Order of the New Britannia Empire

By Order of Lord British we hereby recognize Dame Lori as the first official recipient of the Order of New Britannia Empire award! This award bears the New Britannia Coat of Arms and is given during a proclamation to address the outstanding contributions of exceptional members of our society.

The three colors of the ribbon represent the three Principles of New Britannian Ethos; blue represents Truth; yellow represents Love, and red represents Courage.

Recipients

 * 1) Dame Lori, January 23rd, 2014; for her work with the Runic Font that is used through the entire land of New Britannia and her contributions on her website forsakenvirtues.com.
 * 2) Joe Garrity, January 23rd, 2014; for his work with the Origin Museum and unification of historical artifacts for the community.
 * 3) Sir Frank, January 23rd, 2014; for his work with the College of Arms, making the first challenge coins, polo shirts, and other items.
 * 4) The Space Bards (Dominic John & Dan Span), January 23rd, 2014; for their creation of original music and their contributions to the community. (presented at the Festival of the Silver Serpent )
 * 5) Ember Isolte, March 26, 2014; for her work with the creation of original music for and her contributions to the community.
 * 6) Holt Ironfell, March 26, 2014; for his work and leadership in the Poets' Circle and for directing the creation of original music for.
 * 7) The Mad Hermit, March 26, 2014; for his work on creating videos on behalf of the backers to spread information and inspire the community. Presented by Lord British on April 4th 2015.
 * 8) Adiun Tesserande, March 26, 2014; for his work and leadership in the College of Arms.
 * 9) Amber Raine, May 13, 2014; for her work and guidance with Avatars Radio and the Church of the Dark Star
 * 10) Nirantae, May 28, 2014; for her work and leadership in the College of Arms and her contributions to the community.
 * 11) Duke Violation, June 10, 2014; for his community work on Avatars Portal and the SotAwiki.
 * 12) Winfield, July 5, 2014; for his leadership, player town ideas, and contributions to the community.
 * 13) Withstand the Fury Dragon, September 4, 2014; for his community work on The Ultima Codex and throughout the community.
 * 14) Jarrod Kailef, September 4, 2014; for his musical contributions and leadership with the Poets' Circle. Presented by Lord British on April 3rd 2015.
 * 15) Joseph Toschlog, November 16, 2014; for his outstanding service to the community through the Hearth of Britannia. Presented by Lord British during the HoBLotH II closing ceremony.
 * 16) Fenyx4, December 1, 2014, for his contributions to New Britannia via programming and preservation of data.
 * 17) Melchior Meijer, December 1, 2014, for his contributions to the game Sound Effects and assets.
 * 18) Stile Teckle, December 1, 2014, for his work with the caverns.
 * 19) Riya, for her work with New Britannia's Builders of Bemusing Bewilderments and building mazes and events for the SotA community.
 * 20) Sean, May 14, 2015, for his leadership of The Syndicate and their work in the community.
 * 21) Matterio, May 14, 2015, for his work in developing the SotA Community App.
 * 22) Unseen Dragon, June 13, 2015 at the Festival of the Silver Serpent, for his Lego replicas of Hearth of Britannia, FireLotus Tavern, Knights Keep, and several characters, and his work on the SotA Travel Guide (presented at the Festival of the Silver Serpent )
 * 23) Steven Goldman, June 13, 2015, for his music work with the Space Bards and in the community (presented at the Festival of the Silver Serpent )
 * 24) WrathPhoenix, July 9, 2015, Founder of Phoenix Republic, Governor of Port Phoenix, founder and Dean of the Novian Academy, for orchestrating and coordinating dozens of SotA Twitch Stream Teams, and orchestrating SotA’s involvement with Water.org Campaign
 * 25) Rild, July 9, 2015, for establishing the SotA merchandising site, Relics by Rild, designing and manufacturing all that wonderful SotA SWAG (presented at the Festival of the Silver Serpent )
 * 26) Themo Lock, July 9, 2015, for organization/involvement in-game events, designer/builder of theatrical areas, and regular contributor to the Player/Dev Combat Scrum
 * 27) Bambino, July 9, 2015, as the creator and organizer of Gustball tournaments, organization of PvP Events, and regular contributor to the Player/Dev Combat Scrum
 * 28) Ezekiel Cooper, October 17, 2015, as the president of the Britannian Mining Company, for his leadership of one of the largest guilds (honor bestowed by Richard Garriott at the BMC Convention in Austin, Texas)
 * 29) Lazarus Long, October 17, 2015, founder of the New Britannia News Network (NBNN), for his development and operation of the NBNN (honor bestowed by Richard Garriott at the BMC Convention in Austin, Texas, and presented on-air on January 11, 2016.)
 * 30) Eniko, January 11, 2016, for her contributions for the community, and her music system which allows instruments to be played in-game.
 * 31) Jakub White, January 11, 2016, for his detailed SotA Map website.
 * 32) Lord Andernut, January 11, 2016, for his work with the community, including account sales between community members.
 * 33) Themo Lock, January 11, 2016, for organizing in-game events, contributing to combat scrums, and his activity within the community.
 * 34) Jack Frost, January 11, 2016, for his work with the New Britannia News Network (NBNN), streaming of the game on Twitch, and for his part in the community.
 * 35) Kacey, January 11, 2016, who offers his time in person to help the developers, bringing food and goods, and organizing in-person events.
 * 36) Lace, July 27, 2016, who has produced numerous videos, in an active member of the Hospitalers, and helped with the new user experience group.
 * 37) Link_of_Hyrule, July 27, 2016, for his outstanding community contributions, creating and guiding the Google+ community, his Week in Britannia podcast, and helping new players get started in SotA.
 * 38) Justyn, August 22, 2016, for her standout work as a Hospitaller and coordinating the decoration of Hometown
 * 39) Rufus D`Asperdi, August 22, 2016, for his work helping new and returning players, and leadership in player owned towns
 * 40) Duke Greagoir, August 22, 2016, for his long standing leadership of Dara Brae, staring the first player quest, and bring players and communities together
 * 41) Tazar, Koldar, Darkblade, cs2501x, Lord Viator, Mystic, and Ultima Codex, the Moderators for the forum, November 10, 2016, for their excellent service
 * 42) Vyrin, November 28, 2016, for his help driving books in the game, the development of the bookstores, work on the Writing Roundtables, and work in the community.
 * 43) Womby, November 28, 2016, for his help driving books in the game, the development of the bookstores, creation of written content, work on the Writing Roundtables, and work in the community.
 * 44) Elgarion, November 28, 2016, for founding SotAHelp.org, helping players learn how to play, work in the Role-Players of the Avatar community, and work as a Hospitaller.
 * 45) Sara Dreygon, November 28, 2016, for new player outreach, founding Melee Healers Anonymous, and general goodwill and leadership.
 * 46) Eternal Knight, March 9, 2017, for his help with PaxLair and Order of Vengeance meetings, crafting meetups, and being backbone of SotaCon planning
 * 47) Gabriel Nightshadow, March 9, 2017, for his work as a writer for New Britannia Theatre Troupe and his involvement in community events and initiatives
 * 48) Astrobia, March 9, 2017, for running one of the first in-game events, raising funds through various means, and her extensive lots of community outreach, outstanding effort to help others
 * 49) Stryker Sparhawk, March 9, 2017, for his work as toastmaster for in-game happy hours, being a DJ on Avatars Radio, for being an extremely active individual, helping plan SotaCon, and being one of the first backers on Kickstarter
 * 50) Thexedor Markhamm, March 9, 2017, for his leadership of the IronMaiden charity events and rallying support for another community member in need
 * 51) Selene and Wolftam, March 9, 2017, for their work as cohosts of Wake Up New Britannia, and running the Serpents Watch racetrack
 * 52) Lord Baldrith, March 9, 2017, for his work as co-host and originator of the Echos from the Caverns podcast, and as governor of both the Wizards Rest and Time Tunnel player-owned towns
 * 53) Asclepius, March 9, 2017, for his work running the New Britannia Theater Troupe and co-hosting the Echos from the Caverns podcast
 * 54) Roper DocHoliday, May 31, 2017, for helping other players, settling a town dedicated to new players, and hrowing End of the World parties that welcome players
 * 55) Minerva, May 31, 2017, for her community engagement, welcoming new players, her assistance with events such as the Shooter Jennings launch event, and real-world events like the Stone Soup quest at HoBLotH III
 * 56) Jakub White, May 31, 2017, for his work on SotAMap and getting the platform ready for integration into the game for all players to use
 * 57) Kabalyero, May 31, 2017, for his excellent livestreaming of the game and keeping the community informed
 * 58) Mad Hatter, July 6, 2017, for helping out during operating the telethons, being a pillar of the community, and his attention to detail spent helping shape Xenos, bughunting, and helping polish the game
 * 59) Elaina Strongbow/Macnlos, February 2, 2018, for being a long-time supporter of the game, creating SotA Tutorials website, and releasing countless walkthrough videos
 * 60) Indi Martin, April 7, 2018, for being a highly valued member of the community, creating the Shroud of the Avatar comic series, and for awarding art commissions to monthly community writing events.

Trivia

 * Originally, the medallion was silver, but it was revealed during the first New Britannian State of the Realm that it had been changed to gold with a colored sigil.
 * Duke Violation was the first player to receive the physical medallion and it was awarded to him in person at E3 2014 by Lord British and Darkstarr.
 * Sir Frank and Themo Lock each received the ONBE twice.