Discipline

First Appearance and Context

The Discipline is presented as the code that shapes possessions, attire, and daily conduct for avout at the Concent of Saunt Edhar. It is associated with a minimal personal kit (bolt, chord, sphere) and governs how actions are witnessed and recorded in the Chronicle.

Concept and Description

The Discipline is the operative rule-set under which avout live within maths. In many communities it is embodied as the Cartasian Discipline. Codifications define permitted tools and media, set out how liaisons are declared and recorded, and mandate practical safety measures (for example, the prompt uprooting and burning of proscribed plants found intramuros, with the incident entered into the Chronicle). In avout speech, discussing former life across math boundaries—or maintaining unsanctioned communications between maths—is described as a violation of the Discipline.

Use in Current Discourse

During an extraordinary assembly for a Convox following a mass Voco, avout discuss how to preserve the Discipline while traveling extramuros as a Peregrin group. Accounts emphasize that: - A solo Evocation is treated as breaking or setting aside aspects of the Discipline, hence the Evoked does not return (as stated in avout explanations). - By contrast, when many travel together under a Convox, they can “preserve the Discipline within the Peregrin group,” maintaining its spirit while outside the walls (as articulated by participants). - Practical accommodations are considered acceptable or unavoidable—such as riding with extramuros drivers or encountering signage and devices—while some still point out minor breaches. One articulated position holds that the directive to reach Saunt Tredegarh “by any means necessary” temporarily takes precedence over stricter observance. These points reflect avout interpretations rather than codified rule changes. - Speakers also invoke the principles of the Reconstitution alongside the Discipline when judging proper conduct. In the same conversations, some contrast devotion to the Hylaean Theoric World with loyalty to the Discipline—sometimes as a slur aimed at particular Orders—while others reject such characterizations; these are presented as opinions within dialogue, not established facts. - In the context of rumors and accusations, inter-math communications and talk about former affiliations are cited as examples of what would violate the Discipline; such claims are used to criticize certain people or alleged lineages, though their truth remains unverified in the account. - In personal reflection amid upheaval, one avout remarks that the turmoil “almost makes a mockery of the Discipline”; a companion counters that their way is “not just that set of rules” but part of who they are—framing the Discipline as both a code and a broader way of life. These views are preserved here as dialogue. - On Ecba near Orithena, observers report avout walking openly in the town wearing bolt and chord, and avout posted at a roadside checkpoint selling souvenirs. These behaviors are described by the observer as violations of the Discipline, suggesting that practice and enforcement can vary by place or circumstance, even where relations with extras are friendly.

Related Concepts and Affiliations

• Lived daily at the Concent of Saunt Edhar and commonly expressed in the Cartasian Discipline.
• Extraordinary rites shape how it is applied beyond math walls: Voco can remove an avout from ordinary observance, while a Convox organizes group travel as Peregrin aimed at preserving it in spirit.
• The Ita are described by avout as understanding the Discipline well, and may travel alongside avout under such arrangements.

Current Status

Actively observed at Saunt Edhar. During the ongoing Peregrin, avout intend to uphold the Discipline’s spirit while extramuros, with minor departures treated as pragmatic accommodations.