The Lineage

Overview

“The Lineage” (sometimes called the “Old Lineage”) is described as a loose, long‑running tradition devoted to the ancient tiling problem known as the Teglon. It is not presented as a formal Order but as a current of study and influence said to reach back to the era after the fall of the Halls of Orithena during the Peregrin Period. Accounts emphasize that it predates the Discipline and so would not be expected to follow the rules and structures of later mathic Orders.

Purpose and Structure

• Focus: sustained attention to the Teglon and related geometric themes said to descend from early theors linked to Orithena.
• Nature: appears in talk as a “lineage” rather than an institution—knowledge, notebooks, and interests seem to pass from person to person across eras rather than through an organizational charter.
• Standing: described as outside, or older than, the post‑Reconstitution mathic system; not treated as an Order.

Practices

Reports and suspicions that fuel the Lineage’s mystique include: - Study of very old leaves and books left behind by earlier figures suspected of belonging to the Lineage. - Taking structured notes during Millenarian (Thousander) chants, interpreted by some as seeking patterns or clues. - Frequent solitary visits to the upper labyrinths of maths. - Allegations—contested—that adherents communicate across math boundaries or with extras when they deem it necessary, prioritizing theorics over the Discipline. - Outsider slurs sometimes frame such activity as a kind of “worship” of a problem; Edharians in particular are accused by some of letting devotion to the Hylaean Theoric World override rules. Avout in‑story contest this characterization.

Known Members/Associations

• Membership: no one is confirmed; the Lineage is mostly discussed through rumor and attribution.
• Estemard (suspected): A former Edharian now living extramuros; peers note behaviors that match the rumored pattern (old texts, interest in Millenarians, time in labyrinths). See Estemard.
• Orolo (association by subject matter): Notes found in his cell included a diagrammed chain running from Orithena through Adrakhones, Diax, and Metekoranes that companions described as “Lineage” material; this does not by itself establish membership. See Fraa Orolo.
• Founding tale: Tradition holds that the Lineage began among theors who had worked with Metekoranes after Orithena’s fall.
• Edharian connection (disputed): Some outsiders allege the Edharian Order serves as a “host” for Teglon‑obsessives; avout push back on this as a slur, noting the lack of evidence and the Order’s record in theorics.

Recent Activity

• During a visit to a butte‑top cloister attributed to Orolo, a Thousander reviewed the leaves on his wall—some labeled with Orithena‑era names—and companions called it “Lineage stuff.” The leaves were subsequently burned. Separately, discussion among traveling avout raised the possibility that Estemard might be a member; this remains unproven.

Notes

• Terminology varies: people say “the Lineage” or “the Old Lineage.”
• The Lineage is presented with deliberate ambiguity; current sources preserve rumors and attributions without resolving them.