Wardens Regulant

First Appearance and Context

Wardens Regulant are cited and observed as a routine, visible presence at Saunt Edhar, with avout remarking that they are seen even when no one is in trouble. They belong institutionally to the Inquisition while reporting locally to the Primate, and their oversight is tied to maintaining consistent standards among concents.

Origins and Authority

Following notorious incidents during a Third‑Centennial opening—when several maths emerged to alarming outcomes—the Inquisition and modern hierarch offices were established in their current forms. In that settlement, Wardens Regulant were explicitly empowered to inspect and to impose discipline in all maths. This modern remit frames them as a system‑wide disciplinary authority, not merely local officers.

Roles and Affiliations

• Collectively, the term covers holders (past and present) of the Warden Regulant office at individual concents.
• They enforce the Discipline intramuros and provide the inward‑facing complement to the outward watch of the Warden Fendant.
• Subordination and counterparts: they oversee the Master of the Keys and coordinate at the boundary of jurisdictions with the Fendant.
• Institutional position: a branch of the Inquisition that reports to the Primate and, in defined circumstances, can depose a Primate.

Documented Practices (current observations)

• Conduct formal, recorded interviews led by senior hierarchs, with a trained scribe using hierarch shorthand.
• Retrieve and review leaves and notebooks from niches as evidence during inquiries, and compare such materials against earlier transcripts to resolve discrepancies.
• Focus questioning on whether avout have been exposed to disallowed Sæcular information or devices, and on the implications of such exposure for Discipline and order.
• Operate from the Regulant Court, whose staff circulate to check on penances and to prepare for major auts and investigations.

Relationships and Distinctions

• “Warden Regulant” refers to the single office at a given concent; “Wardens Regulant” refers to the body of such hierarchs across maths. The former handles local cases; the latter denotes the class from which traveling inspectors and higher‑scope officials are typically drawn.

Current Status

Active and prominent during openings and major observances at Saunt Edhar; their inquiries and preparations are especially visible when unusual rites or formal proceedings are imminent.