Nikola stepped into the room, his senses tingling as he made a mental note to stay on his toes. The summons had come only a handful of minutes before, but seeing as the Commander was in the area, he had made his way directly to the room upon the Invicta which he had been directed towards.

The room he stepped into was dark and he sensed nothing around him, his eyes attempting to pierce the darkness that seemed to stretch around him.

Suddenly his sight was stolen, and he swallowed the feelings of fear and anger that threatened to boil over as he tried to rationally work out what the frak was going on.

“Good, you obey orders as well as you always have.”

Nadrin’s voice boomed from the darkness around the Jedi Hunter as he frantically looked around, a low chuckle shredding through the air as Valtiere searched for his master’s presence.

“If I wanted to kill you, I have had countless opportunities to do so before now, and that is not why I am here. I am here for something that I will

enjoy far more than merely your death.”

Nikola’s blood ran cold as he tried to think about what might have happened to cause his master to blind him and taunt him so.

“No, today is not the day you die. Today, you are born.”

Suddenly, Valtiere’s vision returned and he saw that, although the room was still dark there was a single beacon of light shining in front of him, ignited and hovering in front of him.

His lightsaber.

“Today Nikola, you become a Knight of Arcona.”

Suddenly, countless other beams of light burst into existence around the room, a crescendo of colours that dazzled and shone through the darkness that had held the area captive not moments before.

“Take your lightsaber.”

The Hunter walked forwards with as confident a gait as he could manage and wrapped his fingers around the lightsaber that floated in front of him, taking it into his hands and holding it before him. He dragged his attention away from the weapon to look at the solitary figure walking towards him and recognised with a start that it was his master, but for once he was seeing him without the mask he always wore to hide his features. Even more surprising…a grin split his youthful face as he beamed with pride at the older man.

“Congratulations Dark Jedi Knight, it has been an honour and a privilege.”

Nadrin swung his saber up in a formal salute which Nikola mirrored and as he did so, the lights in the room came slowly to life to reveal a large majority of the other Arconan Jedi, arrayed around him to join in his triumph.

Nikola smiled.

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It is my proud duty to report that Nikola Valtiere is eligible for promotion to the esteemed rank of Dark Jedi Knight. He has worked tirelessly to achieve what was required of him.

Valtiere has created a quality Wiki page, that being his own character's page, showing that he has fully grasped the concept of Wiki editing.

He has also gained the Dark Maven degree in Flight, demonstrating an interest in expanding his knowledge base. This is further evidenced by the fact that he passed both Leadership Studies and Leadership Fundamentals, showing also that he understands the theories behind leadership.

Valtiere has also been incredibly active through competitions, completing no less than fifteen competitions, including an impressive four entries in the first chapter of Dark Crusade, in which he was part of the second placed Wiki team for Krayiss II. He has also earned an Crescent with Emerald Star for coming second in the 'Where's Waldo' competition.

For his impressive activity, Valtiere has also recieved the necessary merit medals, which are two Dark Crosses and a Steel Cross.

Finally, Valtiere has completed both his major summit task, which was to revamp the Void Squadron Wiki page, which he did with his usual diligence and attention to detail, and the final task that was set by the Master-At-Arms Office.

Good work, Will. Congratulations on your Knighthood. Qel-Droma and Arcona are looking forward to see you joining the Equite ranks within the coming months.

Andrelious J. Inahj Clan Rollmaster, Arcona

, 2013-03-04 14:02:29 UTC

It is my pleasure to report that Guardian Nikola Valtiere is ready for elevation the rank of Jedi Hunter. This is due to the fact that he has achieved the promotion goals as set out by the Master-At-Arms Office, proving himself to be an active part of Clan Arcona and House Qel-Droma

First off, he has been awarded at least one merit medal, in his case a pair of Dark Crosses awarded for his activity during the recent Horizons event, as well as in the follow-up feud with House Plagueis. He has also completed the leadership fundamentals exam with a score of 83%, showing an interest in expanding his knowledge as well as the fact that he is ambitious and willing to lead others.

In addition, Valtiere has taken part in ten competitions, these were the Fist's Retro Super Star Wars competition, two Horizons events (these being the run-on and Week 3's ID Scan), another trio in the Beyond the Horizons feud (the run-on, week 1's flash game and the overall standings), the Where's Waldo competition, and three pre-Dark Crusade events, these being Shikyo's 'Feel My Pain', Solari's 'Shadow Academy Corruption' and Sarin's Run-on.

Valtiere is also a perfect bastion of communications activity, registering on the forum, as well as being frequently seen in #arcona, both vital forms of communication in the modern DJB.

Finally, Valtiere has spent enough time at the rank of Guardian to qualify.

Thank you, Nikola, for your hard work and your contributions to Clan Arcona, House Qel-Droma and Void Squadron. I am sure that I will see you up for your Knighthood very soon.

Andrelious J. Inahj Clan Rollmaster of Arcona

For the final Journeyman promotion, to Dark Jedi Knight, the requirements are as follows:

*Six weeks at Jedi Hunter required OR complete a Master At Arms assigned task *Must have a merit award * Must have a crescent or Legion of the Scholar

Complete all of the following: *Participate in 15 total competitions OR complete 15 HM Flashpoints, Operations or PVP events with a DJB group. *Create a competition * Major House Summit Task as designated by your leadership or Master

Complete THREE of the following: *Two Shadow Academy leadership exams *Five Antei Combat Center matches *Rank 4 in the GMRG *Earn 40 (total) Clusters of Fire *Minimum ten pages of character fiction to be approved by your House leadership or Master *Have three level 50 characters in ToR *Earn a Shadow Academy Degree *Complete a quality wiki article (it could be your character’s) as determined by your House leadership or Master *Create and run an additional competition * Complete a final fiction task, either a lightsaber fiction, a joint run-on task with your master, or any other major fiction task (roughly 10 pages) as designated by your House leadership or Master.

, 2013-02-08 17:27:06 UTC

Migrated from legacy database

Wuntila Zratis Entar Arconae, 2013-02-01 18:18:48 UTC

I hereby request a promotion for Protector Nikola Valtiere, who has met all qualifications for promotion to Guardian under the Brotherhood's Promotion Guidelines, as follows: Nikola has obtained the following Merit Awards: Dark Cross Nikola has continued to improve his Character History on the Wiki. Nikola has passed the GMRG Shadow Academy Course. Nikola has an approved Character Sheet. Nikola has passed the ACC Basics Shadow Academy Course. Nikola has participated in the following Competitions: [BTH - Week 1] Flash Game, [Horizons] ID Scan - Week 3, [Horizons] Run-On (The Rising of the Tide), Where\'s Waldo?, [FIST] Retro Gaming Nights: Super Star Wars Nikola has passed his Order CORE SA test. Nikola has logged in on IRC and visited #arcona. Nikola has been in rank for 2 months, 18 days. In Darkness, DA Timeros Caesus Entar Arconae Congratulations on your promotion, Guardian Nikola Valtiere. A further promotion to Jedi Hunter awaits you, should you fulfill the following requirements: Six weeks at Guardian required or complete a Master At Arms assigned task Logon to IRC and visit your Clan channel Register on the Dark Brotherhood forums Complete five of the following:
Participate in ten total competitions complete ten HM Flashpoints, Operations or PVP events with a DJB group. Take a Shadow Academy leadership exam Create a ToR Operations group, that regularly comes together for an operation. Minimum five pages of character fiction to be approved by your House leadership or Master - this can, and ideally should, be built off of your previous two page work Have a second level 50 character in ToR Two Antei Combat Center matches Become rank 3 in the GMRG Place in a competition Earn 25 (total) Clusters of Fire Earn a merit medal Create a competition and run it with the assistance of your leadership

Timeros Caesus Entar Arconae, 2012-12-17 02:03:55 UTC