Editing Abbey of the Abyss (section)

== Saint Alice's Academy for the Mentally Distressed ==

Saint Alice's Home for the Mentally Distressed is a rebuilt Abbey of the Abyss with countless magical wards and places that focus the energies of Xoriat ''outwards''.  It seems to be a combination of prison as well as a hospital.  The location is one of the few actual sanitariums in the whole of Khorvaire and a place where prisoners are treated with dignity as opposed to derision.


Saint Alices' Sanitarium is meant as a way of attempting to weaken the constant presence of evil that the Abbey brought to Shadowfast.  Cassius hopes by making a place of healing and safety that the energies of Xoriat can be weakened over the place.  Many have questioned whether he's putting the prisoners at risk for this plan.


'''Basement''':  A place sealed off from the rest of the Sanitarium by a series of magical wards and blessings.  The basement is where the geomancy of the building has focused all the energies of Xoriat and imprisoned them.  It is here that the constantly twisting and churning madness of the previous Abbey still continues to exist.  Ben has argued that they're just containing the problem but, arguably, this is the best place for keeping the Daelkyr imprisoned under Shadowfast in a state of continuous imprisonment.


'''Cells''':  The Cells that were formerly for the monks are now filled with locations for the housing of the inmates.  Most of them are covered in special magical alarms and are fairly spartan with reinforced transparent iron doors (use of ''Continual Invisibility'' spells on the doors).  The majority of the patients here are actually Mourners attempting to cope with the loss of their homeland.


'''Maximum Security''': A level devoted to housing Zorlan D'Cannith, Hassen, Razorvine, and other super-criminals that the Watchmen capture but no nation really wants to attempt to execute or send to overcrowded Dreadhold.  The elaborate measures used to house these individuals are rather spectacular really.


'''Staff''':  Doctor Hans Ilhousen (LG M H Expert 10) is the chief Physician on staff at the Saint Alice's Sanitarium.  A progressive and noble Karrnath Doctor, he's pretty much the moral opposite of the majority of his countrymen in that he's a pacifist and a humanitarian.  Bizarrely, Doctor Ilhousen is an atheist but tolerates the presence of the various religions present.  Doctor Rene Turk (LE M H Expert 7) is a traditional sanitarium Doctor of Khorvaire and one of Maya's former physicians.  Hired by Cassius primarilly because he's brilliant at devising traps and countermeasures for escapes, Turk believes Ilhousen is cracked and the best method for treating the insane is conditioning.  Mostly, Turk believes its their duty to keep the crazy people from normal members of society.


'''Treatment Center''':  A location where Marie and other clergy use their magic to attempt to remove the insanity of those suffering from gross trauma and also attempt talk therapy for others.  Chemical experiments are also being conducted in order to help the innocent.  Due to Maya's past experiences, shock treatments are not available nor most of the other brutal methods still in use across Khorvaire.  Doctor Turk has his own secret room where he conducts more 'traditional' methods of treatment, especially when information is needed from captives.


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