"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use."

-- Ernest Hemingway

Headlines that you need to know

• Gathering Darkness Final Round has begun
• Thrustworthy has been Apppointed New Wiki Tribune
• Fading Light Finale & Next Round
• Rollmaster's Corner: Howie's Going on Leave

Gathering Darkness Final Round

As you know, the final round of Gathering Darkness has kicked off. Spoilers: Taldryan is fulfilling it's promised to the Gray Paladins, and we're headed off into Sith space to kick some ass and take some names. The final even, named The Price of Honour is now up and running. This is your chance to write the ending to this multi-month competition, and enter your stamp on Taldryan's Lore.

Also, remember you can still get in a few more ACC Matches, and PVP matches while the competition winds down in Cannons to the Left and Right.

New Wiki Tribune

In largely unsurprising news to anyone who pays attention to the Wiki, Pravus has recently announced that none other than Shad aka Aidan Kincaid aka Thrustworthy is the new Wiki Tribune.

Everyone in Tal knows just how deep Shad's knowledge of the wiki goes, as he's been our go to guy for years now. The DB is sure to benefit from his appointment. Grats bud.

Fading Light Finale

Keeping up with the announcements, Pravus also updated us on how the semi finals of the ACC Tournament in Fading Light went down. I can thankfully say that I got eliminated. Phew. Anyways, Halc also lost his match (but somehow not because he decided to take his fight to Mordor), so Halc will be facing off against me in the consolation round for third place.

That means of course that Shad, who I swear I just talked about, is Taldryan's champion in the final round of the ACC Tournament. I'm sure we'll all give him our most fervent support when the time comes, which we think will be soonish.

Rollmaster's Corner

This shall be my last Rollmaster’s Corner for the next couple of weeks. I am going to England (mostly London) and Belgium (Brussels) from Tuesday, September 23 and coming back Sunday, October 4. Therefore, I will be mostly out of contact for that time. I’m bringing my laptop and my phone (and I’m getting a fancy UK Sim card) – but don’t expect me to be doing all the things.

I would also like to welcome two members to Clan Taldryan! First, Apprentice Altec joined us as a new club member, and Irad Cauric transferred in – and they’re both members of Ektrosis now! When you get a chance, please say hello.

Finally (and this best part of my job), Kooks is off my list. I don’t have to deal with him anymore – and I couldn’t be prouder! Kooks was promoted to Dark Jedi Knight two days ago, and it was well earned and well deserved! Congratulations Kooks!

Journeymen Activities

Below are the highlights of our journeymen the past week!

• Protector Omega Kira earned a Scroll of Foundation, a Pendant of Blood, and 3 Clusters of Fire. He also completed the Leadership Fundamentals, Philosophy I Philosophy II, Sith Core, and Obelisk Core Shadow Academy courses, netting Omega a promotion to Freshman.
• Protector Irad Cauric completed ACC Fundamentals
• Guardian Gorn daa'murk completed Graphics in the Brotherhood
• Dark Jedi Knight Kooks (yay!) was promoted to GMRG IV

Competition round up

Taldryan Competitions

• Hunt the Jedi #13 – Another Halc Wiki competition!
• Gathering Darkness 04 — Cannons to the Left – The ACC component of Taldryan’s Gathering Darkness!
• Gathering Darkness 05 — Cannons to the Right – The gaming component of Taldryan’s Gathering Darkness!
• Gathering Darkness 12 — The Price of Honour – The finale to Gathering Darkness!

Brotherhood Wide

• As Begeren Turns – The brand new Voice is running a fiction competition!
• You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? – Farrin in Tarentum wants to know what annoys your character!
• Speed Sporcle Challenge #3 – Hosted by our very own Zoron! Answer trivia questions on sporcle!
• GMRG Gorefest: September 2014 – Another GMRG gorefest, starts September 19, this weekend!
• Monthly Mobile Gaming: Spider-Man Unlimited! – Another Fist mobile competition!
• Reach Level 20! It is... your Destiny – A new Fist competition, console gaming for the new game Destiny
• Visions of the Future – A fiction competition hosted by Sa Ool of HOU!
• Everybody Hates Chiss – A competition about doing terrible things to a member of the Chiss species
• [MAA] Name That Metal! – Help the MAA name new medal addons!
• Sweet Emoji – Another Twitter competition!
• I am Your Follower! – Another Twitter competition!
• Blood and Glory #3 – Another fiction competition run by Rrogon Skar!

Star Wars News Roundup

• New Star Wars Rebels Videos!
• Star Wars Imperial Handbook: Serve the Empire
• Star Wars Rebels: Ghost, the Flying Fortress- Cool article about how the old B-17 Flying Fortress inspired the design of the Ghost.
• After seeing this, I think I'll be heading to Fan Expo in Toronto next year.

DC Reports

• Voice
• GM
• DGM
• HM

That's it for me this week folks, sorry it came in so short. Hope everyone keeps kicking ass, and if you're around this weekend, I know Howie and I plan on whoring it up in D3 for Gorefest. We'll hopefully see you there!