Incanters

First Appearance and Context

During a Decennial observance when avout could meet visitors at the starhenge, an artisan raised the topic of “the Incanters,” prompting a mathic explanation that the legend of the Incanters formed in the days before the Third Sack. In the same discussion, the singular term Incanter was distinguished as a popular trope rather than a real order.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

In Saecular entertainments and accounts, Incanters are depicted as a faction opposed to the Rhetors. Those depictions often claim inheritance from Saunt Halikaarn and “Halikaarnian traditions,” casting the Incanters as semantic counterparts to the Rhetors’ alleged strengths. Within the current concent, it was observed that the crag‑dwelling Thousanders are all members of the Edharian Order; to the extent any truth lies in such folk tales, that lineage would place them on the Incanter side of the stories. These frames are presented as outsider narratives rather than verified doctrine.

Relationships

• Frequently paired in opposition to the Rhetors in popular stories.
• Popular treatments tie them to Saunt Halikaarn and to ideas labeled "Halikaarnian traditions."
• A mathic aside suggests that the Edharian lineage of the crag-dwelling Thousanders aligns—with many caveats—to the side ascribed to Incanters in those stories, while stressing that this is about narratives, not an acknowledged office or rule.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• Status: legendary and pluralized label used in stories and shorthand, not a described office with known rites, officers, or seats.
• Popular glosses sometimes claim Incanters could "change the future" in contrast to Rhetors; mathic speakers treat such claims as glib storytelling, not as statements of capability.

Current Status/Location

No confirmed organization is identified. The term persists as a cultural reference and as a way outsiders frame certain mathic lineages. In present scenes, the Thousanders’ community on the crag—formally the Thousanders and composed here of the Edharian Order—is the context in which the label is discussed; no official body calling itself “Incanters” is shown.