Fours

Context and first mention

The Fours are cited during the Convox (world-spanning mathic convocation) at the Concent of Saunt Tredegarh (walled monastic community), in a conversation where a Fifth Sconic avout (mathic monastics) contrasts "the Fives, the Fours, and the Sixes" and then notes that their differences are not germane to the topic at hand. No doctrinal details for the Fours are given in that exchange.

Description

Within the Sconic Discipline (mathic philosophical discipline), post‑Reconstitution (post‑Sack reorganization) splintering led groups to abandon labels like "Sconics" and "Reformed Sconics" in favor of a numbering system. The Fours are one such numbered sect. The numbering is known to extend into the low twenties; the text remarks that the Fives are well‑established. The Fours are acknowledged by name but not characterized further in this context.

Relationships and affiliations

• Part of the wider Sconic lineage and practice within the mathic world.
• Mentioned in proximity to the ongoing Convox at Concent of Saunt Tredegarh, implying the sect is recognized among avout present there.

Current status

• Existence and name are affirmed; specific practices, doctrines, or leadership are not described. The speaker explicitly sets aside differences among the Fives, Fours, and Sixes as irrelevant to the immediate discussion.

Notes

• Terminology: "Fours" appears as a shorthand for the Fourth Sconic sect, but the text does not expound on its distinctive views.
• Additional information may emerge in later scenes; this entry preserves the limited scope now available while providing orientation within the Sconic numbering scheme.