Black Monastery

The Black Monastery was a convention of Sabbat vampires (and one Follower of Set) in 1666 CE where many of the Sabbat Paths of Enlightenment were developed into their modern forms.

The Monastery
The physical monastery where the convention took place was located in Basel, Switzerland on the Swiss border with both France and Germany. It was a former Augustine monastery similar to the Hospice of St. Bernard.

Development of the Paths
Several major Paths of Enlightenment where either initially founded at the Black Monastery or greatly refined. Developers and their paths enclude:


 * Lady Meridie de Chancie (Brujah antitribu). Path of Harmony.


 * Master Frazier (Ventrue antitribu). Path of Honorable Accord.


 * Lord Mendel (Tremere antitribu). 


 * Lady Vadislava (Tzimisce). Path of Death and the Soul.


 * Haakon Mortensen (Country Gangrel). Path of Harmony (though his work is closer to Path of the Feral Heart which would be published in later editions).


 * Julian Sanders (Brujah antitribu). Developing a path that won’t go anywhere.


 * Mateusz Grybowsky (Nosferatu antitribu). Path of Caine.


 * Lady Melisande (Toreador antitribu). Worked on both the Path of Death and the Soul and the Path of Cathari.


 * Lord Theron (Malkavian antitribu).


 * Lady Veradis (Assamite antitribu). Path of Caine.


 * Lord Alexandre (Lasombra). Refining the Path of Power and the Inner Voice, already developed by Lord Marcus in 1530 CE.


 * Lady Intisar (Followers of Set). Path of Evil Revelations.