Fraa Orolo

Fraa Orolo is an avout living within a Decenarian math. He is first seen in the New Library organizing and conducting a structured interview with an artisan from extramuros who has been admitted to address a rotted rafter shortly before Apert. He asks Fraa Erasmas to serve as his amanuensis during the exchange.

First appearance and context

Orolo leads the conversation in the New Library, opening with pointed questions drawn from an old, brown leaf. The visit occurs as the community prepares for imminent observances, and attention is drawn to the great clock as it chimes Provener.

Approach and views

Living under the Cartasian Discipline, Orolo notes that the community’s media are limited to chalk, ink, and stone. He explains that simply aiming a device at the world does not collect what is meaningful to him; he prefers a person to gather experience with all senses and “make it over into words.” He jokingly claims to suffer from “attention surplus disorder.”

Activities and roles

• Conducts a structured inquiry into extramuros beliefs and practices, carefully observing the visitor and recording terminology.
• Probes the meaning of “speel in,” connecting it to earlier terms he and others have known (e.g., “cruising the speely,” “Farspark”), and remarks on how names shift across cohorts of avout.
• Permits a recording of the Provener chime with a speelycaptor under strict conditions, directing the visitor to stand as instructed and to be guided by the Ita; he remarks that the Warden Regulant oversees such matters and could impose penance if rules are broken.
• Known among the Tenner cohort for a long‑running joke that the east nave might one day be repurposed as a sanctuary for ten‑thousand‑year fraas; he deadpans that a proposal was submitted to the Millenarians long ago, with a reply expected centuries hence.

Relationships and affiliations

• Works closely with Fraa Erasmas, whom he invites to take notes as amanuensis. Erasmas entered the math ten years prior, while Orolo states he has lived in the math for almost thirty years.
• Interacts with an extramuros craftsman (Artisan Flec), switching to Fluccish when needed and using Orth for precision. He also references avout who observe longer cycles (e.g., Hundreders).
• Serves as a mentor to a younger Tenner crop, engaging them with dry humor and institutional lore.

Traits and language

Methodical, probing, and precise in speech; he sometimes prefaces what he is about to say. He is comfortable switching languages to communicate clearly and shows limited interest in the technical minutiae of extramuros device formats, focusing instead on comprehension and meaning. He also exhibits a wry, long‑running sense of humor that he uses to instruct and to keep younger avout engaged.

Current status

Active within the New Library of a Decenarian math, mindful of Discipline rules and coordinating visitor access under supervision.