Well, well, another fun-filled week with Mage as Headmaster! :D

The total number of graduates from the SA (any course) under me is now up to 194. Obelisk CORE remains the most-taken, most-passed course, with 61 graduates, and Krath CORE remains the least popular, with 4 graduates (One of which was me...). :P

Now, on to the news...

1) SA Upgrade Progress - 0%

Yes, that's right. I'm keeping track of my project's progress. Now, this doesn't mean I haven't done anything - because I'm not that foolish :P - what this is supposed to show people is how far the upgrade project has gotten, from start to finish. Technically, I'm almost done Phase Two, but I await a template and some code to go with said template eagerly.

2) Big thanks go out to my graders. They are important to this operation, and will become ever more so as the project continues.

3) People with course ideas - Do you have a Shadow Academy course doing cartwheels in your head, that you think would be just great? Good. Write it down. Hopefully, if all goes well, Phase One and Phase Two of my SA upgrade project will wrap up by month's end, if not slightly into November. Following that, I get to make some awesome changes to the Academy. That will bring us to, at the latest (assuming the people that Phase One depends upon meet their deadlines :P), the end of November for the first Three Phases. And I do mean at the very latest. So, in a month's time, if you have a course you wish to propose, and my upgrade phases have moved right along... then, we can talk. ;)

4) Phase Three - The Big Fun!

Once the relatively easy site upgrade is done, and I've corrected all of the material the Shadow Academy currently has, we move on to this Phase of the upgrade. This Phase is going to entail some fresh ideas for the Shadow Academy. If anybody has any ideas they think fit the criteria (being uber, new, and useful), give me a shout.

I don't want to give it away before I get there, but here's an idea of what to expect...

• A Combat Academy - A multiplayer training setup for every Order. Take flight lessons from the best in the Brotherhood, hone your skills with a lightsaber in the same fashion, and round it off with some practice in the Krath's attempt at multiplayer, fighting run-on's!

• A full Shadow Academy Staff - That's right. All of you who have pestered me so aptly about Praetor and Magistrate positions will have the chance, as soon as the first half of this upgrade is complete. I will also be hiring graders for EVERY course... who, hopefully, will get a nice position name to put in their ID Lines, similiar to IWATS Professors.

• Much, much more! :D

That's all for this week (I know I'm shoving it in a day early, but I have a debate to be at tomorrow evening - honing those Krath skills. :P)!

Obelisk Battlemaster Mage

Headmaster of the Shadow Academy