sanctum

affiliations

As rumored, Sanctum is owned by Umbra, a mysterious cult gang with ambiguous origins. They run the club from the shadows and use it to generate income for themselves to be able to get their hands on the latest technology and gear. While their gang members are always present on the premises, not enough information is known about the gang for outsiders to be able to tell them apart from a crowd.

maelstrom

Maelstrom is part of Sanctum’s regular clientele. It is rumored the gang deals drugs and cybernetics with Umbra, but gang members can also simply be found clubbing and enjoying their freedom in the Badlands momentarily away from the city.

mouna jarrah

After Umbra’s transformation from cult gang to technogang in 2082, fixer Mouna Jarrah starts a collaboration with them and becomes more involved with the club. She operates from an external location in Night City, but holds an office in the renovated Club Sanctum.

appearance

Sanctum’s exterior is a large shipping container, located alongside a dirt road branching off the highway leading into Night City. It is often surrounded by tents and vehicles, reminiscent of the appearance of a nomad camp; though the container is static and cannot be moved, as it connects to the actual interior of the club that can be found underground.

Inside the shipping container, individuals can check in at the counter and gain access to the staircase leading down into the club. The staircase is narrow and has a 90-degree turn halfway down to the right, opening up into a doorway with the central area of the club behind it.

The club’s interior is dark and has purple lighting and blacklights, accentuated by bright neon paint in all colors on the walls. The paint ranges from random splatters to intricate patterns and drawings of symbols, similar to the symbols left behind by Umbra.

Sanctum’s interior is built in the remnants of Biotechnica drilling grounds, allowing for its underground location. It consists of two large blocks; the central building consisting of two floors, and a separate building deeper underground as a "basement level", off limits to clubgoers.

accommodations

The central area of Sanctum is a large, open hall, with a dancing area and stage on the left from the entrance and lounge booths and a bar on the right. Stairs directly on the right of the entrance along the wall lead up to a balcony overlooking the booths and bar, and provide clubgoers with more sitting space. The stage holds enough space for bands to perform live, and the ceiling of the dancing area reaches high as there is no balcony situated above it.

Opposite of the entrance is another doorway leading into a broad hallway, where clubgoers can find public bathrooms on the left and private rooms for private parties and BD sessions on the right, curling around the corner into another short hallway. At the end of the main hallway are stairs on the right leading up to office spaces, changing areas, a lounge, and meeting rooms, where the administration of the club is done and where staff can rest during their breaks. On the left end of the hallway are stairs leading down into the secondary area of the club, which cannot be accessed by clubgoers.

The secondary area of the club is used by Umbra, and serves as their official hideout. The building has a central area similar to the club itself, which is used as main lounge and living space; it branches off into multiple hallways, where dormitories, bathrooms, kitchens, storage rooms, and meeting rooms can be found. The gang’s prophet, Thiago Salazar, has his own living space within the building which is off limits to other gang members. This building has two other staircases leading up directly to the surface, which are used as back door when the staircase to the club’s main building is blocked.

location

Sanctum can be found in what is considered the no man’s land between nomadic families, indigenous people of the area surrounding Night City, and the bought up corporate land for farms and drilling grounds. Because of the rumors tied to the club, most nomadic families stay on a minimum of a 10 minute drive from their location, to stay out of trouble. The drive back into Night City is about 20 minutes long.

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