Greetings Dark Brethren,

In times past the members of our Brotherhood have been through a great many things that tested their loyalty. Yet, today there are many who have stuck with the Brotherhood through thick and thin, more importantly they have stayed loyal to their clan.

Clan Loyalty is something to cherish, for it shows the type of person you truly are, and in the long run defines a clan in and of it self. A clan with steadfast members who stick it out through the best of times and the worst of times are loyal clansmen. To date there has been no reward for such displays of loyalty to the clan.

And so, after much discussion within the Assembly of Consuls, we have decided to reward members that have shown exceptional loyalty to their clan, while consistently contributing through activity and leadership for an impressive amount of time. This award is not made of medal, but rather takes the form of a Clan name granted to individual members to use as their own. This would be the ultimate honor a Clan member can receive, more than a mere medal on their ID-line, this would become part of their Dark Brotherhood persona.

There shall be several guidelines for this new award, and they are as follows:

1) The awarding of a Clan name shall only be granted to members who have made extremely large contributions to their Clan over a very long period of time. It should not be given to many, but rather should remain an achievable yet distant and difficult goal for all Clan members. There are no specific guidelines outlining when this award can and should be given, this is left up to the discretion of the awarding leaders, who are to use their best judgment.

2) Clan names may be awarded only by a consensus of the Consul and Proconsul of the Clan in question, with the approval of the Emissary. If the member potentially receiving the award is a Consul or Proconsul a different procedure shall be followed. For the awarding of a Clan name to a Consul or Proconsul, the Quaestor’s of the Clan’s houses will come to consensus with the remaining member of the Clan summit (Proconsul for awarding a Consul, Consul if the Proconsul is to receive the award), and then must meet with the approval of the Emissary.

3) After accepting the award of a Clan name, a member is required to remain in that Clan for the rest of his/her time in the Dark Brotherhood. The taking of a Clan name as his/her own is the ultimate symbol of loyalty to ones clan, and therefore they are required to stay with this clan no matter what the situation may be. This does not, however, prevent the members from being appointed to the Dark Council, they can serve on the council while retaining their Clan name.

4) Consideration for the awarding of a Clan name should be retroactive, that is, contributions and loyalty to a Clan before the implementation of this award should be taken into account. Any members who already meet the standard for receiving a Clan name award should not have to prove themselves all over again, they may receive the award for activity and loyalty previously shown.

5) The awarding of a Clan name to a Consul should meet the same standards as regular members. Consuls shall not receive this award automatically upon being appointed Consul, but rather have to spend time in their position making contributions to their Clan over a long period of time. Of course, work done as a Consul is more beneficial for the entire Clan than work a regular member does, and a Consul has probably served time in his/her Clan as a regular member and in other leadership positions. Therefore the time it takes a Consul to earn this award will probably be less than the time it would take a regular member to earn.

6) The awarding of a Clan name should be a unique event, and therefore should be accompanied by more than a simple email informing the member that he/she has received this award. Therefore each awarding of a Clan name should occur in a piece of fiction authored by the Consul of the Clan, depicting some sort of Dark ceremony where the member enters the group of select few who have earned this award. This fiction should be sent to the entire Clan as a sort of ceremony. Of course each Clan will have different ceremonies to fit that Clan’s specific character.

7) Any current members who are already using the Clan name as part of their character’s name shall be politely asked to remove it or change it. This only applies to a select few and hopefully they will understand the situation.

8) Any current Dark Council members who have had a long-standing relationship with a particular Clan, in which they contributed a lot of work over a long period of time, can be awarded the Clan name now. They have the option of accepting the award as recognition from their old clan, or refusing it because as Dark Council members they are above individual Clans. The exception to this rule is the Grand Master, who in his position in command of all the Clans cannot show individual loyalty to any specific clan. While this will apply to very few current Council members, it is still important, and may apply to more in the future, therefore it is mentioned.

Therefore let it be known that the following have displayed loyalty to their clans and shall herein be awarded following, further awards shall follow in time:

From Clan Arcona - DJM Mejas Doto and KE JaM3z Lucius Entar
They shall now be known as DJM Mejas Doto Arconae and KE JaM3z Lucius Entar Arconae
For they are di Tenebrous Arconae

From Clan Exar Kun - Exar Khaland and Jonaleth Isradia
They shall now be known as Exar Khaland Kunar and Jonaleth Isradia Kunar
For they are Kun's Heirs

From Clan Naga Sadow - SO Manesh and OE Raistlin
They shall now be known as SO Manesh Sadow and OE Raistlin Sadow
For they are Sons of Sadow

From Clan Satal Keto - OE Waza Sunrider and OT Arso Slyth
They shall now be known as OE Waza Sunrider Satal and OT Arso Slyth Satal
For they are Scions de Satal

From Clan Scholae Palatinae - KE Saitou and KE Cooch
They shall now be known as KE Saitou Palpatine and KE Cooch Palpatine
For they are Sons of Palpatine

From Clan Taldryan - KE Kir Katarn and OT Mordin "Apo" Malchia
They shall now be known as KE Kir Katarn Taldrya and OT Mordin "Apo" Malchia Taldrya
For they are Sons of Taldryan

From Clan Tarentum - KE Telona Murrage and SWM Maxamilian von Oberst
They shall now be known as KE Telona Murrage Tarentae and SWM Maxamilian von Oberst Tarentae
For they are Heirs of Tarentum

Congratulations to one and all on being honored.

His Eminence,
The Emissary - Lord Tron Sadow
SO Tron Sadow (Sith)/EMS/Dark Council [ACC: INI]
SB/GCx2/(SC-SoP)/(StA-WG)/DC-KC/(GN)/(BN)

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