Fraa Jesry

Fraa Jesry is an avout (math scholar‑monk) of the Concent of Saunt Edhar (walled monastic community), a close peer of Fraa Erasmas, and a practical hand at observation‑driven work associated with lines of inquiry tied to Fraa Orolo. Earlier accounts include interior speely (recorded video) footage from the capsule engaged with the visitors that shows Jesry aboard, offering concise, technical guidance and real‑time observations to the Warden of Heaven’s team. By the time of the Convox (large convocation of avout) at the Concent of Saunt Tredegarh, Jesry is again working among the avout and interacting with Erasmas.

Appearance and Traits

• Tall with a distinctive, self‑contained gait recognizable to peers.
• Direct, succinct, and pragmatic; favors measurable facts and clear deductions.
• Wry, needling humor under tension; steady confidence in others’ ability to follow the reasoning.
• Rugged, austere presence in simple Edharian garb; often sketches quick diagrams in sand or chalk to make a point; deep, confident baritone. Comfortable reasoning in convivial settings (wine or beer at hand) and quick with a compact one‑liner.

Roles and Actions

Space mission involvement (interior speely)

• Seen inside a space capsule during a rendezvous with the visitors’ icosahedral craft, participating in crew conversation and procedures.
• Advises keeping observations concrete (e.g., visible symmetries, periodicities such as breathing rates) to build common reference points; questions assumptions about what the visitors will recognize.
• Makes operational calls (e.g., activity on the base plate, an incoming bogey, communication and telemetry issues), using precise technical language.

Work at Tredegarh during the Convox

• Jesry visits Erasmas while the latter is confined for health precautions and argues that cross‑infection is unlikely. His reasoning: a recorded spot of the visitors’ laser showed a wavelength (captured on a photomnemonic tablet—exact‑light recorder) that does not match any natural spectral line; this is consistent with devices made from newmatter (engineered nuclei). From this he infers that the visitors’ atoms and ours do not support the same complex biochemistry, making infection improbable; he predicts Erasmas will be released soon. (All of this is presented as Jesry’s explanation to Erasmas.)
• In the same conversation, Jesry notes that fragments recovered from the landing (e.g., hardware pieces, cloth, a sample box) and the deceased visitor’s body—preserved through Orolo’s actions—are being studied; he attributes the same “newmatter” signature to all of it. He uses this to extend the no‑infection inference in both directions.
• Arsibalt reports that when Jesry returned from space a large gathering was convened to brief the Convox, indicating that Jesry’s role is widely recognized among avout present at Tredegarh.
• In a Plurality of Worlds messal, Fraa Paphlagon cites Jesry as having relayed Erasmas’s observation about the probe’s parachute; this is used to argue that the visitors have not mastered newmatter, consistent with Jesry’s earlier infection‑risk reasoning.
• Edharian chapter‑house cosmography and observation prep: Jesry is seen checking coordinates and timing on slate for pointing ground telescopes (including a well‑known instrument pair) toward the visitors’ craft. He infers that “something is going to happen” and, ahead of time, predicts the craft will rotate to bring its shielded face toward an approaching high‑orbit “bird,” as later described by a Sæcular aide. He steps outside with companions to watch the sky; when a tiny flash appears where the craft is expected, Jesry labels it a “directed energy weapon.” He jokes darkly about the risk of retaliation and, along with Erasmas, eyes the Precipice tunnels as prudent shelter if needed.
• As Tredegarh’s administration temporarily suspends Lucubs to prioritize modeling, Jesry’s planned Lucub is canceled along with others.
• During the shift to hard modeling work in new Laboratoria, Jesry is assigned to investigate the visitors’ X‑ray laser batteries. Propulsion issues are described as challenging “even for a Jesry,” underscoring his reputation for tackling difficult technical problems.

Evacuation and Cell 317

• When a grounded mesh isolates a messallan and a candid exchange exposes infiltrators, a controlled evacuation of Tredegarh begins. Jesry is assigned to Cell 317.
• He boards a commandeered coach and then a military aerocraft with Fraa Erasmas, Arsibalt, Fraa Jad, a small cadre of Valers, and the Ita Sammann; Fraa Lio effectively leads the cell.
• Jesry greets Erasmas with gallows humor about being “vaporized” together and promptly dubs Arsibalt the cell’s “morale officer,” reflecting a steadying wit under pressure. The cell also takes in a Laterran guest, Jules Verne Durand, before departure.

Thought and Debate

• In small‑group settings Jesry tends toward simple, testable explanations and prefers to cut through elaborate proposals when a direct argument will do.
• In a brief exchange about configuration‑space models, he sums up their practical payoff in a single word—“time”—and quips that such abstractions gain practical relevance “when strangers come to town from four different cosmi at once,” blending humor with focus on what matters operationally.

Relationships and Affiliations

• Erasmas: Long‑standing peer and collaborator. Jesry seeks him out at Tredegarh to share results and inferences.
• Ala: Jesry states that after their Voco (formal summoning rite) he and Ala began a liaison; he expects not to hear from her until she decides how to proceed.
• Orolo: Jesry’s practical efforts align with inquiries associated with Orolo; he refers to outcomes made possible by Orolo’s intervention at the landing site.

Current Status

• During the evacuation of Tredegarh he is selected into Cell 317 and departs by military aerocraft alongside peers and Valers; Fraa Jad, Lio, Sammann, and Fraa Erasmas are among those present, and a Laterran guest also boards. Immediate destination and subsequent movements are not specified in the account.

Notes

• Some at Tredegarh briefly referred to Orolo as “Saunt Orolo” following the viewing of certain footage; Jesry remarks that usage has since become more cautious among others. This reflects shifting opinion at the Convox, not an official declaration.