Fraa Erasmas

First Appearance and Context

Fraa Erasmas is an avout in the Decenarian community at the Concent of Saunt Edhar. Around Apert, he is seen assisting Fraa Orolo in supervised conversations and observing the opening rites and daily routine.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Serves as assistant to Fraa Orolo in study and interviews, and works on the clock-winding team during Provener.
• During the present opening, he is confined to a penance cell under the Warden Regulant’s authority and sentenced to chapters of the Book; he spends days copying and memorizing text, recording a private journal, and watching activity in the Mynster courts.
• From his cell he decodes bell changes for Eliger and later hears the aut of Voco, after which visiting Inquisitors depart with an Evoked Centenarian.
• While the community is gathered for Voco, he briefly leaves his cell to ascend to the rooftop Starhenge and quietly inserts a photomnemonic tablet into Clesthyra’s Eye to record the sky. He returns undetected and later completes examination on his assigned chapter, ending the penance.
• After release he is welcomed in the Refectory, receives a celebratory toast from a New Circle leader, and—after discussions with peers and a local FAE—agrees to join the Edharian Chapter.
• Discusses avocation choices with Arsibalt, weighing practical work (for example, beekeeping) against instrument-making intended to get the starhenge working properly; notes that access to the starhenge remains restricted and that its twin telescopes have been left aimed toward the northern sky.
• In a Refectory exchange with Fraa Orolo and peers about polar alignments and what might be seen, shows caution about being overheard and creates a distraction by tugging Barb’s bolt, spilling his tray to halt a too-loud recitation.

Relationships

• Mentor: Fraa Orolo (instruction, observation, and cosmography).
• Close peers: Jesry, Lio, and Arsibalt (winding teammates and confidants during the opening).
• Superiors and officials encountered: Suur Trestanas (Warden Regulant), Fraa Haligastreme (Edharian FAE), and Fraa Corlandin (New Circle FAE).
• Family: Cord, his sib from outside the walls, an artisan who visits during the opening.

Descriptions/Characteristics

Known to peers by the nickname “Raz,” and formerly called “Vit” in his birth family. Conscientious and observant; physically capable from winding duty. Comfortable explaining mathic customs to visitors while upholding Discipline. He has been addressed formally with the rank-style “Fid Erasmas” in earlier formal settings. Pragmatic and discreet when sensitive topics arise; willing to improvise to deflect attention.

Current Status/Location

Active again among the Tenners after completing Book penance; he has stated his intent to join the Edharian Chapter and continues daily duties within the concent. During a prolonged lockout of the starhenge he observes it from a distance and discusses its current orientation.