First Sack Reforms

First Appearance and Context

The term is cited in an in‑world definition of Newmatter, which notes that, as part of the First Sack reforms, Avout were forbidden to carry out any further work on newmatter. The same source adds that, within the mathic world, newmatter is produced in small quantities for bolts, chords, and spheres, while extramuros it is used in assorted products.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Ban on research: The reforms prohibit avout from pursuing further research and development on newmatter.
• Limited allowances: Despite the prohibition, small‑scale production within the maths continues for specific, permitted items (bolts, chords, spheres), distinguishing allowed praxes from banned work.
• Broader settlement (context): Accounts that summarize the period after the First Sack link the settlement to lasting limits on the use of the Syntactic Device and to the defined remit of the Ita, shaping which mechanisms are tolerated within walls.

Relationships

• Historical anchor: These reforms follow the First Sack and are invoked as part of the settlement that shapes present practice at the Concent of Saunt Edhar.
• Community affected: They directly govern what Avout may do regarding newmatter and related praxes.

Descriptions/Characteristics

A regulatory package rather than a single statute, referenced chiefly as a historical marker in explanations of present‑day Discipline and tolerated praxes. It is named for the First Sack and used to explain why certain technologies (e.g., syntactic devices and newmatter work) are tightly bounded within the maths.

Current Status/Location

In current accounts, avout are forbidden to carry out further work on newmatter; within the maths, newmatter is produced only in small quantities for specific gear, while extramuros it sees general use in manufactured products.