Introduction

Welcome to the fifth House Sunrider Summit report.

Vatali Conclave

Voraskel palace, Kiast

In session…

“I would ask the esteemed representative of House Sunrider and the Governor of the Thon estate to begin. You have five minutes.” The speaker, the voice of the people within the Vatali Conclave, gave Tierra the space, waving his hand in a polite gesture for her to present herself.

As the flying platform that carried each representative and their aides levitated a mere foot taller than the rest, emphasizing who was in fact recognized at the moment, Tierra bowed to the speaker and commenced. “Ladies and gentlemen, Daleem is in peril.” A hush fell over the Conclave. Where there was talk and murmuring, now only whispers remained. Tierra produced a datapad which she placed in front of her on the small podium. “So far House Sunrider has identified at least four imminent threats to its sovereignty from without,” she looked over the whole room before continuing, “and from within.” At these surface-level accusations, some of the representatives gasped and began to silently protest. Tierra paid them no mind.

In one swift motion she pulled the data from her datapad onto the giant holo display in the middle of the amphitheatre that housed the COnclave. Images emerged one after another: fighting in the streets, rioting, people turning ill, illicit exchanges, and murder victims. All in full, gruesome display for all to see.

“And by disturbing us with these images you aim to garner sympathy, do you?” The representative of the Daleem Preservation League, Representative Valnor Keldra, chimed in unannounced. “These are House Sunrider problems, not the C—”

“I would urge the respected representative of the League not to interrupt this Conclave again, lest he find himself a credit short and banned from this esteemed Chamber for the foreseeable future.” The speaker’s voice interrupted Keldra like a thunderbolt. He made several of the aides jump in their seats. Tierra suppressed a smirk. “Governor, continue, and I do hope there is a point to this…” The threat of losing the space was implied if she overreached.

“Thank you, speaker. There is indeed a point, and effort is the point. A well organized effort to undermine House Sunrider in this very Chamber through subterfuge and misinformation.” She punched a command into her datapad and an image of a Twi’lek showed up, clearly a mugshot. “Xor'ril Rizk, mastermind of the smuggling ring in Tythas City’s spaceport. Formerly an associate of several noble Houses and several non-governmental agencies closely tied to Daleem. Admitted to his crimes. Currently in Sunrider custody and awaiting trial.” She gave Keldra a knowing look. She skipped the interrogation and torture. Wouldn’t do to disturb the representatives even more.

Another face showed up on the holo, a Clawdite this time. “Vim Saam. Clawdite infiltrator with close ties to extra-Imperial clandestine agencies, including the Inquisitorius and corporate-espionage agencies in the Corporate sector. Sabotaged one of our Habitation units for a week before we caught her. Four hundred people were barely saved. Barely. She is a professional spy who creates havoc wherever she is deployed. Currently in Sunrider custody and is cooperative. The list of associates has already been distributed to the proper agencies.” This time she looked at the representative of House Etlina who feigned ignorance, despite his nose slightly curling in disgust and hatred.

A third image appeared, of patients in the Abyssal depths suffering and dying. “Fourteen people dead. Fourteen Sephi workers, honest people with honest lives who were not lucky enough to be born on a silk cushion, died in agony because a Sunrider shuttle was infected with an engineered pathogen and let loose upon Daleem. We were lucky. It broke down or it was sabotaged from within — further investigations will show the truth — it plummeted and sank thirteen thousand feet to the ocean floor where our rescue teams found them.” Her disgust apparent and palpable, Tierra stared at every representative of the Conclave with her iron gaze. “It is a travesty, and it is only thanks to our brilliant medical staff and droid support that a larger crisis was averted. All the data pertaining to this pathogen has been granted t the Royal Genetics laboratory for further study. We will find out who did this. That is my promise:” She let the threat hang in the air. There would be war between Houses should any of the details come out, that was more than certain, whether a war in the shadows or in the open was still up in the air.

“All of these incidents, and many more, orchestrated by various parties outside of Sunrider’s influence, have been dealt with, but there are yet many fires to put out. Tythas City is prospering, and will continue to do so with the Empress’ blessing, but it will require stricter rules to weed out all threats.These incidents cannot be ignored nor will they be tolerated. Under Her Majesty’s own writ, and with her blessing, I am declaring Martial Law in Tythas City until such a time as this crisis is averted.” Loud protests echoed through the room, from trade representatives, from minor Houses who had planned to settle in Tythas, and even Keldra and the Preservation league. “It is in my power and my mandate to keep the citizens of Tythas City safe so I shall do. All newcomers shall be scanned, registered and monitored. Any and all spies, infiltrators, criminals, agitators, and sympathizers will be prosecuted to the full extent of Her Majesty’s law.” The hubbub and yelling continued even after she left her position and exited the Conclave to return to her home.

All bad things event: results and conclusions

The summary:

I’d like to talk openly and honestly about the event and the way the House is moving.*If you have an opinion, please leave it in the comments below or hit me up on Discord to share it. *

Participation in the All bad things event was not great, but it wasn’t horrific either :D It was within my expectations considering my experience with Sunrider and Houses in general.

The flash game attracted decent participation, as did the RP, and graphics and fictions only had three to four participants overall.

Even with a deadline of a month and a half, interest was low, but as always I’m really happy with the participation we did get. The fiction entries, art, and RP were some of the best I’ve enjoyed in the Clan thus far, and people seemed genuinely enthusiastic about them.

That said, you can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs so we’ll keep working on it to get you guys some more decent comps in the future, hopefully ones that draw your interest some more. :)

Conclusions

The reasons for low participation seem to be:

Sunrider has an aging member list. Most members are floating around out of habit and are too busy with their own lives to do much else.
House level events are usually the least interesting ones to members in general (from my experience).
Most importantly, the comps I created did not draw enough interest so I’ll keep working on them

If you have comments and would like to give me your own perspective, I encourage you to do so. It can only help.

Up next?

Monster Hunter World and similar stuff that seem to be much more popular with our gaming-oriented members. It’s likely that the next event will majorly feature gaming and non-fiction/non-graphics comps as well. We’ll see. :D

Club-wide

News

Open Positions: Quaestors of House Wren and House Deathwatch
Check out the Fist’s report, especially Project Charter: Review of Cluster Values – Phase 2
New upgrade rules have been added. See Regent report #3
A really good post by Zentru’la: Choosing a Point of View Character - Professor of Writing post
Read up on the latest fiction from the DB and Clans: PulseFeed News Aggregator: Clan Updates #21

Competitions

Here are just some of the interesting comps. You can find more here: Competitions

Promotions

Congrats on 1up 😀

Benn Nevis - Equite 4
Neko - Journeyman 3
Vyrese Palestar - Equite 1
Nildea Vidh - Equite 4
Zahara - Journeyman 4
Arabella - All the way to Journeyman 2!

Awards

A'lora Kituri - 1 Crescent with Ruby Star, 1 Crescent with Quartz Star, 28 Cluster of Ice
Adem Bol'era - 1 Crescent with Ruby Star
Arabella - 1 Anteian Cross, 1 Dark Cross, 1 Crescent with Ruby Star, 1 Crescent with Amethyst Star, 1 Crescent with Emerald Star, 1 Crescent with Quartz Star, 385 Cluster of Fire
Aryn "Jade" Erinos-Magnuri - 1 Amethyst Kukri, 1 Crescent with Sapphire Star, 8 Cluster of Graphite, 2 Crescent with Ruby Star, 12 Cluster of Fire, 18 Cluster of Ice
Asani Armis - 1 Crescent with Amethyst Star, 11 Cluster of Fire, 2 Crescent with Sapphire Star, 2 Crescent with Emerald Star, 26 Cluster of Graphite
Benn Nevis - 1 Crescent with Ruby Star, 2 Cluster of Ice, 2 Crescent with Amethyst Star, 2 Crescent with Sapphire Star, 2 Crescent with Emerald Star, 2 Crescent with Topaz Star, 46 Cluster of Graphite
Erin Armis - 14 Cluster of Fire
Heiken Akechi - 2 Amethyst Kukri, 1 Crescent with Amethyst Star, 1 Crescent with Sapphire Star, 1 Crescent with Quartz Star, 1 Cluster of Ice, 8 Cluster of Graphite, 2 Crescent with Amethyst Star, 2 Crescent with Topaz Star, 24 Cluster of Fire, 104 Cluster of Fire
Jovian Grey - 1 Crescent with Amethyst Star, 2 Crescent with Ruby Star, 2 Crescent with Emerald Star, 15 Cluster of Ice
Len Iode - 1 Crescent with Ruby Star, 1 Crescent with Emerald Star, 8 Cluster of Graphite, 5 Cluster of Ice, 3 Crescent with Amethyst Star, 3 Crescent with Quartz Star, 4 Crescent with Sapphire Star, 227 Cluster of Fire
Lynnyaria Meraudstar - 54 Cluster of Fire
Meero - 8 Cluster of Graphite, 3 Crescent with Emerald Star
Neko - 1 Crescent with Sapphire Star, 2 Crescent with Emerald Star, 52 Cluster of Fire
Nikora Rhan - 1 Crescent with Topaz Star, 1 Dark Side Scroll, 2 Crescent with Ruby Star, 2 Crescent with Emerald Star, 29 Cluster of Ice, 9 Crescent with Sapphire Star, 56 Cluster of Graphite, 11 Crescent with Amethyst Star
Nildea Vidh - 1 Sapphire Blade, 1 Crescent with Diamond Star, 1 Crescent with Ruby Star, 3 Cluster of Ice, 12 Cluster of Graphite, 3 Crescent with Amethyst Star, 3 Crescent with Emerald Star, 13 Cluster of Fire
Revak K'Urr - 1 Crescent with Topaz Star, 20 Cluster of Graphite
Tierra Suha'sen - 1 Crescent with Sapphire Star, 2 Crescent with Ruby Star, 16 Cluster of Graphite, 3 Crescent with Diamond Star, 37 Cluster of Ice, 90 Cluster of Fire
Vyrese Palestar - 1 Crescent with Diamond Star, 1 Crescent with Topaz Star, 2 Crescent with Amethyst Star, 3 Crescent with Emerald Star, 188 Cluster of Fire
Windos - 1 Sapphire Blade, 1 Crescent with Diamond Star, 1 Crescent with Sapphire Star, 1 Crescent with Emerald Star, 8 Cluster of Graphite, 3 Crescent with Topaz Star
Zahara - 1 Crescent with Amethyst Star, 2 Crescent with Diamond Star, 23 Cluster of Fire

Great job!

Closing

TLDR:

Governor Tierra Suha'sen declares Martial Law in Tythas City!
All bad things… event had about the expected participation. I hope to do better in the future and make comps you guys will enjoy. However, I did greatly enjoy the RP, fiction and art entries. Thank you to everyone who participated
Many promotions and awards! Good job :D

Nikora Rhan, 23 Apr, 2025 11:54 AM

Good to see how the story is progressing, and thank you for being frank about our activity levels and opportunity for feedback.

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