Saunt Cartas

Saunt Cartas is referenced as the author of the Saeculum, regarded as a founding document for the mathic world. In that work, she emphasizes that the mathic order stands as a counterbalance to the Saecular world rather than accommodating it.

First appearance and context

Cartas is brought up by Fraa Orolo during a kitchen conversation about how changes after Sacks should be understood. Orolo advises studying “the Saeculum of Saunt Cartas,” preferably in the original Old Orth, noting that some Middle Orth translations omit or soften passages that make readers skittish.

Role and function

As a Saunt whose text is treated as foundational, Cartas is credited with articulating the purpose of the mathic world: not to mirror or yield to outside forces, but to act as a balancing counterpart to them. In this framing, the maths are not “reformed” by the Saecular Power so much as subject to changes that power may wreak upon them, while maintaining their own rationale and Discipline.

Relationships and references

• Referenced and explicated by Fraa Orolo, who encourages reading her work in the original language for clarity and emphasis.
• The name “Ma Cartas” is also used in speech to refer to her, underscoring her deep antiquity within avout memory.

Current status

Cartas is a historical figure known through her writings. Her Saeculum circulates in translations, but is recommended for study in Old Orth; it is treated as a cornerstone text that continues to inform discourse within the maths.