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The Grand Sanatorium is a large building south of the Tomb-Colony of [[Venderbight]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Nemesis_%E2%80%93_the_Flowstone_Forest|Ambition: Nemesis - the Flowstone Forest|Fallen London|}}</ref> It is under constant construction, it seems, and requires an extraordinary amount of imported marble. Whoever pays for these expenses is unknown, but they seem only fair, given that this is the place the most fragile colonists spend their last days.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_construction_of_the_%27Grand_Sanatoria%27|The construction of the 'Grand Sanatoria'|Fallen London|}}</ref>
The Grand Sanatorium is a large building south of the Tomb-Colony of [[Venderbight]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Nemesis_%E2%80%93_the_Flowstone_Forest|Ambition: Nemesis - the Flowstone Forest|Fallen London|}}</ref> It is under constant construction, it seems, and requires an extraordinary amount of imported marble. Whoever pays for these expenses is unknown, but they seem only fair, given that this is the place the most fragile colonists spend their last days.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_construction_of_the_%27Grand_Sanatoria%27|The construction of the 'Grand Sanatoria'|Fallen London|}}</ref>


Why it is so hard to find, then, or why the entrance is guarded by armed men and a Spider-Council, is anyone's guess.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Nemesis_%E2%80%93_the_Grand_Sanatorium|Ambition: Nemesis - The Grand Sanatorium|Fallen London|}}</ref>
Why it is so hard to find, then, or why the entrance is guarded by armed men and a Spider-Council, is anyone's guess.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Nemesis_%E2%80%93_the_Grand_Sanatorium|Ambition: Nemesis - The Grand Sanatorium|Fallen London|}}</ref>
 
== A Clinic for the Almost-Dead==
The building itself  is a massive construction of steel and marble, windowless and without any decorative features on the outside.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> It's layout is sprawling and confusing, making it easy to get lost in.<ref name=":4" /> It has several wings - the Immobiles Wings (of which there are at least seven)<ref name=":4" />; a minimum of four formidable wings, where they keep their especially skilled former fighters<ref name=":2" />, the screecher ward<ref name=":5" />, seventeen or more holding halls<ref name=":6">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Nemesis_%E2%80%93_the_Third_Interpretation|Ambition: Nemesis – the Third Interpretation|Fallen London|}}</ref> etc. One wing is estimated to hold around fifty patients.<ref name=":4" /> There aren't any amenities like sofas or potted plants to make the rooms feel homey - often, they are empty aside from the bed, and the patient confined to it.<ref name=":6" /> However, some pomp seems to be present in the form of marble ornaments.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Nemesis_%E2%80%93_the_Third_Interpretation|Ambition: Nemesis – the Third Interpretation|Fallen London|}} ''"The bullet goes wide and beheads a decorative marble swan."''</ref>
 
The senior medical staff is referred to as 'Permanent Surgeons'.<ref name=":1" /> The rest of the staff consists of wardens sourced from the Tomb-Colony: bandaged men and women as well as living ones whose scandals prohibit them from ever returning to London.<ref name=":7">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Nemesis_%E2%80%93_what_is_Carrywell_up_to%3F|Ambition: Nemesis – what is Carrywell up to?|Fallen London|}}</ref> The Tomb-Colonists are skilled fighters themselves and are equipped with rifles to protect the Sanatorium, its staff and its secrets.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Nemesis_%E2%80%93_confronting_Carrywell|Ambition: Nemesis – confronting Carrywell|Fallen London|}}</ref> They are supported by a chained-up Spider-Council, sourced from Mr Finch.<ref name=":3" />


==A Place of Horror==
==A Place of Horror==
Tomb-Colonists all across Venderbight fear having to go to the Sanatorium, and not because it means the end of their life. In fact, they would (and will) rather end their life themselves than be committed.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/An_illuminate_frenzy|An illuminate frenzy|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Venderbight|Explore Venderbight|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Even the First Curator is afraid of it.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_First_Curator|Give it your Eyeless Skull|Sunless Sea|}} ''""Thank you," the Curator whispers. "Perhaps you have saved me from the Sanatorium. [...]""''</ref>
Tomb-Colonists all across Venderbight fear having to go to the Sanatorium, and not because it means the end of their life. In fact, they would (and will) rather end their life themselves than be committed.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/An_illuminate_frenzy|An illuminate frenzy|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Venderbight|Explore Venderbight|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> Even the First Curator is afraid of it.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_First_Curator|Give it your Eyeless Skull|Sunless Sea|}} ''""Thank you," the Curator whispers. "Perhaps you have saved me from the Sanatorium. [...]""''</ref>


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The Sanatorium is "something between an insane asylum and a crypt"<ref name=":1">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Nemesis_%E2%80%93_exploring_the_Grand_Sanatorium|Ambition: Nemesis – exploring the Grand Sanatorium|Fallen London|}}</ref>. Its corridors are filled with the cries of its patients, many of them confined to their beds by force.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_matter_of_dictation|Ambition: Nemesis – the First Interpretation|Fallen London|}} ''"There must be a hundred inmates here, bandages wrapped tightly around arms and legs. Most are still, as you'd expect, but a few thrash fruitlessly against their confinement."''</ref> 'Nurses' are equipped with mallets to pummel any resisting patient into submission.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Nemesis_%E2%80%93_the_Second_Interpretation|Ambition: Nemesis – the Second Interpretation|Fallen London|}} ''"Behind you, the steel door slides shut noiselessly. All you have is a wooden mallet and steel bell issued by the guards. [...] You pummel her back into her bed [...]"''</ref> Some of the inmates are indeed too far gone, their body slowly giving in to injuries while it refuses to die.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Nemesis_%E2%80%93_the_First_Interpretation|Ambition: Nemesis – the First Interpretation|Fallen London|}} ''"Whoever she was, there's not much left of her now."''</ref> Others, however, are in good physical and mental condition, sent here as a way to get rid of them permanently.<ref name=":2">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Nemesis_%E2%80%93_the_Second_Interpretation|Ambition: Nemesis – the Second Interpretation|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Nemesis_%E2%80%93_confronting_Carrywell|Ambition: Nemesis – confronting Carrywell|Fallen London|}} ''"I'll have you shot and admitted to the most secure of the screecher wards."''</ref>
 
As it turns out, one of the senior staff members, [[Doctor Carrywell]], conducts an intelligence-gathering operation here.<ref name=":7" /> She extracts sensitive information from her patients on their deathbed. Some volunteer this information to anyone who is willing to listen.<ref name=":4">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ambition:_Nemesis_%E2%80%93_the_First_Interpretation|Ambition: Nemesis – the First Interpretation|Fallen London|}}</ref> Others, however, have to be forced to.<ref name=":2" /><references />

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It will be a splendid building once completed: more like a palace of marble than any sanatorium I have seen... My understanding is that the colonists whose decay is too advanced to permit speech or movement – but who still "live" – are to be relocated within (I had almost written "interred"). Some mysteries remain, however...[1]

The Grand Sanatorium is a large building south of the Tomb-Colony of Venderbight.[2] It is under constant construction, it seems, and requires an extraordinary amount of imported marble. Whoever pays for these expenses is unknown, but they seem only fair, given that this is the place the most fragile colonists spend their last days.[3]

Why it is so hard to find, then, or why the entrance is guarded by armed men and a Spider-Council, is anyone's guess.[2][4]

A Clinic for the Almost-Dead

The building itself is a massive construction of steel and marble, windowless and without any decorative features on the outside.[2][4] It's layout is sprawling and confusing, making it easy to get lost in.[5] It has several wings - the Immobiles Wings (of which there are at least seven)[5]; a minimum of four formidable wings, where they keep their especially skilled former fighters[6], the screecher ward[7], seventeen or more holding halls[8] etc. One wing is estimated to hold around fifty patients.[5] There aren't any amenities like sofas or potted plants to make the rooms feel homey - often, they are empty aside from the bed, and the patient confined to it.[8] However, some pomp seems to be present in the form of marble ornaments.[9]

The senior medical staff is referred to as 'Permanent Surgeons'.[10] The rest of the staff consists of wardens sourced from the Tomb-Colony: bandaged men and women as well as living ones whose scandals prohibit them from ever returning to London.[11] The Tomb-Colonists are skilled fighters themselves and are equipped with rifles to protect the Sanatorium, its staff and its secrets.[10][12] They are supported by a chained-up Spider-Council, sourced from Mr Finch.[4]

A Place of Horror

Tomb-Colonists all across Venderbight fear having to go to the Sanatorium, and not because it means the end of their life. In fact, they would (and will) rather end their life themselves than be committed.[13][14] Even the First Curator is afraid of it.[15]

The Sanatorium is "something between an insane asylum and a crypt"[10]. Its corridors are filled with the cries of its patients, many of them confined to their beds by force.[10][16] 'Nurses' are equipped with mallets to pummel any resisting patient into submission.[17] Some of the inmates are indeed too far gone, their body slowly giving in to injuries while it refuses to die.[18] Others, however, are in good physical and mental condition, sent here as a way to get rid of them permanently.[6][7]

As it turns out, one of the senior staff members, Doctor Carrywell, conducts an intelligence-gathering operation here.[11] She extracts sensitive information from her patients on their deathbed. Some volunteer this information to anyone who is willing to listen.[5] Others, however, have to be forced to.[6]

  1. ↑ The construction of the 'Grand Sanatoria', Fallen London
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ambition: Nemesis - the Flowstone Forest, Fallen London
  3. ↑ The construction of the 'Grand Sanatoria', Fallen London
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ambition: Nemesis - The Grand Sanatorium, Fallen London
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Ambition: Nemesis – the First Interpretation, Fallen London
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Ambition: Nemesis – the Second Interpretation, Fallen London
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ambition: Nemesis – confronting Carrywell, Fallen London "I'll have you shot and admitted to the most secure of the screecher wards."
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ambition: Nemesis – the Third Interpretation, Fallen London
  9. ↑ Ambition: Nemesis – the Third Interpretation, Fallen London "The bullet goes wide and beheads a decorative marble swan."
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Ambition: Nemesis – exploring the Grand Sanatorium, Fallen London
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Ambition: Nemesis – what is Carrywell up to?, Fallen London
  12. ↑ Ambition: Nemesis – confronting Carrywell, Fallen London
  13. ↑ An illuminate frenzy, Fallen London
  14. ↑ Explore Venderbight, Sunless Sea
  15. ↑ Give it your Eyeless Skull, Sunless Sea ""Thank you," the Curator whispers. "Perhaps you have saved me from the Sanatorium. [...]""
  16. ↑ Ambition: Nemesis – the First Interpretation, Fallen London "There must be a hundred inmates here, bandages wrapped tightly around arms and legs. Most are still, as you'd expect, but a few thrash fruitlessly against their confinement."
  17. ↑ Ambition: Nemesis – the Second Interpretation, Fallen London "Behind you, the steel door slides shut noiselessly. All you have is a wooden mallet and steel bell issued by the guards. [...] You pummel her back into her bed [...]"
  18. ↑ Ambition: Nemesis – the First Interpretation, Fallen London "Whoever she was, there's not much left of her now."
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