Fraa Orolo

Overview

Orolo is a cosmographer of the Decenarian community at the Concent of Saunt Edhar. Within the Decenarian Math he is noted for a question‑driven, Socratic style and for insisting on clear distinctions between observation and conjecture.

Appearance and Traits

Deliberate, exacting, and plain‑spoken. He favors firsthand observation, concise aphorisms, and “brilliantly simple” lines of inquiry that pare problems to their essentials.

Roles and Actions

• Oversaw rooftop and ground‑level observing focused on northern‑sky motions and practical orbital‑mechanics questions.
• According to an Ita messenger’s account, the Sæcular Power sought quiet assistance obtaining images of a high‑flying object; the messenger informed Orolo outside normal hierarch channels. Soon after, a photomnemonic tablet associated with his observing was retrieved from the Telescope of Saunts Mithra and Mylax; a processed copy shown to avout depicts a large icosahedral craft whose exterior includes a geometric proof. Discussion of meanings and labels (e.g., calling the visitors “the Cousins”) is presented within the community as interpretation, not established fact.
• In the wake of rooftop restrictions and subsequent closures, praxic work continued at ground level by distributing calculations among trusted helpers.

Relationships

• Mentor to Fraa Erasmas, who models practical organization and observing discipline on Orolo’s methods.
• Reported long‑running correspondence with Estemard, who wrote from Bly’s Butte (as related by Erasmas).
• Periodic friction with Regulant staff and hierarchs is noted when access to instruments is constrained; an Ita intermediary features in the chain of communications that led to the image capture.

Current Status

Subject to Anathem (Thrown Back); last seen leaving through the Day Gate. His whereabouts remain unknown. A Peregrin convoy has elected to detour toward Bly's Butte to seek him before continuing on to other destinations.