Fraa Orolo

Fraa Orolo is an avout living within a Decenarian math. He is active in the New Library organizing and conducting structured interviews with artisans from extramuros admitted to address maintenance needs shortly before Apert. He asks Fraa Erasmas to serve as his amanuensis during these exchanges.

First appearance and context

Orolo leads conversations in the New Library, opening with pointed questions drawn from leaves of an old questionnaire. These visits occur as the community prepares for imminent observances, and attention is drawn to the great clock as it chimes Provener. He notes that it is anno 3689 of the Reconstitution with Apert imminent.

Approach and views

Living under the Cartasian Discipline, Orolo emphasizes that the community’s media are limited to chalk, ink, and stone, and that simply aiming a device at the world does not capture what is meaningful; he prefers a person to gather experience with all senses and “make it over into words.” He jokingly claims to suffer from “attention surplus disorder.”

He employs a centuries‑old questionnaire (an eight‑hundred‑year‑old copy of an eleven‑hundred‑year‑old original) to probe how practices extramuros have changed. He introduces and discusses “Causal Domain Shear,” a thought about slight time slippage between loosely linked causal domains, using it to motivate careful, long‑baseline checks for change. In a related vein, he invokes a story about a “wandering ten‑thousand‑year math” as a teaching device, without presenting it as literal history.

Activities and roles

• Conducts structured inquiries into extramuros beliefs and practices, closely observing visitors and recording terminology.
• Revisits the questionnaire with Artisan Quin, comparing Kinagrams to Logotype, puncturing claims with an ancient Orth word he glosses as “bulshytt,” and rapidly canvassing judicial practices to understand how crimes are named and judged.
• When conversation strays toward information conveyed by the Ita, he halts it and reminds the visitor that such disclosures are prohibited under Discipline.
• Responds to mention of the “Warden of Heaven” by stating that claims of mathic origin are fraudulent, classifying such figures as either Throwbacks turned Mystagogues or Bottle Shakers, and warning that the former can be dangerous.
• Accounts from outside suggest a visitor (Artisan Flec) was told a high‑spec speelycaptor would not be allowed; other accounts emphasize strict conditions and oversight for any such recording. Orolo keeps the focus on meaning rather than device minutiae.
• States he has lived in the math for nearly thirty years; he observes that Unarians and Decenarians will celebrate Apert imminently and says he hopes, if found worthy, to be on the inside when the Centenarian Gate closes. He expects to be summoned to the upper labyrinth to answer questions from Hundreders in preparation for their own observances.

Relationships and affiliations

• Works closely with Fraa Erasmas, whom he invites to take notes as amanuensis. Erasmas entered the math ten years prior, while Orolo has nearly three decades inside the walls.
• Engages artisans such as Quin (and earlier, Flec) as interview subjects, switching between Fluccish and Orth for clarity. He is respectful of institutional boundaries, particularly concerning the Ita.

Traits and language

Methodical, probing, and precise in speech; he sometimes prefaces what he is about to say and uses theatrical gestures to make points. He favors dry humor, including references to the avout’s bolt, chord, and sphere, and he is comfortable switching languages to communicate clearly. He shows limited interest in the technical minutiae of extramuros device formats, focusing instead on comprehension and meaning.

Current status

Active within the New Library of a Decenarian math, mindful of Discipline rules and coordinating visitor access under supervision as Apert approaches.