Chronicle

The Chronicle is an official record kept within the mathic world to log actions and observations that warrant formal entry under the Cartasian Discipline. In plural usage (“the Chronicles”), the term also refers to the concent’s compiled historical records that avout may consult for background to names and events recounted in rites such as Provener.

First Appearance and Context

The Chronicle is first referenced during a conversation in the Cloister garden, when a fraa assigned to weed as penance notes that a slashberry plant is not among the most strictly prohibited items on the list known as the Eleven, and therefore he does not have to burn it on sight and "put it down in the Chronicle." This establishes the Chronicle as the designated place for logging such matters.

Description and Role

• Singular (“the Chronicle”): The official logbook—presented as a handwritten ledger—used to record incidents and observations that require documentation under the Discipline (e.g., sightings or disposal of proscribed flora). Mechanical recording is not implied.
• Plural (“the Chronicles”): A broader term for the concent’s historical records and accounts. During liturgical recitations (e.g., references made in Provener), listeners within the concent are directed to consult the Chronicles for fuller accounts of persons and events (for example, stories concerning notable saunts).
• Administrative use: Consulted to verify rosters and sleeping‑cell assignments for particular nights; hierarchs may cite the Chronicle as an authoritative source during inquiries.

Notable Mentions

• Fraa Orolo notes that accounts about Saunt Bly can be looked up in the Chronicle; in the same exchange, he remarks that Bly’s relics are preserved within the order’s holdings.
• An avout recalls that an entry in the Chronicles described a gate grinding open and avout emerging who claimed to be Ten‑thousanders celebrating Apert. Within the conversation, the anecdote is presented as a teaching device to provoke scrutiny of underlying ideas rather than as an uncontested historical fact.
• During an interview conducted by Warden Regulant Spelikon, the Chronicle is cited to confirm an avout’s assigned cellmates on a specific night during Apert, illustrating its role as an administrative record as well as a historical ledger.

Relationships and Functions

• Maintained within the concent as part of the community’s record‑keeping practices and historical self‑documentation.
• Supports liturgy and study: formal recitations may point readers to the Chronicles for detailed historical background.
• Expresses the norms of the Discipline by favoring textual, firsthand records over mechanical devices.
• Used by Warden Regulant staff during investigations to corroborate assignments and other matters of record.

Current Status

The Chronicle is understood to be maintained within the math; a specific custodian or storage location has not been identified in‑text. The Chronicles (plural) are referenced as available to those living within the concent; access procedures for outsiders have not been described.