- Event ID
- 297355
- Award
- Emerald Dagger
- Quantity
- 1
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Non-site XP
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30000
XP
- Requested by
- Lord Idris Adenn
- Primary reason
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Over the last two years, DarkHawk has remained his usual stellar and dependable self, serving as Naga Sadow’s Consul. One of the hardest and most important positions in the club, he continues to lead CNS with a kind and caring determination.
DarkHawk is first and foremost a champion for his members, a beacon of positivity and celebration for everything anyone in his clan accomplishes. Moreso than another Consul I’ve seen, DH regularly makes sure his people’s successes (be them medals, promotions, or society advancements) get highlighted and cheered on. His efforts to celebrate his members is an inspiration, be it regular messages on Discord or the frequent emails to the entire clan. Not once in my time working with him have I seen him be anything but kind, courteous, and willing to dive in headfirst at whatever he is pointed towards.
That willingness to get things done can be clearly seen by his efforts in Pro Bowl VIII and Pro Bowl IX. The Pro Bowl has grown into a massive club-wide event, and DarkHawk not only pushes his own members to compete but his help in leading these last two were vital in the great success we saw in activity from throughout the club. Coordinating and working with the leaders in all seven clans is no easy task, but DarkHawk was able to handle it, along with overseeing six different competitions for Pro Bowl VIII and seven for Pro Bowl IX. Coordinating and dealing with the leaders of seven clans is no easy thing, and DarkHawk has been willing to be in the thick of it twice now.
But it isn’t just the big events he shows up for; he has organized 62 competitions over the last two years, including a wonderful club-wide sketching comp series and the very regular ‘Order of the Blackguard’ competitions for CNS. These competitions, featuring a complex management of seeing all CNS member activity across the month, not only promote activity in all of the club’s pillars, but also help bring CNS members into a fictional place of power, serving as the clan’s Blackguard for the month. This also comes with writing five of the recent CNS clan-wide fictional updates, and working in their clan story RPs.
DarkHawk also doesn't just sit around as a leader; he leads by example. Over the last two years, he has managed to churn out participation in an incredible 320 non-container competitions, with a wide spread between fiction, gaming, art, timed, and miscellaneous type competitions. This also comes with a health 138 gaming activities, all of which have netted over 2 million credits for CNS.
This example pays off. Over the last three cycles of Parabellum, Clan Naga Sadow has shown up to bring home the bacon. Cycle 1 saw 11 CNSers participate, while Cycle 2 and 3 saw 13 each leaving CNS in a very healthy spot in comparison to all the other clans. CNS’s percentage of roster participation has grown each time, topping out at 50% in the last cycle. DarkHawk himself shows up the top ten for pillars 6 times, and twice in the top 3!
The day in and out of Consul life can be difficult, yet DarkHawk continues to show up for his members. Reliable and consistent, his Consul duties, along with his efforts on the HM staff, and as a general member, remain impressive and should be celebrated, just as he does for everyone else’s accomplishments.
Congrats DH!
Lord Idris Adenn, 2026-01-22 22:27:51 UTC
- Additional reasons
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Thankfully, my time on the Headmaster staff ran parallel with DarkHawk. He was quick to get courses graded and perform the normal day-to-day operations. But the biggest help he provided was in assisting me in updating the courses. We combined to update the Planets and Moons course, with DarkHawk not only performing Quality control on my grammar, but he also wrote 10 new questions and answers for the course. Additionally, he was the main QC person on the Societies: Inquisitorius and Societies: Aurora Collegium courses, the latter of which has yet to be made live; however, Darkhawk's contribution was a huge help in getting both of these courses written and prepped for implementation.
Congrats and thank you again, Darkhawk.
Korvyn, 2026-01-21 21:23:23 UTC
One of the biggest lifts in the land of the Consuls is coming together each year to host the Pro Bowl. This is an event that brings to the table a significant facsimile of the mechanical work of running a Vendetta and the Consuls are roped into my madness in order to provide this event to the members, from the DC on down. For the last two Pro Bowls (or all of them, really, but at least for the purposes of this recommendation the two covered since his last award) Darkhawk has been one of the most reliable and eager of all the Consuls I've had the pleasure to work with. He handles what he's been given with a smile, or at least it seems like a smile from the tone of his text messages, and then is always asking for more. He is always going above and beyond for us at Pro Bowl time, and his dedication to serving the Brotherhood as a whole cannot be overstated. He is there for Naga Sadow sure, but most importantly he's there for the entire club to make sure that everyone here can have a great time when it comes time to bowl. Kudos, Darkhawk, you've done more than enough to earn this one!
Master Selika Roh di Plagia, 2026-01-21 22:43:21 UTC
It is one of my distinct pleasures to have been afforded the opportunity to work with DarkHawk over these past years. Never have I encountered a more polite, calm, and driven individual. DH truly cares about his members and the experience of this club. He is the first to reach out to "upper management" when he feels someone has done something worthy of recognition, always providing detailed information on the why, even for the smallest of things.
It has been a delight to see him grow from rank and file member to the Consul he has become, and he is still growing. With the confidence to rely on the experience of others and the willingness to serve, I can't rightly say there isn't a better example of the core personality that makes up a good leader. And granting those leaders shinies is the best part.
Congratulations DH.
Darth Renatus, 2026-01-22 19:20:27 UTC
I talk a lot about the old meanings of the medals in these recommendations sometimes, a tie-in to the older brotherhood systems that some of us grew up in. Even though DH has been in the club for longer than even I, I don't feel like it would do him justice. For the last three years and change, DH has been Consul of our Clan Naga Sadow, two of those years without recognition for that work. Today, I am writing in hopes of changing that.
Darkhawk gets more excited for his members’ achievements than his own. He is CNS’s most proud cheerleader, bragging about their accomplishments and encouraging them to do more in so doing. Always there for a quick chat, to help a person navigate some of our most challenging systems, or even just to lighten their mental load after a particularly challenging life event, Darkhawk is like an older brother to us all. Available at odd hours to do everything from voice chats to talk about character concepts, or help fellow members with ‘machine gun therapy’ in a video game, he’s just there. He doesn’t grouse, he doesn’t get annoyed, he is ever calm, always relaxed, and all but unflappable, no matter what seems to be happening. It’s that level of care, of concern for his members, and his desire that his people have a better experience whenever possible that is admirable and all but necessary at the Consul’s level. Because at the end of the day, what use is there in being a leader without members, of having a brotherhood without brothers?
As such, I am glad to add my name to the list of esteemed folks here recommending that Darkhawk be awarded with his first Emerald Dagger, in recognition of his many years of service to the club, to the clan, to his members. As a gesture of thanks, as a token of our esteem, as a measure of the care that we all feel for him as he does for us. Thank you, DarkHawk.
Lord Muz Ashen Keibatsu, 2026-01-22 20:03:46 UTC
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