Odan-Urr Consul Report - May 2017

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Odan-Urr Consul Report - May 2017

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Greetings my fellow Odanites, allies of the Lotus, and dark side spies.

War is on the horizon and there is a great deal to cover...

This month’s featured art is of our favorite General by the very talented Nunchaku

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JOBS!

Brotherhood News

  • Grand Master - Pravus announced the May the 4th Seals of Loyalty, and we had 11 Odanites received SoLs. Mako and Jasper were nominated by the Herald, Kasula and Korroth by the Voice, Seraphol by the Headmaster, and Arch by the CM. We had the privilege of nominated three members from COU: Blade, Junazee, and Talis. Congrats to all the awardees! On a less pleasant note, people have been put on notice for shady dealings.

  • Deputy Grand Master - Mav released the quarterly clan activity stats and announced the ACC situation leading up to the GJW.

  • Voice - For those of you living under a rock, alternate characters and member-specific NPCs are a thing now. We've already seen people do some pretty cool things with this feature, so go read up on the details if you haven't already. Additionally, there are two new species available for use.

  • Combat Master - Atra puts out a call for venues and drops some really solid tips for ACC. hint hint

  • Shadow Academy - The SA has released the new Advanced Warfare course as well as revised versions of Sith Order Core and Runon Studies. Thanks to Farrin for a full year and counting of service as Headmaster

  • Fist - #GoodGuyDrac released oodles of stats and put three game series on notice - if nobody plays them by the end of the month, they will no longer be supported. There was other news about Destiny and Diablo 3, as well as Ed's Gaming Network.

  • Herald - The Shroud War graphics tournament was a rousing success and the Herald staff will take what they’ve learned and apply to future events.

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Clan News

  • Everyone say hi to House Hoth's new Aedile, Celevon!

  • Rollmistress - Blade updated everyone on the Master-Student program, her project to develop the new Praxeum, and more.

  • Hoth QUA Report - There was tons of news from Edgar this month. Keep an eye out for announcements regarding Hoth's new AED and BTL.

Hoth

Welcome to the new edition of the Solyiat News Network. Today, we are here to report that the Jedi Commander visited with Governor Kopchak, pledging that the newly christened Solyiat Air Patrol will be assisting the planetary militia in defending the planetary trade routes and aiding any citizens in need. This move comes just at the right time, as most of the Jedi forces are leaving the system on what is being called a cooperative mission against the Sith Lord, Pravus. We, of course, wish them well and hope the Jedi are successful in winning the day!

In other news, Jedi Drachen introduced his newest second in command, a young Jedi by the name of Celevon Edraven Erinos. He takes over for Yuki Suoh, who has been reassigned to an undisclosed mission. Ms Suoh has become a regular in the streets of Baime and we hope her reassignment is for the benefit of all.

For now, that’s all for our latest updates here on Solyiat. This is Vayda Vernic signing off for the Solyiat News Network. Thank you and have a good night!

Shan

Greetings from your new(ish) Quaestor!

Although I’ll be drafting a full-fledged report soon, I’ll be giving an interim introduction here for those who might not know me - either our newer members or those unfamiliar with the alternate character names I’ve been using. First off, I’d like to thank Archenksova, who has moved up in the ranks to serve as Proconsul and Turel for selecting me for the role. Some might know me as either A’lora, Kasula or Morotheri (for those older members out there.) I originally served as Consul beside Turel, who served as Proconsul until I stepped down due to the workload of a full university schedule.

As for current plans - getting as many submissions into Desperate Measures as possible, of course! In the long-term, I will be focusing our efforts on expanding Daleem and the Houses’ lore, all while working closer with Turel and Arch to lessen the distinction between House and Clan fiction and events (crossovers are something I’ve seen in the comics, and I’m always a fan.) As someone with a keen insight on Kiast, I’ll be merging that knowledge with Clan Summit input, as well as the input of our members. The latter, I want to accomplish through canonical events that members can shape through their entries (I’m a huge fan of featuring winning entries as the official canon!)

However, with a Great Jedi War on the horizon, I’ll be coordinating with Turel (and possibly others) on future timelines for House events to avoid overlap. The grand war is upon us, gentlemen, and we’ll have to be readied for it.

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Bragging Rights

  • There are more than a few to go around for the first ever Herald tournament. Big kudos to Mako and Esca for their work on making this a reality, and congrats to Jasper for winning it. And, of course, thanks to all who participated: COU provided a whopping 40% of the participants,

  • Congrats to Moro for earning a sapphire blade for his exemplary work as P:Voice!

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Competition Spotlight

Desperate Measures

We saw some great activity in the first two weeks, but we've got to keep that momentum going!

Week 3 (May 22-29)
Group (Double Points) Don’t forget to finish these!

Competitions by and for COU Members

DB-wide Competitions of Note

  • Twelve Weeks a Haiku, Year 2 - #BestAiden's poetry comp returns. This is a great chance to do a competition type we don't see often, and rack up some INQ points in the process. Runs weekly through July 16.

  • Forbidden Fruits: Pretty Picture Time and A Tale of Two Cookies - Our Rollmistress has teamed up with Qyreia to deliver two delcious comps, one each for fiction and graphics. Runs through May 28.

  • Voice Dialogue Series: Three's Company - Practice your dialogue writing, get feedback from the Voice, and get bonus CIs for doing it. Submit by May 24.

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AskTurel

Jasper - #AskTurel Will I ever get to paint Pravus with flowers? Do droids dream of electric sheep? Where do we go when we daydream? What time is it if you're upside down? Do you like chocolate? Can we have a field trip? When do we get new flipflops?

Yes, yes, somewhere in the mindscape, the same time, love it, sure, gurrrl we goin’ shoppin’!

Aura - #askTurel if someone isn't in an official leadership position, do you have any advice for them to get leadership experience and become hokage?

(Arch fielded this one because he’s awesome like that) Contribute to the community. Like, it's great if you pound out 10k words of solo fiction every week and win all the crescents, but if you're not interacting with the rest of the clan you're basically just a number in a spreadsheet. If you game, game with Odanites. If you write, help others develop their characters and work them into your fiction. If you draw, draw flowers on everyone's chat avatar. Make friends. I have a short attention span. I wouldn't still be here if I were just grinding out comp submissions. I'm here because I have friends here. I still play Alethia because people like Vyr and Cable and Blade keep giving me interesting places to take the character. We're constantly fighting the attrition of real life. If you want new joins and current members to stick around, help build a family around them.

Tarvitz - #AskTurel If you would not mind answering this please, what, above all else, would you ask of Odan-Urr's members?

Have fun and be excellent to one another, the rest will follow. Our people is what makes COU the best Clan (though I may be biased). Find what you love to do and dive into that, but try to expand your horizons a little. You never know what you might enjoy. Vyr got me into doing art and stuff, which I need to do more of. We will always have a need for builders and leaders and if you enjoy those things or aren't sure where to start we'll be happy to help you.

Celevon - #AskTurel How did my character get to Kiast and get the job? Was he drunk enough to fall for the white van with the 'free candy' label on the side? :P

I feel like that would make an excellent report fiction.

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Special thanks to Alethia/Arch for his help in putting this report and our current clan event together. Get those entries in for the last stretch of Desperate Measures and have fun!

Turel Sorenn

Consul, Clan Odan-Urr

Nice Report!

All the love, COU! #ohana

Crush dat clan event and meet us on the other side of the war! (mylifeisHamiltonquotes)

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