Cartasian Discipline

First Appearance and Context

The Cartasian Discipline is cited by Avout as the reason for core practices inside the walls and appears in an in-world definition that describes avout as those who have sworn to submit to it. It is invoked in day-to-day interactions and during public observances such as the winding hour called Provener, when visitor access and conduct are managed under its rules.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Media austerity: avout summarize their permitted media as "chalk, ink, and stone," preferring firsthand observation rendered into words over mechanical capture.
• Recording and device limits: use of a Speelycaptor to make a speelie of Provener was curtailed; visitors’ jeejah communications are disabled inside the walls.
• Practical coordination: the Ita place visitors and communicate what is permitted in keeping with the Discipline.
• Oversight and enforcement: breaches or near-breaches are said to be reported to the Warden Regulant, who can impose penance.

Relationships

• Avout: members of the community are defined as those who have sworn to live under the Discipline; it shapes their tools, habits, and interactions with the outside.
• Ita and hierarchs: the Discipline’s practical application is carried out by the Ita with oversight from hierarchs such as the Warden Regulant.

Descriptions/Characteristics

A formal code consisting of many rules that govern life within a math. It sets boundaries on what artifacts may be brought into or operated within the walls and codifies a preference for words and diagrams over mechanical recording. Its provisions are frequently explained to visitors when access is granted for specific observances like Provener.

Current Status/Location

Actively observed within the concent described so far. It guides daily practice and the handling of visitors and devices, and it remains the rule-set under which avout live.