Sammann

Sammann is an Ita (technical order) technician from the Concent of Saunt Edhar. He travels with an avout (cloistered scholars) Peregrin (sanctioned journey) party, providing practical skills and Reticulum (planetary network) research while the group pursues shared objectives. While at Orithena on Ecba, he continued to handle maps, logistics, and information hygiene; during the Geometers’ (alien visitors) probe landing he acted as documentarian and technical support. After the evacuation from Orithena, he is seen with a small detachment of Ita and indicates he will fly to the Convox (mass convocation), likely in a separate section from companions.

Appearance and Traits

• Long beard and hair; when in ordinary extramuros (outside the walls) clothes he still stands out.
• Methodical, technically fluent, and risk-aware. Works from a jeejah (handheld device), favoring structured searches over speculation and checking source quality.
• Dry humor and a taste for debate; will press companions’ assumptions to test their reasoning. Calm under pressure and task-focused when others are injured.

Roles and Actions

• Island governance briefing at Orithena: After being admitted as a guest with companions, Sammann summarized who runs Ecba. He reports that a wealthy burger (wealthy citizen), shortly after the Third Sack (past upheaval), bought the island and created a foundation (dowment-like fund) with bylaws running to about a thousand pages. Executive power resides with a mixed Sæcular/Mathic (outside-world/monastic) board of governors. He first called it “boring,” then supplied details.
• Guest lodging and welcome: Along with companions, he was let through the gate, given rooms in a guest lodge set apart from the cloister (monastic precinct), allowed to keep jeejahs, and formally toasted at dinner by Fraa Landasher. The next morning he joined a guided look at the excavation at Orithena.
• Ecba research before admission: While camped on Ecba’s northeast shore, he investigated unexpectedly strong network access and traced it to the island being held as a single parcel by a long-lived private foundation; he noted possible ties to the mathic world and left the direction of influence open ("sponsored, or something").
• Research and analysis: Phototyped images from companions and used programs via the Reticulum (planetary network) to match them to live feeds, helping locate a walled site and spiral excavation identified with Orithena.
• Route-finding and logistics: Studied maps and posted road logs to chart courses and pace long travel days; handled driving during tense regroupings.
• Leaked space recording: Shared a low-quality speely captured from a space capsule and explained technical cues (e.g., window outgassing, orientation shifts). He and others refer to the visitors as the “Geometers” (alien visitors). Cause of a body’s later recovery is left ambiguous in discussion.
• Probe landing at Orithena: When a lander descended into the Temple precinct, Sammann arrived on a three-wheeler with Cord, unslung his jeejah (handheld device), and recorded in speelycaptor mode (video recorder). He asked Cord to narrate what she saw and tossed the jeejah up to Yul so it could see inside the capsule. He streamed the scene live over the Reticulum (planetary network) until Sæcular Power (civil authorities) forces arrived and jammed civilian traffic; afterward he stated he could not penetrate their transmissions. With Orolo, he briefly examined a fibrous case from the capsule that held four tubes of red fluid before soldiers confiscated it.
• Convox arrangements: At the military-managed beach camp after evacuation, he remarks that recent events have been “very good for [his] reputation and access,” confers with a small detachment of Ita, and states that he will fly to the Convox (mass convocation), probably not seated with avout companions.
• Tredegarh Plenary reference: During a public dialog at Tredegarh, a speaker said the Convox had already watched the speely recorded by Erasmas's Ita collaborator; Erasmas gave the collaborator's name as Sammann and added that he arrived a few minutes after the probe's landing and began recording.
• Messal isolation and transmitter discovery at Tredegarh: During a Plurality of Worlds messal, he helped a small group—including Lio, Emman Beldo, and Barb—implement a grounded mesh “basket” to shield the messallan from wireless signals. An Ita ally had already cut the room’s microphone line. In the ensuing exchange he located and produced a concealed body transmitter taken from Fraa Orhan.
• Evacuation and cell assignment: As the concent initiated dispersal, he was assigned to a designated cell alongside Valers and peers, sharing transport with Fraa Jesry, Fraa Arsibalt, and later Fraa Jad. Two fellow Ita briefly consulted with him before departure. In transit he handled Reticulum messaging on behalf of Erasmas, forwarding a note to Suur Ala while cautioning that the channel was not private.

Elkhazg and launch preparations

• In transit to a remote city and its historic caravansery, Sammann wore a headset beside Jules Verne Durand, relaying sketches and notes from the Laterran via his jeejah until wireless links were jammed; he showed visible frustration when the connection dropped and returned to local calculations.
• At Elkhazg, after reestablishing access, he worked up a chronology converting Urnud years to the local calendar using timestamps recovered from captured Matarrhite documents and known recent events. He concluded—allowing for uncertainty—that the Daban Urnud began its inter‑cosmic voyage roughly nine centuries ago in local reckoning, aligning with the era surrounding the Third Sack. He offered this as a coincidence worth investigating rather than a proven causal link.
• During equipment issue and training, he engaged actively with the suit and “monyafeek” systems, asking practical questions about cryogenic supplies and manual mechanisms. He quipped that the suit’s front displays would make stealth impossible, prompting a demonstration of a blackout screen that concealed indicators when needed.
• He again assisted Erasmas with a personal message to Ala, noting that the channel would not be private.
• In a quiet exchange he observed that Ita tend toward being family‑oriented; he mentions a few past girlfriends but no long‑term partner.

Relationships and Affiliations

• Cord (Cord): cooperative, practical rapport in outfitting and travel; mutual reliance on hands-on skill and research.
• Yulassetar Crade and Ganelial Crade: travel companions who share lodging and logistics roles during movements around Ecba and Orithena.
• Concent of Saunt Edhar: home concent; Sammann’s training and tools reflect Edharian practice.
• Fraa Erasmas: field companion; Sammann says he will be flying to the Convox with Erasmas (likely in a different section of the plane).
• Fraa Landasher: local host who welcomed the group at Orithena.
• Convox organizers at Tredegarh: Coordinates with Suur Ala and works alongside Lio and others during planning, messal service, and the evacuation.

Current Status

Embedded with the designated cell at Elkhazg, training on suit systems and lightweight upper stages toward an orbital mission aimed at approaching the Daban Urnud. He continues to provide communications, analysis, and mapping support while the cells go to ground and await onward movement.

Notes

• Terminology: Reticulum (planetary network); Peregrin (sanctioned journey); avout (cloistered scholars); jeejah (handheld device); burger (wealthy citizen); dowment (endowment-like fund); Sæcular/Mathic (outside-world/monastic); Convox (mass convocation). Where the text preserves ambiguity—e.g., sponsorship direction for the Orithena work—Sammann states alternatives without committing to one.
• Orolo asked whether Sammann had ever talked of "Saunt Grod's Machines" (quantum-syntactic devices), suggesting others associate him with such topics; Erasmas reported he had not discussed them with Sammann.