The Ardentia award - whose symbols signify strength, honor, and determination - serves to recognize individuals who have, over the span of several years, not only contributed to but helped shape the alliance. They are long term members who instituted new policies, pushed for change, upheld the ideals we strive for and whose efforts have made TKR the alliance she is today.
It feels at times as though our current Herald of Internal Affairs lives for TKR. His love for the alliance knows no bounds, and since he and I joined TKR around the same time, I have been a first-hand witness to all the work he has done over the years brainstorming, refining and pushing his ideas to mould TKR for the better. While his work in gov has been confined to our Internal Affairs department - stemming from his countless hours working as a Gatekeeper and Head Gatekeeper -, that is by no means where his contributions stop. He has served in Milcom as both a member of Wall Guard and Milcom Commander, and continues to help significantly with Milcom requests every time there is a war. In FA, he has worked for years as a Diplomat and served a long stint as Diplomat Manager, such that he is one of the most well-known members of TKR outside our Discord servers. In Econ, he has worked unofficially as a banker, helping process transactions when the rest of the banking team is sleeping. In fact, the only department in which he has not made significant contributions is in Fabrials, and even then I suspect it is only a matter of time as he has started learning to code. Not to mention his involvement in our various community activities, like the semi-annual TKR Awards which he has been managing for years, and his strong military performances war after war. He has worked tirelessly for years to shape TKR into the best version of itself, and this recognition is long overdue.