Emman Beldo

Not to be confused with Emman, an avout servitor at Tredegarh.

Emman Beldo is a Sæcular official present at the Concent of Saunt Tredegarh during the ongoing Convox. He serves as aide and driver to “Madame Secretary” Ignetha Foral, and engages directly with avout—especially Fraa Erasmas—to steer conversation toward practical responses to the Geometers.

First appearance and context

• After a widely attended Plenary in Tredegarh’s Unarian nave, Beldo introduces himself to Erasmas, identifies past study as a Unarian, and presses for attention to the visitors and how to respond. He presents as a literate, politically attuned Burger in formal dress.

Affiliations and relationships

• Sæcular service: Functions as an aide within the Sæcular apparatus and travels on Tredegarh business.
• Doyn and superior: Names “Madame Secretary” Ignetha Foral as his doyn; he also acts as her driver and courier between venues.
• Technical advisory role: Says he was pulled from a rocket agency to serve as Foral’s technical advisor, bridging between avout theorics and Sæcular decision‑makers.
• Convox presence: Moves between assemblies and working meals, maintaining contact with avout participants.
• Arbran delegation: Joins the Sæcular Power contingent aboard the Daban Urnud, working among Panjandrums and in proximity to Ignetha Foral and Magnath Foral.

Role in current events

• At a Plurality of Worlds messal hosted at Avrachon’s Dowment, Beldo arrives with Foral and uses the bell‑board to summon Erasmas to the kitchen for side discussions. He asks for a plain‑language account of Hemn Spaces (distinguishing it from “fourth‑dimension travel”) and follows the explanation closely, posing clarifying questions aimed at what non‑theors will accept.
• Briefing focus: Prepares to explain these ideas to hard‑headed superiors he calls “Panjandrums,” probing for examples and framings that make consequential sense outside the mathic world.
• Reconnaissance gambit: Confides that a silent reconnaissance “bird” in synchronous orbit was re‑tasked to pass near the Hedron, expecting the vessel to reorient its pusher plate and expose normally hidden structure to ground telescopes. At the appointed time, observers on the lawn note a brief flash where the craft should be; Beldo takes this as the visitors striking the satellite with a directed‑energy shot (another onlooker specifies an X‑ray laser). He reports that civil authorities have taken precautions and anticipates reviewing images if the maneuver yields any.
• Aftermath and political optics: Subsequently, high‑resolution phototypes of the ship circulate widely at Tredegarh. Beldo calls it good fortune that the gambit produced pictures and stresses the “political” value of visible results, noting that Sæculars view the Convox as costly and expect tangible outcomes.
• Ongoing dialogs: During later messals contrasting Hemn‑space accounts with Complex versus Simple Protism, he tracks the discussion but asks for clarifications (e.g., “What’s a light bubble?”) and listens while working alongside servitors.
• Note‑taking and connections: While reviewing phototypes he enters notes on a jeejah, remarks on personnel (e.g., identifying Paphlagon’s background at Edhar), and nearly invokes the Third Sack before checking himself.
• Security and preparedness: He asks after Erasmas’s friend Lio and, with wry skepticism, wonders what the Ringing Vale avout’s drills would do against the “World Burner,” before adding that he would want them on his side.
• Systems role in starship modeling: When the Convox shifts to building a detailed 3‑D model of the visitors’ ship, Beldo is pulled into a Laboratorium alongside the Ita. He is described as proficient with the Sæcular modeling system and focuses on getting it to run for others, rather than producing the modeling work himself.

Traits and presentation

• Direct, pragmatic, and comfortable bridging Sæcular and mathic settings.
• Praxic thinker who maps abstract theorics to concrete scenarios and focuses on actionable implications for policy.
• Politically attuned: frames outcomes in terms of deliverables and optics to “Panjandrums” (management) and values results that help justify the Convox to the Sæcular Power.
• Curious but not a theor: requests plain‑language translations (e.g., of light bubbles) and keeps up by taking notes on a jeejah.
• Technically fluent in Sæcular systems; acts as an operator/integrator who can stand up complex tooling for others.
• Counter‑surveillance and judgment: Later seen using a conversation‑jamming device and weighing last‑resort orders critically in light of the two‑Magisteria balance and the influence of the Antiswarm.

Developments aboard the Daban Urnud

• Delegation role: Travels with the Arbran delegation on the Daban Urnud for opening ceremonies in a residential Urnudan orb, conferring privately with Erasmas while moving among senior officials.
• Countermeasures and authority: Uses a conversation‑jamming device to defeat casual surveillance during sensitive exchanges. States that he would activate embedded Everything Killers only if ordered and only as a last resort in the event of imminent killing or hostage‑taking.
• Judgment and context: Acknowledges the rising influence of the Antiswarm and entertains the possibility that an ill‑informed Panjandrum might issue a mistaken order, in which case he considers refusing it.
• Equipment: Carries a precision‑milled jeejah of an uncommon make, similar to a unit issued to Fraa Jad before launch; also notes at least one other senior delegate with a matching device.
• Informal hand‑off: Later passes a second conversation jammer to Erasmas’s circle, remarking it had been taken from a Procian and was redundant.

Current status

Present with the Arbran delegation aboard the Daban Urnud, participating in opening ceremonies and acting under Sæcular authority with access to surveillance‑jamming gear and a potential last‑resort trigger role.