Terrible Events

First appearance and context

Terrible Events are referenced in avout accounts of institutional memory as past history connected with the revival of the Hylaean Anathem. An entry in an in‑world dictionary states that a late metatheorician is assumed to have been liquidated during this period.

Role and function

Within mathic history, the term marks a period of severe upheaval that serves as a dividing line between earlier eras such as the Praxic Age and the re‑established practices that followed the Reconstitution. Its most concrete effect noted so far is liturgical: after this period, the Hylaean Anathem was revived in a clock‑centered form enacted within the Mynster.

Relationships and references

  • Proc: Cited in a Dictionary entry as a figure assumed to have been liquidated during the Terrible Events; later venerated as a patron Saunt of the Syntactic Faculty.
  • Reconstitution: Named alongside the Terrible Events as part of the historical pivot leading to the revived aut.
  • Praxic Age: Provides the temporal context for figures associated with this period.

Current status

The Terrible Events are treated as past history and a reference point in liturgical and institutional memory. Specific causes, dates, or a complete account have not been provided so far.

Summary:

A named period of upheaval referenced by the mathic community. It is cited as preceding the Reconstitution and as the turning point after which the Hylaean Anathem was revived in a new, clock-centered form; it is also associated with the presumed liquidation of figures such as Proc.

Known as:
The Terrible Events