Tulia

Overview

Tulia is a young Tenner (ten-year cycle) suur (honorific) at the Concent of Saunt Edhar (monastic community), noted for pragmatic focus and quiet steadiness. She often balances practical duties with discreet study alongside close peers.

Appearance and Traits

Erasmas recalls that Tulia can talk sense into a distressed person "effortlessly," reinforcing her reputation for calm, reassuring presence and steady practical judgment. At Tredegarh she is physically quick and energetic (she outruns Erasmas to an urgent appointment), keeps humor under pressure, and—by Erasmas’s reading—meets Orolo’s death with pride in his action and relief at Erasmas’s survival.

Roles and Actions

• Bell and observing work: Assists with bell responsibilities and helped set up a safe pinhole projection to log brief blue "sparks" near the sun for later review.
• Study and coordination: Works smoothly within small circles to compare notes and keep tasks moving; when needed, offers clear, succinct guidance to peers.
• Background research and context-sharing: Months earlier at Saunt Edhar, she looked into the background of "Madame Secretary" Ignetha Foral, reporting her moneyed Burger family ties to the mathic world and that she had been deposed from a Sæcular post by the Warden of Heaven.
• Guide and counsel at Tredegarh: Personally fetches Erasmas to Inbrase (Convox induction rite) and, before a Plenary (all-hands assembly), cautions him not to play politics and to be straightforward.
• Orientation help: On the way to the ceremony, she directs him to the correct entrance and cohort and urges haste so the larger assembly is not delayed.
• Ground support over the Reticulum: During the orbital operation associated with the Convox, Tulia speaks to Erasmas from a support cell, providing step‑by‑step tasking, route mapping through a tangled payload cluster, checklist walk‑throughs (including unstrapping from a monyafeek), and on‑the‑spot reminders. She monitors his biometrics and shares a live 3‑D layout to reduce interference among teammates. She identifies herself as working from an equipment shed on a farm roughly a thousand miles southwest of Concent of Saunt Tredegarh, coordinating over the Reticulum.

Relationships

• Suur Ala: Long-standing partner and confidante in chores, bell work, and inquiry. Tulia credits Suur Ala with significant behind‑the‑scenes coordination during the Convox period.
• Fraa Erasmas: A trusted peer who joined her for the pinhole observation and subsequent discussion. At Tredegarh she seeks him out, urges him to move, and escorts him across the grounds to the ceremony, offering candid advice. Later, as part of ground support, she provides real‑time guidance and checks on his well‑being over the Reticulum. See Fraa Erasmas.

Recent Activity

• Mass Evocation (official summoning): During the Six-Fold Voco (mass calling), Tulia is among those called to go extramuros (outside the walls) and converge on a designated assembly.
• Convox presence: At the Concent of Saunt Tredegarh under the Convox (joint assembly), she notes that Inbrase is being held weekly for many new arrivals from several maths and helps keep her cohort on time.
• Support cell liaison: While one cell operates in orbit, Tulia works within a ground support cell linked over the Reticulum, relaying routes, checklists, and health prompts to keep tasks flowing and to minimize conflicts among simultaneous assignments.
• Parting/concern: When Erasmas left Saunt Edhar earlier, he recalls seeing Tulia look shocked; he interprets this as concern for Ala.
• Conflicting reports and contact loss: While supporting from the ground, she pinged the orbiting team to settle an argument by asking for a current head count; support cells were receiving contradictory reports about casualties over the Reticulum, and shortly afterward contact with the team ceased.

Current Status

Actively supporting operations connected to the Convox as a ground liaison over the Reticulum, speaking from a support location southwest of Concent of Saunt Tredegarh.