Convox

Definition

Convox is a rare, named mass‑assembly—and the designation for its host Concent (walled scholastic community)—when many avout (cloistered scholars) are Evoked (formally summoned to depart) together to travel under Peregrin (sanctioned travel outside walls) while preserving elements of the Discipline (rules of avout life) in their cohort. It contrasts with Voco (rite naming departures), which commonly names individuals to depart alone; and it should not be confused with the Convocation (opening formula for rites).

Context and Usage

• Designation in practice: A concent becomes “a Convox” when it is named as the receiving site and begins functioning as rendezvous and staging for Evoked groups, coordinating departures while upholding the spirit of the Discipline outside the walls.
• Current accounts: Saunt Tredegarh is described as a “giant Convox,” receiving Evoked avout from multiple concents, assembling small travel groups, and dispatching them under Peregrin with low‑visibility habits (for example, moving in small cohorts and avoiding conspicuous garb).
• Gatekeeping language: At Orithena, a gate speaker says “No Convox is summoned hither. We do not look for peregrins,” clarifying that some communities explicitly decline to host a Convox or receive travelers under Peregrin.
• Destination and routing: The same exchange refers to someone “Evoked, and despatched to Convox at Saunt Tredegarh,” indicating formal routing of Evoked cohorts to a designated host.
• Messaging and coordination: Travelers heading toward the Convox have been observed to carry letters addressed to named contacts there; a Ringing Vale cohort en route via Mahsht agreed to bear such notes. This reinforces the Convox’s role as a clearinghouse for organizing and relaying information among avout on Peregrin.
• Knowledge‑sharing role: Speakers credit millennial Convox gatherings with seeding major collaborative undertakings across maths. One example named in dialogue is an Edharian‑led effort to excavate the long‑buried Temple of Orithena on Ecba—reported as preserved speech rather than a formal chronology.
• Specialized assemblies (hypothetical usage): In discussion, speakers extend the term to order‑specific gatherings when complex coordination is needed (for example, an Ita‑only Convox), presenting it as an aspirational or hypothetical application of the concept rather than an attested rite.
• Millennial milestones: Dialogue explicitly cites a “Millennial Convox of 3000” as a long‑cycle gathering that could disseminate plans and standards broadly across orders; see Millennial Convox.

Notes

• Rarity: Usage treats Convox as exceptional; lists in speech include only a handful across history (for example, millennial markers, the so‑called “Big Nugget,” and after major calamities). These are assertions within dialogue, not a complete, verified chronology.
• Practice: Travel norms during a Convox emphasize moving in groups, coordinating quietly, and preserving elements of the Discipline outside the walls. The host concent functions as a clearinghouse—receiving, recording, assembling, and dispatching cohorts.