Cord

First Appearance and Context

Cord is introduced around a decennial Apert at the Concent of Saunt Edhar, when she reconnects with her sib Fraa Erasmas outside the walls. She works at an old metalworks compound on a canal slip a short walk from the Century Gate. During the same opening, she is admitted as a supervised visitor to see the clockworks inside the Mynster. At the communal supper, she attends with her boyfriend Rosk and younger cousin Dath, joining conversations that compare everyday tasks with geometric reasoning.

Work, Equipment, and Skills

• Machinist and artisan: Operates heavy, precise machinery to produce complex metal parts and small crafted items; she has supplied pieces to the Ita.
• Precision machining: Runs a five‑axis mill and often thinks about the shapes of parts and the geometry behind them.
• Shop equipment noted: Her machine‑hall includes welding gear; when considering safe ways to observe the sun, Erasmas thinks of borrowing a welding mask from Cord. He also recalls that her shop uses a plasma cutter whose blue light resembles that of a hot star.
• Visitor and observer: Accompanies Erasmas to view mechanisms and upper works, asking practical questions and comparing design choices in terms of wear and reliability.

Relationships

• Fraa Erasmas: Her younger sib from inside the walls. They meet during Apert; he visits her workplace and accompanies her on supervised tours.
• Rosk: Cord’s boyfriend, a manual therapist who accompanies her during the opening.
• Dath: A younger cousin who attends the communal supper with them.

Descriptions and Character

Direct, curious, and technically skilled. Comfortable around large machines, she describes lying awake thinking about a part’s shape when cutting it. Others remark on her beauty; one of Erasmas’s peers admiringly calls her “the exquisite.” She is sensitive when outsiders speak lightly about painful mathic history.

Current Status/Location

Lives and works extramuros at the canal‑served metalworks near the Century Gate. She has been received as a supervised guest within the walls to observe the clockworks and related spaces during the opening.