Atty. I wasn't going to let this Ruby Sceptre go through without my two-cents. For all the reccs you've put through for me, and made me cry, it's my turn.

I came into the DB, absolutely confused because I had never been on a platform like this before. I didn't know where to start, or what to do, or even how to go about starting to figure out what to do. You saw me struggling and helped without anyone asking you to, held my hand as I had questions about how things worked, and listened to my frustrations. You linked me to Wikis, pointed out what courses would suit me best, cheered me on as I did my very best to make you proud. Even though this was your job as PCON, I know you would have done it either way, because that's just you.

In my near year of being here, I have seen time and time again you shepherding the new joins into their spots and helping them find their voices. When it comes to events, especially the Godkiller event we ran last year, you spend tireless hours making sure everyone has a chance to make their ideas heard. You act as a soundboard, a reference, and a guiding hand in a way I don't think I've ever seen someone act before. When someone has an idea, you are there, to see how it can fit into the narrative, how it can benefit everyone.

It is so obvious you love the Brotherhood, and Arcona, with all of your damn heart. Arcona would not be what it is without you, without our Atty, without your characters or your ideas. Without your heart.

You helped guide me in my early days of leadership, too, even though it shouldn't have been left to you. You listened to my frustrations and confusion and you helped me manage them. You outlined what I needed to do with compassion and empathy, and made sure I knew where I was going as AED. I never would have even applied, or thought of applying, if it weren't for you. And that's just you-- an inspiration to everyone you meet. You help uplift every single member of the clan, pushing them gently to be the best they can be, to reach their full potential and realize their best selves.

I would not be where I am without you Atty, in my DB career or in real life. Unfortunately, I can't equate that to XP, but it should be noted none-the-less. We are first clan because you inspire us to be. When someone thinks of Arcona, I know they think of you. Our heart, the glue that holds us together.

Atty. Abbey. Vacmi. She-who-ships. You should get a million awards for your service to the clan, for everything you've done for us. I hope this suffices, even a bit. We are proud of you. We love you. Thank you for gracing us with your presence.

Your mini-me, signing off.

I remember Atty, sorry people ancient history incoming, as a wide eyed, eager to do stuff, new member. I sat on the Arcona roster and watched her create a place for herself within our club. I watched her take her first steps into leadership as Aedile of Galeres. I watched her take up the mantle of Consul, earn herself the right to add Arconae to her name. I watched as she never once stopped thinking or acting towards making the club, and every unit she was a part of, a better place. I also watched her earn herself medal after medal, mountains upon mountains of Clusters of Ice as she seemingly never put her pen down. So it doesn’t surprise me to be asked to write a recommendation for a Ruby Sceptre for this powerhouse of activity.

Atty is the person you go to, when you want to do something but need a soundboard to make sure you’re doing it right. When you need something proofread and time is short. When you just need a chat with someone about something, important or inane.

With regards to statistics, I’ll just say that in the year since her last award, she’s more than earned this sharp implementation.

Atty, I’m kinda honored to finally be able to be a part of awarding you something for everything you do. Enjoy this piece of red cutlery. Do keep in mind, it’s handwash only, if you put it into a dishwasher it will weaken and repeat offenses could shatter it entirely.

For the last year, Atty continued to play an important role in the DJB Story Group, editing every club-wide fiction released in 2023, including six chapters of the Galactic Happenings series and four GJW XVI fictions, and brainstorming plot ideas. Her work included fixing typos, suggesting rewrites for improved flow and readability, and significant discussion of plot direction, representing hours of work. As PCON, she also stepped into her CON's shoes and helped plan, run, and grade the most recent Pro Bowl event.

Ever since joining the Exarch staff, Atyiru has been the embodiment of the RP Society in the Brotherhood. Even before we had a formal name for it. But when the time came to really make a concentrated effort to get RP adopted across the Brotherhood, Atty was standing on the front lines, ready to lead the charge. Her patience and understanding when it comes to people's trepidation around trying RP is uniquely her. Her ability to empathetically understand, learn, and quite frankly remember people’s first, second and seventh characters defies my abilities even as the former person in charge of “knowing” all the DBs characters. She was one of the first members to hit Rank 12 in the You Can Certainly Try (DM) trophy, a testament to how many RPs she’s run for others. She has also been one of the first few members to hit rank 12 in the Players Gonna Play (Player) trophy. This is a culture we’re trying to demonstrate, and hopefully get others to replicate.

As I mentioned in her most recent promotion over the past year since joining staff, Atty has: helped digest the infrastructure for how we promote and organize RPs, assisted with crafting policy and documentation for it, generated ideas, and brainstormed ways to make RP a day-to-day activity. She reviewed the backend setup of the Envoy Corps, helped with the original manual process that was needed to process these requests, and helped troubleshoot the automation we eventually landed on to make sure it worked. This still involves reviewing manually and reading over RPs to check for authenticity from the participants.

Even since her last promotion 3 months ago, Atyiru has been an anchor in a sea of growing pains that come with launching a new activity for the Brotherhood. Her experience, knowledge, and presence have helped me and the team with shaping policies as we encounter new challenges to the system. An example of this is crafting the policy around "wait" times before an RP can be submitted and minimum word count qualification for sessions. This involved compromising with members who wrote very fast, and prevented unintentionally “spam” or “meta gaming” RP activity to keep it scoped to our expectations. Things like this come up as members try new things that we didn't plan for. Scoping policy quickly and effectively is critical, and Atty helps with this. She also proofreads the things I write, making them seem more legible.

Continuing as a member of staff, Atyiru has been diligent with reading through submitted RPs, verifying them against our policy, and approving or rejecting them in a timely manner so they process on the site. She has also been involved in making sure that new RPers feel heard, engaged with, and makes an effort to learn their characters or work with them. She has co-DM'd sessions to help other DMs be more comfortable with running RP, and continues to embody the RP community as one of its most active players and organizers.

She recently added the "Shame Corner" venue to the Envoy Corps world building efforts- a venue to promote cross-clan mingling and interactions.

We're delighted to have her on staff and to continue working with her on expanding the Envoy Corps. For her community efforts, and continued presence in the RP community, I’m proud to see her recognized for all the things she does that might not show up on the assessment tool as she is always going above and beyond.