Baritoe

Overview

Baritoe—often referred to in speech as "Saunt Baritoe's"—is a prominent mathic concent (monastic community) counted among the Big Three (three major concents). It has long‑standing ties to the Sæculum (non-mathic world) and a harbor‑adjacent setting that has repeatedly supported a city outside its walls (extramuros city), giving it a reputation for being relatively urban and worldly.

Context

In descriptions comparing major maths, some observers describe Tredegarh as more isolated because it was built farther from the great cities of the late Praxic Age (late technological era) than Muncoster and Baritoe. The cities surrounding Baritoe have, across cycles, fallen and been remade multiple times, reinforcing Baritoe's association with nearby urban life.

Notable Features

• Harbor setting that, depending on conditions, forms an excellent port; across eras, a sizable extramuros (outside the walls) city has recurrently grown outside its walls since the Reconstitution (post-Sacks refounding).
• Reputation for close engagement with the Sæcular world (non-mathic authorities) in comparison to many other maths.

Associations

• Teaching and orders: Hosts Unarian (mathic order) teachers and students; a long‑serving suur, Suur Aculoä (female avout honorific), is cited for authoring books that engage with the metatheoretical work of Fraa Paphlagon (male avout honorific) and related traditions among the Unarians.
• Historical metatheorics: A reference entry credits a fraa named Erasmas at Baritoe, together with Suur Uthentine (female avout honorific), with developing "Complex Protism," a generalization of the familiar two‑box diagram to larger directed‑acyclic structures; this situates Baritoe within the lineage of ideas stemming from Protism.

Recent Activity

• In current discussions among avout (monastics), Baritoe is named when considering who has studied Paphlagon's earlier writings, with Baritoe's Unarian teachers noted as attentive readers.
• During the Convox, at least one theoric from Baritoe is observed working on a small team analyzing the large‑scale dynamics of the Geometers’ icosahedral craft.

Status/Access

Active and influential as one of the Big Three (three major concents); known for a coastal‑harbor site and for close ties to extramuros communities that have often flourished just beyond its walls.