Discipline

First Appearance and Context

The Discipline is presented as the code that shapes possessions, attire, and daily conduct for avout (cloistered scholars) at the Concent of Saunt Edhar. It is associated with a minimal personal kit—bolt, chord, sphere (basic avout belongings)—and governs how actions are witnessed and recorded in the Chronicle (official record).

Concept and Description

The Discipline is the operative rule-set under which avout live within maths (monastic communities). In many communities it is embodied as the Cartasian Discipline. Codifications define permitted tools and media, set out how liaisons are declared and recorded, and mandate practical safety measures (for example, the prompt uprooting and burning of proscribed plants found intramuros (inside the walls), with the incident entered into the Chronicle). Entrance customarily entails taking the Vow (oath of adherence).

Variations and Gatekeeping

Speakers state that there are variations in the Discipline from one math to the next. At the gate of Orithena, a gatekeeper asserts that duty to the Discipline can override ordinary hospitality and that admission requires the Vow. Subsequent observations within Orithena indicate the site is a cloister of a Lineage (intellectual lineage) that predates Cartas and her Discipline; residents present themselves as avout when speaking to outsiders, but internally appear to waive certain formalities such as requiring the Vow. These points are recorded here as dialogue and observer inference, not as codified rules. In the same exchange, selling goods extramuros (outside the walls) and strolling in town while bolted are cited as contrary to the Discipline, underscoring local debates over observance. Guests visiting Orithena are housed in a separate lodge set apart from the cloister where they may keep jeejahs (handheld devices) and other Sæcular goods; they joined at least one communal dinner without the jeejahs, indicating local limits on where such items are brought.

Use in Current Discourse

During an extraordinary assembly for a Convox (extraordinary assembly) following a mass Voco (summons out of a math), avout discuss how to preserve the Discipline while traveling extramuros as a Peregrin (group travel outside). Accounts emphasize that: - A solo Evocation is treated as breaking or setting aside aspects of the Discipline, hence the Evoked does not return (as stated in avout explanations). Relatedly, a claim is made at a gate that one on whom the Anathem (ritual expulsion) has been rung down may never re-enter, and that one Evoked and despatched to Convox at Tredegarh may not present elsewhere; these are presented as assertions by speakers, not adjudicated rulings here. - By contrast, when many travel together under a Convox, they can “preserve the Discipline within the Peregrin group,” maintaining its spirit while outside the walls (as articulated by participants). - Practical accommodations are considered acceptable or unavoidable—such as riding with extramuros drivers or encountering signage and devices—while some still point out minor breaches. One articulated position holds that the directive to reach Saunt Tredegarh “by any means necessary” temporarily takes precedence over stricter observance. These points reflect avout interpretations rather than codified rule changes. - Speakers also invoke principles of the Reconstitution (post-crisis rebuilding principle) alongside the Discipline when judging proper conduct. In related discussions, some contrast devotion to the Hylaean Theoric World (ideal realm of forms) with loyalty to the Discipline—sometimes as a slur aimed at particular Orders—while others reject such characterizations; these are presented as opinions within dialogue, not established facts. - In the vicinity of Orithena, observers describe avout walking openly in the town while wearing bolt and chord, and avout posted at a roadside checkpoint selling souvenirs. These behaviors are described by the observer as violations of the Discipline, suggesting that practice and enforcement can vary by place or circumstance, even where relations with extras are friendly. - In a discussion about whether certain thinkers within a Lineage (intellectual lineage) “communicate,” one speaker asks if that would “violate the Discipline”; the reply frames their apparent coordination as convergent thought from observing the same phenomena, not clandestine messaging. This is presented as a speaker’s explanation, not a ruling.

Related Concepts and Affiliations

• Lived daily at the Concent of Saunt Edhar and commonly expressed in the Cartasian Discipline.
• Extraordinary rites shape how it is applied beyond math walls: Voco can remove an avout from ordinary observance, while a Convox organizes group travel as Peregrin aimed at preserving it in spirit.
• The Ita (technical stewards) are described by avout as understanding the Discipline well, and may travel alongside avout under such arrangements.

Current Status

Actively observed at Saunt Edhar. In traveling contexts, avout intend to uphold the Discipline’s spirit while extramuros, with minor departures treated as pragmatic accommodations. At Orithena specifically, residents aim to preserve mathic practice while organizing work outside formal jurisdiction; they invoke the Discipline outwardly but adjust procedures internally (as inferred).

Notes

Reflections from avout underscore that the Discipline governs conduct and dispositions but does not prescribe every response to intense personal events; one observer remarks that it offered no guidance for an overwhelming reunion, highlighting its nature as a code of life rather than an exhaustive emotional manual.