Third Sack

First Appearance and Context

The Third Sack is known through references in in‑world sources rather than direct narration. It is cited in The Dictionary as a period marker after which certain standards (such as stone‑inscription orthography) declined. In mathic commentary, an avout notes that the legend of the Incanter arose in the days leading up to the event.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Latest of the three Sacks associated with the concent; during such disruptions the daily aut of Provener could not be carried out, leading the Clock within the Mynster to sustain itself in a reduced, self‑maintaining mode until routine resumed.
• Accounts link the aftermath to a prolonged depopulation of the Concent, during which the Millenarians kept to their crag while other precincts were uninhabited.

Relationships

• Reference works: anchored in citations within The Dictionary and similar summaries used by avout.
• Myth and perception: explicitly associated with the rise of the Incanter legend outside the walls.
• Orders and precincts: related to the practices of the Millenarians and the operation of the Clock during interruptions to Provener.

Descriptions/Characteristics

A major sacking of the concent; detailed chronology and perpetrators are not presented in the material available so far.

Current Status/Location

A historical episode. The concent is presently inhabited and its institutions—such as the Mynster, the Clock, and Provener—are active; the Third Sack is invoked to explain how these survived and later resumed after the long interval that followed.