Discipline

First Appearance and Context

The Discipline is referenced as the code shaping possessions and attire for the avout during preparations for a decennial opening at the Concent of Saunt Edhar. It is described as originating with people who lived in warm places and, among other rules, as allowing each avout to own a Bolt, a chord, and a sphere, while saying nothing explicitly about footwear.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

Within the mathic world, “the Discipline” names the operative rule‑set under which avout live. In many communities this takes the form of the Cartasian Discipline, which emphasizes austerity in media and devices and sets boundaries for interactions with visitors. Orders or concents that deviate by sanctioning non‑standard liaisons are subject to disciplinary action by the Inquisition. Historically, the phrase “break the Discipline” is used in emergencies; during the Third Sack, Tenners and Hundreders are said to have broken the Discipline to withdraw to the Unarian Math, which had a tighter perimeter and water barriers for defense.

Relationships

• Community: Observed among the avout of Saunt Edhar and presumed to apply broadly within maths.
• Variant/label: Closely associated in practice with what is elsewhere called the Cartasian Discipline.
• Oversight: The Inquisition is referenced as a potential enforcer when rules are stretched.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• Minimal kit: At minimum, each avout is permitted a bolt, a chord, and a sphere.
• Climate‑shaped origin: It is said to have been created by people who lived in warm places, which may explain the lack of explicit footwear rules.
• Local accommodation: At Saunt Edhar, avout wear tire sandals during the opening period and soft‑soled footwear in winter as a pragmatic extension of the Discipline.
• Liaisons: According to The Dictionary, historical codifications of the Discipline differ in how many liaison types they enumerate and sanction. Early statements forbade all types; a revision adopted at the time of the Reconstitution described eight and sanctioned two; a later “Second New Revised Book of Discipline” describes seventeen, sanctions four, and alludes to two others. Sanctioned liaisons are solemnized by an aut before at least three witnesses, with participants agreeing to abide by stated rules.

Current Status/Location

Actively in force at Saunt Edhar. Local practice allowing footwear during the opening period and in cold months has not drawn punitive action to date, and liaison provisions are understood through the codifications summarized in the Dictionary.