Warden of Heaven

Overview

The Warden of Heaven is spoken of outside the maths as a religious movement or ark. Avout sources treat it as an outsider phenomenon with no institutional tie to the maths. In current accounts it is described by some as a heretical branch of the Samble community that looks back to Saunt Bly, while promoting a narrative about the maths that favors the Thousanders and casts others as suppressors. Descriptions vary by speaker and remain partly contested.

Purpose and Structure

• Ark‑like organization: Speakers outside the walls refer to clergy (e.g., “priest”) and helpers who act much like acolytes. The movement appears to mobilize adherents quickly, using public talk and broadcasts rather than formal ties to the maths.
• Doctrinal posture (as reported): Adherents are said to reinterpret Bly as a prophet who proved God and was Thrown Back, and to frame the maths as divided between oppressed truth‑tellers and gatekeepers. Avout who discuss this place it in a familiar, conspiracy‑colored iconography rather than as a view shared within the maths.

Practices

• Ceremonial garb: A Warden of Heaven priest is recognized by a distinctive rope‑draped wrap over plain coveralls in recent imagery.
• Interpretive habits (reported): In conversation, observers expect the Warden’s rhetoric to treat the Thousanders as the “good” cohort and to read public spectacles—such as a narrow red beam that highlighted the Three Inviolates—as a blessing or invitation rather than a warning.

Known Members/Associations

• Unnamed priest and aides: Imagery shows one rope‑draped priest accompanied by three aides moving as a unit; identities are not stated.
• Samble connection (as alleged): Members of Samble describe the Warden of Heaven as a divergent offshoot of their ark and call it heretical; they also report that its simple message is drawing away members.
• Mathic stance: Avout commentary emphasizes that the movement is extramuros and not a mathic order. It is frequently discussed alongside the Avout only to clarify boundaries.

Recent Activity

• Volunteer logistics: During large movements of avout, local adherents have been seen among volunteer drivers helping travelers reach the Concent of Saunt Tredegarh; specific affiliations are often second‑hand and should be treated cautiously.
• Spacebound party: Poor‑quality but repeated imagery shows eight white‑suited figures boarding transport ahead of a launch, four moving with the carriage and economy typical of avout walk, and one marked by the Warden’s rope‑draped garb. Official statements describe the flight as unmanned; observers infer a crewed mission possibly linked to the Cousins. These attributions are recorded here as speakers’ interpretations pending any in‑text confirmation.