Gatehouse Asylum
From The Hub
| Gatehouse Asylum | |
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| Location: | Hive Ward |
| Ownership: | Bleak Cabal |
| Purpose: | Bleak Cabal HQ, Almshouse, Asylum |
The Gatehouse Asylum, or simply 'the Gatehouse', is the home of the Bleak Cabal in Sigil, where they run a functioning asylum for the insane and criminally insane. The building likely gets its name from the gigantic metal gates framing the entrance of the equally massive courtyard. The Asylum is effectively run by Captain Morgan as the Bleaker Factol Lhar Shadowskin has disappeared. The front courtyard was likely the long time hiding place of the Sorrow Stone until it was taken during the Asylum Break.
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Description
The Gatehouse, so close to the Slags that the Bleakers can smell the rot, looks like an arched tower that’s sprouted bat wings. Some swear they’ve seen the wings flap, but maybe that’s just the rotgut talking. The sods wandering around outside are mostly madmen and addle-coves, dead from the neck up. Some are victims of the Mazes, which, chant has it, grow like weeds in the vicinity of the Gatehouse. Others have severed their ties with the real world, having accepted the Bleakers’ creed that all there is is the madness that comes with inner self-understanding, that nothing makes sense nor is it supposed to - and now roam the streets spewing Bleaker babble. There’s a hospital wing inside, and surprisingly it’s open to any and all comers. The Madmen don’t care what faction a berk names: If a berk needs help they’re ready to give it, with a minimum of harassment. Likewise, a berk should think twice before patronizing the Gatehouse street peddlers; their flimsy daggers are about as durable as toothpicks, and the cheap booze ain’t good for much aside from removing rust.
The Gates
The Gatehouse has hundreds of rooms with complex mechanical gateway that are often used for cells. As such, the Bleak Cabal employ a specially trained staff to oversee their operation and maintenance.
Gatehouse Towers
The Courtyard
The Criminally Insane Wing
The Gatehouse Gardens
This private garden was actually a private burial ground for former, prominent Bleakers. It is also one of the few places where the blossoms of Razorvine and Aoskar's Folly have grown.
The Gatehouse Graveyard
The Catacombs
The Night Market
The main location of black market trade in Sigil. This trade takes place openly in the Hive Ward, just outside of the Asylum. A Cutter wanting quality merchandise at reasonable prices from honest dealers - make that reasonably honest dealers - should go to the Market Ward. If a cutter wants to buy spider venom, hire a burglar, or sell a stolen necklace, though, then the Night Market’s the place to be.
Three tips:
- Don’t ask for names.
- Don’t ask for guarantees.
- Don’t ask for change.
Notable Inmates
- Emma Oakwright
- Eliath
- Malazar the Desecrated
- Sougad Lawshredder
- The Hound
- The Oldest Barmy
- Trolan 'the Mad'
Events
- Raid on the Archives -
- The Silverweed Project -
- The Asylum Break -
- The TimeReaver Ritual -
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