Since his last recognition, he has competed in 56 competitions, participated in 7 RP events as a player, run 1 as a DM and completed 3 regular fictions. He's passed 6 SA courses and gamed 10 times. He's even done an ACC Battle! He has ranked up in societies 11 times and has a handful of crescents to show for it.

What has really impressed me is Ellac taking on the role of QUA. Ellac has been QUA of House Caliburnus for 5 months. While the first few months were full of many learning opportunities, tired evenings, and balancing work and life, Ellac has gotten his feet under him and is beginning to stride forward on his own power. It has been some time since Ellac was last awarded, but his recent work has shown his dedication to the Empire.

Ellac is routinely engaged in our Summit discussions, where he has made recommendations for an upcoming event that will follow our Chapter 2 Narrative Campaign and focus heavily on the ACC. He and I will be working together to see that come to life, but the foundation was all laid by Ellac. Ellac has also helped contribute to the repository of Competition ideas that the CSP Summit uses to pick from as we run our weekly events and I have used in coordinating our larger narrative events. Essentially, we have a running list with Last I checked there were still 5 unused competition ideas ready to be implemented in the future, at least 5 previous ideas have already been made into already ran competitions by Ellac or myself. Originating the ideas for these competitions helps the entire Summit streamline the process of maintaining a healthy stable of competitions for CSP Members to participate in. Instead of having to come up with an idea on the fly, we can choose from the catalogue of ideas and then just type it up. Ellac's contributions in that department have been very helpful.

As I worked towards publishing Chapter 2, Ellac along with Kah'ri has picked up some of the slack and prepared a list of medals to be awarded for our quarterly review. Becoming familiar with how XP works and how to properly award medals and promotions is an essential part of being a leader. More importantly, this little effort makes my job easier. Ellac has submitted several medal and promotion requests, run several competitions (Ellac has 2 under his belt with another 2 set to finish this weekend), advertised those competitions in our discord server, and he's also stepped up to help dissolve a conflict situation before it could come to a big ugly head. All of these things are a part of the regular day to day for leaders with the DB. But with Ellac stepping up to do those things has been doing the little things that help lighten my load as Consul and allows me to focus on other areas and has really meshed well with the team we have built.

Ellac has also taken up a project for the Empire. He has undertaken a pretty monumental task of going through all of CSP's possessions cataloguing which items do not have custom aspects. He has presently compiled 25 item aspects and is working towards completing the list across more than just the Planetary possessions. Although the project is not yet complete, Ellac's contribution will help add some very real depth to our fictional galaxy.

The best part is, Ellac is doing so autonomously, like some kind of sentient mostly-robot. I don't need to yell at him to do things, he takes the initiative, knows the expectations and he executes on it. He's developing as a leader. He is an excellent team member and a valued part of my staff.

It is always a pleasure to see people grow in leadership roles and I am so glad to see Ellac developing into this role. I extend a firm congratulations and a "Drinks are on you!" . Keep up the great work Ellac!

Emperor Thran Occasus-Palpatine, 2024-04-06 15:46:37 UTC

Elaine is a core member of CSP. Her presence is a great boon to Clan Scholae Palatinae.

In many ways, she's like the little sister I never had. She has a great sense of humor and is an integral member of our community.

Since her last recognition, Elaine has participated in 70 competitions, Earned 21 Crescents, completed 4 RPs, wrote a fiction, been involved in gaming, passed 2 courses in the shadow academy and ranked up in societies 6 times and has a hand full of Clusters to boot. Now planted firmly in the Equite ranks, Elaine maintains a diverse schedule of activities. She's racked up the XPs to prove it.

But, as an Equite Elaine has also taken to helping the Clan in otherways. Recently, Elaine has developed a penchant for AI art. She voluntarily worked on portraits for several members of the Clan. She asked nothing in return, but was just willing to help. Being a picky person, when it came to my character's portraits, she had to do several extra iterations. But the result was two nearly perfect rendtitions of my character.

So, having honed her robot wrangling skills she was turned loose on the vast list of CSP's Planetary Assets. While the project is ongoing, Elaine has spent a great deal of time generating art for the Clan to use as inspiration while writing about our local star system. So Far in this project, I have over 23 polished AI generated pieces of artwork that we can use to help our members visualize the system that our characters inhabit. Elaine has polished the prompts and reworked items to get some really cool looking pieces.

It is awesome to see members get excited and passionate about something. Elaine's excitement and interest in AI art has undoubtedly helped us to build a more in-depth and believable fictional setting for our characters.

I am so proud of all the work she's put in and am happy to say: Congratulations! Keep up the Great work Elaine!

Emperor Thran Occasus-Palpatine, 2024-04-06 02:39:18 UTC

Since Haro's last recognition in December, he has amassed the XP necessary for this SB by participating in 94 competitions, 8 gaming activities, 1 fiction, 5 courses and a degree, and a whole lot of crescents: 3 diamonds, 3 ruby, 15 amethyst, 23 sapphire, 13 emerald, 5 topaz and 2 quartz. Along with that is 70 clusters of earth and 5 clusters of Graphite. Last but not least is the 537,800 credits Haro has earned the clan. We will be sure to use them well (drinks on Haro!). Congratulations!

General Socorra Tenebrosa Nhar’qual Erinos, 2024-04-01 20:43:42 UTC

Strask Rurra'bek has reached the required 5125 Medal XP to earn their first Sapphire Blade.

Adept DarkHawk Sadow, 2024-03-29 02:07:53 UTC

It feels like it was only a month ago I was awarding our favourite purple haired Sofila- Wow it was only a month ago!

And yet, despite that here we are again. In that short time period, Sofila has climbed the ranks of the summit, taking over the QUA role 3 weeks ago. Despite her promotion, this has not laxed Sof's drive to be active. She has participated in 85 competitions, 18 of which containers, and in doing so earned 30 Crescents, an awesome ratio to uphold. To be nitty gritty, she got 2 Diamond, 6 Ruby, 6 Amethyst, 10 Sapphire, 4 Emerald and 2 Quartz. Though this pile is nothing in comparison to the 698 Clusters of Fire she's managed to accumulate across 60 gaming activities. Seriously, what the heck?! Among that burning pit, there's 4 Clusters of Earth and 58 Clusters of Ice from 13 Fiction activities.

And this is only the surface of Sofila does within the club. She's in many conversations, chatting, joking and helping others no matter what clan they're in. She is learning the ropes to be Quastor as we speak, and though Tali can speak more readily on her progress there, it's been great to see her making way despite her own doubts.

Stick em with the pointy end Sofila, or.. bash them on the head with the handle I guess! Enjoy the newest stabby to your collection, it certainly won't be the last.

Envoy Zuza Lottson, 2024-03-26 19:44:32 UTC

Kris, a man of many names, has been a consistent and positive presence in Arcona. Since earning his Amethyst Kukri about two months ago, Vorran/Jael/Kris has been a solid font of activity across the House. He’s participated in a dozen competitions, earning himself a Ruby Crescent. He’s also earned 6 Clusters of Fire, 27 Clusters of Earth and 3 Clusters of Graphite from his efforts in competitions as well as in gaming.

On Discord, Kris is a constant font of comments, jokes, images, memes, and generally will light or improve any conversation he is a part of. He's one of those people that you know will be there, espeically on serious topics, to support his fellow members. With all this in mind, enjoy the newest stabby in your collection Kris!

Envoy Zuza Lottson, 2024-03-25 18:43:14 UTC

Watching Bril flourish in his position of BTL has been a delight. Not only has he been running the surveys, but entirely solo with analysing the data and taking on board feedback, spending at least two hours of his own time to ensure that the data was not only collected properly, but processed and accounted for. The events he's planning for the future are solely based on that feedback and currently don't have a set time he's put into it, but the BT will be based on the members and what they will enjoy. Even if someone was interested in an idea and no one else was, Bril still wants to support them and make sure every member under him has a good experience. He hasn't had much time to prove himself, landing in the midst of quite a tumultous time in Arcona, but he has situated himself in the Summit and already takes a part in both the important and goofy conversations. He will sit in discussions on many topics, dedicating his free time to not only understanding but contributing to them. The Dajorran Marshalls are in good hands, and we all can only wait to see the fruits of his labour. To say he joined the Brotherhood just short of a year ago, it's a testament to him as a person that Bril has taken to the role of a leader as he has.

None of this speaks to his continued *bril*liant presence as a member, which he still somehow has time for despite his new responsibilities.

Awesome job brillbee. Take this W or.. something. You did good, bro. Yeet.

Envoy Zuza Lottson, 2024-03-25 15:09:40 UTC