The Black Monastery was a convention of Sabbat vampires 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. The location served as the temporary headquarters for the nascent Sabbat sect at the time.[1]
Development of the Paths[]
Several major Paths of Enlightenment were either initially founded at the Black Monastery or greatly refined there. Developers and their Paths include:
- 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[2]
- Julian Sanders (Brujah antitribu) - Developing a path that will not go anywhere
- 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) - Refined the Path of Power and the Inner Voice, already developed by Lord Marcus in 1530 CE
References[]
- ↑ VTM: Giovanni Chronicles II: Blood & Fire, p. 41
- ↑ Haakon Mortensen's work is closer to the Path of the Feral Heart, which would be introduced later in Chaining the Beast
- VTM: Giovanni Chronicles II: Blood & Fire, p. 41-67