Rosk

First Appearance and Context

Rosk is first seen during Apert when he accompanies Cord into the math for a supervised meal and later attends the Tenth Night supper under the canopy. He is identified as a manual therapist from outside the walls.

Affiliations and Relationships

• Liaison‑partner/boyfriend of Cord.
• Extramuros; no mathic order affiliation is stated.
• Among outside volunteers assisting with transport, many were tied to religious arks; Rosk and Cord are treated as independent of those groups.
• Primary spoken language is Fluccish. He can follow bits of Orth by tone and cognates but is not fluent.

Important Actions

• In a Tenth Night table conversation, he describes hands‑on therapy and forming a shared mental model of a patient’s body while consulting by voice with his teacher.
• When a Convox is declared, he is present at the machine‑hall gathering and is slated to ride in Cord’s industrial vehicle as part of the avout’s Peregrin, joining the small‑vehicle caravan that sets out first toward Bly’s Butte and then on to the Concent of Saunt Tredegarh.
• During the overland push across degraded roads toward the isolated mountains, he takes the controls of Cord’s fetch and drives for stretches.
• In on‑the‑road conversation about the newly observed ship, he volunteers ideas drawn from books and speelies (e.g., far‑flung ancestries or parallel worlds). Others point out problems (such as the fossil record); he remains good‑humored.
• With Cord, plays music in the vehicle, lightening the long drive for the group.
• Present during an overnight stop at a mountain retreat run by Bazian monks; he and Cord appear a bit out of place amid the rituals but are courteous guests.

Descriptions and Characteristics

• Physical: described as a big man with long hair.
• Skills: competent driver of Cord’s heavy fetch; trained manual therapist.
• Manner and interests: pragmatic in work yet imaginative and pop‑culture‑savvy, comfortable referencing popular fiction; easygoing in debate; primary speech is Fluccish with limited Orth comprehension.

Current Status/Location

Travelling extramuros with Cord in her fetch as part of the Peregrin caravan bound for the Concent of Saunt Tredegarh; last seen continuing the journey after pausing overnight at a mountain retreat.