Saunt Tancred

First appearance and context

Saunt Tancred is referenced when avout study a photo-mnemonic tablet bearing an image of Saunt Tancred's Nebula in a cosmography exercise under Fraa Orolo. The same tablet is later noted sitting in a workroom up in the Starhenge, implying the assignment remains ongoing; no direct biographical details about Tancred are provided in these mentions.

Role and function

"Saunt" is an honorific used for venerated thinkers in the mathic world; see Saunt for context. The text does not specify Tancred’s discipline or era. Beyond the nebula’s eponym, nothing further is established yet.

Relationships and references

Tancred’s name appears only via the nebula image used in teaching within Orolo’s orbit. The exercise has been contrasted as “not a New Circle kind of” task, situating the reference alongside discussions of the New Circle without giving Tancred any stated affiliation.

Current status

Unknown. Tancred is cited only by name via the nebula; no life details, deeds, or timeframe have been given.