Resignation as Guildmaster

[Captain Del]

This announcement comes with much heartache.

As many of you have noticed despite the fact it being summer I have not been very active these past few weeks. As I mentioned in a thread not too long ago, I have been incredibly busy over the past few months, and in hindsight it doesn't seem to be clearing up anytime soon. Especially with things becoming less troublesome in my real life (the drama I was mentioning a few weeks ago has thankfully simmered down) and yet it still remaining so hectic and cluttered, I have spent the past few weeks in very heavy deliberation.

A leader has many things to fear; weakness, partisanship, bias, corruption. But I have managed to eliminate nearly all fears in my reign as Guildmaster as I have learned to trust myself and my guild, except on one key issue; I have always feared the day where I will be the weight that burdens this guild. For as I have seen countless times in the past, great, unstoppable guilds are often only killed from within, by the very person who created it. I made a promise to myself a long time ago when I first made the guild that I would stop myself before I ever began to bring the guild down.

It's time I keep to my word.

I do not want Partners N Crime to be a guild that is watered down by an inactive Guildmaster. As we have already seen in the past few weeks, the guild has been lagging a little for a summer season because I have been very unable to get online and be with all of you. I fear that if I allow myself to carry all the power I have with me to the graveyard throughout the school year, I will doom this guild as I will be stripping it from the boundless potential it has. This guild must continue to lead the Caribbean, even if that means I am not at the helm.

Because of this, it is with a heavy heart that I announce effective September 1st, 2012, I, Captain Delmaria Darkskull, will officially be stepping down as Guildmaster of Partners N Crime.

Over the next two months I will be dedicating much of my free time to preparing the guild for the change, but easily transitioning it in to the new stages of the guild. I have already spoken to Nayana and Kyle in private about the possibility of my resignation, and we all seemed to agree that Alice Darkbane will be the one to take over the guild upon my resignation. Of course, however, we will be convening plenty of moots on the issue over the summer between all staff members to make sure we agree on the conditions of a new Guildmaster.

Please understand, however, that this does NOT mean I am leaving the Caribbean. I will still be an active part of the guild as I will make efforts to regularly come online, attend events, and of course act as an adviser to the guild officers and the Guildmaster to make sure they don't do anything... well, stupid. As I have vowed many times before, I will never leave the side of this guild, whether I am its Guildmaster, or a Partner just like all of you. This just means I will not be the one to boss you around anymore, is all

And please, understand this: I have never stopped loving this guild from the first day I created it. My love for this guild and its members has only grown over time, and I cannot tell you in any sum of words how hard this decision is on me. But my love for this guild is the very reason why I am stepping down; I love it so much I could not live with myself if I was the one who hurt it.

I will always be a part of this guild no matter what, mates. I will always fight for you, and alongside you. I will always be your friend, your mentor, and your captain.

And above all else, I will always be a partner til death.

~ Delmaria Darkskull
Partners N Crime Guildmaster