Decenarians

First Appearance and Context

The Decenarians are the ten‑year cohort within a mathic community, sometimes called Tenners. They belong to the wider Concent and assemble in the Mynster; their cohort resides in the Decenarian Math.

Roles and Activities

• Decennial cadence and Apert: The cohort follows a ten‑year rhythm and participates in rites and duties centered on timekeeping and communal worship. During Apert, limited contact with the extramuros is permitted under the Discipline.
• Bell work and changes: Some Decenarians are shown maintaining the bells and practicing change patterns, passing those skills to younger suurs who will eventually replace them.

Relationships and Structure

• Neighbor cohorts: The Centenarians occupy a more spacious south nave, while the Decenarians gather in the crowded southwest quarter of the Mynster.
• Subgroups: Formal announcements reference a “New Circle” within the Decenarians; the text does not explain its exact role, but it is treated as an internal grouping.

Descriptions and Characteristics

• Assembly space: Their corner is associated with side‑turrets and a narrow stair that reaches the gallery and bell‑ringers’ place, reflecting how the cohort’s numbers are accommodated at the edge of the central plan.

Recent Observations

• During a Voco conducted by the Sæcular Power, six names were read at once; among them were Decenarians: Fraa Jesry (Edharian chapter), Fraa Goradon (Edharian chapter), and Suur Ala (New Circle, Decenarians).
• In an earlier rite, a Decenarian elder had been Evoked and subsequently Thrown Back, underscoring the cohort’s visibility in such proceedings.

Current Status

Active in rites and daily work; based in the Decenarian Math and present at assemblies in the Mynster, with access and duties managed under established schedules and the Discipline.