Lio

Lio is an avout (addressed as Fraa Lio) living within a Decenarian math. He is from the same cohort as Fraa Erasmas, with both Collected at a young age and trained in the community’s routines, including tending the great clock at Provener.

Appearance and Personality

Lio is stockier than his peers; chubby when younger, he has grown into a solid, powerful build. He keeps a closely shaven scalp and is often dusted with dirt from practical tasks. He is quick to initiate impromptu wrestling, giving him a reputation that others keep “in the corner of the eye.” His thinking can be idiosyncratic and intensely focused: he worries over terms from old vlor and questions about coordination and “strategy” even in ant behavior. He can also drop conversations abruptly when duty calls.

He favors an unconventional way of wearing his bolt on warm days—rolled and slung diagonally like a bedroll—which he devised himself, though others have not adopted it.

Duties and Activities

Lio and a small team (including Erasmas) are responsible for winding the math’s great clock at the appointed hour of Provener. After missing a winding duty, he was assigned penance by the Warden Regulant, working in the herb beds during the hottest part of the day. He is observed squatting on his sphere in the Cloister garden, absorbed in watching ants and debating whether their movements constitute “war” or mere scrambling.

Relationships and Affiliations

• Peer and teammate of Fraa Erasmas in clock‑winding and other communal tasks.
• Subject to discipline and guidance from the Warden Regulant.

Current Status

Active within the Decenarian community, carrying out penance by weeding the herb beds and participating in daily routines such as clock‑winding at Provener.