Fraa Erasmas

Fraa Erasmas is an avout living within a Decenarian math. He is first seen inside the New Library, accompanying Fraa Orolo to interview an artisan from extramuros who has been permitted inside to address a rotted rafter before Apert. Erasmas attends as Orolo’s amanuensis, charged with writing down the exchange.

Background and Language

Erasmas came from extramuros before being Collected into the math ten years earlier. He demonstrates fluency in both Orth and Fluccish, switching to Fluccish to accommodate the visiting artisan. He is familiar with extramuros terminology for moving‑picture media (e.g., “cruising the speely”), which contrasts with the artisan’s usage (“speel in”) and with older terms referenced by others.

Roles and Duties

• Serves as amanuensis for Fraa Orolo, taking notes during interviews and discussions.
• Observes the Cartasian Discipline that limits media to chalk, ink, and stone while working in the library.
• Tends practical duties in the math, such as winding the great clock when it chimes Provener.

Relationships and Affiliations

• Works closely with Fraa Orolo, who invites him to assist with inquiries about the world outside the walls.
• Lives under the authority structures of the math (e.g., the Warden Regulant and the Ita are referenced in relation to supervising visitors and observance of rules).

Traits and Impressions

Erasmas is conscientious and observant, often self‑aware to the point of acute embarrassment when situations become socially awkward. He balances deference to the Discipline with curiosity about extramuros, and he tries to mediate between mathic formality and the visiting artisan’s vernacular.

Current Status

Resident within the Decenarian math, active in scholarly and practical duties including assisting Fraa Orolo in the New Library and maintaining timekeeping tasks at Provener.