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The Old City Sanctuary.

The Old City Sanctuary was the headquarters of the Sanctuary Network located in Old City on Grayson Street.[1] The facility was run by Dr. Helen Magnus herself; being its primary head of house.

It was a huge complex built in a neogothic architectural style. It housed a number of comfortable guest rooms as well as individual cells for the more dangerous of its inhabitants.[1]

History[]

Helen Magnus founded the Old City Sanctuary at some point in time during the span of thirty-nine years between her ill-fated voyage to America aboard the Titanic in April 1912 [2] and when Bigfoot was shot in 1951.[3] She created it to serve as her new home and main base of operations for the Network while James Watson was left in charge of the original Sanctuary back in London.[4]

For the next several decades, the Old City Sanctuary housed many abnormal inhabitants and staffers, and served as a refuge from the dangers of Old City and the rest of hostile world.

Destruction[]

Old City Falls

The end of the Old City Sanctuary.

In early 2012 the Old City Sanctuary was invaded by group members of the abnormal insurgency, led by Caleb. Helen Magnus was able to defeat them, but also triggered the self-destruction of the facility in order to go into hiding at the new Underground Sanctuary. The Old City facility was completely destroyed by a number of huge explosions. Its fiery end could be observed even from skyscrapers on the other side of the river in New City.[5]

During her preparation just prior to the destruction of the building, Helen Magnus had removed all of the Old City Sanctuary's data from its computer systems, likely moving it all to the Network's secure off-site cloud that was mentioned in Episode 4x09 - "Chimera".

The auto-destruct program was located on the computer system under: *\PORT1\DRIVE3\SYSTEM\SECURITY*\PLANS\A1.HTF4

Web Series[]

Part One[]

Web series Part One
Episode 0x01 - "Webisode 1"
The exterior of the Old City Sanctuary is shown at the very end of the webisode.
  • Locations: N/A.
  • Staff: N/A.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: N/A.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: Eleanor (visited by Helen Magnus at the hospital's morgue).
Episode 0x02 - "Webisode 2"
Episode 0x03 - "Webisode 3"
Episode 0x04 - "Webisode 4"

Part Two[]

Web series Part Two
Episode 0x05 - "Webisode 5"
Episode 0x06 - "Webisode 6"
Episode 0x07 - "Webisode 7"
Episode 0x08 - "Webisode 8"
  • Locations: to be added
  • Staff: Helen Magnus.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: The Morrígan.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.

Season 1[]

Season 1
Episode 1x01 - "Sanctuary for All, Part I"
Episode 1x02 - "Sanctuary for All, Part II"
Episode 1x03 - "Fata Morgana"
Invaded by Keepers of the dead in early 2008.
Episode 1x04 - "Folding Man"
Episode 1x05 - "Kush"
Episode 1x06 - "Nubbins"
Episode 1x07 - "The Five"
Episode 1x08 - "Edward"
Episode 1x09 - "Requiem"
Henry Foss in his array is seen on screen in a video call while Helen Magnus and Will Zimmerman are in the Nautilus.
Episode 1x10 - "Warriors"
Episode 1x11 - "Instinct"
  • Locations: to be added
  • Staff: Helen Magnus.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: Amy Saunders.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 1x12 - "Revelations, Part I"
Episode 1x13 - "Revelations, Part II"

Season 2[]

Season 2
Episode 2x01 - "End of Nights, Part I"
Episode 2x02 - "End of Nights, Part II"
Last Sanctuary attacked by the Cabal in early 2009.
Episode 2x03 - "Eulogy"
Resulting from the Cabal attacks, twenty shipping container truck loads of several abnormal species were temporarily transferred from damaged Sanctuaries around the world to the Old City Sanctuary. This included abnormals from Beijing, London, Moscow, and Tokyo.
Episode 2x04 - "Hero"
Near the end of the episode, Helen Magnus, Will Zimmerman, Henry Foss, and Bigfoot depart the Old City Sanctuary to capture a loose coleantropus, temporarily leaving Kate Freelander the only staff member (who's currently undergoing an onboarding process) at the facility before returning. Offscreen Henry returns and attempts to feed the sorkel finding it not hungry. Magnus returns and encounters Kate in an upper level hallway and gives Kate a permanent bedroom. It is unknown if the captured coleanthropus was brought to this facility offscreen, albeit for temporarily holding if transferred to another Sanctuary for permanent oversight.
Episode 2x05 - "Pavor Nocturnus"
Episode 2x06 - "Fragments"
Episode 2x07 - "Veritas"
Episode 2x08 - "Next Tuesday"
  • Locations: to be added
  • Staff: Helen Magnus.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: N/A.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 2x09 - "Penance"
  • Locations: to be added
  • Staff: Helen Magnus.
  • Residents: Sally.
  • Guests / visitors: N/A.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 2x10 - "Sleepers"
Episode 2x11 - "Haunted"
The Old City Sanctuary is temporarily possessed by John Druitt's deadly energy creature in early 2010.
  • Locations: to be added
  • Staff: Helen Magnus.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: Many Zulu empaths, and John Druitt.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 2x12 - "Kali, Part I"
  • Locations: to be added
  • Staff: Helen Magnus.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: N/A.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 2x13 - "Kali, Part II"
  • Locations: to be added
  • Staff: Helen Magnus.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: N/A.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.

Season 3[]

First half[]

Season 3
Episode 3x01 - "Kali, Part III"
  • Locations: to be added
  • Staff: Helen Magnus.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: N/A.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 3x02 - "Firewall"
Episode 3x03 - "Bank Job"
Episode 3x04 - "Trail of Blood"
  • Locations: to be added
  • Staff: Helen Magnus.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: N/A.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 3x05 - "Hero II: Broken Arrow"
Episode 3x06 - "Animus"
Henry Foss, and Will Zimmerman were at the Old City Sanctuary before leaving for Oldham, England to investigate lycan sightings in the area. Helen Magnus is the only staff member currently at the facility as Bigfoot and Kate Freelander are across town taking out a red-list dealer.
Episode 3x07 - "Breach"
The Old City Sanctuary is absent from this episode.
  • Locations: N/A.
  • Staff: Henry Foss (presumably offscreen).
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: Nikola Tesla (presumably offscreen).
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 3x08 - "For King and Country"
Episode 3x09 - "Vigilante"
Episode 3x10 - "The Hollow Men"
Helen Magnus, Will Zimmerman, Henry Foss, and Kate Freelander are teleported away from the Old City Sanctuary by John Druitt to a gateway to access Hollow Earth. Druitt and Adam Worth teleport away to a waterfall in Hollow Earth; Druitt intentionally leaves Nikola Tesla behind at the Sanctuary.

Second half[]

Season 3.5
Episode 3x11 - "Pax Romana"
Helen Magnus mentions to Ranna that Adam Worth is currently a prisoner at her home Sanctuary.
  • Locations: N/A.
  • Staff: N/A.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: Nikola Tesla (presumably offscreen).
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 3x12 - "Hangover"
Episode 3x13 - "One Night"
Episode 3x14 - "Metamorphosis"
  • Locations: to be added
  • Staff: Helen Magnus.
  • Residents: Two Faced Guy.
  • Guests / visitors: N/A.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 3x15 - "Wingman"
Will Zimmerman and Henry Foss depart the Old City Sanctuary to transport a lepidoptera larvae before their double date with Abby Corrigan and Erika Myers (respectively) at Alfredo's; a fine Italian restaurant. Helen Magnus remains at the facility to tend to a diprotodon who's about to go into labor. It is presumed that the Mothman was brought back to the facility offscreen, considering that the species Lepidoptera hominin can only be transferred during early larval stages.
Episode 3x16 - "Awakening"
  • Locations: to be added
  • Staff: Helen Magnus.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: N/A.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 3x17 - "Normandy"
The Old City Sanctuary is absent from this episode.
  • Locations: N/A.
  • Staff: N/A.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: N/A.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 3x18 - "Carentan"
Helen Magnus, Will Zimmerman, and Kate Freelander leave the Sanctuary to travel to Carentan, France, leaving Bigfoot as the only staff member at the Sanctuary. Henry Foss is currently away at a sweat lodge.
Episode 3x19 - "Out of the Blue"
Mentioned by Will Zimmerman and Helen Magnus at the end of episode. Will asks why they weren't taken to the Sanctuary for treatment. Magnus says that they need to head home. Doctor Lim's name is seen typed on the label of Helen Druitt's medication prescription bottle.
  • Locations: N/A.
  • Staff: N/A.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: N/A.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 3x20 - "Into the Black"
  • Locations: to be added
  • Staff: Helen Magnus.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: Fallon.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.

Season 4[]

Season 4
Episode 4x01 - "Tempus"
The Old City Sanctuary is absent from this episode.
  • Locations: N/A.
  • Staff: N/A.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: N/A.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 4x02 - "Uprising"
  • Locations: to be added
  • Staff: Helen Magnus.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: Abby Corrigan.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 4x03 - "Untouchable"
Episode 4x04 - "Monsoon"
  • Locations: to be added
  • Staff: Helen Magnus.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: N/A.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 4x05 - "Resistance"
The Old City Sanctuary is absent from this episode.
  • Locations: N/A.
  • Staff: N/A.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: N/A.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 4x06 - "Homecoming"
Episode 4x08 - "Fugue"
Episode 4x09 - "Chimera"
  • Locations: to be added
  • Staff: Helen Magnus.
  • Residents: N/A.
  • Guests / visitors: Nikola Tesla.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 4x10 - "Acolyte"
  • Locations: to be added
  • Staff: Helen Magnus.
  • Residents: Wahid and Sally (mentioned).
  • Guests / visitors: N/A.
  • Associates: N/A.
  • Contacts: N/A.
Episode 4x11 - "The Depths"
Helen Magnus and Will Zimmerman depart the Old City Sanctuary, traveling to caverns underneath a desert high up in the Bolivian Andes. Henry Foss remains at the facility and films a video diary to his unborn child as he works on building his FOSSSS jacket.
Episode 4x12 - "Sanctuary for None, Part I"
Episode 4x13 - "Sanctuary for None, Part II"
The facility was invaded by Caleb and other Hollow Earth insurgents in early 2012. All in-house residents were evacuated offscreen at the very end of the episode prior to the self-destruction of the Old City Sanctuary.

Occupants[]

Staff[]

Residents[]

Associates[]

Contacts[]

Property layout[]

There are several featured areas in and around the Sanctuary property. The mass majority are located within one of two prominent sections of the facility. Please explore the following two listed article pages for more details about what areas each section contains.

Upper levels[]

For article page, see Upper level.

Lower levels[]

For article page, see Lower level.

Landmarks[]

"Navigational markers" Depending on which elevator or set of stairs characters use, it helps to orient the viewer on where the person is around the property.

Notes[]

  • Sanctuary by numbers: There are seven floors in the Old City Sanctuary.[13]
  • Continuity Error: In part of the general grounds of the Sanctuary, in Episode 1x08 - "Edward", Episode 2x03 - "Eulogy" and Episode 2x06 - "Fragments" a garden with tall hedges and trees is featured. However, from aerial shots of the Old City Sanctuary, this location does not exist on or anywhere near the property. Same goes for the external perimeter fence Henry Foss was working next to in Episode 1x03 - "Fata Morgana".
  • Trivia: The side entrance Ashley Magnus and Henry Foss use in Episode 1x02 - "Sanctuary for All, Part II" when they arrive in the van with an unconscious John Druitt is the exact same building loading area that was previously seen as part of the hospital as the emergency room entrance.
  • Location: The facility is located in: Old City, (Unspecified) <- British Columbia, Canada, North America.
  • Leadership: The primary head of house for the Old City Sanctuary is Helen Magnus. Will Zimmerman serves as a temporary head of house during the times that Helen Magnus is ill or away.
  • Speculation: Based on how fast and secretly all of the abnormals in the Old City Sanctuary had been evacuated in Episode 4x13 - "Sanctuary for None, Part II", especially out of the awareness of Nikola Tesla who himself had been present in the main lab before leaving to assist Henry Foss to return not long later finding ALL of the enclosures empty, it is highly likely that Ashley Magnus (who is indeed alive and living at the Underground Sanctuary) had teleported them out. Being that Ashley grew up at this location and had intimate knowledge of its infrastructure and inhabitants as of early 2009, it is very plausible.
    • Note: Helen Magnus's fate at the moment of explosion is carefully not seen by viewers, potentially indicating that Ashley Magnus had returned one final time to grab her mother within the remaining seconds before the self-destruct occurred.

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Episode 1x01 - "Sanctuary for All, Part I"
  2. Episode 2x08 - "Next Tuesday"
  3. Episode 3x04 - "Trail of Blood"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Episode 1x12 - "Revelations, Part I"
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Episode 4x13 - "Sanctuary for None, Part II"
  6. 6.0 6.1 Episode 1x03 - "Fata Morgana"
  7. 7.0 7.1 Episode 1x08 - "Edward"
  8. 8.0 8.1 Episode 2x03 - "Eulogy"
  9. Episode 2x06 - "Fragments"
  10. Episode 2x07 - "Veritas"
  11. 11.0 11.1 Episode 1x02 - "Sanctuary for All, Part II"
  12. 12.0 12.1 Episode 1x13 - "Revelations, Part II"
  13. https://web.archive.org/web/20090609172125/http://itv.com/Drama/cult/Sanctuary/Factsandfigures/default.html Sanctuary Stats and Facts - IVT.com
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