Dark Greetings,

House Reinthaler has reached the one month mark, and development has progressed well. I would like to point your attention to the DBwiki, which now has working articles about the House and both Battle Teams. These articles are meant to help all Reinthaler members have a collective sense of what our fictional details are. Where are we? What's our base? What's our history? The final question will take some time as we continue to grow, but soon competitions and story arcs will allow us to write what we have done. Not to be entirely focused on fiction, Frosty is hosting JA gatherings. I've yet to hear how many gamers we have attending. Please let me know so that I may track and award activity.

I realize (all too well) that the end of college semesters are nearing and projects are intensifying. Real life always comes before the DB and there's no need to apologize. However, try to poke your head into IRC or shoot off an email to let us all know you're still around and ready to kick ass soon enough.

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DBwiki articles:

Although still under construction to varying degrees, our articles are becoming more solid. Take the time to enjoy and improve them. Suggestions are welcome and graphics are appreciated!

http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/wiki/index.php?title=House_Reinthaler http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Phoenix http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/wiki/index.php?title=Zurhidon

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Competitions:

"Earning the Phoenix" -- http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/competition.php?id=4937 -- Members of Black Phoenix are to write about their initiation into the Battle Team, which comes with a nifty ring that can be used fictionally. If you would like to ogle the ring, head on over to the DB wiki for the Battle Team.

(Coming Soon) "Reinthaler's Bestiary" -- Liram Winterhaart will soon host a competition, which focuses on the all the animals surrounding our base. It will be a longer fiction with mini-chapters. -- Stay tuned for more details and a special announcement when the details have been finalized.

(Coming Soon?) "Reinthaler Trivia" -- Our weekly trivia appears to have already died off. Do you still want to have weekend trivia sessions? Anyone can make a list of roughly 25 questions once per week. In the past, sessions have started without notice as members made up the questions on the go. Just remember to let me know it happened or will happen if you plan ahead.

There are also many Clan-wide competitions running. Please see the CON report for more details.

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Activity Tracking:

Yurei -- DB basics passed

Vai Azexel -- Name changed to Aegis -- Order changed to Sith -- Dark Savant - Service awarded (well done!)

Liram -- SA comp. submission: Tombs of Wisdom

Severon -- Lots of work on the Black Phoenix DBwiki -- Awarded Seal of Loyalty -- Prose submission, SA competition: Opening the Vault

Frosty -- Hosting JA gatherings -- Awarded Grand Cross (late is better than never)

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Although I do not mark IRC presence in the Activity Tracker, I do take notice and conversations held there are just as important as email. However, they're not as easy to reread so it's a good idea to send email whenever you have a great idea or question.

-- KPN Saitou Tarentae (Krath)/QUA/House Reinthaler of Tarentum