A video conference featuring a number of Sanctuary house heads
The Sanctuary Network is a network of safe havens for abnormals. While some abnormals come to the Sanctuary of their own free will, seeing it as their home, other abnormals are considered too dangerous to be allowed to run free in the wild. It was founded by Gregory and Helen Magnus in order to protect abnormals and humans from each other.
A number of local branches, including Tokyo, New Delhi, Beijing, Moscow, as well as the headquarters in Old City, were attacked by the transformed Ashley Magnus and her fellow enhanced Superabnormals on orders from the Cabal.[1]
Organization
The Sanctuary Network is governed by the council of the House Heads, with founder and Old City Sanctuary house head Helen Magnus as a kind of first among equals, officially referred to as "head of the global network".[2] Important and immediate decisions are made by the Executive Committee.[3]
Sanctuaries
- Old City Sanctuary – The main Sanctuary in Old City, headed by Helen Magnus herself. (Self-Destroyed by Helen Magnus[4])
- Underground Sanctuary - The most modern Sanctuary ever built, headed by Helen Magnus herself.
- Asunción Sanctuary – The branch in Asunción, Paraguay
- Beijing Sanctuary – The branch in Beijing, China
- Berlin Sanctuary – The branch in Berlin, Germany
- Cairo Sanctuary – The branch in Cairo, Egypt
- Cape Town Sanctuary – The branch in South Africa. (Closed by Helen Magnus)
- Dallas Sanctuary – The branch in Texas. (Closed by Helen Magnus)
- Grozny Sanctuary – The branch in Grozny, Chechan Republic, Russia
- Lagos Sanctuary – The branch in Lagos, Nigeria
- Monrovia Sanctuary - the branch in Monrovia, Liberia
- Moscow Sanctuary – The branch in Moscow, Russia
- Mumbai Sanctuary – The branch in Mumbai, India
- New Delhi Sanctuary – The branch in New Delhi, India[5]
- New York Sanctuary – The branch in New York City
- Rio de Janeiro Sanctuary – The branch in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Sydney Sanctuary – The branch in Sydney, Australia mentioned to have an abnormal affected by Big Bertha
- Brisbane Sanctuary – The branch in Brisbane, Australia (Closed by Helen Magnus)
- Tokyo Sanctuary – The branch in Tokyo, Japan (Closed by Helen Magnus)
- UK Sanctuary – The branch in London in the United Kingdom
- (unspecified) – The branch in Norway
A total of 12 Sanctuaries have been closed by Magnus. Of which, Cape Town, Dallas, Brisbane, and Tokyo Sanctuaries were specifically named as having been the latest to close.[4]
Defense Forces
Though little of it has been seen, the Sanctuary network keeps their own paramilitary defense force, mostly made of humans but also consisting of abnormals. These soldiers guard the Sanctuarys in event of invasion, and have even been shown to be pulled together using militaristic tactics to coordinate assaults. While the number of soldiers have not been mentioned, they are quite well equipped with automatic weapons, state of the art technology and even a small fleet of warships.
