Bly’s Butte

Overview

Bly’s Butte is a free‑standing landmark associated with the Concent of Saunt Edhar, named for Saunt Bly. It is cited as a high point with favorable “seeing” for sky observations, though exact coordinates are not stated in accounts to date.

Notable Features

• Historical observing site: After renouncing his vow and leaving the math, Estemard based himself at the butte and hand‑built a telescope for observations from the summit.
• Identifying cues: Avout use a historical rendering and lore from the Chronicle to recognize the butte’s profile. Current navigation narrows it to three isolated mountains forming a rough triangle some distance from Saunt Edhar; which one is the butte remains unresolved.
• Correspondence: According to Orolo’s account (as reported in‑text), Estemard sent letters from Bly’s Butte over a period of years while living there as a Feral.

Associations

• Named for Saunt Bly; mathic tradition holds that slines killed him near the site after a period of contact.
• Longstanding ties to Saunt Edhar through observers, relics (including a rendering of the butte), and travel planning that treats it as a local landmark.

Recent Activity

• During preparations for a Peregrin, one contingent plans to make Bly’s Butte its first objective while searching for Fraa Orolo. Using topographic maps, a historical drawing, and profile clues, the party identifies three candidate mountains and begins scouting the region. En route, they overnight at a nearby religious retreat on one of the candidate peaks; the butte itself has not yet been confirmed.

Status/Access

Access is by deteriorated roads beyond the main highways, making travel slow. The surrounding country is described as arid high desert. Whether any active observatory or maintained structures remain on the summit is not specified in the text.