Dark Brotherhood Promotion Requirements
The following requirements have been set forth as the path for new members to follow on their journey to Dark Jedi Knight. Completing the tasks indicated in each of the following steps will qualify a member for promotion – however, these steps are not the only requirement, the Brotherhood also expects all of its members to be consistently active contributors. Once a member has completed the tasks indicated in any individual step, their leaders will determine if they have also met the activity standard - if so, the leader will then send a promotion recommendation to the Master at Arms. The activity standard threshold is very low: as long as a member is consistently active at an acceptable level (consistent being the key), this requirement will be met.
The purpose of these various requirements is to provide a solid base of knowledge for new members that will maintain the fun environment we strive to foster. The tasks should be completed naturally while members enjoying themselves, not merely sprinting through them as if they were a checklist.
Clan and House leaders:
Please do not hesitate to consult with the Master at Arms if you need help with these requirements. However always get in touch with other leaders within your Clan first: they may be able to provide the assistance you're looking for.
Apprentice to Novice
One basic activity, ex:
- Create your character history
- Submit to a competition
Basically any activity that shows that you are active and ready to proceed
Novice to Acolyte
Complete three of the following:
- Any two Shadow Academy exams (excluding the Dark Brotherhood Basics Shadow Academy course)
- Any Dark Brotherhood competition
- Logon to IRC and visit your Clan channel
- Register on Dark Brotherhood forums
Acolyte to Protector
- Complete your character history in the database and have it approved by the Headmaster
Complete three of the following:
Protector to Guardian
- Four weeks at Protector required
- Logon to IRC and visit your Clan channel
- Complete your Order Core exam - this can count towards your total SA requirements for other promotion tasks
Complete five of the following:
- Ten Shadow Academy exams in addition to any completed before become Protector
- Participate in five total competitions
- Earn fifteen (total) Clusters of Fire
- Complete Antei Combat Centre Initiates Exam and your Character Sheet if you have not already done so
- Qualify for the Antei Combat Centre
- Five page character fiction to be approved by your House leadership or Master
- Begin writing your character’s wiki article. This means that some reasonable effort should have been put into making a new article (for example, a rough character outline, headings, maybe an image) - basically, more than just the template.
- Create a competition and run it with the assistance of your leadership
- Earn a merit medal
Guardian to Jedi Hunter
- Six weeks at Guardian required
- IRC communication should be ongoing at this point
- Forum registration should have occurred by now
Complete five of the following:
- Participate in ten total competitions
- Take a Shadow Academy leadership exam
- Ten pages of character fiction to be approved by your House leadership or Master - this can, and ideally should, be built off of your previous five page work
- Two Antei Combat Centre matches
- Place in a competition
- Earn 25 (total) Clusters of Fire
- Earn a merit medal
- Create a competition and run it with the assistance of your leadership
Jedi Hunter to Dark Jedi Knight
Complete:
- Participate in 15 total total competitions
- Two Shadow Academy leadership exams
- Create a competition and run it with the assistance of your leadership
- Major House Summit Task as designated by your leadership or Master – these should be roughly equivalent to any of the other tasks presented below but can be fine-tuned to the member’s strengths – if your leader does not provided you with a task within a week of you requesting it, contact the Master At Arms who will assign you one. These tasks should not artificially expand on the six week time-in-rank requirement. Masters, a task you assign should have cursory approval from your House summit.
Complete three of the following:
- Five Antei Combat Centre matches
- Earn 40 (total) Clusters of Fire
- Fifteen pages of character fiction to be approved by your House leadership or Master - this can, and ideally should, be built off of your previous ten page work
- Earn a Shadow Academy Degree
- Complete a quality wiki article (it could be your character’s) as determined by your House leadership or Master
- Create and run an additional competition
- Complete a final fiction task, either a lightsaber fiction, a joint run-on task with your master, or any other major fiction task (roughly 15 pages) as designated by your House leadership or Master. Masters, a task you assign should have cursory approval from your House summit. If you do not receive instruction on this from your House leadership or Master within a week of requesting it and you wish to do this task, please contact the Master At Arms who will assign you a task.
Notes
- For the purposes of counting competitions, each event in a feud or war counts as one competition. The rule of thumb is that if you can get a crescent or a novae for it then it counts as a competition.
- If you are already in a leadership position within your Clan and are responsible for running competitions and therefore cannot participate in as many, running competitions will suffice to cover the participation in a competition requirements for these promotion requirements. However, if you are in this situation, you may not use the optional 'Run a competition with the assistance of your leadership' requirement to fulfill one of your required tasks.
- If you are engaging in other activities not mentioned in the above requirements (such as assisting your leader with leadership tasks or working on Clan-improvement tasks) you may be rewarded for your work with a merit medal but such activities are not allowed as substitutes for the requirements above.
Credits and Version Information
Currently in version 1.1
1.1 version updated by Kaek based on feedback and analysis - 10/20/08
Originally derived from the promotion guidelines of every Clan. Compiled by Sklib and Tarax. Initial revisions/additions by Kaek. Subsequent revisions/additions by Sarin, Muz, Kir, Kaek and Raken. Final revisions/additions made by the entire Dark Council: Sarin, Muz, Kir, Kaek, Aabsdu, Shikyo, Jac, Sashar, Braecen, Phoenix, Chaos, Anshar, Ashia and Ashura.