Fraa Erasmas

First Appearance and Context

Fraa Erasmas is a Decenarian avout at the Concent of Saunt Edhar. Early accounts place him assisting a mentor and serving on the winding crew. As inquiries intensified around a sky‑borne object, he took part in discreet observation and analysis using rooftop instruments at the Starhenge and improvised methods below. After an overnight ringing of Voco, he was among those Evoked and helped propose a covered rendezvous for onward travel toward Saunt Tredegarh.

Affiliations and Relationships

• Mentor: Fraa Orolo (instruction in observation and practical analysis).
• Peers: Fraa Jesry, Arsibalt, Lio, and Suur Tulia (study, winding, and coordination). With Suur Ala he recorded a pinhole chart of brief blue “sparks,” and the two agreed to declare an Etrevanean liaison before her Evocation.
• Companions during Peregrin: Fraa Jad and Fraa Tavener (“Barb”) travel with him; he also invites Sammann of the Ita to ride in his vehicle despite objections from some avout. He coordinates with his extramuros sib Cord (and her liaison partner Rosk) and with local drivers.

Important Actions

• Prior to Evocation: carried out discreet rooftop and ground‑level observations, safeguarded a photomnemonic recording, and coordinated cautious analysis with peers in a private workspace; helped translate pinhole observations into a measured course change for the object under discussion.
• Immediately after Evocation: proposed and executed a covered rendezvous, convened a midday meeting with avout and volunteers, addressed both Orth‑ and Fluccish‑speakers, and organized mixed groups for travel while preserving basic elements of the Discipline within the convoy.
• Leadership and routing: states the intent to make a brief detour to Bly’s Butte to seek Orolo before proceeding toward Saunt Tredegarh; reassigns seats and navigation roles, declining to let an assertive volunteer dictate the route. Purchases a cartabla for navigation and, at Fraa Jad’s prompting, begins assembling tools (e.g., a protractor) for a potential improvised sextant.
• Interpreting signals (tagged as conjecture or inference): asserts that recent loss of satellite positioning is due to interference from the orbiting object (as asserted by Erasmas, not established); records Fraa Jad’s inference that red light trained on certain Thousanders’ maths likely “points” at historic waste sites (treated here as Jad’s inference).

Descriptions and Characteristics

Known to peers as “Raz.” Conscientious and quick to act under pressure; balances respect for the Discipline with pragmatic improvisation. Comfortable switching between Orth and Fluccish when coordinating mixed groups. Inclined to protect vulnerable companions (e.g., a new Tenner) while enlisting capable help even when it challenges custom (inviting an Ita into his vehicle).

Current Status/Location

Extramuros under Voco, traveling in a small convoy toward Saunt Tredegarh. One contingent goes directly; his contingent plans a short detour via Bly’s Butte to look for Orolo before rejoining the route. Immediate companions include a Thousander elder, a new Tenner, an Ita, and trusted extramuros allies.