Sammann

Overview

Sammann is an Ita (technical order) technician from the Concent of Saunt Edhar. He travels with an avout (cloistered scholars) Peregrin (sanctioned journey) party, providing practical skills and Reticulum (planetary network) research while the group pursues shared objectives. While at Orithena on Ecba, he continued to handle maps, logistics, and information hygiene; during the Geometers’ (alien visitors) probe landing he acted as documentarian and technical support. His location after the subsequent emergency airlift from Orithena is not yet confirmed.

Appearance and Traits

• Long beard and hair; when in ordinary extramuros (outside the walls) clothes he still stands out.
• Methodical, technically fluent, and risk-aware. Works from a jeejah (handheld device), favoring structured searches over speculation and checking source quality.
• Dry humor and a taste for debate; will press companions’ assumptions to test their reasoning. Calm under pressure and task-focused when others are injured.

Roles and Actions

• Island governance briefing at Orithena: After being admitted as a guest with companions, Sammann summarized who runs Ecba. He reports that a wealthy burger (wealthy citizen), shortly after the Third Sack (past upheaval), bought the island and created a foundation (dowment-like fund) with bylaws running to about a thousand pages. Executive power resides with a mixed Sæcular/Mathic (outside-world/monastic) board of governors. He first called it “boring,” then supplied details.
• Guest lodging and welcome: Along with companions, he was let through the gate, given rooms in a guest lodge set apart from the cloister (monastic precinct), allowed to keep jeejahs, and formally toasted at dinner by Fraa Landasher. The next morning he joined a guided look at the excavation at Orithena.
• Ecba research before admission: While camped on Ecba’s northeast shore, he investigated unexpectedly strong network access and traced it to the island being held as a single parcel by a long-lived private foundation; he noted possible ties to the mathic world and left the direction of influence open (“sponsored, or something”).
• Research and analysis: Phototyped images from companions and used programs via the Reticulum to match them to live feeds, helping locate a walled site and spiral excavation identified with Orithena.
• Route-finding and logistics: Studied maps and posted road logs to chart courses and pace long travel days; handled driving during tense regroupings.
• Leaked space recording: Shared a low-quality speely captured from a space capsule and explained technical cues (e.g., window outgassing, orientation shifts). He and others refer to the visitors as the “Geometers” (alien visitors). Cause of a body’s later recovery is left ambiguous in discussion.
• Probe landing at Orithena: When a lander descended into the Temple precinct, Sammann arrived on a three-wheeler with Cord, unslung his jeejah (handheld device), and recorded in speelycaptor mode (video recorder). He asked Cord to narrate what she saw and tossed the jeejah up to Yul so it could see inside the capsule. He streamed the scene live over the Reticulum (planetary network) until Sæcular Power (civil authorities) forces arrived and jammed civilian traffic; afterward he stated he could not penetrate their transmissions. With Orolo, he briefly examined a fibrous case from the capsule that held four tubes of red fluid before soldiers confiscated it.

Relationships and Affiliations

• Cord (Cord): cooperative, practical rapport in outfitting and travel; mutual reliance on hands-on skill and research.
• Yulassetar Crade and Ganelial Crade: travel companions who share lodging and logistics roles during movements around Ecba and Orithena.
• Concent of Saunt Edhar: home concent; Sammann’s training and tools reflect Edharian practice.
• Fraa Landasher: local host who welcomed the group at Orithena.

Current Status

Unconfirmed following the evacuation from Orithena; last seen moving with Erasmas and Orolo toward the ramp as aerocraft (vertical-landing aircraft) filled and lifted off.

Notes

• Terminology: Reticulum (planetary network); Peregrin (sanctioned journey); avout (cloistered scholars); jeejah (handheld device); burger (wealthy citizen); dowment (endowment-like fund); Sæcular/Mathic (outside-world/monastic). Where the text preserves ambiguity—e.g., sponsorship direction for the Orithena work—Sammann states alternatives without committing to one.
• Orolo asked whether Sammann had ever talked of “Saunt Grod’s Machines” (quantum-syntactic devices), suggesting others associate him with such topics; Erasmas reported he had not discussed them with Sammann.