[HQD]: New Year, Old Lek

Introduction

A Message from the Quaestor

Hallo, my lektacular Qel-Dromnians!

Welcome to a brand new year 42 ABY!

How were your New Year’s parties? I chilled with some crispy chicken and watched other people burn money. Finland has been particularly cold this time of year, so I’ve been doing some home renovations to fix some insulation issues. Ah, the joys of winter!

Glad to see you being active over the holidays and do remember to check out the long-running AAF comps while you’re at it!

Signed, Your Lekhead

A Message from the Aedile

AHHH, It’s 42 ABY already! Whoo whoo!

Hope your New Year’s Eve was as quiet or as loud as yall wanted it. I went to bed at 10pm.

I am looking forward to all the upcoming changes and comps we will have this year! Share this energy with me if you can!!

Let’s start off this year strong!

Signed, whyiscomingupanicknameishardhelpme

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. House Fiction Update
3. News
4. Awards, Promotions and Transfers
   
5. Crescent Leaderboard
6. Competitions
7. In Closing...

Arcona News

Awards, Promotions, Consul Report

• Our Doon-Doon was awarded his first Sapphire Blade! CONGRATULEKTIONS!!!
• Aiden was awarded his second Sapphire Blade!! CONGRATULEKTIONS!!!
  

DB Wide Updates

• Rian Taldrya has stepped down as Herald and in his stead we now have a new Herald, Dacien!
  
• Check out the new Possessions additions from last month! and extra congrats to Eleceos for 2nd place in the Lifeday comps!
  
• We have Feat updates, to take into account the new skills!
  
• If you play Cards Against Humanity, check out the new rules
  
• Here’s Dacient’s first Herald report
  
• With a slight hiccup on the Emissary side of things, we’re trying again!
  
• Always wanted to have a written account of your spicy mid-game zingers? Here’s how you can have ‘em!
  
• And some more Quality of Life improvements from the Emissary! Plus shipping…
  

Awards, Promotions and Transfers

• Wulfram Armis, BTL of our sister House Galeres, has been promoted Proconsul of Clan Odan-Urr! Good luck and make us proud!
  

Crescents, Clusters and the Awards!

Marick
- 1 Topaz Crescent
- 11 Clusters of Ice

Mune
- 1 Topaz Crescent
- 3 Clusters of Ice
- Grand Cross (Such grand! Much awe!)

Eleceos
- 5 Diamond Crescent
- 9 Ruby Crescent
- 7 Amethyst Crescent
- 9 Sapphire Crescent
- 1 Emerald Crescent
- 6 Clusters of Ice
- 6 Custers of Graphite
- Sapphire Blade (Oooh! Aaah! Pointy!)

Tali Sroka
- 1 Amethyst Crescent
- 2 Sapphire Crescent
- 5 Emerald Crescent
- 1 Topaz Crescent
- 1 Clusters of Ice
- 7 Clusters of Graphite

Eilen Ru’Tyari
- 8 Clusters of Ice

Archian
- 1 Amethyst Crescent
- 6 Sapphire Crescent
- 3 Emerald Crescent
- 1 Topaz Crescent
- 6 Clusters of Ice
- 6 Clusters of Graphite

Doon Sulvir
- Sapphire Blade (A fine stabber for our feisty wolf!)
- 16 Clusters of Ice

Sagitta
- 2 Diamond Crescent
- 3 Ruby Crescent
- 2 Amethyst Crescent
- 1 Sapphire Crescent
- Topaz Crescent
- 579 Clusters of Fire (FIYAAA!) - 59 Clusters of Ice
- 57 Clusters of Earth

Crescent Leaderboard

Below you will find the numbers used to determine the scoring and the leaderboard itself.

Welp, I thought last month that Eleceos might have calmed down a little, considering it being the end of the year, but boy was I wrong! He’s somehow managed to double his two month tally in but one! Absolutely astonishing work!

The final tally for the last quarter of the year was: Eleceos at 1st place and retaining control over the Blind Key! Our own Sagitta at 2nd place with over 100 points scored! And yours truly as a lekky third. Archian is breathing down my lek, at fourth, and Wally/Marick/Zig at fifth place.

Congratulektions to all, and we may be implementing some changes to widen the scope of the leaderboard for 2024, so stay tuned for next month’s new numbers!

If you don’t want to be featured in the Crescent Leaderboard, let your House leadership know.

• Diamond: 7
  
• Ruby: 12
  
• Amethyst: 11
  
• Sapphire: 18
  
• Emerald: 9
  
• Topaz: 5
  
• Quartz: 0
  

Name	October	November	December	Placement
Eleceos	78	111	274	1st
Sagitta	38	61	109	2nd
Tali	34	40	70	3rd
Archian	8	23	63	4th
Wally	18	18	20	5th
Mune	11	11	13	6th
Doon	3	3	3	7th
Eilen	1	1	1	8th

Competitions

Ooooh looky hereeee:

• Weave a tale of a Sithy Sheep! Get it? Weave, like yarn?
  
• Wanna spruce up your fictional home? Here's’ a comp for that!
  
• PUZZLES!
  
• What was your New Year’s Resolution? Tell us!
  
• Every agent of Qel-Droma needs a keen eyesight. Find some differences between these images to test yours out!
  
• Relax with some coloring books
  
• The AAF Comps are in their second phase! These are cool AAF!
  
• Keep your eyes peeled for AVD, starting next month!
  
• Last but not least, hopefully, tag this comp for the entire year’s supply of activities in the Wispor system!
  

AskSoufflek

• Alaisy inquired:

  • ”What flavors of soufflek are available?”
    • Tali: “Green andt purpl.”
      
    • Sofila: "I recently learned about this dessert and I would say there’s a lot of flavors! Look them up!"

• Archian always asking::

  • ”How many slugs did you ride during your lifetime?”
    
    • Tali: “Vhy the past tense? Vhy slugs? Vhat is going on?!”
      
    • Sofila: "... Zero?"
  • ”When will you fight any Zabrak? *reaching for popcorn”*
    
    • Tali: “I hadt a Zabrak apprentice, so I’ve sparred vith Zabraks before. Don’t have any new ones scheduledt for this year, but you never know vhen one might pop in.”
      
    • Sofila: "I was supposed to meet up with a Zabrak named Karran for some fun spar but it never happened. Dammit now I want a spar"
  • "Will you dagger the hutt?”
    
    • Tali: “I hear poisons don’t vork, so I suppose ve needt to.”
      
    • Sofila: "If needed, yes."
      
  • ”When will we dance with the Principate?”
    
    • Tali: “Ooo, an ambassadorial ball. A great idea!”
      
    • Sofila: "We can!? REALLY!? YES!"
      
  • ”How does Hutt’s noses look like inside?”
    
    • Tali: “I don’t vant to know…”
      
    • Sofila: "I am… good to never finding out about this."
  • ”Any dietary advises for the Hutts?”
    
    • Tali: “Better glut vhile you still have time.”
      
    • Sofila: "I… don’t even know what they really eat."
      
  • ”Can you send any Hutt’s recipe to Archian to cook at the next party?”
    
    • Tali: “Uuuuh, Hutt are edible? I thought they’re violently poisonous.”
      
    • Sofila: "... You know, I’ll pass on this. -concern look-"
  • ”Did you see any amazing Fauna during your emissary meetings with Hutts?”
    
    • Tali: “Unless you count the common sicophant, not really. But I hear there are stretches of vilderness on Wiaspor still untouchedt by civilization or industry.”
      
    • Sofila: "Whoops, I wasn’t paying attention to see any faunas."
  • ”What were you drinking during the meeting?”
    
    • Tali: “My favourite—Hutt tears. No really, it’s a very nice cocktail. I think it’s a few drops of bitters on top of an oily gin. Delightful!”
      
    • Sofila: "I was having- what did you just say Tali!?"
  • ”How slime was the slug?”
    
    • Tali: “Ve hadt to burn the carpets.”
      
    • Sofila: "-gag-"
  • *”Did you had a use from the Zabrak’s horns”
    
    • Tali: “Uhh, if you mean vhat people think Zabrak horn powder can be usedt for, then you’dt better vait until AVD.”
      
    • Sofila: "What? We don’t mess with dead- What did you mean by AVD?"
  • *”How would you rate the Zabrak’s Ambassador?”
    
    • Tali: “A solid 5/7.”
      
    • Sofila: "-bust out laughing-"
  • *”What do you feel about Wispor?”
    • Tali: “Seems like a sleepy little backwater. Loads of history, but seems dilapidatedt. Still, better than Hutt-space.”
      
    • Sofila: "I actually enjoyed it. Maybe won’t mind shore leave on here if it was safer."
  • *”Will we negotiate or kick out some Besadii’s baby bumps?”
    • Tali: “Hutts don’t negotiate from a position of veakness, so they might try. Still, let’s not start a bloodt feud just yet.”
      
    • Sofila: "Yes, please, no feud ever- YET?!"
  • *”To Sagitta: Did Tali had shown you any new Leeki techniques?
    • Sofila: "A few."
  • *”To Tali: Did Saggita Sofisticated you?”
    • Tali: “Vhat are you implying? That I vasn’t sophisticatedt already?! I vill hear no more of this slander! Hurrumph!” drinks wine from mug
      

• Bril wondered:

  • *”What unique challenges have the Besadii Clan posed for your administration?”
    • Tali: “Overall? They have staged a coup on Ol’val, then triedt to burn it to the groundt, andt also been aiding our enemies by supplying them vith guns andt stuff. So let’s file that under… Miscellaneous?”
      
    • Sofila: ".... Miscellaneous? Really?"
  • *”What is Wisper? I can’t find anything about it on discord or on the wiki.”
    • Tali: “It is a galactic footnote. A tiny speck of a system caught between the Severian Principate’s eastern fringes and Hutt-space. Seems they once held a more prominent position, but now are basically vassals to the Hutts in all but name.”
      
  • *”Do you anticipate the more public resistance to the Besadii by Qel Droma will lead to increasing tensions with Severian officials? If so, how will you respond?”
    • Tali: “Ve vill try to keep things on the down low. The Severians made their opinions very clear. As long as ve just keep poking at the Hutts, they von’t mindt us in their backyardt. But if ve rock the boat too much andt cause a real incident, they vill not look favorably on Arcona, or Qel-Droma. So please try to not cause an over-reaction.”
      

In Closing…

The year is new and the potential for stories is plentiful! We hope we will all have a great 42 ABY!

Signed,

Purple Lek & Purple Hair