When I first read his proposal for a new Battle Team in Satele Shan, I knew he had something special. At first glance it seemed as though he was trying to emulate Inferno Squad, but this unnamed Battle Team was not just a copy there was something unique about it. There were a few things that needed to be smoothed out, but in the end the smoothing made it better. How he tied the history of the Clan, the Great Jedi War, the unit's mission, and the climate of the post-War Brotherhood, it all fit perfectly with the whole story of the Clan.

Within two weeks or so of Tython Squad's OOC commissioning, Mauro had built foundation of community and camaraderie that exists in Tython Squad to this day. It was hard work on his side and the pay off was the members diving in head first. The first two events earned 100% Battle Team participation and Tython Squad continues to be one of the most motivated units in the Clan.

While keeping the Battle Team humming along, he also assisted me, as Aedile, in my duties of tracking activity and unit health. Especially when I moved at the beginning of this year and communication was tough for me, Mauro stepped up to help when I was unable to.

Mauro, I am glad to count you as a friend and a colleague. I look forward to continuing to work with you as part of Clan Summit. I am honored to recommend you for this, your first sacramental!

Len Iode Rollmaster, Odan-Urr Former Aedile, House Satele Shan

Mauro Wynter has done a lot for both Satele Shan and Odan-Urr, but I'd like to put a focus on something that isn't focused on enough. Mauro is dependable and gets to work regardless of how much enjoyment that task might give. As a leader, you don't always get to do the 'fun' things because someone has to do them and the buck stops at the leader. In my opinion, Mauro exemplifies this character trait, which has led him to successfully contribute to Odan-Urr over an extended period of time and regularly as well.

Whether it be a House/BTL event, a detailed lore additions, wiki work, summit management, or another new thing he gets his hands on I know he has it well in hand. This is a rare find. I know you weren't sure how things were going to go when you took on the job but words cannot express how grateful I am to have such an excellent Quaestor. You thoroughly deserve a Sapphire Blade and I am more than happy to recommend that you receive one for all of your great work and wonderful leadership for Satele Shan.

Congratulations on your new stabby thing!

Aura Ta'var
PCON, Odan-Urr

I've known Mauro since back in my first days after joining CSP. I have continued to notice a well known theme with him. That theme is his drive to continue to elevate his game. It doesn't matter if it's while he leadership, or not he always rises above. His abilities in leadership have continued to allow those under him to flourish. If you look back you will be hard pressed to find many areas he is lacking in producing and his own personal numbers are always impressive as well. He truly puts in the time for the Club, Clan, and his members.

While he was my Aedile he personally handwrote the entire fiction for the Shadow of Kesaret House event and helped streamline the House Wiki page with continued updates. The House Wiki updates eventually led to our House page being award the highlighted Wiki page of the month most recently. His reports were always on time and still he managed to bring in the personal numbers while in leadership. I remember one month alone he completed almost 50 competitions and most of them being fiction competitions which are no easy feat. Lastly his activity earned him the House title "Defender of Shan" for his insane abilities being the force he is with keeping Shan going strong while assisting with the VOICE and having fun as a regular member. The man is a beast!

Mauro is a man capable of many talents and as many have stated both in numbers and other areas he has shown he is a tremendous asset to both our Clan, but also to the DJB. I'm happy to have known him for so many years and I know we will have many more to come. Mauro congrats on your first Sacramental! This is the first of many I'm sure.

Maruo has served diligently in his role as Magistrate for the past 5 months. Out of the 184 sheets that have been approved during this time, Mauro is responsible for 68 (~61% of all staff approvals), keeping pace with the other Magistrate very evenly. Maruo has been so effective at his job that I, as Voice, have not had to jump in and handle the CS queue once since he's been hired. These metrics, of course, do not cover the carefully worded remands that Mauro administers, or the time he spends working with members to help make sure their respective sheets can get approved. This takes poise and patience, which Mauro demonstrates always. He is professional and represents the Voice Staff in a positive light. Maruo also is strict at staying on top of the competition approval queue, similarly working with members to make sure their competitions follow guidelines and get approved in a timely manner. He is also active on Telegram in team communications and helps weigh in and review changes and updates to policy found on the Wiki.

I am please to add my voice to this recommendation, as Maruo is everything I look for, as a Dark Councilor, from a leader or someone that puts the time in to give back to the fiction community and the members that participate in it. I'm lucky to have him on staff, and hope this award helps show my appreciation for what he contributes.

Voice of the Brotherhood

In conjunction with the Fleet for the Dark Council faction on the site, Mauron added significant content on the Iron Forces to the wiki: https://wiki.darkjedibrotherhood.com/view/Iron_Forces, adding content to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Task Force as well the Arx Capital Exchange, Shroud Syndicate and Inquisitorius, as well as creating wiki pages and histories for the major ships in the fleet including the Coronation, Endeavor, Misery, Nightfall, Waylay and Wrath. As well as updating the Paladin to reflect its current status in the fleet. Putting all these pages into the appropriate categories. All this content included original background and built supporting documentation to cover an important storytelling element in the DJB.

Adept Evant Taelyan
Regent of the Brotherhood

Though I have not had a lot of time to get to know Mauro, I am very glad to have both had the chance to know him, and also to see him retire and get to enjoy the more relaxing aspects of the DJB for a while. He has led this house with quiet dignity and diligence, and I have no doubt that the house's staggering activity rates are largely his doing. Everyone I have spoken with has nothing but high praise for him, and this house was lucky to have him as QUA. He will be missed as a leader and cherished as a member.

Also we are both former pilots, which is neat (although he flew vastly inferior TIEs, which is not neat).

Corsair Haran "Ji" Urr
Aedile, Satele Shan

Mauro Wynter has been the rock of Shan for over a year now. His devotion to his house during its highs and lows is commendable and I am very glad we choose him to be Shan's captain. As his PCON, I really appreciate how solid he was in the position and loved his initiative. His contributions for House Shan are undeniable and will be remembered for some time. I've enjoyed serving Odan-Urr with you and I hope to do so again one day. Thank you for the permanent mark you've made on Shan and a big congratz on your new stabby thing!!

Aura Ta'var
PCON, Odan-Urr

Over the last five months in his continued, stellar service as a Magistrate to the Voice, Mauro has really stepped it up in terms of taking on his own projects and working to improve the Brotherhood's fictional systems in his own way. In a major push to flush out the Fiction Societies fictional factions (Iron Forces, Inquisitorius, Shroud Syndicate, etc.) Mauro was responsible for updating Wikipedia documentation, formatting, and structuring it so that it would be an easy reference for members to use when writing their stories within the Brotherhood's canon universe.

Maruo was responsible for creating a stable of NPCs that were desperately needed to give a stronger identity and point of view for the Brotherhood's factions. This included the creation of Character Sheets, from scratch, for Lord Marshal Damon Nix and Moff Rhell (Iron Forces), CEO Rhent Ghosen (Arx Capital Exchange), Madame Curator Deandria Clery and Vanguard leader Aviana Starstrider (Shadow Academy Society), and of course the Operator and Field Agent NPC archtypes for the Inquisitorius. This work included the creation of custom aspects, all of which had to be approved and up to the standard of the Character Sheet Guidelines, as well as skillset builds, descriptions, and light backstory development. Mauro tackled each of these on his own volition, and completed each task within a few days of being requested. In total, his hard work helped grow the fictional "World" of the Dark Brotherhood's canon universe exponentially. Flushing out these key characters will help make fictions more immersive and stories more relateable for future generations that look to the Dark Council (as a factions) organization structure to be the example.

Outside of his project work, and his (covered by the Regent) other endeavors, Mauro has kept up with his administrative duties in monitoring the Competition and Character Sheet request queues. Since his last award, Maruo has lead the staff with 60 character sheets approvals, which of course does not take into consideration the time and effort he spends working with members on their remanded sheets to make sure they can get them to approval. This often involves taking the time to reach out and work with members who need a few "tries" to get it right.

Through it all, Mauro's patience, attention to detail, and work ethic all make him a stalwart member of my team, and an invaluable asset to the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. I am pleased to add my voice to this merit of recognition, but also am simply appreciate to have him on my team and in our club.

Voice of the Brotherhood

Can't say enough about Mauro. CSP was in a rut whence before Mauro came. It was myself and Shadow in a Summit without a Proconsul, an Aedile, and a Rollmaster. We were dead last in a Great Jedi War, our possessions hadn't been updated in a long time, and our wiki was in an outdated and dire state.

Mauro helped us succeed in all of those. He helped increase member engagement by being open and communicative with the members, which helped drive up our numbers (to a position where I think we'll do better in the next Vendettas). He took the lead on revamping all of our possessions into stronger categories, and did so by testing our Fleet against every Clan Fleet in an Empire at War mod (along with Sykes). This was painstakingly difficult and tedious, but Mauro did the work. Our possessions are a lot better off today. Lastly, he took the lead on updating the wiki and making it a lot smaller and more nuanced. This allowed a wiki to be easier to keep hold of.

He's helped in other ways as well, such as creating the Summit policy of proposals needing to be collaborative and from multiple members. He also gave us guidance on how to approach leadership selection and engagement.

I think one of the other Summit members described his work perfectly: he's a "fixer". He fixes what need to be fixed and makes wherever he goes better. We're glad to have him, and wherever he goes, he'll be a boon to those who have him!

Congrats, Mauro!

We may joke that Evant is Darth Logistics but Mauro is easily the heir apparent. His work on the possessions of CSP is nothing sort of masterful. His attention to detail for aligning of units belays his real-life military background and skills.

Equally, his engagement with the Clan built a sense of community. He has a natural ability to encourage members to pursue their ideas while keeping them within the rails of the overall Clan activities.

I look forward to Mauro's continued engagement with the Clan, regardless of where he may land in the future either as an active Clan member or a Clan ally.