Introducing: House Champion

For a long time, we've been working to liven up the House of Nagh reD. Seven months ago, we hosted the Feast of Blood and Blade to show what being a Klingon was like and show some real warrior spirit! It was a tremendous success and we had a great turn out. Shortly there after, Legacy of Romulus launched and we pushed members to align with the KDF and we had an unprecedented number of new characters join the House. Since then, activity in the House has been steadily growing.

We've been looking for more ways to make the House feel more Klingon and not just another Fed sister fleet and one of the great ideas brought to me was that of the House Champion. The House Champion is a position of honor and prestige and in true Klingon spirit will be decided in a fight to the death!

Starting in December, the Department of Klingon Affairs will start hosting monthly PvP tournaments, both space and ground. The winner of each will be receive the rank of House Champion in-game and a special ribbon on our website. They'll hold this position for the entire month where they can either earn it again at the next tournament or be dethroned by a more worthy combatant!

This person will have a position of authority within the House and can champion causes within the fleet. An added perk of being House Champion is that they will have access to the Fleet Stores, even when a gatekeeper is required. With time, we'll be adding new features and rewards to this position so it will make our House feel more unique and the winner feel more accomplished.

Stay tuned for the details for the first tournament.

This is very exciting news!

Cool idea! I just moved my last character to Stonewall yesterday. My Ferasan Engineer. :)

Any updates on this?

Updates soon to follow, on my honor. ;)

Ok, here's an update as promised:

The first house championship tournament will be space combat and will take place Saturday December 14th at 2pm PST. For details to follow but it is sure to be a glorious battle! Through a process of elimination we will find who is worthy to carry the title of House Champion and if, in the instance of a tie or draw we will enter into a sudden-death GROUND overtime.

Any chance this might include contests other than just pvp? like timed mission runs, scavenger hunt, trivia. Maybe a collection of contests all having a kdf theme?

Many of those ideas have been considered but for this first event if will remain strictly PvP. Any feedback is appreciated and will be given serious consideration for future events. :)

I'd like to official offer my help (if there is ever a need) in helping with this or any other KDF themed event.

My question was regarding future events for the House Champion, not the presently announced ones. Can you say if there will be non PvP House Champion events at some point going forward? I'm very excited about the program, I just hope it includes a range of gameplay and KDF fandom. I have a few ideas I'd love to discuss. If you'd prefer that to be public or private, let me know.

If someone were so inclined, we could create a Foundry mission for a House Champion competition that we could run from time to time, if we wanted to.

Those are all great ideas, many of which have been discussed and are currently being discussed. Nothing is set in stone regarding the future events at this time though based on Fleet member feedback we may look to incorporate other forms of competition.

A timed foundry mission is a good idea and so is a trivia event but both can be rather time consuming to set up, especially on a monthly basis, but rest assured, the Department of Klingon Affairs means to provide glorious activities that are challenging and enjoyable. For this first event we aim to take people out of their comfort zones, put there money where their mouths are, and show us that they deserve the honored title of House Champion though glorious battle! :cheer:

A page has been created in the events section where warriors can rsvp for this coming weekend's battle.

Good luck to all involved in this new event! :) Bring HONOR and GLORY to the House! ;)