Estemard

Overview

Estemard is a former avout of the Concent of Saunt Edhar and one of Fraa Orolo’s teachers. After renouncing his vow, he departed through the Day Gate and later lived extramuros as a Feral based at Bly's Butte, where he pursued sky observations with improvised means and maintained intermittent correspondence.

Roles and Actions

• Left the math and established himself at Bly’s Butte to continue observing the sky outside institutional support.
• Posted letters from the butte over a span of years, relaying observations and ideas. Accounts credit him with hand‑building a telescope (including grinding a mirror) to support this work.
• In later travel planning, avout cite Estemard alongside Saunt Bly and Fraa Orolo as examples of Ferals associated with the buttes, reinforcing his link to the site.

Relationships

• Fraa Orolo: Estemard taught Orolo earlier in his career and later corresponded with him via letters sent from Bly’s Butte.
• Fraa Paphlagon: Named with Estemard as the other of Orolo’s two teachers.

Appearance and Traits

No physical description or distinctive mannerisms have been given.

Current Status

Believed to be living, or to have lived, at or near Bly’s Butte as a Feral; letters attributed to him suggest a continued presence there over years. Beyond these letters, his present circumstances remain unstated in the narrative.