Tulia

Tulia is a young avout active in study and communal work. Peers and teachers consistently note her deft, attentive manner and readiness to help.

First Appearance and Context

Tulia is first seen outside the Refectory kitchen, sitting with Suur Ala cutting old tires into sandals in the shaded work area by the herb garden, while Fraa Erasmas passes nearby during preparations leading up to Apert at the Concent of Saunt Edhar.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Takes on practical chores and routine duties among the Tenners.
• In instruction she has been addressed as “Fid Tulia” and gives quick, precise answers during reviews.
• During the opening she quietly checked on Fraa Arsibalt and asked a peer to go and see him.
• As Eliger proceeds, Tulia emerges as a steadying voice. She explains how recent events have shifted choices and frames a strategy to protect the theorically focused Edharians on the political front. In the same conversation she states that she intends to join the Order of the New Circle and urges her peer to accept a place with the Edharians, relaying that Orolo wants him on the team.

Relationships

• Fraa Erasmas: A close peer; she wakes him after a long supper and has a frank late‑night talk that shapes each one’s path during Eliger.
• Fraa Orolo: She conveys Orolo’s wish that a specific peer join his team, and her counsel aligns with that aim.
• Fraa Haligastreme: She refers her companion to Haligastreme to formalize the Edharian side of the plan; separately, she plans to inform Fraa Corlandin for the New Circle.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• Origin: A foundling discovered at the Day Gate; when sickly, she was kept in the adjacent Unarian math before advancing through the labyrinth to her present cohort.
• Demeanor: Direct, pragmatic, and quietly attentive to others. In private she challenges friends to set aside self‑consciousness about reputation and to act.

Current Status/Location

Active within the Tenner cohort at Saunt Edhar. In the latest accounts she indicates her intention to join the New Circle and to see her peer placed with the Edharians, while remaining engaged in everyday duties.