Statho

First Appearance and Context

Statho is first cited as Primate during a rite in the Mynster where he presides and names Suur Trestanas as the new Warden Regulant after a retirement.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

  • As Primate, he presides at formal rites and public announcements held within the Mynster.
  • During Apert, he leads proceedings and coordinates with the Inquisition and the Warden Fendant and Warden Regulant.
  • He intones candidates’ names and oversees vows during Eliger.
  • He officiates Voco, reading the formal summoning and naming the Evoked avout; in one witnessed instance he stood in the chancel with visiting Inquisitors Varax and Onali while calling Fraa Paphlagon.
  • He has intoned the Convocation and officiated an Anathem, reading the disciplinary formula and pronouncing the avout to be Thrown Back (Orolo), proceeding with measured pauses.
  • In a later Voco held in the Mynster, he officiated without accompanying Inquisitors and opened a sealed page listing six Evoked names, prefacing that one was no longer among the avout present before proceeding with the rite.

Relationships

  • Professional association with the Warden Regulant, whom he named to office in a witnessed rite.
  • Counterpart interactions with the Warden Fendant during public observances.
  • Seen conferring with visiting Inquisitors during ceremonies; during a Voco he shared the chancel with Varax and Onali.
  • In ongoing tensions surrounding Orolo’s discipline, he is mentioned alongside Fraa Spelikon and Suur Trestanas by an Edharian narrator as a senior figure whose decisions invite public scrutiny; that narrator contemplates presenting findings in the Refectory to embarrass them.

Descriptions/Characteristics

  • Seen in purple robes while presiding; no personal physical description is provided.
  • His Fluccish is limited; during a public announcement he phrased an instruction awkwardly, eliciting laughter from the audience.
  • During Anathem he spoke at length, with deliberate pauses.
  • During the multi-name Voco, he appeared visibly surprised upon opening the sealed list before continuing the ceremony.

Current Status/Location

Active as Primate and observed conducting duties in the Mynster, including presiding over Tenth Night during Apert, frequent Eliger auts, a Voco, and an aut of Anathem.

Summary:

Statho is the Primate who presides over rites in the Mynster, coordinating with the Inquisition and wardens. He has officiated Eliger, Voco, and an aut of Anathem; in a later Voco he read a sealed list containing six Evoked names and officiated without Inquisitors.

Known as:
Statho