Vale-Lore

Vale‑Lore—commonly shortened to "vlor"—is an omnibus term in New Orth covering armed and unarmed martial arts alongside the study of military history, strategy, and tactics. Within the mathic world it is strongly associated with the avout of the Ringing Vale, where a math founded in A.R. 17 has long specialized in these disciplines.

First Appearance and Context

• Identified in a standard reference entry as the umbrella for martial practice and the study of strategy and war, with usage marked specifically for New Orth and tied to the Ringing Vale tradition.
• In one hierarch’s admonition about a young fraa “practicing his vlor on local runagates,” the term is used for concrete, small‑scale application of training.

Usage Notes

• In informal speech and in Fluccish, the shortened form "vlor" is frequent and tends to emphasize the martial‑arts side of the term over its more academic and administrative aspects.
• Phrases like “practice your vlor” can refer to drills or real‑world scrapping, depending on context.

Relationships and Affiliation

• Closely linked with the avout community of the Ringing Vale, whose focus and teaching have made the term a byword for their specialty.
• Related subsets and examples include Fire Vlor, used for inherited guidance about fire behavior and control.

Description and Characteristics

• Scope: armed and unarmed practice; military history; strategy; tactics.
• Register: defined and labeled in New Orth; widely understood across maths via shared usage.

Current Status

• Actively used within maths as a practical and scholarly frame for martial disciplines, and recognized extramuros as a popular entertainment label and academy style.