Counter-Bazian Ark

First Appearance and Context

The label “counter‑Bazian ark” appears when a slender, whiskerless extra named Ganelial Crade arrives with a fetch and volunteers to help transport Evoked avout. He is described as being from a counter‑Bazian ark—its specific affiliation is left unstated—and joins a mixed caravan of vehicles heading toward the Concent of Saunt Tredegarh, which is acting as a Convox. The wording indicates a group that defines itself in contrast to the Bazian Church.

Role and Structure

• Presented as an “ark,” i.e., a worship community organized extramuros (cf. Deolaters for common usage of “arks”).
• The qualifier “counter‑Bazian” signals an oppositional stance toward Bazian identity, but no doctrine, hierarchy, or liturgy is described. Any organizational details beyond the presence of a driver and a vehicle are not given.

Activities and Influence

• Practical involvement: a member contributed a fetch and attempted to take point in leading a route toward Bly’s Butte. The avout chose to navigate independently while keeping this ark’s vehicle in the convoy.
• Travel context: religious arks in general helped find vehicles and drivers for Evoked avout traveling toward the Convox at Tredegarh. This specific ark’s role was limited to transport assistance in the observed account.

Relationships and Affiliations

• Defined explicitly in relation to the Bazian Church by the “counter‑Bazian” descriptor.
• Possible overlap with the Warden of Heaven current is mentioned as a local uncertainty at the time (“whether Warden of Heaven or not”), and should be treated as conjecture unless clarified by later accounts.
• Part of a wider landscape of extramuros arks (see Deolaters for background on the term “ark”).

Current Status

Active extramuros. In present accounts, at least one such counter‑Bazian ark is represented by a driver who joins a caravan of vehicles assisting Evoked avout on their way toward Tredegarh and on an attempted detour to Bly’s Butte. Specific doctrines or formal ties remain unspecified in the text.