Fraa Bolo

First Appearance and Context

Fraa Bolo is first mentioned when two avout preparing rows of tables for a communal meal during Apert at the Concent of Saunt Edhar discovered a folded instruction leaf tucked into the undercarriage of a heavy, complex folding table. The note, dated 940, says he had succeeded in opening the mechanism and left guidance for future avout; it had been gnawed by mice and was written in notably recondite terms. Fraa Arsibalt and a peer paused their efforts and sought help to interpret the instructions.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• A Fraa (male avout) known only through his written instructions on deploying an over‑engineered, surplus folding table.
• Affiliation is not stated, but his note is preserved within the stores of the Concent of Saunt Edhar, suggesting a historical association with that community’s practical life.

Relationships

• Indirectly connected to later avout who encountered his note; among those present was Fraa Arsibalt.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• His surviving note uses very specialized, technical vocabulary and carries a tone of pride in having solved the mechanism.
• The leaf was folded many times and partially damaged by mice, making some terms and references hard to parse without assistance.

Current Status/Location

Unknown. Bolo is attested only by the instruction leaf dated 940; no additional details about his life or whereabouts are recorded in the available accounts.