Feral

Definition

Feral denotes an Avout living extramuros outside a Concent and apart from the everyday structures of a math. It is a descriptive status rather than a formal office or order.

Context and Usage

• Long-term vs. situational: Speakers use “Feral” both for those who leave to live independently and for avout who, by circumstance, remain outside the walls for a time. In this account, one avout describes himself as “technically a Feral now” while traveling beyond the walls and later remarks that he feels comfortable being a Feral.
• Relation to the Discipline: Living as a Feral places a person beyond the day-to-day enforcement of the Cartasian Discipline. Accounts suggest that, while outside, individuals may still try to keep its spirit even as they engage with the Saeculum.
• Example in current accounts: A narrator states that Fraa Jad anticipated that a Feral like Fraa Orolo would take an over-pole migrant route to Ecba, showing “Feral” used as a label for an avout living and traveling outside the walls.
• Distinction from formal calling: Being Feral is not the same as being Evoked. “Evoked” denotes a formal status conferred for praxic work; “Feral” is a label for living outside the walls independent of such rites.

Related Terms

• Avout; Concent; Extramuros; Cartasian Discipline; Saeculum; Evoked.

Notes

• Usage carries a tone of difficulty and independence: accounts describe Ferals as working without the tools, protections, or community a math provides, which can make sustained theorics or observation harder.
• The label is descriptive and can be self-applied; duration and implications vary by circumstance, and present sources preserve that ambiguity.