St. Sarnax monastery

St. Sarnax

(Location)

Locale

Escadar, Isle of Erran, Starstone Isles

Residents

Three Knights of the Aeon Star

Affiliation

Knights of the Aeon Star
Aroden

Source: A Song of Silver, pg(s). 71 (1E)
Absalom, City of Lost Omens, pg(s). 265 (2E)

St. Sarnax monastery was once a training academy and esoteric library located in the town of Escadar on Absalom's Isle of Erran. It is maintained by the remaining Knights of the Aeon Star, an ancient order of sword-mages whose members were Aroden's companions in the days before his ascension. The structure is named after St. Sarnax, a saint of the Arodenite church.

History

St. Sarnax monastery was founded by the Knights of the Aeon Star in ancient times. For a long time it was the only place on the Isle of Erran that the clergy of Aroden were allowed the visit, as the rest of the island to the north was reserved for the god's personal use. This tradition continued even for centuries after Aroden had left the Inner Sea region. Scholars came there to visit the monastery's collection of Azlanti manuscripts so rare they were not even to be found in Absalom's Forae Logos.

As of 4720 AR, only three elderly knights remain in the monastery to maintain it and its holdings, although its marble walls still shine as brightly as they did in Aroden's day.