New Sconics

Context and first mention

New Sconics is described as one of several rival names claimed by avout (monastic scholars) who follow the Sconic Discipline (Sconism tradition) in the period after the Reconstitution (post‑catastrophe refounding epoch). Accounts note that Sconic adherents “splintered and fought” over labels such as “Sconics,” Reformed Sconics, and “New Sconics,” before adopting a neutral numbering scheme. At the time referenced, numbering had already reached the low twenties, and “Fives” were well‑established.

During a Convox (rare mass convocation) held at the Concent of Saunt Tredegarh (walled monastic community), a Centenarian (hundreder, senior avout) theor, Suur Maroa, identifies herself as a Fifth Sconic. She remarks that distinctions among “Fives,” “Fours,” and “Sixes” are not germane to the matter at hand—reinforcing that numbered Sconic designations are current, while earlier labels like “New Sconics” are now mostly historical or rhetorical.

Description

“New Sconics” denotes a factional name within the broader Sconic stream rather than a separately defined institution. No doctrinal particulars are provided beyond the indication that such naming disputes arose among Sconic followers and were later sidestepped by numbering.

Relationships and affiliations

• Part of the Sconic Discipline (Sconism tradition).
• Related/contrasted names in the same dispute set: “Sconics,” Reformed Sconics.
• Numbered successors: groups self‑described as “Fifth Sconic,” “Fourth Sconic,” “Sixth Sconic,” etc. A contemporary example is Suur Maroa, a Fifth Sconic.

Current status

Numbered Sconic identifiers are presented as the working convention; “New Sconics” appears as an earlier, contested label with no active organization specified under that exact name in current accounts. Numbered designations have proliferated (into the low twenties), with “Fives” among the established groups.

Notes

• Usage varies by speaker; the numbering convention avoids privileging any sect name from the post‑Reconstitution disputes.
• No definite article is attested in available sources (“New Sconics,” not “the New Sconics”).