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Formerly known as Cealestis Lumen
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|Location=Perth, {{Australia}}
 
|Birthday=September 2
 
|Birthday=September 2
 
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*Raised {{as}} of the {{green2}}: January 17, 2008
 
*Raised {{as}} of the {{green2}}: January 17, 2008
 
*{{Demoted}}: January 1, 2013
 
*{{Demoted}}: January 1, 2013
*Aspired {{brown}}: March 26, 2013
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*{{aspired}} to the {{brown2}}: March 26, 2013
 
*Raised {{as}} of the {{brown2}}: August 31, 2013
 
*Raised {{as}} of the {{brown2}}: August 31, 2013
  
 
== Tower Involvement ==
 
== Tower Involvement ==
 
===Current===
 
===Current===
*{{sitter}} for the {{brown2}}: Spring 2014
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===Previous===
 
===Previous===
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*[[Officially Unofficial#Mind|Mind]] of the {{brown2}}: <!--unofficial position-->
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**July 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
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**unknown - unknown
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*[[Integration Focus Group]] member: May 1, 2014 - June 1, 2014
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*{{sitter}} for the {{brown2}}: {{spring14hall}}
 
*{{Head}} of the {{Green2}}: November 21, 2011 - June 30, 2012
 
*{{Head}} of the {{Green2}}: November 21, 2011 - June 30, 2012
*{{sitter}} of the {{green2}}: July 1, 2011 - November 21, 2011
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*{{sitter}} for the {{green2}}:  
*{{sitter}} of the {{green2}}: January 1, 2010 - June 30, 2010
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**{{fall11hall}} (July 1 - November 21)
* Created and updated the [[Community_Page:_Green_Ajah_HQ|Green Ajah HQ]]: January 2009 - Unknown
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**{{spring10hall}}
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**{{spring09hall}}
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* Created and updated the [[Community_Page:_Green_Ajah_HQ|Green Ajah HQ]]: January 2009 - unknown
 
*{{TechStaff}}: June 2009 - April 8, 2012
 
*{{TechStaff}}: June 2009 - April 8, 2012
*{{sitter}} of the {{green2}}: January 1, 2009 - June 30, 2009
 
 
*Big/Lil Sisters Coordinator: July 9, 2008 - July 2010
 
*Big/Lil Sisters Coordinator: July 9, 2008 - July 2010
 
*{{Heart}} of the {{green2}}: July 3, 2008 - January 1, 2009
 
*{{Heart}} of the {{green2}}: July 3, 2008 - January 1, 2009
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*Senior Member Interviews Project: April 2007 - unknown
 
*Senior Member Interviews Project: April 2007 - unknown
 
* Radio DJ: March 30, 2007 - May 31, 2007
 
* Radio DJ: March 30, 2007 - May 31, 2007
* {{Researcher}}: Unknown - Unknown
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* {{Researcher}}: unknown - unknown
 
*{{Editor|Cealestis al'Dyren}}
 
*{{Editor|Cealestis al'Dyren}}
  
 
===Awards===
 
===Awards===
*[[Members' Choice Awards|Most Aes Sedai Like - 2010]]
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*Most Aes Sedai Like - [[Anniversary Party 2010]]
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===Other Recognition===
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*Green Who Has Donated So Much Time To The Ajah And Tower Award - {{greenawards}} - 2010
  
 
===Merits===
 
===Merits===
{{Due-SeniorMembershipGold}}{{Due-ProBonoSilver|IT}}{{Attendance3}}{{Mentor3}}{{StaffWorking|40}}{{AdminWorking|7}}{{Ladder-Staff-Admin}}{{Group-Sitter-Heart-Head}}<!--Served all three, but not full term as Head, not due--><!--needs 2 more months as Tech Staff for ProBonoITGold-->{{Due-EditingGold}}{{Verify}}<!--Prob due something for the Senior Member Interviews Project -->
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{{Attendance4}}{{Mentor3}}{{StaffWorking|43}}{{AdminWorking|7}}{{Ladder-Staff-Admin}}{{Group-Sitter}}<!--not full term as Head for Green, not due-->{{ProBonoWorking|IT-34}}{{Verify}}<!--Prob due something for the Senior Member Interviews Project -->
 
====Gold====
 
====Gold====
{{MembershipGold}}{{Globetrotter}}{{CommitteeHeadGold}}
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{{MembershipGold}}{{MembershipGold}}{{SM-Gold}}{{SM-Gold}}{{CommitteeHeadGold}}{{Globetrotter}}{{EditingGold}}
 
====Silver====
 
====Silver====
{{SM-Silver}}{{StaffSilver}}{{MembersChoice}}
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{{MembersChoice}}{{StaffSilver}}{{ProBonoITSilver}}
  
 
==Tower Relationships==
 
==Tower Relationships==
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===Mentoring===
 
===Mentoring===
 
;Mentor
 
;Mentor
*[[Lireina Dormerus t'al`Bearach]]
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*[[Lireina Dormerus t'al`Bearach]], {{as}} of the {{green2}}
  
 
;Mentees
 
;Mentees
*[[Julina d'Elrohiri]]
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*[[Julina d'Elrohiri]], former member
*[[Shariyan Al´Feay]]
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*[[Shariyan Al´Feay]], {{as}} of the {{blue2}}
*[[Kiana A'Jadein]]
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*[[Kiana A'Jadein]], {{as}} of the {{green2}}
*[[Ziporah Batel]]
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*[[Alexia Batel]], {{aspirant}} of the {{yellow2}}
  
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===Other Tower Relationships===
  
 
==Official Event Attendance==
 
==Official Event Attendance==
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{{anni2010}}
 
{{anni2010}}
 
{{euro2013}}
 
{{euro2013}}
==''Senior Member Interview''==
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==Senior Member Interview==
<!-- I imagine she'll want to do a new interview since this one says she's Green
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''March 27, 2014''
 
 
''What area of study/learning interests you the most? How did you first discover or become interested in this subject? What is the one tidbit of information you wish everyone knew?''
 
 
 
The area of study that interests me most is criminology - I am a criminologist. That entails anything, basically, that has to do with crime, but I'm more so focused on the qualitative study of crime than the quantitative - which means I'm more interested in specific cases than the general and numbers. As I see it, crime can't be "measured", crime is a "hidden world" as we call it, so I'm highly suspicious of numbers regarding crime (which more often than not are a representation of law enforcement focus than anything else).
 
 
 
I got involved in criminology when I did a criminology minor during my bachelor's (majored in clinical psychology). It was totally my thing - it's truly a very fascinating phenomenon. It has also taught me to be a lot more critical about crime and the way it's portrayed in mass media. It's a topic of interest in every medium, from book fiction to TV fiction to the news.
 
 
 
Basically, criminology has taught me to become less scared of the world, because factually, crime, especially violent crime, happens a lot less than we (are made to) think. Especially this whole representation of crime in the media interests me, which resulted in me studying how law enforcement and punishment are portrayed in dystopian science fiction.
 
 
 
Writing my thesis made me strangely happy - apparently I'm one of those strange creatures that loves to do a thesis. This feeling was amplified by the fact that I could combine three of my favorite things in the world: criminology, (dystopian) sci-fi and writing.
 
 
 
After completing my thesis and graduating, I continued writing about film from a criminological perspective for a more popular medium, my own online film magazine called The Movie Scrutineer (themoviescrutineer.com). I don't know what the future's going to bring but I love what I'm doing right now.
 
/rant
 
 
 
  
'''Why did you choose Brown?'''
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*'''Why did you choose Brown?'''
If you read my piece about my passion for criminology, it won't surprise you that much, I hope. I get depressed when I cannot exercise my brain. I love to read, I love to contemplate the world (philosophy is also a major interest of mine). I'm an analyst, always have been. I think knowledge is power - and powerful I am in a game of Trivial Pursuit.  
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I get depressed when I cannot exercise my brain. I love to read, I love to contemplate the world (philosophy is also a major interest of mine). I'm an analyst, always have been. I think knowledge is power - and powerful I am in a game of Trivial Pursuit.  
  
'''Are you like the Browns in the books? Do you love books and have a tendency to daydream?'''
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*'''Are you like the Browns in the books? Do you love books and have a tendency to daydream?'''
In some ways, yes, in some ways, not at all. I'm not a dusty type. I always figured the Browns to look a bit haphazard, unkempt, like female Albert Einsteins. I love make up and clothes. So in that, no, I'm not like the Browns in the books. But yes, I do love books and I do daydream a lot, and can totally drift off when listening to music.
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In some ways, yes, in some ways, not at all. I'm not a dusty type. I always figured the Browns to look a bit haphazard, unkempt, like female Albert Einsteins. I love make up and fashion. So in that, no, I'm not like the Browns in the books. But yes, I do love books and I do daydream a lot, and can totally drift off when listening to music.
  
'''Do you have a favorite Brown Ajah character from the novels?'''
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*'''Do you have a favorite Brown Ajah character from the novels?'''
 
Clearly, Verin. She was secretly the most bad ass of all characters, much more bad ass than the Greens and Reds, and wasn't all in our faces about it.  
 
Clearly, Verin. She was secretly the most bad ass of all characters, much more bad ass than the Greens and Reds, and wasn't all in our faces about it.  
  
'''Who is your favorite character? Favorite nation?'''
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*'''Who is your favorite character? Favorite nation?'''
 
I'm a die hard Mat fan. He'll be my favorite forever, though Egwene comes in second. As for nation, I always loved the complex culture of the Seanchan.  
 
I'm a die hard Mat fan. He'll be my favorite forever, though Egwene comes in second. As for nation, I always loved the complex culture of the Seanchan.  
  
'''How were you introduced to the series?'''
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*'''How were you introduced to the series?'''
 
My ex boyfriend introduced me to them.
 
My ex boyfriend introduced me to them.
  
'''Favorite bad guy/gal?'''
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*'''Favorite bad guy/gal?'''
 
I always liked Moghedien's story line, as well as Lanfear and her incarnations.
 
I always liked Moghedien's story line, as well as Lanfear and her incarnations.
  
'''If you were set down in Randland, who/what would you see yourself as? An Aes Sedai? Innkeeper? Seanchan Captain?'''
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*'''If you were set down in Randland, who/what would you see yourself as? An Aes Sedai? Innkeeper? Seanchan Captain?'''
 
I'd probably a confused bystander, but I prefer the thought of being a Brown Sedai, gliding through the Tower and smoothing my skirts, playing political games with the other Ajahs and the rest of the world without them even noticing.
 
I'd probably a confused bystander, but I prefer the thought of being a Brown Sedai, gliding through the Tower and smoothing my skirts, playing political games with the other Ajahs and the rest of the world without them even noticing.
  
'''Seanchan or Shara?'''
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*'''Seanchan or Shara?'''
 
Seanchan. I'm kind of sad though we never learned as much about Shara as Seanchan. It seems like a very interesting nation.
 
Seanchan. I'm kind of sad though we never learned as much about Shara as Seanchan. It seems like a very interesting nation.
  
'''Asmodean or Sammael?'''
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*'''Asmodean or Sammael?'''
 
Asmodean. I liked his affection for music.
 
Asmodean. I liked his affection for music.
  
'''How did you find TarValon.Net and what convinced you to stay and become a Senior Member?'''
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*'''How did you find TarValon.Net and what convinced you to stay and become a Senior Member?'''
 
Actually, I was browsing on Youtube one day in February 2007 and found some WoT related videos, and in the comments a member of the site mentioned it.  
 
Actually, I was browsing on Youtube one day in February 2007 and found some WoT related videos, and in the comments a member of the site mentioned it.  
  
'''What do you do in "real life"?'''
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*'''What do you do in "real life"?'''
Currently looking for a "real" job, I'm a criminologist. In the mean time, I keep myself occupied building websites and being editor in chief of my online film magazine, TheMovieScrutineer.com, which I'll hopefully turn into a success before I have to get a "real" job.
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Currently looking for a "real" job, I'm a criminologist. In the mean time, I keep myself occupied building websites and being editor in chief of my online film magazine, FilmInquiry.com.
  
'''What language(s) do you speak?'''
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*'''What language(s) do you speak?'''
 
Dutch is my native tongue, but I speak English on a bilingual level.
 
Dutch is my native tongue, but I speak English on a bilingual level.
  
'''Do you have any hobbies?'''
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*'''Do you have any hobbies?'''
Writing is my biggest passion. Also, movies and reviewing movies. I love watching TV shows as well. I love listening music, and to cook. Another major passion of mine is traveling and seeing the world.  
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Writing is my biggest passion. Also, watching movies and TV shows. I love music, and to cook. Another major passion of mine is traveling and exploring the world.  
  
'''Do you have a pet?'''
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*'''Do you have a pet?'''
 
I have a Bengal cat named Poh, he's more like a familiar than a pet. If he could, he'd go with me everywhere.  
 
I have a Bengal cat named Poh, he's more like a familiar than a pet. If he could, he'd go with me everywhere.  
  
'''Aside from The Wheel of Time, what are a few of your favorite books/series?'''
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*'''Aside from The Wheel of Time, what are a few of your favorite books/series?'''
 
The Hunger Games, Hugh Howey's Wool series, Nicole Rafter's books (criminology/movies), Brandon Sanderson's works, The Dresden Files, The Lunar Chronicles, The Kingkiller Chronicles.
 
The Hunger Games, Hugh Howey's Wool series, Nicole Rafter's books (criminology/movies), Brandon Sanderson's works, The Dresden Files, The Lunar Chronicles, The Kingkiller Chronicles.
  
'''What profession did you want to have when you were a kid?'''
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*'''What profession did you want to have when you were a kid?'''
 
Dolphin trainer, vet, psychiatrist, movie director.
 
Dolphin trainer, vet, psychiatrist, movie director.
  
'''Party or lounging at home?'''
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*'''Party or lounging at home?'''
 
Lounging at home
 
Lounging at home
  
'''Tea or coffee?'''
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*'''Tea or coffee?'''
 
Coffee in the morning, tea during the rest of the day.
 
Coffee in the morning, tea during the rest of the day.
  
'''A short bio about yourself.'''
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*'''A short bio about yourself.'''
 
What's relevant to know about me is that I'm a Dutchie, born and raised in The Netherlands, but that I moved to Perth, Australia in early 2014.
 
What's relevant to know about me is that I'm a Dutchie, born and raised in The Netherlands, but that I moved to Perth, Australia in early 2014.
  
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Revision as of 04:39, 29 May 2020

Formerly known as Cealestis Lumen

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Manon Lumen
Real Name Manon
Location Perth, Australia
Birthday September 2
TarValon.Net Information
Affiliation Brown Ajah
Rank Aes Sedai
Title
Join Date February 7, 2007
Bonded to
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Tower History

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Senior Member Interview

March 27, 2014

  • Why did you choose Brown?

I get depressed when I cannot exercise my brain. I love to read, I love to contemplate the world (philosophy is also a major interest of mine). I'm an analyst, always have been. I think knowledge is power - and powerful I am in a game of Trivial Pursuit.

  • Are you like the Browns in the books? Do you love books and have a tendency to daydream?

In some ways, yes, in some ways, not at all. I'm not a dusty type. I always figured the Browns to look a bit haphazard, unkempt, like female Albert Einsteins. I love make up and fashion. So in that, no, I'm not like the Browns in the books. But yes, I do love books and I do daydream a lot, and can totally drift off when listening to music.

  • Do you have a favorite Brown Ajah character from the novels?

Clearly, Verin. She was secretly the most bad ass of all characters, much more bad ass than the Greens and Reds, and wasn't all in our faces about it.

  • Who is your favorite character? Favorite nation?

I'm a die hard Mat fan. He'll be my favorite forever, though Egwene comes in second. As for nation, I always loved the complex culture of the Seanchan.

  • How were you introduced to the series?

My ex boyfriend introduced me to them.

  • Favorite bad guy/gal?

I always liked Moghedien's story line, as well as Lanfear and her incarnations.

  • If you were set down in Randland, who/what would you see yourself as? An Aes Sedai? Innkeeper? Seanchan Captain?

I'd probably a confused bystander, but I prefer the thought of being a Brown Sedai, gliding through the Tower and smoothing my skirts, playing political games with the other Ajahs and the rest of the world without them even noticing.

  • Seanchan or Shara?

Seanchan. I'm kind of sad though we never learned as much about Shara as Seanchan. It seems like a very interesting nation.

  • Asmodean or Sammael?

Asmodean. I liked his affection for music.

  • How did you find TarValon.Net and what convinced you to stay and become a Senior Member?

Actually, I was browsing on Youtube one day in February 2007 and found some WoT related videos, and in the comments a member of the site mentioned it.

  • What do you do in "real life"?

Currently looking for a "real" job, I'm a criminologist. In the mean time, I keep myself occupied building websites and being editor in chief of my online film magazine, FilmInquiry.com.

  • What language(s) do you speak?

Dutch is my native tongue, but I speak English on a bilingual level.

  • Do you have any hobbies?

Writing is my biggest passion. Also, watching movies and TV shows. I love music, and to cook. Another major passion of mine is traveling and exploring the world.

  • Do you have a pet?

I have a Bengal cat named Poh, he's more like a familiar than a pet. If he could, he'd go with me everywhere.

  • Aside from The Wheel of Time, what are a few of your favorite books/series?

The Hunger Games, Hugh Howey's Wool series, Nicole Rafter's books (criminology/movies), Brandon Sanderson's works, The Dresden Files, The Lunar Chronicles, The Kingkiller Chronicles.

  • What profession did you want to have when you were a kid?

Dolphin trainer, vet, psychiatrist, movie director.

  • Party or lounging at home?

Lounging at home

  • Tea or coffee?

Coffee in the morning, tea during the rest of the day.

  • A short bio about yourself.

What's relevant to know about me is that I'm a Dutchie, born and raised in The Netherlands, but that I moved to Perth, Australia in early 2014.




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