Welcome to the middle of the first week of the Rite of Supremacy, everyone! Geez, that's a lot of prepositions for one sentence. Anyway, let's get going.

• Rite of Supremacy: The Spoils of War is currently upon us. The prize: Salas V. Our first opponent: Independent House Revan. I know, they may seem like a pushover due to their numbers, but guess what? This vendetta is based entirely on a point system. So if we can't get most of the top five spots, we have no chance of beating them, no matter how small of a unit they are.

The current events you can submit to are the fiction event and the poetry event. For more information on them, click on this URL. It also provides the e-mail address in which you must send submissions to. Don't forget to CC your clan leaders as well as your house leaders so we can document your activity: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/ros/slot.php?week=1&slot=1

• Due to the RoS, the Herald's Office is putting custom lightsaber requests on hold. This is because everyone in the Brotherhood, save for the Grand Master and Deputy Grand Master, can participate with their clans in the vendetta, and with a bigger onslaught of requests, they simply don't have the time to do it. So those waiting for custom lightsabers, please be patient.

• As I said before, we are facing Independent House Revan in the first round of the RoS. How are we doing so far? Well, I can't say. We've already had a few timed out battles in the ACC and a few sloppily written fiction entries. Guys, this is based entirely on a point system. You may have participated, but the numbers don't matter as much. What matters is we get the top 5 spaces to earn points. Otherwise, who cares if fifty Tarenti wrote stories against six Revanites: if we don't place in the events, Revan wins.

So here's some advice to you guys:

1. if you're going to do the ACC, make sure you can stick to the 24-hour deadlines. Like I said, we had about three battles timed out on our side. Revan did not time out in one single battle. So that's already three points against us before the judges even get to our posts.

2. If you're going to submit anything, for the love of God, get it looked at. And not just by one person, either, that can be dangerous if the person either isn't available or just doesn't read it. Get critique from all sides. That way, your entries are polished, tweaked, and free of any grammatical/spelling errors before you e-mail them to the appropriate address.

3. Please remember that winning this RoS is going to be a team effort. A couple days ago, I got an e-mail from a friend in Tarentum questioning me on my choice not to participate in the ACC proceedings and how it could hurt the clan in the long run. Now, there were a lot of technical and personal reasons that I didn't sign up (Technical: No CS, no passed ACC Basics exam; Personal: Just didn't like it), and I do intend to become an ACCer in time for the next vendetta that approaches. However, I want to remind you all that no one person, or no one leader, should be responsible for leading the group to victory. Most of what I can do is submit my poetry and fiction, give you all the standard pep talks, and be around on IRC to take e-mails, questions, and drafts of submissions to look at. Everything else? That's on you guys. We need to work as a whole unit to win, with everybody participating and trying his or her best to win. Only then can we do better in vendettas, when we realize that it's not about relying on the few, but on the many.

• The "Broken: The Final Chapter" run-on was wrapped up last Saturday, and I hope you guys enjoyed the ending. The clan summit's priorities apart from the RoS are 1. To write an epilogue for the "Broken" storyline and 2. To fully establish our new clan powers in Tarentum lore. I've already updated many necromancy articles with the necromantic order's demise, so if you want to read those on the DJBwiki, you are more than welcome to.

As a result of the "Broken" events, several people have been awarded their appropriate crescents for individual and overall achievement. Congratulations to everyone who received a medal from this long, long storyline. But there are still awards and promotions to come, and Oberst will have a report out with that information in the near future.

• We've had quite a few shifts in the house summits these past two weeks: Adien Falaut resigned from his Rollmaster position in House Cestus, while Severon Vercingetorix and Raiju Kang were appointed to positions of Aedile and Rollmaster in House Gladius, respectively. We wish the best of luck to Adien in his endeavors and welcome Severon and Raiju back into leadership positions with open arms!

DB-wide:

N/A (Due to the RoS: Spoils of War)

Clan-wide:

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competition.php?id=4625 - [Tarentum] Trophy of Tarentum

(Main focus is on the RoS: Spoils of War)

We've had a few newcomers arrive and some familiar faces reappear in Tarentum. Newcomers Matakor, Griffin Drakekiller, and Zarsec have all settled into House Cestus and House Gladius, respectively. At the same time, Sith Battlemasters Sato Tarentae and Odin Vaaj, now known as Ohnadi Vecronaaj; have returned to Tarentum just in time to assist us in the Rite of Supremacy and in our future projects. Welcome back, guys!

DA KORRAS TARENTAE - Earned Amethyst Kukri

SBM KAREL TARENTAE - Earned 3 Clusters of Fire

SBM SATO TARENTAE - Passed DB History I SA exam - Passed Philosophy I: Views SA exam

SW ADIEN FALAUT - Earned Anteian Cross

SW JI K'AWIIL - Earned Crescent with Emerald Star x 2

OT RAIJU KANG - Earned Crescent with Sapphire Star x 2 - Earned Crescent with Amethyst Star

SW SCION ALTERA - Earned Crescent with Emerald Star x 2

DJK SEVERON VERCINGETORIX - Earned Crescent with Topaz Star x 2 - Earned Crescent with Sapphire Star

JH BALIA DONOS -PROMOTED TO DARK JEDI KNIGHT

JH RAIMI MISTWALKER - Passed Leadership Fundamentals SA exam - Earned Crescent with Topaz Star - Earned Crescent with Amethyst Star

GRD SHARDARA BELLAMORAE - Passed Leadership Fundamentals SA exam - PROMOTED TO JEDI HUNTER

PRT TEIA CORAN - Passed Obelisk Core SA exam with a perfect score

ACO COOP TER'AN - PROMOTED TO ACOLYTE - Passed ACC Basics SA exam - Earned Crescent with Topaz Star

ACO CROSS JEGGERD - Earned Crescent with Amethyst Star

APP ZARSEC - Passed Krath Core SA exam - PROMOTED TO NOVICE

Remember my advice for the RoS! Work on those fiction and poetry entries and send them to me and other leaders if you want them read and critiqued! Let's step on the gas and show Revan what we've got!

-OP Ronovi Tavisaen (Obelisk)/PCON/Clan Tarentum