Pedestal

The Pedestal is the self‑designation for the Urnud/Tro axis—an alliance of two PAQD worlds: Urnud (called Pangee on Arbre) and Tro (called Diasp). A Laterran visitor from Antarct explains that Urnud and Tro are of similar mind and opposed to the Fthos‑aligned side (called Quator), while Laterre is internally divided. Within the four‑world presence often called the Geometers, the Pedestal denotes the Urnud/Tro bloc.

Activities and Aims (reported)

• Infiltration at Tredegarh: During the Convox, operatives controlled by the Pedestal seized the concent of the Matarrhites and infiltrated Tredegarh in Matarrhite garb. Once their outbound signals were cut inside a grounded mesh, one removed his disguise and identified himself as a Laterran linguist working under a Pedestal military‑intelligence mandate.
• Mission: The stated task was to determine whether legendary Incanters (and Rhetors) correspond to any real practice within the maths or are merely iconography.
• Posture: The same source warned that Pedestal leaders fear such powers and have considered a pre‑emptive strike. This is presented as the informant’s account, not as a confirmed declaration of intent.

Background and Capabilities (as related)

• Intercosmic history: The informant traces the Pedestal’s lineage to Urnudan efforts that developed a ship later known as Daban Urnud. A geometrodynamic route meant to reach their own past instead shifted the vessel into neighboring Narratives, leading to successive “Advents” that eventually brought Urnud, Tro, Laterre, and Fthos into contact.
• Internal alignments: In this telling, Urnud and Tro act together (the Pedestal), Fthos opposes them, and Laterre is split between the two sides.

Current Status

• Exposure at Tredegarh: The impostors posing as Matarrhites were unmasked inside a shielded room during a messal; one declared his Laterran origin and named the Urnud/Tro axis as the Pedestal. Local authorities proceeded with a wide dispersal of Convox participants. The Pedestal is regarded as an active external danger in ongoing planning.

All details above are limited to accounts and observations available at Tredegarh; where uncertain, claims are attributed to the speaker who provided them.