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Herald (HRLD)—Herald is both an administrative and architectural position. The day-to-day affairs of the Herald involve the development of Warbanners, Lightsabers, Weapons and Robes for members as they achieve the appropriate ranks. This important function allows members to gain some level of control over their own characters. However, the more important aspect of the Herald’s position comes in their work on graphics throughout the Brotherhood. The Herald is the Brotherhood’s primary image consultant and lead graphics designer, though their responsibilities also include keeping the aesthetic qualities of the website professional, modern and attractive to all audiences worldwide. The Herald works constantly to keep the Brotherhood graphics up-to-date and standard-driven. Their work is often performed behind-the-scenes, but it is seen daily across the whole Brotherhood.
The current Herald is Malfearak Asvraal.
Public Resources
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| Resource
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Description
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Formats
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| Logos
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Logos for the DJB
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.ai, .png, .psd
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| Robe Paper Dolls
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Base dolls used for creating new robes
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.psd
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| Warbanner Template & Actions
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The warbanner template file and some photoshop actions to simplify the toggling of various metal colors.
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.atn, .psd
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| Herald Staff Resources
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Photoshop Gradients, patterns, saber blade styles and metal colors.
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.atn, .psd
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Duties
General Duties
- Creation and updates to member Warbanners
- Creation and updates to member Lightsabers and Weapons
- Creation and updates to member Robes
- Creation, updates and approval to all Brotherhood graphics
Specific Duties
Warbanners
- Develops and maintains standards for the creation and receipt of Warbanners
- Creates and updates the graphical template for the creation of Warbanners
- Reviews requests for Warbanners and issues approval or denial where appropriate
- Attaches finished Warbanners to member dossiers
- Responsible for keeping a backup copy of each rendition of a member’s Warbanner Crest
- Trains new staff members in the development of Warbanner images
- Develops and maintains a Warbanner Wiki Page
- Responsible for meeting or adjusting a member's request in a timely manner.
Lightsabers and Weapons
- Develops and maintains standards for the creation and receipt of Custom Lightsabers and Weapons
- Reviews requests for Custom Lightsabers and Weapons and issues approval or denial where appropriate
- Attaches finished Custom Lightsabers and Weapons to member dossiers
- Responsible for keeping a backup copy of each rendition of a member’s Custom Lightsaber or Weapon
- Trains new staff members in the development of Custom Lightsaber and Weapon images
- Develops and maintains a Custom Lightsaber and Weapons Wiki pages
- Responsible for meeting or adjusting a member's request in a timely manner.
Robes
- Develops and maintains standards for the creation and receipt of Robes
- Creates and updates the graphical template for the creation of Robes
- Reviews all non-Herald Staff created Robes and issues approval or denial where appropriate
- Attaches finished Robes to member dossiers
- Responsible for keeping a backup copy of each rendition of a member's Robes
- Trains new staff members in the development of Robe images
- Develops and maintains a Robes Wiki Page Guide
- Responsible for meeting or adjusting a member's request in a timely manner.
Graphics
- Responsible for the graphical development of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood
- In cooperation with the Senechal, maintains the web design and keeps it modernized
- Maintains images of medals and other awards
- Responsible for the development of graphical representation of Vendetta rewards
- Ensures that all source material for the creation of graphics is properly backed up
Logos
- Maintains a graphical roll of Clan and House symbols
- Develops Order, Clan, House, Family and Society symbols and logos as necessary
- Responsible for safeguarding against unnecessary revision of existing logos and symbols, as they are crucial to consistent identity marking
Former Responsibilities
The position of Herald has had quite a few duties that have either been abandoned or passed on to other Dark Council or Tribune members. Some of these duties include:
- Editor of the Dark Voice
- Providing Star Wars related news
- Administration of the Star Wars Gaming Network website.
- Responsible for ensuring a proper fictional background exists for Brotherhood families sometimes with the assistance of the Master at Arms
- Develops and maintains policies and procedures on family Grants of Arms that dictate where they may be displayed and who may display them in addition to other pertinent information
The Requisition Limit
The Requisition Limit policy (unofficially known as Vorsa's Law among the Herald's staff) establishes the cooldown time between requests as well as how long a request can stay in the queue before expiring. A member of the Dark Brotherhood may therefore request only a certain number of Custom weapons and/or Warbanners in a certain time period. Any requests submitted before the allotted time has expired will be auto-denied.
This time period is:
Request expiration is rare, but it happens. Once a staff member has contacted the requesting member, if they do not hear from them within 30 days of sending the initial e-mail, they will mark the request as expired so that the queue may remain clear. The member will have to re-request after this period.
Important note: A request must be fulfilled before it can count towards this policy. A request unfulfilled due to any reason (member mistakenly submitted wrong data, asked for removal of request, or expiration) does not count as a request fulfilled. However a member who deliberately spams the request form may be permanently banned from requests altogether. Consider your choices carefully.
The Requisition Limit was placed under effect by V'yr Vorsa on 10/01/2015.
Fictional Role
The Herald serves as the Emissary of the Dark Council and the public ambassador for the Antei Sector. In may ways, the Herald is the public face of the Dark Brotherhood, liaising with outside parties to preserve and protect the secret of our organization. The Herald is also one of the main liaisons between the Dark Council and the Clans and is rarely seen at the Dark Hall, always away on business elsewhere.
See: Organizational Chart
Roll of Heralds
The current Herald is Malfearak Asvraal.
| Heralds of the Brotherhood
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| Name
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Service Dates
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| Melan Pyr
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?? - ??
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| Veelon
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?? - ??
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| Melan Pyr
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?? - ??
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| Anakin
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?? - ??
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| Draught
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?? - ??
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| Hawkeye (Havikoog)
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?? - ??
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| Reinthaler
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?? - ??
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| Black Hawk
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?? - ??
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| Chi Long
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?? - ??
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| Sarani
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?? - ??
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| Astatine
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?? - ??
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| Chi-Long
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?? - ??
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| Kryder
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?? - ??
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| Joker
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?? - ??
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Kaine Mandaala
The Exodus occurred during this reign
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?? - October 22, 2005
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| Cyris Oscura
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October 22, 2005 - January 6, 2006
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| Muz Ashen
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January 6, 2006 - May 19, 2007
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| Kaine Mandaala
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May 21, 2007 - September 28, 2007
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| Shikyo Keibatsu
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October 6, 2007 - October 6, 2013
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| Orv Dessrx
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October 29, 2013 - March 20, 2014
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| Socorra
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March 20, 2014 - July 12, 2015
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| V'yr Vorsa
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July 12, 2015 - Present
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Obsolete Policies
Rule of Three
The Rule of Three was a policy created to limit numerous request in order to dedicate more time to other requests, as well as projects assigned to the Herald’s Staff from the Grand Master. The Rule of Three states that a member may request up to 3 times for a warbanner or custom lightsaber, (rank permitting), under the following rank groups:
- Guardian / Jedi Hunter
- Dark Jedi Knight / Equite 1
- Equite 2 / Equite 3
- Equite 4
- Elder
- Grand Master
Once a member has reached their maximum number of requests per item and rank, they cannot request until they reach they next bracket. Any requests that come in after that point will be denied immediately.
- The Rule of Three was placed under effect by Shikyo Keibatsu, Tyren Atema, and Jeric Cyrin on 6/5/2008.
- The Rule of Three was retired by Herald V'yr Vorsa on 10/01/2015.